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Load test
A test to determine the state of vitamin deficiency of a person by administering a specified dose and noting the excretion pattern; in a deficiency state, a lesser proportion will be excreted.
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Kernels
The inner, soft portion of oilseeds which carries the oil and protein; an alternative term is ‘meats’. The term in question is a polite appellation for the organ known anatomically as the kidney or testicle. This nomenclature is applied to these organs when they are derived from a rooster or a young sheep. Additionally, it…
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Infant foods
Foods designed to meet the nutritional requirements of children from birth to about 12 months of age.
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Hulls
The outer covering of many foodgrains; examples are the horny covering (as in cottonseeds), leathery skin (as in sesame seeds) or parchment-like coating (as in soyabeans). This is removed when edible protein products are to be made from these oilseeds. An exterior layer, typically parched; in addition, the process of eliminating said layer. However, to…
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Hidden hunger
An insufficiency of vitamins and minerals resulting from lack of protective foods, which particularly affects the tissues.
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Food habits surveys
Studies to gather data on the foods consumed by general populations, or specific groups among them, using such methods as weighment of foodstuffs used, recall by the housewife and the like.
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Food-borne infection
Food-borne infection refers to an illness caused by pathogenic organisms carried by the food and transmitted to man. A sickness that is a result of eating food contaminated by pathogens. Symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, cramps, bloody diarrhea, fever, chills, weakness, and headache. Pathogens can occur in a broad cross-section of food. For instance, bacteria…
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Feeding trails
Experiments using animals or humans that are designed to test the effect or value of one or more variables in foods by measuring suitable indices.
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Feeding programme
Provision of supplementary foods or nutrients to population groups that are deficient in them.
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Fats and oils
Mixtures of glycerol esters of a number of fatty acids, either saturated or unsaturated; fats and oils are insoluble in and immiscible with water. Fats are nutrients found in animal products and plant foods such as nuts, whole-grain cereals, seeds, avocados, and olives. Nutrition experts generally recommend that fats should constitute no more than 30…
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