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Month: June 2019

Why Haven’t Genetically Engineered Crops Made Food Better?
Genetically Modified Foods

Why Haven’t Genetically Engineered Crops Made Food Better?

One of the arguments that have been advanced to promote genetically engineered crops is that the techniques have the potential for improving the food we eat. Crops could be engineered so that they provide nutrients they currently don't or so that good nutrition is in reach of poor people in developing nations. In fact, the technology does have that potential, and a couple of efforts have been made to do exactly this. Yet, decades into the GMO era, all of the engineered crops on the market provide enhanced productivity and other benefits to farmers but nothing for the people who ultimately end up eating the results. So why the huge gap between potential and reality? The huge number of problems involved is the subject of a review in Nature Plants. Far from golden The people behind t...
What Is Satiating Diet? Is It Better Than Other Trending Diets?
Diet

What Is Satiating Diet? Is It Better Than Other Trending Diets?

With the rise in a number of people suffering from obesity, the importance of following weight loss diets is gaining momentum. There are a lot of fad diets in today's time that claims to cut down weight quickly. But these diets follow a restrictive pattern and eliminate one or more class of foods, which are otherwise essential for our nutritional needs. Going on such diets may help you lose weight faster but might backfire later. Feeling of dissatisfaction and frustration may crawl in, which will eventually make you eat more to beat the stress. Moreover, all kind of foods is important for the normal functioning of the body. You need carbs as much as you need fats. So now, the health experts have come to the conclusion that the most beneficial and sustainable way of maintaining weight is...