Food & Health
Food, a basic need for every one of us, is incontrovertibly linked with our health – both physical and mental. The nuances of the global food system are often hidden away along with its enormous environmental and social impacts. We stress on the importance of choosing and eating local produce and cuisine. There are many different systems of medicine and therefore, as many different ways to address health and wellness. While they differ on many counts, they all agree that our eating habits play a significant role in our wellbeing.
In this section, you will find information and discussions on food systems, healthy eating, disease, holistic wellness, recipes and more. We have also focused on the global movements currently underway to address the connected crises of food quality and shortage coupled with deteriorating global health.
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Why More Indians Are Turning Vegan, and How They’re Right
In this article, the author takes us through her own journey with veganism. She talks about the people, books and documentaries that inspired her...
Why Daily Vitamin C is Good for Your Immune System
Worried about getting a cold or the flu? For many of us, the knee-jerk action is to take a big dose of daily vitamin C. For many years, C has been...
Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders
Photo by Seth Cottle Thirty years after scientists coined the term “hygiene hypothesis” to suggest that increased exposure to microorganisms could...
Unlike a Globalized Food System, Local Food Won’t Destroy the Environment
WILL POWER / FLICKR By Helena Norberg-Hodge If you’re seeking some good news during these troubled times, look at the ecologically sound ways...
Why Bother?
By Michael Pollan Why bother? That really is the big question facing us as individuals hoping to do something about climate change, and it’s not an...
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food
By Dr. Mercola I believe many of our country's chronic health problems would simply disappear if greater attention was paid to the root problem —...
Seeing the Connections: Food, Health and Climate Change
In this era of oil, technology and information, all of us are busy all the time. There is so much to do, so many demands from within and without,...
When children warmed up to the charm of slow food in Delhi
You use hing (asafoetida) in your cooking, but do you know what it actually is? No? Then go and find out. This challenge was given to a group of 25...
Monsoon Recipes
Image courtesy better butter.in Food has been a network of relationships which has evolved over time in a geographical context! Traditional food...
How millets were displaced across Uttarakhand’s hillsides (and why we need to bring them back)
“Dal chawal. Aloo sabzi.”“Roti. Chawal. Aloo fry.”“Aloo paratha. Maggi.” In August last year, I spent nearly two weeks in Uttarakhand. For the most...
