Proponents say they empower us with personalised insights. Critics call them a waste of money. We test if personal data can help overhaul a healthy person’s diet.

Now, researchers at UBC Okanagan say saliva may offer a much simpler way to spot that risk. Their study suggests that a saliva test can reflect insulin patterns linked to metabolic health, opening the ...

As new analysis claims some varieties of the breakfast staple are no better than Nestle’s KitKat offering, we ask a nutritionist to weigh in ...

Type 1 diabetes, which is the most common type of diabetes in children, is an autoimmune disease. The body’s immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. This process is very ...

In January, ahead of the Pongal festival, officials of the Food Safety Division had seized around one tonne of adulterated jaggery at the Vellore wholesale market. on Tuesday. And earlier in 2025, the ...

Everything from doom scrolling on our constantly pinging phones to refined sugar is designed to manipulate our biological ...

A large review finds that a few drops of sucrose may help reduce pain in newborn babies during blood tests and other hospital procedures.

The HbA1c test, a simple finger prick blood test, takes just six minutes to perform. Researchers examined data on 911 people taking part in the Oral, Dental and Craniofacial Biobank study who were ...

To make quick profits, some sellers allegedly mix synthetic milk, starch, white powder, detergent, low-grade oil or chemicals to prepare fake khoya.

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One in three people who have a routine test during dental appointments are diagnosed with pre-diabetes or diabetes.

If you've been managing diabetes based solely on your HbA1c report every three months, you might be flying blind between appointments, and making decisions based on incomplete information.