Health food expo from Nov. 23

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, NOV. 20. A food show, with the theme `Health on your plate', nutrition education stall, checking of risk profile, interactive session with nutrition experts, distribution of education material would form part of this year's Health Food Expo- 2001, to be organised by the Nutrifit, at the Birla Science Centre from November 23 to 25.

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Dr. B. Janaki, Dr. Latha Sashi and Dr. P. Janaki Srinath of the Nutrifit, the diet and nutrition counselling centre, said the theme was carefully chosen to drive home the point that the plate holds more than a mere meal -- health. On display would be balanced diets for various stages in life, starting from pregnancy to old age.

The objective of the expo, to be inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, was to create an awareness about nutritious and balanced diets and remove many of the misconceptions people still have, beginning with health food being expensive and distasteful to identifying papaya, the wonder fruit, as one which generates heat. ``There is nothing like good or bad food or vegetarianism is right and non-vegetarian wrong. What is important is striking a balance.''

Dr. B. Ravinder Reddy, gastro-enterologist of the MediCiti Hospitals, said nutrition played an important role in maintaining the health of an individual, from preventing diseases, treatment, convalescence to regeneration process.

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