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Challenges Faced By Nutritionists In Their Field

This post will review the common challenges that nutritionists undergo in their careers. Each particular profession has challenges including the nutrition one. It is important that as a nutritionist, you get to understand the likely challenges you will experience as…

Nutrition Apps And Importance

Nutrition apps are increasingly becoming relevant as individuals’ awareness on health and lifetsyle consciousness heightens.The apps’ prominence has been driven by their features that allow ease in use , personalized nutrition tracking, convenience etc. This in addition to the increased…

Culinary Arts And Food Nutrition

Culinary arts and nutrition encompass the application of nutrition knowledge and cooking skills to develop nutritious dishes that also integrate the multi-sensory attributes of foods. Recently,the integration of the nutrition and culinary arts fields is expanding as dining faclities resort…

How Are Enzymes Used In THe Food Industry?

Enzymes are proteinous components that act as catalysts in essential chemical reactions necessary for bodily functions including respiration, metabolism and digestion.They are also applied in industrial processes involving chemical reactions, and are generally sourced from plant or animal tissues. Alongside…

What Is RUTF?

RUTF is a therapeutic food utilized in the treatment of severely malnourished children.  It is deemed very efficient as an approximated 90% of subjects acclaim recovery within just a couple of weeks. The constituents of RUTF comprise of a peanut…

Nutrition Challenges For Governments

Governments experience a heavy burden of malnutrition that manifests in form of either undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies or obesity. These issues complexities are accentuated by rapid urbanization, globalization, poverty and powerful corporate interests .The malnutrition burden , specifically under-nutrition causes childhood…

Importance Of National Food Policies

In this post ,we will explicate the significance of national food policies. Micro-nutrient deficiencies of the vital nutrients i.e. vitamins and minerals including zinc, Vitamin A , iron and folate; and, the increasing macro-nutrient over-nutrition epidemic are associtaed with detrimental…