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good health and wellbeing. The foods we eat provide the body with energy, protein, fats, vitamins, and minerals to live and grow. A healthy diet provides great cultural and pleasures of life. In addition, foods and dietary patterns promote good nutrition. How Nutrients Affect Your Body? Nutrients are elements or compounds that are vital for human growth, development, and function. Macronutrients are protein, fat, and carbohydrates which give the body energy. We need large amounts of these…

Sustainable Palm Oil: Palm oil is one of the main ingredients in the production of Biscuits. Semi-solid at room temperature, palm oil is used to give baked goods a creamy taste and texture. The increased palm oil production and demand is causing deforestation and reduction of biodiversity in Indonesia and Malaysia. Over 85% of palm oil production comes from species of palms introduced from West Africa and South America. These are not native to these areas and as such have a dramatic effect on…

Water, being the main component of foods, is an important diluent for other water soluble food components such as carbohydrate, protein, fiber, minerals and vitamins. Most fresh foods contain a large amount of water, normally more than 70%, while fresh fruits and vegetables can contain up to 90 to 98% of water (Gowen, 2012). Water in foods can be categorized into two classes, free water and bound water. Free water is freely available for chemical or biological reactions as well as for microbial…

Wheat grass is a very rich source variety of essential of nutrients. It contains most of the vitamins, variety of minerals and other nutrients. a) Vitamin A: It enhances the skin shine and provides glow to skin and makes it disease and infection free. It helps to cure spots and improves the eyesight. It is also helpful in checking the eyes, nose, and throat disorders. It maintains hair and is helpful in fighting the problems of pollution. b) Vitamin B: It aids digestion. It is helpful in the…

Cereal Market Mix Product We want our consumers to know that Cereal is a healthy option for a snack. It is full of nutrients and made of healthy ingredients such as whole grain, flax seed and we have replaced sugar with a natural sweetener “stevia” which tastes exactly like sugar and it contain “Zero” calories. We are portraying the message that “Healthy food can taste good”. The packaging of the product comes in different look according to who we are segmenting it to. For adult consumers the…

Introduction: Coconut oil is basically edible oil obtained from drupe of Cocos nucifera. Coconut oil is one of the most easily available edible oil and is very economical and use in every house globally. Majorly coconut oil consist of triglycerols and fatty acids. Coconut oil contains about 90% saturated fatty acids. Of which lauric acid is the main component (47.5% by wt), followed by Myristic acid (18.1% by wt) and palmitic acid (8.8% by wt). Major triglycerols aretrilaurin…

Lignocellulosic biomass consists of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, proteins, acids, salts and minerals. Chemical composition is also one of the important factors for biofuel production. Moisture content of raw pearl millet biomass was (8 %) and ash content (6.27 %) was obviously higher than that the literature report of 3.8 % (Dhabhai et al., 2012). The proximate analysis of pearl millet biomass revealed that moisture (8±0.32%), ash (6.27±0.08%), total solids (92±0.14%), water extractives…

1. Sunrise of Baton Rouge is located on 8502 Jefferson HWY, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809. This facility is part of the Sunrise Senior Living Community and have multiple locations within Baton Rouge. The maximum occupancy is 70 individuals. 2. There are many services offered by the facility. Services include daily excursions to local mall, sporting events, theaters, and place of worships. There are different divisions within in the facility such as mental care, independent care, and assisted…

If you have not heard much about the incredible food developed from the little green algae called Chlorella, then you are missing out on a great opportunity to add some serious nutrition to your diet. It is just beginning to find its niche in the popular nutritional supplements that are on the market. However, it has more nutrition than most other supplements and is totally organic. This little one-celled organism packs quite a punch because it has so many great nutrients such as many of the…

How many times have you told yourself that you would love to add more fruits and vegetables to your diet, but you just do not have the time? Most experts recommend we consume six to eight servings a day, and that for most people, is a challenge. A solution to this problem, however, is right at your fingertips! Read on for some handy juicing hints. Green vegetables such as spinach, kale and broccoli have many, wonderful health benefits. Try to keep your juice content to 50-70 percent greens,…