Dr Sanjay Agrawal Leading Pharmaceutical Consultant and Editor-in Chief of IJMToday The history of Western medicine describes the use of a number of remedies using nutraceuticals, such as herbs, animal parts, and materials from natural sources until last century. Today most prescription drugs contain one active ingredient or one...
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Dr Sanjay Agrawal Leading Pharmaceutical Consultant and Editor-in Chief of IJMToday The human body generates free radicals continuously as the inevitable byproduct of turning food into energy. In the process of life and death of a cell, free radicals play an important role. Atom is the smallest particle in...
Dr Sanjay Agrawal Leading Pharmaceutical Consultant and Editor-in Chief of IJMToday “The physical body is the product of diet and sensory input (lifestyle). Similarly, all diseases are the result of non correct diet and lifestyle. Diet and lifestyle, wholesome and unwholesome are the foundations of health and...
Dr Sanjay Agrawal Leading Pharmaceutical Consultant and Editor-in Chief of IJMToday Although a recommended dietary allowance, or RDA, has not been set for fiber because of insufficient evidence, the Food and Nutrition Board has set an Adequate Intake for the nutrient. The Adequate intake of fiber is the...
Dr Sanjay Agrawal Leading Pharmaceutical Consultant and Editor-in Chief of IJMToday Introduction: In 2001, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) defined probiotics as live microorganisms which, if administered in an adequate amount, confer a health benefit to the host....
Probiotics are live microbial supplements which are health promoting by virtue of their functional re-establishment and stabilization of microbial niche dynamics of the human gastro-intestinal tract and they beneficially affect the host by improvements of its intestinal microbial niche restoring balance, a few examples are Lactobacillus sp and Bifidobacterium...
Basically, probiotics are microorganisms that provide beneficial effects when human body takes them in the right amounts. Probiotics can be consumed in supplement form or in fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kefir, yogurt, kimchi and kombucha and the probiotics should not be confused with prebiotics, which are types of...
Introduction: Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the human body: the average rate of growth is about onehalf inch a month. Optimal hair growth occurs from age 15 to 30, slows down from age 40 to 50, and is progressively lost by about age 50. Most men lose...
Introduction There are various fiber products available in the market today, containing either a natural fiber, such as inulin, psyllium or β-glucan. Some are synthetically created products such as polydextrose (synthetic polymer of glucose and sorbitol), wheat dextrin (heat/acid treated wheat starch), or methylcellulose. There is significant difference between...