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Blame your taste bud for your obesity

New Delhi, Jan 24 (ANI): A new study claims that health awareness campaigns fail to help obesity cases as people still make their eating choices based on just taste, and tend to avoid healthy food due to same. Despite a recent trend toward healthy eating behaviors, many consumers still tend to over-consume unhealthy foods because of two facts that work in combination.Unhealthy is widely associated with being tasty, and taste is the main driver of food decisions. According to the research policy planners must find ways to make healthy foods more appealing, by improving the actual taste as well as the packaging and marketing, and by investing in social campaigns which work on consumer's emotions and encourage a sense that healthy eating is 'cool' and prestigious. Overall, a holistic approach is urgently needed to find mutually beneficial strategies to combat the world's alarming obesity epidemic

Jan 24, 2015

Liberia to Receive Experimental Ebola Vaccine

Nearly 300 vials of the candidate vaccine have already been dispatched to the Ebola-hit West African country via a commercial flight.

Jan 24, 2015

Coffee Can Reduce Risk of Skin Cancer Melanoma

In a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers analysed whether coffee can protect against cutaneous melanoma.

Jan 24, 2015

Australian Boy Gets the World's First Artificial Pancreas

Xavier Hames, from Perth, developed diabetes when he was just 22 months old and had been on daily insulin injections until Wednesday, when a team of doctors at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH) fixed the wearable insulin pump to his body.

Jan 23, 2015

Walnuts Boost Memory, Prevent Dementia

In a study reported in Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, eating just 13g walnuts per day helped improve memory, concentration and other important cognitive functions in the participants.

Jan 23, 2015

Hormonal Contraceptives Can Give You Brain Tumour

Women in the study who used hormonal contraceptives for five years increased their risk of getting glioma, a deadly cancer that starts from the brain tissues called glia, which help support the nerve cells.

Jan 23, 2015

Jodhpur Man with Ebola-like Symptoms Dies of Internal Bleeding

A 35-year-old man suffering from Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tick-borne viral disease, died of internal bleeding.

Jan 22, 2015

Ebola Virus Mutating Continuously; May make Drugs Less Effective

Researchers have identified 600 genetic mutations called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in EBOV/Mak, the strain involved in the current outbreak.

Jan 22, 2015

Cardio workout from home

You can do Cardio workout from home. 4 types of workout you will see Burpees, Jumping jack, High knees and Jump squats.

Jan 21, 2015

Man Dies of Swine Flu in Chennai; 23 H1N1 Positive Cases Reported this Year in Tamil Nadu

The victim, a 53-year-old man named P Sreenivasan from Mannady, succumbed to the viral infection Monday night.

Jan 21, 2015

Swine Flu Kills 5 More in Hyderabad

The city has reported 221 cases of swine flu so far, this year, including 50 fresh cases that emerged this week.

Jan 21, 2015

Prolonged Sitting Can Kill You Early: Research

Sedentary behaviour refers to any activity performed in a sitting or lying position, which requires very less energy.

Jan 21, 2015

Turmeric May Cure Alzheimer's Disease, Erase Bad Memories

A substance found in the yellow-coloured spice powder called curcumin can protect against Alzheimer's disease.

Jan 21, 2015

Chilli Potato

Chilli Potato Ingredients Potato - 4 cut into slices A few Garlic cloves finely chopped Spring onions - 1 bunch (cut onion & stock separately) Ginger & garlic paste - 1/2 tsp Tomato ketchup - 2 tbsp Chilli sauce - 1 tbsp Soy sauce - 1 tbsp Sugar - 1/2 tsp Pepper - 1/2 tsp Chilli flakes - 1/2 tsp Salt to taste Oil for frying Method: 1. Wash the potato cut them dry, there should be no moisture on the slices. 2. First step is to deep fry the potatoes. 3. Next step is to make a sauce, in a wide pan add oil, spring onions, garlic and sauté it till it turns brown colour. 4. Add half of the spring onion stock and remaining stock add it later. 5. Now add ginger & garlic paste, salt, pepper, chilli flakes and a quick stir. Add all the sauces soy sauce, chilli sauce, tomato ketchup and mix it. Finally add sugar, now the sauce is ready. 6. Add the fried potatoes to the sauce and mix it on the low flame. Make sure all the pieces coated well with sauce. 7.Finally add the remaining spring onion stock and mix it. Chilli Potato is ready now enjoy it.

Jan 20, 2015