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Honey: Introduction, History, Composition, and Its Uses
Honey, a natural substance produced by honey bees, is sweet and has a syrupy consistency. It has a beautiful golden-yellow hue and a complex...
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Herbs as Therapeutics and Healers
Herbs have long been practiced for their therapeutic and medical properties in addition to their aesthetic and culinary benefits. Since ancient...
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Herbal-Infused Honey vis-à-vis Human Health
Honey, a nutritious viscous liquid produced by the honeybees (Apis mellifera) has been an important ingredient of many Ayurvedic traditional...
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Herbs Honey Infusion Methods
Herbal honey has properties of both honey and herbs. Honey itself has been a proven remedy against many diseases for ages. Herbs are also used as a...
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Critical Analysis and Future Perspectives
Herbal honey is emerging as a miraculous product which is having therapeutic properties of both herbs and honey. The commercial production of herbal...
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Pharmacological Properties of Honey
Honey, a natural substance produced by bees from the nectar of flowers, has been a subject of interest due to its diverse pharmacological properties....
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Biomedical Perspectives of Herbal Honey
Honey has been defined as the sweet, viscous liquid produced by honeybees from the nectar of blossoms or from the secretion of living plants which...
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Herbs of Bee Interest
Honey bees are social insects that have evolved along with flowering plants. They are dependent on plants for their food requirements and in turn,...
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Dietary Lipids and Health
Historically as early as 7000 BC, the use of lipids as a cosmetic was well established and later its use as an industrial oil was also done. However,...
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Digestion and Assimilation of Nutrients
In the human body, food is broken down in the digestive system into a form that can be easily absorbed and used as fuel. The digestive system...
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Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Vitamins are essential micronutrients that are required in small quantities to perform various activities, ranging from everyday metabolic processes...
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Food–Drug Interactions and Nutraceuticals
Nutraceuticals are products that are present in food, which apart from providing nutritive value also act as potential drugs. They bestow...
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Water-Soluble Vitamins
Water-soluble vitamins are a group of essential dietary components required in small quantities that are defined by their polar nature and are hence...
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Nutrition and Noncommunicable Disorders
Traditionally nutritional disorders are the pathophysiological changes associated with malnutrition that occur because of an increase or a decrease...
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Understanding Nutrition
Nutrition is not only an applied science but also a multidisciplinary science that has depended on the advancements in other scientific fields. It...
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Dietary Proteins and Health
Proteins are a significant component of the food we eat and are involved in all the diverse processes of the body. They are a type of biomolecule...
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Biological Roles of Water
Space scientists are looking for water on Mars in their search for life because we all know right from our elementary school days that water is...
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Microminerals and Toxic Heavy Metals
Mineral elements with an RDA <150 mg/day are classified as microminerals. They contribute to good health if they originate from an organic source...
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Inorganic Nutrients: Macrominerals
In the context of nutrition, minerals are classified as the inorganic chemicals required by living organisms. Four essential elements carbon,...
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Diet Plans and Health
As discussed in Chap. 2 , the study of nutrition is to ensure that individuals consume a balanced diet in order...