A fitness fanatic friend of ours slipped and badly injured his hip and wrists during the recent rains. His `huff and puff’ routine was in jeopardy. To get his daily workout, he even tried walking. But it wasn’t good enough. When a team from the University of Alberta compared a 10,000-step exercise programme with a more traditional fitness regime of moderate intensity, the researchers found...

Among the many things Moghuls brought to India is a fondness for meat roasted on spits. Of course Indians used to eat roasted meat earlier. But the Central Asians’ patronage made kababs ubiquitous on the Indian subcontinent. The culinary form reached its zenith in states such as Lucknow and Hyderabad renowned for their epicurean rulers. For instance, the `melt-in-your-mouth’ giloti kabab was...

The deep red juice of pomegranate seems to work against prostate cancer cells grown in lab dishes and in mice, and also in humans, according to two recent studies reported by American scientists.

Pomegranate juice is rich in antioxidants - chemicals that give fruits and vegetables their deep colours and which also act against the chemicals that damage cells, leading to cancer and other...