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A fanatic vegetarian out to convert non-vegetarians. The word vegangelical comes from vegan and evangelical. A vegangelical is someone who thinks that any other lifestyle choice besides veganism is wrong. The word usually used in the West, first made its appearance in print in 2003.

The art of plastination deals with preservation of organs, tissues and whole beings. Plastination, unlike preservation through formalin, involves a series of processes that replace the fluids in the tissues and organs by reactive plastics such as silicon rubber, epoxy resin and polyester resin, in a special vacuum process. This achieves the same objective as formalin, which is to prevent …

Anchovies (they are usually classified as oily fish) have the palm oil, which is one of the few vegetable based saturated fats. Another is coconut oil. Haddock, like most white fish, is pretty low in fat. While it does contain omega-3 fat, it has nowhere as much as oily fish like anchovies. Omega-3s are the creme-de-la – creme of good …

The biggest threat is saturated fat as we eat nearly a fifth more than recommended. The worst culprits are pork pies, sausages, full fat dairy products, butter, cakes, pastries, etc. Monounsaturated fats are actually good for us. Along with polyunsaturated fats they help to stop the arteries furring up. Monounsaturates are found in olive oil, peanut butter, avocado, nuts and …

Local burger bar is harmful. Due to pressure from campaigners, the major fast food chains have almost phased trans fats out of their food, but many one-off burger bars, chicken shops, etc, still use them. Otherwise, trans fats are mostly found in processed, baked foods such as biscuits, cakes and pastries.

No more than 35% of our diet should come from fat. That’s 70gm a day for women and 95gm for men. Roughly half of our diet should be made up of carbohydrates – from fruit and vegetables plus starchy foods like bread, cereals and potatoes. The rest should be from protein, found in lean meat, fish, eggs, beans and nuts.

Toasted skin syndrome occurs when skin is exposed to heat for long periods of time, and appears as a darkened, sometimes patterned, discoloration on the skin. The condition can cause permanent skin discoloration and may even lead to skin cancer, depending on the degree of damage. In the old days, people who worked near high heat sources, such as bakers …

The growth, development and adoption of new varieties of oilseeds and complementary technologies nearly doubled oilseeds production from 12.6 mt in 1987-88 to 24.4 mt in 1996-97, catalyzed by the Technology Mission on Oilseeds, brought about the Yellow Revolution.The term also stands for the People Power Revolution in Phillipines in 1986 against then President Ferdinand Marcos. It was a series …

SPA is an acronym originating during the Roman Empire, when battle-weary legionnaires found a way to recover from their military wounds and ailments. They sought out hot springs and built baths so they could heal their aching bodies; calling these places ‘aquae’ and naming the treatment there ‘Sanus Per Aquam’ (SPA) – meaning ‘health by or through water’. During this …

Both measles and German measles (rubella) are viruses. German measles is accompanied by a blotchy red rash. The patient sometimes suffers a slight cold prior to the appearance of the rash. German measles can be dangerous for pregnant women, who have no immunity for the virus. It is called German measles because it was German physicians who first described this …