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Are the ingredients you use in the yummy dishes you make only adding to your waistline or do they have any nutritional value? Ms. Mumtaz Khalid Ismail , a practising nutritionist and dietician will update us with her columns and will also reply to our readers queries every fortnight.

C O L U M N S By Mumtaz Khalid

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Nutrition In An Egg

Taste, nutritional value, availability, and the cost make egg universally popular. Due to the taste, ease, and flexibility of cooking, egg preparations are favourite among bachelors and working couples. More

Fish - How Good Are They For Us

Fish is one of the most popular food items of the non-vegetarians. It is nutritionally rich and tasty. Fishes varies in shape, size, colour, skin, bone, and taste. More

Sitaphal - The Epic Fruit

The epic Ramayana and its characters are part of Indian culture. A certain family of fruits has been honoured with the name of Sita, Rama, and Hanuman. More

Lemons - The Thirst Quenching citrus fruit

Lemon originated in Asian countries such as India and Malaysia. Alexander introduced the thirst quenching lemon to Europe and Middle East during the third century. More

The Benefits of Milk (Part 2)

Milk is a highly perishable food item. If left alone, milk is fermented or putrefied rapidly by micro-organisms especially bacteria. More

The Benefits of Milk (Part 1)

Milk is considered as a complete and ideal food and it contains most of the proximate principles of a well balanced diet. More

Pulses And Legumes - The Nutrient Rich Seed

The seeds of leguminous plants are known as legumes or pulses. Pulses when decorticated and split are known as dhal. Pulses are the main source of protein for vegetarian. More

Honey - The nature's gift

Honey is the nature's gift to mankind. It is a pleasant food item having acquired of special reputation as medicine and as a nutritious food. More

Mango - The King Of Fruits

Mangoes, my favourite fruit, are a god gift to the tropic. This delicious and aromatic tropical fruit is available in different size and shape. It is available during the hot season. More

Brinjal - A Low Calorie Vegetable

The Brinjal, the popular vegetable of the masses, is native to India. The most common variety, the glossy purple Brinjal is a familiar component of Indian curries. More

Onion - The Kitchen Herb

The Indian, Egyptian, Chinese and Roman used the herbs from the ancient civilization for treating diseases. Recently researchers also started conducting studies in the medicinal plants. More

How Good is Potato for us?

Man knew nutritional value of potato (solanum tuberosum) from the time of Inca civilisation. For the peasant the introduction of the potato was a great blessing since it provided a cheap alternative crop to cereals. More

How much water we need?

How many glasses of water should I drink per day is a frequently asked question to me by my clients. Water is very vital for life. We cannot live with out water for many days. More

The Facts Of Tomato

The origin of tomato is from Mexican region and they referred to its as tomati. During sixteenth century Spanish explorers introduced tomato into Europe and later Portuguese brought this to India. More

Papaya - A wholesome fruit

Papaya (Carcia papaya) is a common man's fruit, which is reasonably priced and have a high nutritive value. This fruit is available through out the year. More

Ideal Snack - Banana

Healthy filling and conveniently wrapped bananas are one of nature's ideal snacks. The banana is perhaps the cheapest and the most extensively eaten fruit. More

Cereals - Versatile and Energy Packed Food

Cereal grains are the seeds of domesticated grasses. It is the seed or kernel of the grass that is used as food. More

Soya Beans A Boon To Vegetarians

Soya bean is cultivated extensively in south Asian countries and U.S.A. In India soya bean cultivation is introduced in 1977. In our country it is cultivated mainly in North Indian sub Himalayan belt. More

Home Remedies

Home Remedies for Acidity and Heart Burn

Acidity and heart burn are two common condition seen in people of present era. I am receiving a lot of questions regarding these symptoms from my readers. More

Home Remedies from Spices

There are lot of spices which we use daily are known to be useful in treating common ailments. This knowledge has been passed for generation in our country. More

Herbal Remedies for Common Cold and Cough

The common cold is an inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and most often caused by viral infection. This is the most common disease seen and lasts usually for three to four days. More

Children and Seniors Diet

Seniors - their nutritional need - Part 2

The nutritious diet should be provided to the seniors for maintaining the health and also for improving resistance to illness. More

Seniors - their nutritional need - Part 1

The nutritious diet should be provided to the seniors for maintaining the health and also for improving resistance to illness. More

Diet For Children (6 - 18 Years) - Part III

School children will have a good appetite but their food should be selected nutritiously. During 6 to 12 years the rate of growth in children slows down and body changes occur gradually. More

Diet For Children (1 - 5 years) - Part II

A balanced and adequate diet is required to supply the nutrients and energy needed for the growing child. More

Diet For Children (0 - 12 months) - Part I

One of the common worries of a mother is about the adequacy of her child's diet. More

Therapeautic Diet

Chemical Ingredients Of Food Products (Part 3)

Do we realise the amount of chemical we consume every day with out our knowledge? More

Chemical Ingredients Of Food Products (Part 2)

Do we realise the amount of chemical we consume every day with out our knowledge? More

Chemical Ingredients Of Food Products (Part 1)

Do we realise the amount of chemical we consume every day with out our knowledge? More

Sample menu for Hyper Cholesterolemia

Dietary management is important for high cholesterol to avoid its complications. More

How to Enhance the Nutritive Value of Foods

Good food with adequate nutrients is important for one's physical and mental health. More

Diet In Fevers

Fever is an elevation of temperature above normal range, out come of an imbalance between the heat produced in the body and the heat eliminated from the body. The normal human body temperature is 37 degree centigrade (98.6-degree Fahrenheit).. More

Menopause and Diet

Menopause is the term used to indicate the end of the period of possible sexual reproduction, as evidenced by the cessation of menstrual periods. This is absolutely normal and occurs between 45 to 55 years. More

Methods Of Food Preservation and Sterilisation (Part IV)

Canning is the method of food preservation in which food is sealed in containers after heating using steam under pressure. Heat processing preserves food and extends shelf life by arresting spoilage and by destroying harmful micro-organisms partly and rest is rendered inactive. More

Methods Of Food Preservation and Sterilisation (Part III)

This is most used and abused method of food preservation. Chemical preservatives serve as either anti-microbial, antioxidant or both. It also minimises the damage to some essential amino acids and the loss of some vitamins. More

Methods Of Food Preservation and Sterilisation (Part II)

Preservation of foods by drying is one of the earliest and simplest techniques used for centuries. Dehydration is the process by which surplus water is removed with out drastically reducing the taste and nutritive value of the foods. More

Methods Of Food Preservation and Sterilisation (Part I)

These days I am receiving a lot of queries about food sterilisation, preservation, and its effects. I hope this article will clear their doubts to some extent regarding this. More

Fat - Our Energy Store

Majority of the questions what I get are related to the fat. With the renewed interest in beauty and fitness in the present world one nutrient which they wants to avoid in their daily intake is fat. More

Foods That Fight Cancer (Part II)

Healthy normal person do produce abnormal cell during cell division, but these cells are less in numbers and destroyed by the protective mechanism of the body. More

Foods that fight cancer (Part I)

Cancer is the most dreaded disease and is a leading cause of death in the most developed countries. More

Sample menu for diabetics and hypertension

There are lot of people who suffer from both diabetics and hypertension. The following sample menus are planned for those who suffer from both these conditions. More

Asthma - the causes and the home remedies (part 2)

Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition resulting from inflammation caused by allergy. More

Asthma - the causes and the home remedies (part 1)

Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition resulting from inflammation caused by allergy. More

Sample menu for thyroid disorders

Thyroxin is an important hormone which have an effect on all most all organs of the body and is secreted by thyroid glands. More

Stress - The Price We Pay For Modern Life

There is no one in the world who is free from stress. Stress and its related problems are on increase day by day. More

Sample menu for under weight

Under weight is referred as weight below 10 percent of the ideal weight for the age and sex. This may be due to inadequate nutrition, hereditary, reduced absorption More

Diet of Chronic Renal Failure

Chronic renal failure is the deterioration of kidney function, which progress over a prolonged period towards a fatal termination. More

Diet For Acute Renal Failure

Deterioration of renal functions due to any cause may result in renal failure. Renal failure is of two types that depend up on the onset and characteristic presentations. More

Gout - The Disease And Diet (Part II)

A person suffering from gout can lead a normal life provided he is prompt in taking medical aid and a slight change in life style including diet. More

Gout - The Disease And Diet (Part I)

Gout is a chronic metabolic disorder occurred due to the abnormal uric acid metabolism. It is a hereditary disease and is mainly occurring in males. More

Premenstrual Syndrome And The Diet

Premenstrual syndrome or PMS produces physical and mental changes, which typically begin, from two to seven days before the onset of the menstruation and is usually cleared as soon as the period starts. More

Sample menu for hypertension

Hypertension is a slowly progressive disease and many times diagnosed during unrelated medical examination. More

Dietary Management of Thyroid Disorders

The hormones secreted by the endocrine glands regulate many physiological and biochemical processes in the body. More

Dental problems and diet

Good health is the vital part of the great experience of living. To achieve this adequate food of the right type is the foremost necessity of health. More

How To Prevent Nutritional Anaemia?

Anaemia is a condition where oxygen carrying capacity of the blood is reduced due to reduced haemoglobin concentration in the blood. More

Be Beautiful Through Right Food

Nature is beautiful. Nature has provided enough materials to make this world beautiful. Human beings make beautiful objects by their hands using intelligence and imagination. More

Constipation - The Common Problem

Constipation is one of the commonest gastrointestinal symptoms suffered by human being. This condition is truly universal and seen in all age groups, sex, socio-economic classes and races. More

Diet for Hypertension

World health organisation has recommended that the blood pressure of 160/95 mm of Hg or above in adult to be considered as hypertension. Blood pressure varies with age, sex and physical state of a person. More

Sample menu for coronary heart diseases

Dietary planning is important for heart diseases to avoid complication and obesity. These diets will help for your healthy heart. More

Diet for coronary heart disease and artherosclerosis - part II

Coronary heart disease or ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is due to the cardiac muscle damage as a result of inadequate coronary blood supply resulting in reduced oxygen supply to the heart muscles. More

Diet for coronary heart disease and artherosclerosis - part I

Sample Menu For Diabetic Diets

Dietary habits are an essential part in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. I hope these sample menus will help the diabetics. More

Diet For Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is a clinical syndrome characterised by hyperglycaemia, due to deficiency or diminished effectiveness of insulin. More

How to tackle under weight

Under weight means, if the weight of the person is 10% below the ideal weights. In the west obesity is most common whereas in the tropics underweight is more seen may be due to poverty or lack of dietetic knowledge. More

Sample Menus for Weight Loss Diets

There is no instant solution to lose weight. A healthy weight loss is by restricting your calorie consumption and increasing your physical activity. More

An Ideal Slimming Diet

Decade of Sushmitas and Ashwarys has left an impression on our concept on beauty. More

Are You Obese?

What is ideal body weight for me? Am I obese? How to reduce my weight? These are the most common queries I get from my clients. More

Sample Menus

The total energy cost of an expectant mother or the pensioner enjoying a leisurely retirement life and the athlete who burns up lots of calories are poles apart in the energy requirements. More

Balanced Diet - A Healthy Way of Eating

The total energy cost of an expectant mother or the pensioner enjoying a leisurely retirement life and the athlete who burns up lots of calories are poles apart in the energy requirements. More

Pregnancy

Nutrition During Lactation

A nutritional demand on the mother is great during lactation. The nutritional relationship between the mother and child continues for some more time after delivery. More

Nutrition During Pregnancy (Part II)

Great importance has been considered for the diet of pregnant women not only for the general well being for the mother and the baby and also for the prevention of complications for the mother as well as the baby. More

Nutrition During Pregnancy (Part I)

Pregnancy is a period of great physiological as well as psychological stress for the women. More

Vitamins and Minerals

Foods that give vitamin A

Vitamins have been one of the major nutritional discoveries of the 20th century. Health foods and cosmetics started promoting the vitamins. More

Cholesterol - Is It Only a Disease Causing Substance?

Cholesterol is the one nutrient looked with a great suspicion by common man. With out realising the role of cholesterol in our well being, we many time considered it as some useless toxic product present in our food. More

How Important is Protein in Our Diet?

The word "protein" is derived from the Greek word "proteios", which means primary or holding first place. The way name suggest this group of components are the most important cell constituent. More

Significance of Carbohydrate In Our Daily Diet

Carbohydrates are the major components of the diet other than protein and fats. It is the major and quick source of energy. It supplies 70 - 80 % of energy requirement to the body. They are the compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Each gram of carbohydrate provides 4 Kcal of energy. More

Don't forget dietary fibres in our daily diet

Dietary fibre is the name given collectively to indigestible carbohydrates present in foods. The main components of dietary fibre are cellulose, hemicellulose, hexosans, pectin substances, gums, mucilliages and lignin. More

The Importance Of Iron In Our Diet