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Foods: Facts and Principles

Shakuntala Manay

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Description:About the Book: The book deals with foods from the point of view of cultural practices in India. Each food is discussed from the point of its production, processing and utilization in the Indian context. Foods of special importance in the Indian diet like pulses, spices and nuts are considered at length. The book gives a comprehensive account of foods and their products with regard to production, composition, nutritive value, uses and preservation. Indigenous food preparations based on fermented rice and pulse, milk and Indian confectionery have been discussed. Various laws issued by the government to control food quality are highlighted.Food is more than nutrients. In addition to nursing our body and promoting good health, foods have an effect on our mind, emotion and spiritual life. There is of late, a great awareness in the relationship of food and spiritual life.In the second edition a new chapter on Nutrition, Health and Food Consciousness was included. In addition to it, this edition deals with body, mind, emotion and its relation to spiritual health. Health as a constant growth of spirit is a progressive unfoldment, a growth which is teleotic (or Teleosis) and the limitation of the present concept backed up with scientific study in connection with the same, has been cited, thus bridging the gap between pure science and spiritual life.Contents: IntroductionPart I: Food ChemistryCarbohydratesLipidsProteinsVitaminsMineralsWaterPigments and ColoursFlavourEnzymesProperties of FoodsPart II: Food and Food ProductsBeveragesFruitsVegetablesCerealsCereal ProductsPulsesNutsOils and Fats in FoodsSpicesMilk and Milk ProductsEggsMeatPoultrySeafoodsSugar and ConfectioneryPart III: Food Preparation, Preservation and ProcessingCooking of FoodsFood QualityFood AdditivesFood Preservation and ProcessingNutrition, Health and Food ConsciousnessWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Foods: Facts and Principles. To get started finding Foods: Facts and Principles, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 564

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: New Age International Limited Publishers

Release: 2008

ISBN: 1282531824

Description: About the Book: The book deals with foods from the point of view of cultural practices in India. Each food is discussed from the point of its production, processing and utilization in the Indian context. Foods of special importance in the Indian diet like pulses, spices and nuts are considered at length. The book gives a comprehensive account of foods and their products with regard to production, composition, nutritive value, uses and preservation. Indigenous food preparations based on fermented rice and pulse, milk and Indian confectionery have been discussed. Various laws issued by the government to control food quality are highlighted.Food is more than nutrients. In addition to nursing our body and promoting good health, foods have an effect on our mind, emotion and spiritual life. There is of late, a great awareness in the relationship of food and spiritual life.In the second edition a new chapter on Nutrition, Health and Food Consciousness was included. In addition to it, this edition deals with body, mind, emotion and its relation to spiritual health. Health as a constant growth of spirit is a progressive unfoldment, a growth which is teleotic (or Teleosis) and the limitation of the present concept backed up with scientific study in connection with the same, has been cited, thus bridging the gap between pure science and spiritual life.Contents: IntroductionPart I: Food ChemistryCarbohydratesLipidsProteinsVitaminsMineralsWaterPigments and ColoursFlavourEnzymesProperties of FoodsPart II: Food and Food ProductsBeveragesFruitsVegetablesCerealsCereal ProductsPulsesNutsOils and Fats in FoodsSpicesMilk and Milk ProductsEggsMeatPoultrySeafoodsSugar and ConfectioneryPart III: Food Preparation, Preservation and ProcessingCooking of FoodsFood QualityFood AdditivesFood Preservation and ProcessingNutrition, Health and Food ConsciousnessWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Foods: Facts and Principles. To get started finding Foods: Facts and Principles, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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