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Food is the basic necessities of humans. Everyone loves food, it is central not only to our survival but also to our cultures. Although, we love food, we are also wasting it. Food Waste and Lost Food waste is considered to be edible food that is not eaten or tossed away. Food lost occurs at different point, particularly the food that is lost in the supply chain between the producer and the market. This can happen during handling, storage or transportation. We are tossing out around 1.3 billion tones of food into trash. According to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, an estimated 1/3 of all food produced globally was lost or wasted every year.  Contributor to Climate Change When we picture the stuff that are hurting our planet, we think of pollution from vehicles, oil spills, plastics, etc.  We don't really think about the food we throw away. All these wasted foods  an environmental impact. As mentioned above each year one-third of all the food the worl...

Up to the time of 320 BC in many parts of the world, honey was more commonly used as a sweetener. However, around 327 BC when the army of Alexander the Great incursion into the Indian subcontinent, they are amaze to see that there is an alternative to honey for sweetening the foods, Sugar . By which sugar became known to this world and now it is most popular sweetener. In many places, festivals are really about sweets. For any occasion, we celebrate with the intake of sweet. Further, in many cultures it is mandatory to sweeten the mouth with any kinds of sweets or ice cream or chocolates, more than a food it becomes a way of life. Sugar is most often associated with sweets, candy, baked item, beverages and many foods. Sugar is a bigger part of your daily diet than you may realize. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the amount of added sugars in your daily dose is 12 grams and the maximum limit is around 25 grams. In contrast, many people consume far m...

For many people, when they think about food, it appears to be a magical happiness even under constraints. Even, we may experience the magical happiness, when the smells of cooking spread around ourselves.  The connection between foods we eat every day, can tell us more about our evolution and culture. Not only in taste but also in cooking methods, varieties of foods are available in different parts of the world. A Key to Modern Human Evolution In the discourse of evolution , cooking has more contribution in development of human beings. Scientists accept that eating cooked food made major effects in the human body over the time period. At about 1.8 million years ago, our ancestors known as Homo erectus develop larger brain than their ancestors.  Scientists found that around these periods significant changes such as increase in brain size, decrease in tooth size and smaller gut when compared to their ancestors who came before.  It is impossible to know the exa...