Dear Friends, This group was started for the B.Tech (food process engineering) students of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to stay in touch. Today when...
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manish bansal
manishsliet
Mar 2, 2005 12:27 pm
hello friends i m manish . i m doing B.Tech ( food technology ) from SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF ENGG. AND TECHNOLOGY LONGOWAL DISTT SANGRUR (PUNJAB) INDIA. now...
As i mentioned earlier in one of my emails, I plan to send out emails covering the fundamentals of various topics in food science. This is the first bite of...
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Arivu
arivufpe@...
Mar 30, 2005 2:55 pm
 I hail this type of discussion! anand, please discribe about saturated and unsaturated fats and its difference. same for fatty acids. ... Iam also hails...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Mar 30, 2005 11:11 pm
Yesterday I said that, there are 3 types of fats, unsaturated fats are better than saturated fats and the type of fatty acid determines whether a fat is...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Mar 31, 2005 8:43 pm
Fats are solid and oils are liquid at RT, saturation of Hydrogen atoms and close packed structure makes saturated fats solid, and saturated fats increase blood...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 3, 2005 8:27 pm
To summarize, we have seen that unsaturated fats (oils) are liquids and saturated fats are solids. This difference in physical appearance is caused due to the...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 6, 2005 3:08 am
Canadian researchers have conducted laboratory studies that found that certain compounds in cranberries, called flavonoids, may inhibit the growth of breast...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 7, 2005 3:39 am
In the previous article, we discussed about mono and poly unsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, omega 3 and omega 6 types of unsaturated fatty acids were also...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 7, 2005 12:28 pm
Probing Question: Will garlic lower blood cholesterol? _____ By David Pacchioli Research/Penn State</> For more than 3,000 years, people have used garlic to...
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Ravi Kumar Jayachandran
jravifpe
Apr 10, 2005 1:11 pm
Hello anand, now only I read ur 4th topic. I have a doubt reg. Omega 3 & 6 classifcation. as PUFAs have more than one double bonds.... why is the...
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uths_vin
Apr 10, 2005 10:09 pm
Hi Friends, This article sounds interesting and funny. Forget takeout, eat a print-out It is not quite the stuff of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 11, 2005 7:31 pm
This is an awesome, funny and interesting piece of information. Amazing idea. I appreciate Cantu's creativity. Anand ... From: uths_vin...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 11, 2005 7:54 pm
Hi Ravi, Good question. Sorry for not being clear. Although PUFAs can have any number of double bonds, they occur at specific locations. They can be after 3rd,...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 11, 2005 9:10 pm
FATS and HEALTH - 2 Effect of Saturated Fats on Health: Saturated fats are very unhealthy fats. They make the body produce more cholesterol, which may raise...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 14, 2005 3:21 am
I just came to know about this interesting story about how "hershey kisses" got its name. For those of you who don't know about Hershey, it is a famous...
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banu prakash
gidigebanu
Apr 15, 2005 9:54 am
CONTROVERSIAL NEEM PATENT ANNULLED The European Patent Office has supported the revocation of a patent on the Indian 'neem' tree, dealing a killer blow to what...
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banu prakash
gidigebanu
Apr 15, 2005 9:54 am
CONTROVERSIAL NEEM PATENT ANNULLED The European Patent Office has supported the revocation of a patent on the Indian 'neem' tree, dealing a killer blow to what...
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banu prakash
gidigebanu
Apr 15, 2005 9:55 am
CONTROVERSIAL NEEM PATENT ANNULLED The European Patent Office has supported the revocation of a patent on the Indian 'neem' tree, dealing a killer blow to what...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 17, 2005 9:36 pm
FATS AND HEALTH - Effect of Omega Fatty Acids Omega 3 PUFAs: Omega 3 is an essential fatty acid, which means it is important to the body but is not produced...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 20, 2005 6:00 am
OMEGA 6:OMEGA 3 RATIO The ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acid is very important and this is the reason I chose to have a separate write up on this (even...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 21, 2005 2:03 am
I was reading through an article and found this story interesting. We have talked so much about Omega 3 fatty acids in fish and how they help in reducing...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 22, 2005 10:33 pm
Meaty Diet Linked to Pancreatic Cancer But Green Tea May Protect Against Prostate Cancer By <http://my.webmd.com/content/Biography/8/99471.htm> Charlene...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
Apr 23, 2005 4:58 am
Vitamin D 'aids lung cancer ops' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4458085.stm Lung cancer patients who have surgery in the winter are 40% more likely to die...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
May 1, 2005 5:52 am
TRANS Fats In Fats 7, I ended with the question "Are all unsaturated fatty acids good for health?". By now you would have guessed that the answer to this...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
May 1, 2005 7:23 pm
You can find this term in many food labels and articles. What does it mean? GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) GRAS is the regulatory status of food...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
May 2, 2005 12:02 am
Here is a website, which has famous english songs remade with lyrics related to food safety/technology. http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/music.html It is funny and...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
May 2, 2005 3:05 pm
* The full chemical name for caffeine is 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine and its chemical formula is C8H10N4O2 * Caffeine was first isolated from coffee in 1820 * In...
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Anand Subramanian
sanandfpe
May 3, 2005 10:13 pm
atherosclerosis - A condition that exists when too much cholesterol builds up in the blood and accumulates in the walls of the blood vessels. ... What is...
