A vegan diet consists of only plant-based foods, unlike vegetarians who abjure meat, fish, seafood, and chicken and consume only plant-based foods and dairy products. Vegans do not consume dairy products. Europe is the world’s largest vegan market, followed by...
Let us begin by demystifying the Ayurveda diet by explaining certain basic concepts. In Ayurveda, the body and its diseases are products of food. Food is categorized as wholesome and unwholesome. Foods should be compatible with the body. Ayurveda lays great stress on...
Mushrooms are popular weight-loss food. They are of four kinds – saprotrophic, mycorrhizal, parasitic, and endophytic. Botanically, the mushroom is a fungus’s fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body. There are said to be over 10000 varieties of mushrooms...
Let me clarify some fundamental facts. There are many regional preferences for cooking oils and their use in different parts of the world. The most consumed cooking oils in the world are palm oils (65.15 Million metric tons), Soybean oil (54.59 MMT), rapeseed oil...
Ayurveda and TCM philosophies emphasize more on preventive healing rather than treatment. They both focused on nutrition, food, and psychotherapeutic healing aspects. I looked at the diet recommendations for cancer prevention and post-treatment management as I...
