Assam's Mising community is the state's second most populous tribal community. Since ancient times, tribe has consumed homemade alcoholic beverages. members, primarily drink two types of beverages: Po:ro Apong and Nagin Apong. Various plant ingredients were used in preparation starter culture for such beverages as In rural areas, these plants also traditional ethnomedical practise. The current ...

The most common measure by which the public sector at local, state or national level has affected the economic availability of alcoholic beverages is taxation in its different forms. These include, among others, setting excise duties or value added taxes on alcoholic beverages. Historically, the most common reason for taxing alcoholic beverages has been to acquire financial resources for the pu...

Results: Median FWR was positive in both sexes (173 ml/d for boys and 373 ml/d for girls); however, 40% of boys and 31% of girls were at risk of hypo-hydration. Mean ingestion of beverages was: water 656±459g/d (n=159), hot beverages 168±200g/d (n=44), milk 489±290g/d (n=165), soft drinks 467±248g/d (n=107) and fruit juices 249±89g/d (n=10). Euhydrated participants reported to drink more water ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide. The close relationship between acute excesses of alcohol and the occurrence of AF even in healthy individuals has been known for several decades. More recently, a significant relationship has been consistently observed between elevated consumption of alcoholic beverages on a regular basis and an increased risk of developi...

Beverages are generally not taken into account to determine the intakes of dietary fibre (DF) in diets. Soluble dietary fibre (SDF) content was determined in common alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages - ranging from 0.18 g/l in white wine to 9.01 g/l in instant coffee - and their contribution to the DF intake in the Spanish Mediterranean diet was estimated as 2.13 g/person/day. It is conclude...

The predominant types of commercially produced alcoholic beverages are beer, wine and spirits. Basic ingredients for beer are malted barley, water, hops and yeast. Wheat may be used. Nearly all wine is produced from grapes, although wine can be also made from other fruits and berries. Spirits are frequently produced from cereals (e.g. corn, wheat), beet or molasses, grapes or other fruits, cane...

The beneficial effects of food with added live microbes (probiotics) on human health are being increasingly promoted by health professionals. Probiotic products available in the markets today, are usually in the form of fermented milks and yoghurts; however, with an increase in the consumer vegetarianism throughout the developed countries, there is also a demand for the vegetarian probiotic pro...