Stroke kills around 5.5 million people every year, worldwide. Two-thirds of these deaths take place in developing countries like India.
An estimate of cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths in India suggests that 52 per cent of CVD deaths occur among people below 70 years as compared to 23 per cent in other countries.

Cooking medium || Say no to trans-fats anjkeep risks at bay

If you thought that you had shut the door on trans-fats by eating only at home, you are wrong. The trans-fats have followed you into your kitchen.

A recent study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found that almost all of the cooking oils in the Indian market contain 10-23 per cent trans-fats.