Coconut is often called the “tree of life”. It
is used extensively in tropical countries such as Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka
etc. The coconut is famous with the production of coconut oil and it becomes so popular. However, the production of corn oil and soy oil
against coconut oil because coconut oil is believed to cause harmful to human
because of high saturated fat content.
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Coconut
Thursday, 23 October 2014
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Healthy Gut For Infants and Children
Monday, 4 August 2014
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Gut microbiota is also known as gut flora which is
microbe population living in intestine. There are more than trillions of
microorganisms with at least 1000 different species. Few gut microbiota is
common to most people and the rest is specific to individual. Diet has shown to affect the composition of gut microbiota composition. Different
people have different composition of gut microbiota due to different diet.
Dates Nutrient Composition
The water content in dates decreases
as they are ripened. The average water content of dates are 83.6%, 65.9%, 43%
and 24.2% in the ‘Kimri’ stage, ‘Khalal’ stage, ‘Rutab’ stage and ‘Tamr’ stage
respectively.
Tomato and Its Benefits
Monday, 17 February 2014
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Tomato is one of the most consumed
vegetable in Malaysia. It is easily digestible with bright color to excite appetite. It is typically being consumed as salad in sandwiches. According to NutriWeb Malaysia,
it is estimated that 1 medium tomato with 55g has 10.5kcal. Tomato contains large
quantities of water in proportion to its weight which is almost 82%. When it is eaten, the water from tomato will be absorbed by the body.
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