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Cleaning and sanitation programme are essential to control the hazards of microbiological and physical contamination of foods in the foodservice and food manufacturing facilities. To ensure that a facility and equipment are clean, sanitised and suitable for their intended use, management of the food business must draw up and operate a written sanitation programme and suitable cleaning procedure for all equipment surfaces and structures within the facility.

In today's fast paced world, we sometimes do not eat a proper diet all of the time. Even celebrity Chef's like Jamie Oliver is highlighting this issue. He is presently going round to schools and towns trying to teach people how to cook healthy food. On one of his shows on Discovery Channel, he was at this town that had this one parent whose three year old child has never had a nutritious home cooked meal. On a Bill Cosby's Show "Kids Say The Darndest Things", when he asked a kid who cooks his meals at home the kid answers "Pizza Hut". Sad but true. Nowadays since both parents are working to make ends meet, they often resort to fast food to fill their family's tummies. Same goes with us, to keep up with the rat race we just pop whatever we can get into our tummies. So in order to acquire sufficient vitamins to help your body overcome nutritional deficiencies to function properly, you should compensate with natural vitamin supplements. Vitamins are organic components in food that are needed in very small amounts for growth and for maintaining good health. Growing up as a skinny kid, my parents made sure I had my Vitamin Supplements. They tried everything to get some flesh on this bag of bones. Then a doctor told them not too worries as long as I'm a healthy kid. I still took multivitamins. Nowadays I take a herbal supplement called spirulina. So far I have found Spirulina to be good for me; it helps to keep my toxins in my body to a minimum. I don't feel very tired in the morning.

People in Asia have been eating fermented foods for more than 1,000 years. One vegan fermented food, renowned in Asia for its ability to protect against heart attacks, was recently shown to have a powerful ability in lab experiments to prevent formation of the clumps of tangled protein involved in Alzheimer's disease. if this works as well in the human brain as scientists expect, it will be a great addition to the tables of anyone who is concerned about this terrible disease

A group of foods that look very innocent, the nightshade family, may be responsible for your arthritis. The foods in this group are, in general, good nutrition, but if you are allergic to some of the substances found in them, you will not be able to detoxify and wash out waste materials that are responsible for your arthritis.

If you like the concept of using food as medicine, you may name it food pharmacology. Medicines are an evident example of how microscopic compounds can remarkably change the human body. However, what's even more mesmerizing is the profound effect foods, and natural herbs can have on the body. But how can we incorporate food's healing properties into our everyday lives? "Pharmacognosy" is used to study medicines derived from natural bases. Due to its healing effects, turmeric curcumin has welcomed much attentiveness in research and wellness communities over the years. To date, 230 clinical trials have been performed to discover its many health benefits! A quick search of "curcumin" in PubMed induces nearly 18,000 results. Turmeric can help those with autoimmunity and the thyroid, reduces whole-body inflammation, heals the gut, and detoxify heavy metals from the body.

World Health Organization (WHO) considering need of safety of food launched 'free from microbes, viruses and chemicals' as a theme for this world Health day. Health services in India shared that ev...

n-3 fatty acid dietary recommendations and food sources to achieve essentiality and cardiovascular benefits.\nGebauer SK, Psota TL, Harris WS, Kris-Etherton PM.\nAm J Clin Nutr. 2006 Jun;83(6 Suppl):1526S-1535S. Review.\nPMID: 16841863

Welcome to dietandcancerreport.org where you can find the WCRF/AICR Expert Report, Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective as well as the companion report, Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention. The most up to date reference and resource materials associated with both reports are available from this site

As if we had not enough to worry about when it comes to cholesterol levels, now we learn to our dismay, about oxycholesterol, a new kind of cholesterol that can add insult to injury by raising our bad cholesterol. This type of cholesterol is found in certain foods and can increase our risk for heart disease.

Vitamin K2 is emerging as an exciting player in the control and possible regression of coronary atherosclerotic plaque. Only about 10% of dietary vitamin K intake is in the K2 form, the other 90% being the more common K1.

You don't need supplements to prevent cancer - look to the food you eat every day to pack in all the healthy nutrients you need

Candida yeast infection symptoms that lead to weight gain are seen in the form of having excessive craving for food accompanied by having problems in digesting the foods.

Working in the food industry, we tend to come across different food that we have never seen or eaten. Coming from the city I have heard of only a few types of ulam- ulaman. While working in the East Coast for a few years, I have found that there are lots of different things that can be used as ulam. And talking to some elderly people especially in my wife's village of Kampung Cheh, Kuala Kangsar, I have also found out that there are health benefits in eating ulam. That is why we see the people from the village are much more lively and healthier than some of us even the old there. Below are some of my findings. I will add more as I come across more ulam in my travels. What is Ulam? Ulam is a type of vegetable dish that is consumed fresh and raw. It is eaten with rice and other dishes as an appetizer to whet the appetite. As it is eaten raw and fresh, ulam-ulaman is high in vitamin and minerals. It has also anti bacterial and anti oxidant properties.

The success or failure of following a plan to achieve normal blood pressure begins with our selection of foods at the supermarket. Thus, I suggest you do not buy a food you know is not good for you while thinking "I'll eat just a little bit and I'll save the rest" because it doesn't work that way. Trust me. If you buy it, guaranteed, you will eat it.

When the stomach contents such as food or liquid that consist of gastric acid leak backwards from the stomach into the esophagus (the tube from the mouth to the stomach). This is call acid reflux or in medical term Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This action can irritate the esophagus, causing heartburn and other symptoms. At the entrance to your stomach is a valve, which is a ring of muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). Normally, the LES closes as soon as food passes through it. If the LES doesn't close all the way or if it opens too often, acid produced by your stomach can move up into your esophagus.