Words: Jawahar NIDAMBOOR Diabetes is a growing epidemic. Approximately 425 million adults are living with diabetes, across the world, today; in India, the figure is 70 million. Picture this: the estimated prevalence of diabetes, worldwide, in 2025, is slotted to rise to over 500 million, with India slotted to be ‘home’ to 100 million individuals with the disorder. The cornerstone of therapy,

The garden, or table, beet is the type most commonly grown for human consumption. Three common varieties are the Lutz salad leaf beet, the Detroit dark red beet, and the Chioggia beet, an Italian favourite with alternate red and white concentric rings. Yet another type of beet is the spinach, or leaf beet, grown not

Yogurt is the result of milk that has been fermented and coagulated. Its inception, probably by accident, was thought to be around 4,000 years ago when nomadic Balkan tribes stumbled on the process as a way of preserving milk. In this age-old process, milk is left at 1100F for several hours to be invaded by

Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 The banana is an elongated, curved, tropical fruit with a smooth outer skin that peels off easily when the fruit is ripe. Bananas are harvested while still green, but they may be ripened under controlled conditions before being delivered to the grocery store. Yellow bananas are fully ripe when the skin has

Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Working women wear ‘two’ many hats. They run the household and also pursue a career outside of their home to help support the family. It’s obviously a big challenge for them to juggling such a responsibility. Many of them skip meals to ‘make-do’ with time; this may sometimes cause nutritional imbalance, leading

Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 There are two basic varieties of asparagus, white and green. The latter is the only variety cultivated on a commercial scale in the United States, whereas the former is much-favoured in Europe. White asparagus is produced by banking soil against the plant to keep out sunlight, which otherwise would turn the stalks

Words: Team ThinkWellness360 The apple, as The Encylopedia of Foods puts it, is a pome round fruit that consists of firm, juicy flesh covered by a thin, tough, edible skin and surrounding a cartilaginous, seeded core. The skin colour of apples can range from dark green to yellow to bright red, or some combination of

Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360  Broccoli, a form of cabbage, of the mustard family [Brassicaceae], according to Encyclopaedia Britannica, is grown for its edible flower buds and stalk. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor. Sprouting broccoli was cultivated in Italy in ancient Roman times. It was introduced to England and America in the

Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Never mind the tears they bring on — besides adding oodles of taste to your food. Onions provide incredible health benefits.  Onions are found in every kitchen — thanks to the delectable taste they bring to food. They also form the basis of several dishes — be it raw, cooked, sautéed, baked,

Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Herbalists have traditionally used rosemary as an anti-fungal and antiseptic, and also as an effective herbal ‘ammo’ to improve memory, relieve muscle pain and spasm, activate hair growth, and support our circulatory and nervous systems. What’s more, rosemary, according to native medicine, is useful to ease menstrual cramps, enhance urine flow, and