Fasting is abstained from eating and drinking, mostly done for religious devotion. There are many religions practice fasting, usually for special occasions. This month (Ramadan) is a special holy month in Islamic (lunar) calendar for about 1.8 billions Muslims in the world. All eligible Muslims who already reach puberty have the obligation to do intermittent […]
Effect of Food Technology Education to Climate Change and Poverty (by: Andrean Wangsa)
We are living in an era of severe mass extinction, due to air and water pollution which contaminates and reduces the worldwide biodiversity including both plants and animals, this results in global warming, oxygen deficiency, and loss of agricultural and forestry products. This causes a slow but steady increase in price throughout the years, and […]
Essential Nutrients for Boosting Immunity Against Covid-19
Consumption of good nutritious food is essential in forming a strong immune system. Boost your immunity and help protect yourself from infections, flu-like diseases (including the Covid-19) and other health problems by consuming nutritious foods in your daily meals. Although food is not entirely as an antidote to viral infections, good nutrition will provide extra […]
The First Ever World Food Safety Day
According to the United Nations (UN), there are approximately 600 million cases of food borne illness every year. Food borne illness is carried or transmitted to people by food that are contaminated by microorganisms such as viruses, pathogenic bacteria and other parasites. These foods are generally moist, rich in protein and have a neutral or […]
The Specialty of Dates
Date (Phoenix dactylifera) is a very familiar sweet fruit in the community, especially for muslim. They generally consume dates during the Holy Month of Ramadhan, but in the Middle East, dates are also considered as the staple food. The tree is the kind of palm that grows and bears fruit in the Arab countries, Iraq […]
Infant Formula and Formulas for Special Medical Purposes Intended for Infants
The term infant means a person not more than 12 months of age (1 year old or less). Infant formula means a breast-milk substitute specially manufactured to satisfy, by itself, the nutritional requirements of infants during the first months of life up to the introduction of appropriate complementary feeding, while Formula for Special Medical Purposes […]