Essential trace nutrients required in the body

Nutrition through the ages

Nutrition as an idea actually sprouted eons ago. The first record about nutrition was found carved in a stone tablet in Babylon around the time 2500 BC. Those who suffered at that time were given the advice to not eat onions for three days. Studying ...

The basics of nutrition

There is considerable overlap between two allied subjects, nutrition and dietetics, which is quite natural. To put it succinctly, nutrition is the theoretical science or looking into food for the various nutrients and their action and benefits to the...

Here’s why probiotics are great for you

The word "probiotic" comes from the combination of a Latin proposition and a Greek word 'pro' meaning encouraging, in favor of something and 'bio' meaning life. Probiotics, essentially, are the live bacteria and yeast which are beneficial to humans a...

How probiotics work and what are their benefits

Yogurt is probably the first probiotic that was ever identified and used. Although other types of probiotics were discovered and unearthed, the public association is so strong that a mere mention of probiotic will still bring yogurt to mind. That bei...

Nutrition – Foods and their functions

Foods are classified based on their different aspects like the quantity needed, the functions they serve etc. Based on the quantity and the large functions they are categorized into macro or energy foods and micro foods. The energy foods are further ...