C. A. Kalpana ¹, B. Habeeba ¹

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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore-641043, IN

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Fasting is voluntarily not eating food for varying lengths of time. Fasting is thought to be beneficial as a preventive measure to increase overall health, vitality and resistance to disease, used as a method of mental and spiritual rejuvenation and is being observed by all major religions in the world. In Islam, fasting for one month is an obligatory practice during the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Every day, during the month of Ramadan, Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset. According to Islamic laws, children below the age of 12, patients, travellers, pregnant women, women who are menstruating and lactating mothers are exempted from fasting. Though pregnant women are an exception, many pregnant women prefer to fast during Ramadan.

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* Milk and Milk Products in Human Nutrition.

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Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools.

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* Food Chemistry.  

 

 

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C. A. Kalpana ¹, U. K. Lakshmi ¹, S. Radha Devi ¹

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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641043, IN

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The major nutrition issues among children and adolescents have shifted from nutrient deficiency diseases, common in the first half of the 20th century, to concerns today about over consumption, poor dietary quality and poor food choices. Among the nutritional problems, obesity is now reaching epidemic proportions in both developed and developing countries and is affecting not only adults but also children and adolescents.

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C. A. Kalpana ¹, U. K. Lakshmi ¹

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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore - 641043, IN

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Childhood obesity is a complex condition that results from an imbalance of energy intake and expenditure. The adipose tissue mass is enlarged out of proportion to other body tissues in this condition. In normal growth, the greatest level of fatness (-25%) occurs at the age of six months. In lean children, the fat ceil size decreases. However, this decrease does not occur in obese children. Recent data from the World Health Organization revealed that the prevalence of childhood obesity worldwide is 16.5 per cent and in India it accounts to 12.4 per cent in boys and 9.9 per cent in girls. According to Knoon, the prevalence rates of overweight end obesity among children in India are 12.8 and 10.3 per cent respectively. An obesogenic environment which encourages excess food intake plays a crucial role in the epidemic of childhood obesity and eating disorders.

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* Advanced Quantitative Microbiology for Foods and Biosystems - Models for Predicting Growth and Inactivation.

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C. A. Kalpana ¹, Aruna Narayanan ², T. Thangarathi ³

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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore, IN
2 Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, IN
3 Department of Foods and Nutrition, RVS College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, IN

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Micronutrient malnutrition, a term commonly used to refer to vitamin and mineral nutritional deficiencies affect almost two billion people worldwide or approximately one third of the human race. The problem of malnutrition encompasses a broad spectrum of deficiencies, of which the most devastating is the deficiency of one or more of the three micro nutrients namely iron, vitamin A and iodine. Nutritional or iron deficiency anaemia is a pathological condition in which the level of haemoglobin in the blood, the haematocrit or the number of red blood cells become abnormally low. India has the highest prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia in the world. More than 320 million people in India suffer from iron deficiency anaemia of which 50 per cent are adolescent girls.

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* Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods.

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* Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder.

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* Analysis of Milk and its Products.

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* Nutrigenetics and Nutri Genomics.

 

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L. Lekha ¹, C. A. Kalpana ¹

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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore-641 043, IN

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The study was designed to evaluate the hypoglycemic and hypocholesterolemic potential of wheat grass juice, extract and powder on diabetics. Two hundred male employees (35-50 y) of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) from Usilampatti, a town in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu were selected for the study. After screening, 60 employees whose fasting blood glucose level was ≥ 145mg/dl and not taking oral hypoglycemic drugs or insulin were considered for the study. Fifty grams of fresh wheat grass, made into a fine paste using a stone grinder was mixed in 100ml of water. Two to three drops of lemon juice was added to enhance the flavour and palatability of the juice. Wheat grass extract obtained was then squeezed and the fiber separated. Fresh wheat grass was harvested and shade dried for 2-3 days. It was then made into fine powder with a stone grinder. Five grams of wheat grass powder was added in 100ml of water and mixed thoroughly. The selected diabetic employees (60) were divided into three experimental groups and one control group of 15 members each. Experimental group I was supplemented with 100ml of wheat grass juice, group II was supplemented with 100ml of wheat grass extract and group III was supplemented with 5g of wheat grass powder mixed in 100ml of water and for a period of four months. No supplementation was given to control group. Anthropometric parameters like height, weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), waist / hip ratio, skin fold thickness and biochemical parameters namely fasting blood glucose level, post prandial blood glucose level, total cholesterol, LDL, VLDL, HDL, HbA₁C and blood pressure were measured before and after supplementation. Group II supplemented with wheat grass extract showed a slight difference in weight when compared to groups I and III. The mean skin fold thickness of all the three groups decreased after supplementation. The mean initial blood glucose level of the experimental groups (I, II and III) and control group were above the normal range . The mean decrease of fasting blood glucose level in experimental group I, II, III and control group were 37.4, 32.9, 27.6 and 1.4 mg /dl respectively. The mean decrease of post prandial blood glucose level in experimental groups I, II, III and control group were 63, 60.3, 39 and 1.8 mg/dl respectively. High fibre supplement lowered total cholesterol by about 19.2 % and reduced LDL cholesterol by 13.2 % with maximum reduction in groups II and III. HDL cholesterol level was highly increased in experimental group II. The decrease in HbA₁C level was higher in experimental group I (2.5%) and blood pressure was highly decreased in experimental group I compared to other experimental groups and control group.

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Hypoglycemic, Hypocholesterolemic, Diabetic, Biochemical Estimation, Anthropometric Parameters.

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C. A. Kalpana

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Integrative Nutrition Therapy, a reference book for food, nutrition and health personnel is written with an aim to provide an in depth and current developments in the field of integrative medicine.

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