Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Issues
Challenging issues in modern nutrition include: 'Artificial' interventions in food production and supply: Should genetic engineering be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Current Issues And Challenges
Challenging issues in modern nutrition include: 'Artificial' interventions in food production and supply: Should genetic engineering be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Health
Ill health can be caused by an imbalance of nutrients, producing either an excess or deficiency, which in turn affects body functioning c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition, Industry And Food Processing
Since the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help ke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia - Nutrition
Nutrition is the study of the relationship between diet and states of health and disease. It is defined as the study of food. Absence of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Sports
Nutrition is very important for improving sports performance. The most common means to improve performance through diet is the practice o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Longevity
Nutrition - Calorie restriction. Lifespan may be somehow related to the amount of food energy consumed: this was first systematically i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Overview
The human body comprises chemical compounds such as water, amino acids (proteins), fatty acids (lipids), nucleic acids (DNA/RNA), and car...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition Industry And Food Processing
Since the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help ke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lard: Encyclopedia - Lard
Lard is an animal fat produced from rendering the fat portions of the pig. Lard was a commonly used cooking oil though its use in contem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Butter: Encyclopedia - Butter
Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is an everyday food in many parts of the world. Butter co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chile Pepper: Encyclopedia - Chile Pepper
The chile pepper, chili pepper, or chilli pepper, or simply chile, is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family, Solanac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onion: Encyclopedia - Onion
Onion in the general sense can be used for any plant in the Genus Allium but used without qualifiers usually means Allium cepa L., also ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemp: Encyclopedia - Hemp
Hemp is a common name for Cannabis and the name most used when this annual plant is grown for non-drug purposes. These include the indust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodybuilding: Encyclopedia - Bodybuilding
Bodybuilding is the process of developing muscle fibers through the combination of weight training, increased caloric intake, and rest. S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rumford's Soup: Encyclopedia Ii - Rumford's Soup - Recipe
Slowly boil until dense. Eat with bread. Rumford's soup is not noted as particularly tasty, but is palatable with long, slow cooking. ....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Instant Mashed Potato: Encyclopedia Ii - Instant Mashed Potato - History
The practice of drying and grinding starchy root vegetables for preservation and portability is widely attested around the world, and lik...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nestlé Milo: Encyclopedia Ii - Nestlé Milo - History
Milo has been produced at the plant located in Smithtown, near Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia since its original conception in 1934....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Spelt - Names
The name of Spelt in German is Dinkel, and the hull which covers the seed is called Spelz. The grains which don't thresh freely like mode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lard: Encyclopedia Ii - Lard - History And Cultural Use
During the 19th century, lard was used in a similar fashion as butter in North America and many European nations. Lard was also held at t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lard: Encyclopedia Ii - Lard - Source
Lard can be obtained from any part of the pig as long as there is a high concentration of fatty tissue. Lard may be rendered from the fat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nestlé Milo: Encyclopedia Ii - Nestlé Milo - Use
Milo is added to hot or cold milk to give it a chocolate flavour and extra texture. When combined with cold milk, it retains the gritty t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nestlé Milo: Encyclopedia Ii - Nestlé Milo - Nutritional Information
Milo is high in energy, with 1760kJ per 100g. It is therefore marketed as the "Energy Food Drink". It also has a low Glycaemic Index (GI)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basf: Encyclopedia Ii - Basf - Business Segments
BASF operates in a variety of markets. Its business is organized in the segments Chemicals, Plastics, Performance Products, Agricultural ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Spelt - Nutrition
Spelt contains about 62 percent carbohydrates, 8.8 percent fibre, 12 percent protein and 2.7 percent fat, as well as dietary minerals and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Spelt - Early History
Spelt may have originated in the Near East and then spread, north of the Black Sea (hence its absence from the Near East), arriving in Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lard: Encyclopedia Ii - Lard - Culinary Use
Lard is one of the few edible oils with a relatively high smoking point due to its high saturated fatty acids content. Pure lard is espec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miso: Encyclopedia Ii - Miso - History Of Miso
One legend describes the origin of miso as a product of war: In the days of the shogun, sieges of village keeps frequently dragged on fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quinoa: Encyclopedia Ii - Quinoa - Overview
Quinoa comes from the Andean region of South America, where it has been an important food for 6,000 years. Quinoa is generally undemandin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quinoa: Encyclopedia Ii - Quinoa - Saponin Content
In its natural state quinoa has a coating of bitter-tasting saponins, making it essentially unpalatable. Most quinoa sold commercially in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Butter: Encyclopedia Ii - Butter - Butter Making
Unhomogenized milk and cream contain butterfat in the form of microscopic globules, each of which is surrounded by a membrane made of pho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Butter: Encyclopedia Ii - Butter - History
Since even accidental agitation can turn cream into butter, it is likely that the invention of butter goes back to the earliest days of d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Butter: Encyclopedia Ii - Butter - Worldwide
India produces and consumes more butter than any other nation, dedicating almost half of its annual milk production to making butter or g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Butter: Encyclopedia Ii - Butter - Health And Nutrition
According to USDA figures, one tablespoon of butter (14 grams) contains 100 calories, all from fat, 11 grams of fat, of wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pork: Encyclopedia Ii - Pork - Pork Consumption Patterns
Pork is the most widely eaten meat in the world: about fifty percent of daily meat protein intake worldwide is from pork. Despite religio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pork: Encyclopedia Ii - Pork - Pork Cuts And Products
Pork may be cooked from fresh meat or cured over time. Cured meat products include ham and bacon. The carcass may be utilised in many dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pork: Encyclopedia Ii - Pork - Pork Cuts And Products
Pork may be cooked from fresh meat or cured over time. Cured meat products include ham and bacon. The carcass may be utilised in many dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lay's: Encyclopedia Ii - Lay's - History
Native American chef George Crum invented potato chips in 1853 while working in a New York hotel. The snack food became popular during th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lay's: Encyclopedia Ii - Lay's - Flavors
Up until the last twenty years, the only flavor of potato chips has been the conventional one. Despite an explosion of new flavors, the u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lay's: Encyclopedia Ii - Lay's - Nutritional Information
As a snack food, the Lay's brands contain very few vitamins and minerals in any variety. At ten percent of the daily requirement per serv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onion: Encyclopedia Ii - Onion - Related Species
The genus Allium is a large one, and most of the species are considered to be "onions" in the looser sense. Commonly raised vegetable all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chile Pepper: Encyclopedia Ii - Chile Pepper - Species And Cultivars
The most common species of chile peppers are: Capsicum annuum, which includes many common varieties such as bell peppers, paprika, jalap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoo-hoo: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoo-hoo - Flavors
Yoo-Hoo - Current. Chocolate Double Fudge Strawberry Dyna-Mocha Yoo-Hoo Lite Cookies 'N Cream Yoo-Hoo - Discontinued. Vanilla Coco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodybuilding: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodybuilding - Strategy
In order to achieve muscle growth (hypertrophy), bodybuilders focus in three main lines of action: Resistance weight training Specialize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ketchup: Encyclopedia Ii - Ketchup - Nutrition
The following table compares the nutritional value of ketchup with raw ripe tomatoes and salsa, based on information from the USDA Food N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Malawi - Humanitarian Situation
Life expectancy in Malawi is now as low as 36,5 years; five years lower than it was 50 years ago. This drop is due to populations impover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spinach: Encyclopedia Ii - Spinach - Cultivation And Uses
Spinach is an important leaf vegetable, now grown throughout the temperate regions of the world. It is most productive in cool seasons an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemp: Encyclopedia Ii - Hemp - Uses
Hemp - Housing. 70% of the Cannabis plant's total weight is made up of the 'hurd' or woody inner core. This part of the plant is THC fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemp: Encyclopedia Ii - Hemp - History
Hemp use dates back to the Stone Age, with hemp fibre imprints found in pottery shards in China and Taiwan[1] over 10,000 years old. Thes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemp: Encyclopedia Ii - Hemp - Major Hemp Producing Countries
From the 1950s to the 1980s the Soviet Union was the world's largest producer (3,000 km² in 1970). The main production areas were in Ukr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemp: Encyclopedia Ii - Hemp - Future Of Hemp
In the last decade hemp has been widely promoted as a crop for the future. This is stimulated by new technologies which make hemp suitabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onion: Encyclopedia Ii - Onion - History
It is thought that bulbs from the onion family have been utilised as a food source for millennia. In Palestinian Bronze Age settlements, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onion: Encyclopedia Ii - Onion - Culinary And Medicinal Uses
Onions are available in fresh, frozen, canned, and dehydrated forms. Onions can be used, usually chopped or sliced, in almost every type ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onion: Encyclopedia Ii - Onion - Why Do Onions Make You Cry?
As onions are sliced, cells are broken open. Onion cells have two sections, one with enzymes called allinases, the other with sulfides (a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chile Pepper: Encyclopedia Ii - Chile Pepper - History
Chile peppers have been a part of the human diet in the Americas since about 7500 BC. They were domesticated there between 5200 and 3400 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chile Pepper: Encyclopedia Ii - Chile Pepper - Cuisine
The fruit is eaten cooked or raw for its fiery hot flavor which is concentrated along the top of the pod. The stem end of the pod has gla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chile Pepper: Encyclopedia Ii - Chile Pepper - Popularity
Chile peppers are popular in food. Capsaicin has an antibacterial effect, so food cooked with chiles keeps for longer without spoiling. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chile Pepper: Encyclopedia Ii - Chile Pepper - Spelling And Usage
The three primary spellings used are chile, chili, and chilli, all of which are recognized by dictionaries. Chile is the American (uncom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biomedical Intervention For Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Biomedical Intervention For Autism - History
Bernard Rimland, a psychologist and parent of an autistic son, early speculated that his son's autism was the result of a shock to severa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biomedical Intervention For Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Biomedical Intervention For Autism - Conceptual Foundations
The premise for biomedical intervention is that at least some autistic children have in fact been made sick in a way that prevents their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biomedical Intervention For Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Biomedical Intervention For Autism - Restrictive Diet
As a result, biomedical intervention usually starts with a restrictive diet, such as the gluten-free, casein-free diet. Typically, foods ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onion: Encyclopedia Ii - Onion - Why Do Onions Make You Cry?
As onions are sliced, cells are broken open. Onion cells have two sections, one with enzymes called alliinases, the other with sulfides (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Meat Pie: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Meat Pie - Creation And Early History Of The Pie
The pie, according to records, has been around since the ancient Egyptians from 2000 B.C. At some point between 1400 B.C. (Greek settleme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Meat Pie: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Meat Pie - Commercial Pie Manfuacturers In Australia
The Australian meat pie manufacturer Four'N'Twenty claims that their pie was invented in 1947 by L. T. McClure in a small Bendigo bakery,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Meat Pie: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Meat Pie - Other Cultural References
In the 1970s meat pies were mentioned in an advertising jingle for General Motors Holden Australia. The jingle - Football, meat pies, Kan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoo-hoo: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoo-hoo - Ingredients
Classic chocolate flavor: Water, dairy whey, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, non-fat milk, corn syrup solids, cocoa (processed wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Malawi - Humanitarian Situation
Main article: 2005 Malawi food crisis Life expectancy in Malawi is now as low as 36.5 years; five years lower than it was 50 years ago. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemp: Encyclopedia Ii - Hemp - Cultivation
Millennia of selective breeding have resulted in varieties that look quite different. Also, breeding since circa 1930 has focused quite s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Meat Pie: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Meat Pie - Nutritional Value
New South Wales Premier Bob Carr launched a Childhood Obesity Summit in 2002 where he told participants that feeding children a diet of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoo-hoo: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoo-hoo - History
Yoo-Hoo dates back to the 1920s, when Mr. Natale Olivieri sold Tru-Fruit soft drinks in his small store. Olivieri thought he could produc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodybuilding: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodybuilding - Sport
For biographies of professional bodybuilders see list of professional bodybuilders and Category:Bodybuilders In competitive bodybuilding,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Malawi - Districts
Main article: Districts of Malawi Malawi is divided into 27 districts: Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa, Karo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protein: Encyclopedia Ii - Protein - Studying Proteins
Proteins are sensitive to their environment. They may only be active in their native state, over a small pH range, and under solution con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Malawi - History
Main article: History of Malawi Hominid remains and stone implements have been identified in Malawi dating back more than 1 million years...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheese: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheese - History
Cheese is an ancient food whose origins may predate recorded history. Probably discovered in Central Asia or the Middle East, cheesemakin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheese: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheese - Types Of Cheese
No one categorization scheme can capture all the diversity of the world's cheeses. These are some commonly used classifications. Cheese ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodybuilding: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodybuilding - History
As a sport of aesthetics, bodybuilding can be traced back to the 11th century in India where athletes created their own dumbells (called ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protein: Encyclopedia Ii - Protein - Properties Of Protein
Protein - Structure. Main article: Protein structure Proteins are amino acid chains that fold into unique 3-dimensional structures. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protein: Encyclopedia Ii - Protein - Role Of Protein
Protein - Functions. Proteins are involved in practically every function performed by a cell, including regulation of cellular function...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protein: Encyclopedia Ii - Protein - History
The first mention of the word protein, which means of first rank, were from a letter sent by Jöns Jakob Berzelius to Gerhardus Johannes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Malawi - Politics
Main article: Politics of Malawi The Government of Malawi has been a multi-party democracy since 1994. Under the 1995 constitution, the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Malawi - Economy
Main article: Economy of Malawi Malawi is a landlocked, densely populated country. Its economy is heavily dependent on agriculture. Malaw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Malawi - Foreign Relations
Malawi has continued the pro-Western foreign policy established by former President Banda. It maintains excellent diplomatic relations wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ketchup: Encyclopedia Ii - Ketchup - Ketchup And U.s. Politics
In 1981, US President Ronald Reagan's budget director, David Stockman, proposed classifying ketchup as a vegetable as part of Reagan's bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ketchup: Encyclopedia Ii - Ketchup - History
Ketchup in the 1800s referred to any sauce made with vinegar. As the century progressed, tomato ketchup began its ascent in popularity, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ketchup: Encyclopedia Ii - Ketchup - Etymology
Ketchup - Early uses in English. The word entered the English language in England during the late seventeenth century, appearing in pri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ketchup: Encyclopedia Ii - Ketchup - History
The word "ketchup" may have come from the Malay kēchap, a fish sauce that does not contain tomatoes. The Malay word means taste. A more ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protein: Encyclopedia Ii - Protein - Properties Of Protein
Protein - Components and synthesis. Main articles: Amino acid and Protein biosynthesis Proteins are biopolymers built from 40 different...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protein: Encyclopedia Ii - Protein - Role Of Protein
Protein - Functions. Proteins are involved in practically every function performed by a cell, including regulation of cellular function...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protein: Encyclopedia Ii - Protein - History
The first mention of the word protein, which means of first rank, were from a letter sent by Jöns Jakob Berzelius to Gerhardus Johannes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemp: Encyclopedia Ii - Hemp - Uses
Hemp - Housing. 70% of the Cannabis plant's total weight is made up of the 'hurd' or woody inner core. This part of the plant is THC fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemp: Encyclopedia Ii - Hemp - History
Hemp use dates back to the Stone Age, with hemp fibre imprints found in pottery shards in China and Taiwan[1] over 10,000 years old. Thes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hemp: Encyclopedia Ii - Hemp - Future Of Hemp
In the last decade hemp has been widely promoted as a crop for the future. This is stimulated by new technologies which make hemp suitabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tofu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tofu - Sales And Distribution
In the West, tofu can be obtained in Asian markets, farmers' markets, and health food stores. Depending on its local popularity, many gro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Food And Drug Administration: Encyclopedia Ii - Food And Drug Administration - Description
The FDA is a division of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which itself is part of the Executive Office of the Presiden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Health
Ill health can be brought about by an imbalance of nutrients, producing either an excess or deficiency which in turn affects body functio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Sports
Nutrition is very important for improving sports performance. The most common means to improve performance through diet is the practice o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition And Longevity
Nutrition - Calorie restriction. Lifespan may be somehow related to the amount of food energy consumed: this was first systematically i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Overview
The human body comprises chemical compounds such as water, amino acids (proteins), fatty acids (lipids), nucleic acids (DNA/RNA), and car...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nutrition: Encyclopedia Ii - Nutrition - Nutrition Industry And Food Processing
Since the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help ke...   » Read the article