Calling it his most technical chocolate creation, a pastry chef from Las&nbsp;Vegas has created&nbsp;a five-foot-tall telescope with chocolate. Chef Amaury&nbsp;Guichon, who runs his own Pastry Academy, shared his creative process on his Facebook&nbsp;page leaving netizens&nbsp;impressed.&nbsp;
Featuring pipes, gears and even tiny&nbsp;screws made from chocolate, he completes the telescope with a stunning golden spray. The clip showing his&nbsp;mesmerising process has been viewed over two million times.

Calling it his most technical chocolate creation, a pastry chef from Las Vegas has created a five-foot-tall telescope with chocolate. Chef Amaury Guichon, who runs his own Pastry Academy, shared his creative process on his Facebook page leaving netizens impressed. Featuring pipes, gears and even tiny screws made from chocolate, he completes the telescope with a stunning golden spray. The clip showing his mesmerising process has been viewed over two million times.

Navratri is a great time to cleanse your mind and your body. Whether or not you're fasting, these five foods can help clean and heal your body naturally. 1. Pineapple contains bromelian, a powerful digestive enzyme that breaks down fat and reduces inflammation. 2. Walnuts increase blood circulation so toxins are more efficiently transported from different parts of your body to your liver. 3. Next up, pectin and mallic acid in apples are cleansing nutrients that help remove cholesterol and toxins from your blood. 4. And finally, end your meal with a piece of jaggery. It detoxifies your liver by flushing out unwanted toxins from your system.

Assuming that air travellers must be missing its in-flight fine dining meals, Finnish carrier Finnair&nbsp;is selling business class aeroplane food in supermarkets in a move to keep its catering staff employed and to offer a taste of the airline experience to those missing flying in the Covid-19 times.
The airline said that in a&nbsp;pilot scheme&nbsp;the handmade meals, called &ldquo;Taste of Finnair,&rdquo; would initially be offered at one store.
The ready-made dishes&nbsp;include options like reindeer meatballs, Arctic char and Japanese-style teriyaki beef&nbsp;and would cost about 10 to 13 euros, Finnair Kitchen said.

In order to reduce waste, fast food company Burger King is planning to trial reusable containers from next year.&nbsp;The initiative is a partnership with Loop, TerraCycle's zero-waste delivery platform.
Customers can choose to take reusable packets for sandwiches, coffee and soft drinks, after which they can be returned to Burger King to be cleaned and reused.
However, customers will be charged a small deposit when purchasing the item. Once the packet is returned, customers will be refunded.
The eco-friendly packaging will be introduced in select restaurants in Portland, Tokyo and New York.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan&nbsp;on Friday announced that India is on its way to eliminate trans fats from its supply chain completely by 2022.&nbsp;
Speaking at a FSSAI&nbsp;event to commemorate World Food Day, Vardhan&nbsp;said, 'Trans fat is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). And eliminating CVD risk factor is especially relevant during Covid-19.'&nbsp;
A food toxin present in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (PHVOs) (e.g. vanaspati, shortening, margarine, etc.), baked and fried foods, trans fat is a major contributor to the rise in non-communicable diseases in India.

Clinical nutritionist Rupali Datta breaks down the reason behind why people switch to sendha namak while fasting.

With Navratri celebrations in full swing, you may be planning to observe a fast. And while everyone knows what's okay to eat and what's not for the most part, beverages are where things get a bit confusing. When it comes to packaged or processed drinks, most people believe that they should be avoided as it is hard to know what went into their production. But it is commonly accepted that drinking tea and even coffee along with homemade drinks like buttermilk or chaas and fresh fruit juices are allowed.

Often ignored, iodine deficiency is the world&rsquo;s most common, yet easily preventable, cause of brain damage, says the World Health Organisation.&nbsp;
While the number of countries where iodine deficiency is a public health problem has halved over the past decade, the problem still persists in 54 nations.&nbsp;Universal salt iodization programs, an idea that popped up 20 years ago, have been proposed over the world, but unfortunately have covered about 71% of the world&rsquo;s population.&nbsp;
However, salt isn't the only source of iodine available to us. As consumption of processed food rises, our salt consumption is also going up and not all of it is helping us consume the proportional amount of iodine with it.
Harvard Health suggests that it may make more sense to get your iodine from food if you want to keep your salt intake in check!
The best food sources of iodine are ocean-farmed fish and shellfish. If you're a vegetarian, you must include&nbsp;milk, cheese, yoghurt, prunes or dried plums, eggs as well as vegetables grown in iodine-rich soil in your diet.&nbsp;

Dutch researchers assessing the impact of ambience on taste have discovered that dimming the lights may actually compromise&nbsp;the taste and flavour of food for diners.&nbsp;
Proving the hypothesis that you actually begin tasting with your eyes, the researchers from&nbsp;Maastricht University found that perception of food in a brightly lit restaurant was more intense and overall better.&nbsp;
Publishing their findings in&nbsp;Food Quality and Preference journal, the team noted that better lighting could have benefits as diners who are normally inclined to add more salt or sugar to their plate, as they may not feel the need to do it in brightly-lit eateries.&nbsp;

Thinking of switching to a sattvik diet? Clinical nutritionist Rupali Datta tells you what to keep in mind while making a switch to the sattvik diet.

India has started the cultivation of&nbsp;asafoetida, commonly known as hing, for the first time ever thanks to the combined efforts of&nbsp;the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology.&nbsp;
A staple spice used in Indian cooking, the first&nbsp;hing&nbsp;seedling has been planted by farmers in the Lahaul&nbsp;valley in Himachal&nbsp;Pradesh.&nbsp;
Apart from being an essential spice, hing&nbsp;is also used for medical purposes as a laxative and sedative.&nbsp;India reportedly imports nearly 1,200 tonnes of the covetable spice annually from Afghanistan, Iran and Uzbekistan, which costs us $100 million per year. Growing hing locally could help India save upwards of 900 crore&nbsp;rupees, according to reports.&nbsp;

Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur and TV personality Sanjeev&nbsp;Kapoor&nbsp;has launched his own culinary academy.
Dubbed to be India's first celebrity cooking academy, the platform has been launched in collaboration with&nbsp;Knorish, a tech platform fuelling over 10,000 such online academies.&nbsp;
Kapoor's&nbsp;online cooking school teaches essentials required for launching and growing a food business, courses on making immunity-boosting recipes and cooking up restaurant-quality or home-style delicacies.
Padma&nbsp;Shree&nbsp;awardee&nbsp;Sanjeev&nbsp;Kapoor&nbsp;shared the news on Twitter and wrote the initiative aims to help anyone to hone their culinary skills from the comfort of their homes.&nbsp;

October 20 is marked as World Osteoporosis Day and the aim is to raise awareness on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
Osteoporosis currently affects about 50 million Indians but most cases go undiagnosed and undetected.
According to the studies conducted among women in India across the country, it is estimated that among the 230 million Indians expected to be over the age of 50 years,&nbsp;46 million are women with osteoporosis.
The disease weakens bones making them porous that even mild stress like bending may lead to a fracture.&nbsp;
Numerous factors could be responsible for the condition, including ageing, genetics, arthritis, sedentary lifestyle and deficiency of calcium and vitamin D.
Here's a list of foods that you can include in your diet, to&nbsp;nurse your bones to good health!
You need sufficient&nbsp;calcium&nbsp;to strengthen your bones and&nbsp;vitamin D&nbsp;to help your body absorb calcium.
&nbsp;
Good sources of calcium include,&nbsp;milk, cheese and other dairy foods,&nbsp;green leafy vegetables, such as broccoli, cabbage and okra,&nbsp;soya beans, tofu,&nbsp;nuts,&nbsp;bread and anything made with fortified flour and even&nbsp;fish where you eat the bones.
 Good sources of vitamin D include,&nbsp;oily fish, such as salmon and sardines mackerel,&nbsp;eggs,&nbsp;fortified fat spreads and&nbsp;fortified breakfast cereals.
In addition, having a diet rich in protein may also help strengthen the bones. Gorge on nuts, legumes and soy if you're looking for a protein-rich diet.
Along with a healthy diet, exercise helps build stronger bones. Whether its strength training or weight exercises, they will help improve bone and muscle strength in the long run.

American plant-based meat substitute maker Impossible Foods has officially launched its 'faux&nbsp;beef burgers' in grocery stores across&nbsp;Hong&nbsp;Kong and Singapore.&nbsp;
The launch is part of the company's push towards bolstering a presence in Asia and entering the lucrative mainland China market. Impossible Foods is yet to get launch approval from China as its&nbsp;key ingredient, heme, made from genetically modified yeast, requires regulatory approval in China.
Impossible informed Reuters that it has launched its meatless meat products in about 200 stores in Hong&nbsp;Kong and Singapore this week.&nbsp;

Navratris are here and for all those who are fasting, here are some foods you may not know you could still enjoy. 1. While grains are avoided during these fasts, you could turn to amaranth or ramdaana which is actually a pseudo-cereal and is also gluten-free. 2. Chironji, flax seeds and sunflower seeds have great Ayurvedic properties and give an energy boost. You can whip up a delicious Chironji Ki Dal and roll flax seeds and sunflower seeds into your rotis. 3. Himalayan pink salt is considered to be the purest form of salt on Earth. It is not refined or processed and is rich in as many as 84 trace minerals! 4. Potato is not only starchy vegetable you can eat while fasting. Root vegetables like arbi, jimikand and sweet potatoes can be eaten. You can add them to a chaat, shallow-fry them or cook them as a main dish. 5. You can have nut milks made of almonds and cashews along with coconut milk. Just make sure that they are pure and unprocessed. 6. You can even chomp on a bowlful of

Clinical nutritionist Rupali Datta brings you the best ways to avoid bloating while fasting for Navratri.

An authentic Chinese restaurant in Kolkata, called Wok'ies has come up with an innovative solution to ensure customers do not have to remove their masks while eating food.
Wok'ies, dubbed as India's first 2d-themed restaurant, is giving masks with zips attached. While it is not compulsory to wear them, it definitely is of great help to customers who can relish their meal by just unzipping the mask.
Wok'ies&nbsp;is currently allowing only 50% seating.

Navratri is a time of cleansing your mind and body. Navratri fasts rely on the basic principles of a sattvic diet that consists of light and easily digestible foods to detoxify your body. On the other hand, rajasic foods that are sour, bitter or hot in nature and tamasic foods that are over-processed and difficult to digest are to be avoided. You should steer clear of some common foods if you're observing these fasts. 1. Lentils and legumes are heavy carbs and tend to make you lethargic. 2. Grains and millets slow down the process of digestion. 3. Semolina or rava is also a derivative of wheat and hence it's avoided. 4. Spices like turmeric, coriander powder, mustard seeds and hing are tamasic in nature and tend to heat up your body from within. 5. Keep away from seed-based oils like mustard and sunflower. Mustard is tamasic in nature and refined oils like sunflower are processed and not in their purest form.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday,&nbsp;released a commemorative coin of Rs 75 denomination to mark the 75th anniversary of UN body FAO.&nbsp;
The coin marks India's long-standing relationship with the Food and Agricultural Organization.&nbsp;
The PM also&nbsp;dedicated to the nation 17 recently developed biofortified varieties of eight crops.
PM Modi&nbsp;said, "India&rsquo;s vision aligns with international efforts to fight malnutrition, undernutrition, and hunger."

If you&rsquo;re hosting a festive bash, chances are you may have some leftovers to deal with. Here's a quick list of&nbsp;non-profit organisations that collect excess food from you and ensure it reaches those who need it the most.&nbsp;
1. Founded in 2014, Feeding India operates in over 32 cities. Volunteers collect excess food from restaurants, wedding events and homes and distribute it to the underprivileged. It has also installed several 'Happy Fridges' in smaller towns like Varanasi, Dehradun and Bhubaneshwar where people can donate food or leave leftover meals.&nbsp;
2. Mera Parivar is a Gurugram-based non-profit organisation that helps impart education and vocational training to children. They come and collect excess food from homes in Gurugram, which is then distributed to their network of under-privileged students.&nbsp;
3. The Samarpan Foundation operates in various cities including Delhi, Goa and Bengaluru. Hygiene is a significant factor for the foundation and they are more careful about the kind of leftover food they accept, depending on the season.
4. No Food Waste feeds over 400 people everyday in Coimbatore. They have almost 100 feeding points in the city where &lsquo;untouched&rsquo; food is distributed to the needy. Since its inception, the organisation has expanded its reach to Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Delhi among other cities. They have even installed various food and beverage ATMS in Coimbatore where those in need can come and &lsquo;withdraw&rsquo; food.

This&nbsp;year&nbsp;marks the 75th anniversary of&nbsp;United&nbsp;Nation's&nbsp;World Food Day,&nbsp;and,&nbsp;as&nbsp;countries&nbsp;continue&nbsp;to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic, the realization&nbsp;of access to safe and nutritious food for all has become more acute.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; India, which is one of the biggest food producers in the world, ironically is also home to the largest population of hungry people.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Despite astounding industrial and economic growth,&nbsp;particularly after the liberalization in early 1990s,&nbsp;India has a grim rating of 102&nbsp;among 117 nations&nbsp;on the Global Hunger Index.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The United Nations&nbsp;Food and Agriculture Organization&nbsp;estimates that&nbsp;14% of India's population or&nbsp;189.2 mn people are undernourished.&nbsp;The global agriculture body&nbsp;notes that&nbsp;in India&nbsp;34.7% of children under&nbsp;the age of&nbsp;five are stunted or too short for their age and 20% weigh too low for their height.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The hunger isn&rsquo;t due to lack of food but&nbsp;astonishingly&nbsp;due to&nbsp;the wastage of food. Hard to believe is the fact that&nbsp;nearly one-third of the food produced in the world gets wasted every year.&nbsp;
In India&nbsp;40% of fruits and vegetables and 30% of cereals produced for consumption are lost due to ineffective supply chain management each&nbsp;year.&nbsp; &nbsp; Starvation accounts for most deaths in the world after cancer and&nbsp;AIDS.&nbsp;In India alone, 7,000 people die every day of hunger and 25 lakhs&nbsp;die every year.&nbsp; &nbsp; As Covid-19 pandemic continues to alter our lifestyles, the fight against hunger has lost steam.&nbsp;A&nbsp;nationwide lockdown announced in March to curb&nbsp;the deadly virus&nbsp;brought&nbsp;India's already fragile and fragmented food supply chain to a screeching halt&nbsp;for months.&nbsp;
With&nbsp;labour&nbsp;shortage, logistical constraints and partial lockdowns&nbsp;amplifying the already strained food market and the poverty-stricken farmers, hunger remains one of the biggest problem amid the pandemic&nbsp;in world&rsquo;s largest food producing nation.&nbsp;

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