3rd World Congress on Nutrition and Obesity Prevention

Organic food is widely preferred nowadays by people all around. It is produced by standards that are similar to organic farming.   The methods may be different but cycle resources, promote ecological balance and conserve biodiversity are similar. So the consumption of organic food will be useful to maintain good health. Nutritional values in organic food are also more when compared to other foods that are produced by using pesticides. This is one face of organic food. The other face is completely different when it comes to the crops which are harvested beside the highways. The soil is contaminated with substances that hurt the native environment. These substances are not only toxic for plants but also for humans too. As the soil is the “Earth’s Kidney,” contaminates can damage it. Food maybe produced by traditional methods but the soil in which the crops are grown is contaminated. The crops in America have more arsenic levels then the crops grown in India and Pa...

Many anti-obesity drugs were banned from the market due to their adverse effects. From ancient times,  naturopathic treatment for obesity has been explored widely since early times and gaining momentum in the present scenario. Active phytoconstituents in ancient medical plants are used to treat obesity and other chronic diseases related to it. Some medical plants were proven with the ability to cure obesity with the bioactive compounds in it. The anti-obesity effect of many plants provided and the actions on the delay of fat absorption, suppression of enzymatic activities, mediation of lipid levels and increase of lipolytic effects, attributed mainly to phenolic compounds. Medical plants with Anti-obesity property: ·          Garlic ·          Soya ·          Jack fruit ·          Kiwi ·   ...