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average reading time- 6mins Protein has always been a demand for people who want to work out to show up their muscles. Protein is one of the essential macronutrients needed for the body for its daily activities. Protein is known as the building block of life. Protein is present in each cell and organism in this world acquiring different structures, names, and functions. On the whole, it is one thing without which the body won’t sustain. So what is all this fuzz about the protein? What is a protein in the first place? The protein is a biomolecule that is basically chains of amino acids and has a complex polymeric structure. The amino acids are monomeric units that bind with each other to form proteins. There are about 20 basic amino acids which combine to form into proteins. The bond linking the amino acids so that they can become a protein is called a peptide bond. From the hair being strong to the healing that occurs in the damaged cells, the proteins are essential and are present i...

  average reading time- 7 mins In general, microbes are known to cause harm to plants, animals, and humans, and so on. In particular, bacteria have caused a lot of problems in humans like tuberculosis, anthrax, cholera, etc. but not all bacteria are pathogenic (disease-causing) in nature. The particular bacteria discussed here is friendly to humans and is completely trustable. The ruminococcus genus of bacteria falls under the class clostridia. These bacteria are round-shaped, anaerobic (do not need oxygen for survival), and are gram-positive. These bacteria are gut-friendly. More than one type of these bacteria is present in the human’s gut helping in the process of digestion. The gut of the human which primarily includes the intestines is known as the bacterial fermentation chamber. Most of these bacteria help the human and have a symbiotic relationship. The symbiotic relationship is a relationship between two organisms in which both of the organisms get benefitt...

  AVERAGE READING TIME-10 MINS source- NDTV foods It is around summer, and you have come home from an intense gym session/casual cricket match with your friends. You take a bottle of ice-cold water or any chilled beverage from the refrigerator and chug it at once. You can feel the immense amount of pleasure you get from this just by reading this. But what if I say that your body hates this even though you like it? This article brings upon the ill-effects of drinking ice water and a sustainable solution/alternative to that.   Ice water has some of its own benefits like ice water stimulates thirst enabling further consumption of water. Hence ice water can keep you hydrated. Also, ice water can keep one mentally active and awake. Research says that athletes who consume cold water are able to exercise or perform longer. However, the benefits of ice water are countable and limited. On the other hand, there are many ill-effects of consuming ice water. Consumption of ice water ...

   AVERAGE READING TIME- 7MINS Yes! What you read above is absolutely true and this might be perplexing. Biryani is comfort food for people in India and is being honoured by them. Biryani is one such food that has a fanbase for it and is tagged as “biryani is not a word; it is an emotion”.  Biryani is the most favoured dish for non-vegetarian lovers. This dish has become inevitable for many in this generation. On the darker side, some say that biryani is overhyped. They say that it is just rice cooked with meat\vegetables with spices and there is no need for creating such hype on such dishes. Despite that, biryani is one of the most devoured dishes all over the country and has got different variants based on the ingredients. However, biryani is not a healthy dish and is not be consumed every day. The reason is in the preparation. Biryani to be tasty requires a lot of desi ghee and spices. These are indeed healthy for the body but within a limit, as supported by the pr...

    KEYWORDS- spice, dried spice, fresh spice, health benefits, medicine, patents, food is medicine     AVERAGE READING TIME- 8 MINS                             This article furnishes information on the taste of spice. Spice is one of the essential six tastes. Spice along with the other tastes are experienced in the tongue. Each region in the tongue is designated to a unique taste. The food molecules bound to certain receptors present in that particular region of the tongue. There are some specialized cells in the tongue called gustatory cells. These cells contain gustatory hairs which house the receptors for several tastes. The molecules upon binding with the respective receptor triggers the release of certain substances which get converted into electrical signals. These signals on reaching the appropriate region in the brain get perceived as the corresponding taste. The response to these mol...

  KEYWORDS:- bitter, ancient, toxic, gene, children, tastes AVG READING TIME - 7 mins The foods present all over the world fall into these six tastes- sweet, salt, spicy, bitter, sour, and umami. It is essential that there must be a balance in the six tastes to keep the body in balance. Our ancestors used to have a diet that had all those six tastes in harmony and that could be a reason for them being healthy. On the contrary, the younger generation tends to like and have only three tastes namely sweet, salt and spicy, and even sometimes sour. Most of the children in this generation would not have even experienced all the six tastes. Most of them would not know how umami tastes and they would have known it through study. Most of the children in this generation love to eat sweet, spicy, and salty foods and sometimes sour food but they hate to eat bitter food. There will be happiness and joy in the face of a child when he is given a packet of chips or ice cream but the face e...

  KEYWORDS- soup, science, weight loss, preparation, nutrients AVG READING TIME- 10 mins. From powdered packets available commercially to those served in five-star multi-cuisine restaurants, soup is a delicacy at all levels. Soup is one such treat people can nibble fearlessly when compared to other junks. It gives satisfaction to the palate without affecting the body. It is just a matter of few inches from the mouth to the end of the tongue where taste is felt and beyond which everything is bolus (food mixed with saliva). Many people eat junk food just to satisfy the path along the tongue forgetting the rest of its journey along with the digestive system. Foods have also been altered and modified so as to enhance the taste. Accordingly, we consume them for the satisfaction we get for the time at the stake of its ill-effects which progresses eventually. taste map of the tongue Soup provides rejuvenating taste to the palate and at the same time helps the digestive system. By choo...