Nutritive Value Of Indian Foods Book Pdf

The latest Indian food composition database covers all the key foods sampled from the entire country drawn from statistically valid sampling method. About 160 discrete food constituents including bioactive compounds were analysed for 528 foods.

This book provides detailed information on the nutrient com- position of over 600 Indian foods. It contains a simple account of current concepts of nutrition science, nutritional chemistry of major food groups and nutritional deficiency diseases. In addition, the book incorporates latest information on nutritional requirement and recommended dietary allowances and on the guidelines for formulating healthy, balanced diets. This book is a must for all those who wish to know more about nutritive value of foods including students, medical and health professionals, planners as well as general public.

In view of the changing food habits, physical activity patterns, nutrition transition and health status of various groups, ICMR-NIN, this year released the latest Nutrient Requirements for Indians and Recommended Dietary Allowances. For the first time the report includes the Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) and also the Tolerable Upper Limits (TUL) of nutrients alongside RDAs. While RDAs are daily dietary nutrient intake levels which would be sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all healthy individuals, EARs are the average daily nutrient intake levels of population. These recommendations are the basis for defining the nutrient levels in policies and programs. The EARs and TUL are not only useful in evaluating the nutritional status of populations or groups but also in defining the regulation on food fortification and nutrient supplementation etc.

A Manual of Laboratory Techniques is a highly useful publication & which serves as a reference manual to upcoming researchers in the field of biomedical research. It provides a description of a wide range of analytical and biomedical techniques with principles employed in a laboratory. The manual also contains information on guidelines for good laboratory practices (GLP); regulations and other important aspects involving animal experimentation; statistical methods used in biomedical research and other useful data.