Junk food refers to fast food, which is easy to prepare and consume having low nutritional value. The term ‘Junk food’ was coined by Michael Jacobson, director of Center for Science in 1972 who wanted to raise public attention about the issue of foods with a high caloric value refined sugar, white flour, trans fat, polyunsaturated fat, salt and numerous food additives such as monosodium glutamate (MSG) and tartrazine, and these foods lacks in protein, vitamin and Fiber. Junk foods are popular because they are easy to prepare and are very tasty such as potato wafers which do not even…
Dr. Shanti Nair
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Among venomous stings, scorpion stings are major cause of global public health issues associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. The incidence of scorpion sting envenomation is about 12lakh people per year and is responsible for about 3250 deaths yearly. Among the numerous species of scorpions, Mesobuthus tumulus and swammer dami are the important genera in India. Agad tantra is one among eight branches of Ayurveda encompasses topics of toxicology. Excruciating pain, burning sensation, swelling and erythema seen in scorpions resemble the symptoms of vrischikadamsha (scorpion sting) in Ayurveda. So there are many simple remedies mentioned in keraliya visha chikitsa and…
