Camel is one of my favourite animals. One of the privileges living in the Middle East is I can see camels more often here. The picture of camels in this article is taken by myself during our family vacation in Salalah, Oman. There are many benefits of camels, including for transportation and also source of […]
Stunting VS Obesity
“Joint action to prevent stunting and obesity” is the theme for 62nd National Nutrition Day in Indonesia on January 25th 2022. National Nutrition Day or Hari Gizi Nasional (HGN) was started from the establishment of “People’s Food Institute” or Lembaga Makanan Rakyat (LMR) lead by Prof. Poorwo Soedarmo that was also known as “Indonesian […]
Food Additives in Processed Beef Products
A study of food additives composition in commercially processed beef products that were conducted by Mirza Rizqi Zulkarnain, Glorya Pricilia and Yasmina Okinurshabani from Food Technology Department of International University Liaison Indonesia (IULI) has been recently published in Jurnal Teknologi dan Industri Pangan volume 32(1). This study identified the food additives composition of halal and local-based […]
A Novel Food Processing Technology for Better and Safer Food (By: Fransiska Rusli)
Food processing has always been deeply correlated with us whether it is done at home or industrial scale. Food processing, by definition, is the act of transforming agricultural products into directly edible foods. When talking about food processing, it is commonly associated with heat. At home, this means boiling, steaming, frying, or other heating methods. […]
Understanding Eating Disorders (by: Andrean Wangsa)
Due to the rise of fad diets, cleanses, and unrealistic beauty standards, it can, unfortunately, be seen that eating disorders have had an exponential growth. Eating disorders are the first ranked mental disorder that has caused death in people, and the factors can be external (environmental, lifestyle, social), or internal (genetics) [1, 15]. Research has […]
Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Gut Microbiome
This article is specifically discuss about a recent research done by Su et al (2021) about the effect of Ramadan Fasting on Gut Microbiome. In this particular research, they collected the samples of feces and blood from the subjects, and also took the longitudinal physiologic data in 2 cohorts, in 2 years. Results showed that […]