Expert session for students on Millets – the wonder nutricereal: A Perspective on utilization and health benefits

The year 2023 is declared as 必威体育betway888 year of millets by the United Nations General Assembly. To celebrate this occasion, WGSHA’s Department of Dietetics and Applied Nutrition has organizes an expert session on? Millets the "Wonder Nutricereal": A perspective on utilization and health benefits by Dr. Asna Urooj, Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Mysore, Mysuru on January 28, 2023.? Dr. Asna Urooj has more than 30 years of? experience in? - Teaching & research. Her areas of expertise are

• Diabetes -Starch digestibility & glycemic responses related to dietary management?
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• Medicinal plants -Anti-hyperglycemic and hypo-lipidemic effects?
• Functional foods- disease specific formulation and clinical trials
• CVD- nutritional & antioxidant status, lipid profile, clinical trials

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