Vitamin A: Sources, Function, Benefits, & Consequences of Deficiency
What is Vitamin A? Vitamin ‘A’ is a fat-soluble vitamin. Vitamin A is an important micro-nutrient that is essential for different biological and metabolism functions. […]
Nutrition
Similarities and Differences between RUTF and RUSF
Background: RUTF stands for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food while RUSF stands for Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food. A number of enterprises are dedicated on making RUTF and RUSF […]
Classification of Nutrients: (Type I, Type II) & (Macro, Micro) !
Nutrients can be divided into different types based on the way in which they are classified. There are two major ways in which nutrients can […]
What is MSNP (Multi-Sector Nutrition Program)?
What is Multi-Sector Nutrition Program (MSNP)? In simple words, multi sector nutrition program refers to the program which is implemented through joint/collective effort from multiple […]
Food Fortification: Criteria, Types and Advantages!
What is Food Fortification? Food fortification is defined as the process of deliberately adding/increasing the content of essential micro-nutrients in a food in order to […]
Food Safety: What You Should Know?
What is Food Safety? Food safety is the absence, or safe, acceptable levels, of hazards in food that may harm the health of consumers. It […]
Macro and Micro-Nutrient Deficiencies
Basic concept of nutrients: Nutrients are the organic substances congregated inside the food and used by the body for the maintenance of life and growth. […]
15 Differences between Macro-nutrients and Micro-nutrients
Before moving on to the major differences between macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients, let us take a simple overview of what nutrients are: Nutrients are the organic […]
22 Differences between ‘Food Fortification’ and ‘Supplementation’
Food fortification and supplementation are methods or techniques used to improve the nutritional status of people. These techniques are used to mitigate ‘hidden hunger’ i.e. […]
What are Genetically Modified (GM) foods?
Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods produced from plants or animals whose DNA has been altered through genetic engineering. These foods (plants or animals) are […]