Athletes who want up to date advice on sports nutrition are the targeted readers for this book. It would also be a useful addition to the bookshelf of a sports coach or scientist.

The second edition enhances the chapters on weight control and eating disorders and covers the full spectrum of …

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Nancy Clark's sports nutrition guidebook.

As a snack, dried fruit is drastically superior to junk foods, such as potato chips, pretzels, candy bars and other unhealthy indulgences people reach for when they are hungry between meals. Dry fruits are small but are extremely rich sources of minerals and proteins. Every diet specialist always recommends a handful of dry fruits in our diet in order to keep us healthy and fit. There are just umpteen varieties in dry fruits such as raisins, cashew nuts, almonds, pistachios, walnuts, dates, plums and the list goes on

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Nutritional Value of Dry Fruits and their Vital Significance - A Review

Fruits and vegetables are nutritious and good in minerals, vitamins, and fib. Most fresh fruits and vegetables contain a minimum of 70% of moisture content which causes the formation of bacteria, fungi, and viruses to affect and cause the items to rot. But dried fruits contain only less than 20% of moisture content. So drying the fruits and vegetables helps to preserve the items for longer use without causing them to rot. Dried fruits have a great source of antioxidants and help in health benefits like improving blood flow, and reducing the effects of many diseases. Compared to fresh fruits, dried fruits are good in nutrition and have less weight for packaging and transportation usage. For drying materials, various types of solar dryers are used. Natural or open sun drying methods comparatively consume more than 12 h to dry material, whereas, direct and indirect drying methods would enhance the efficiency and dry the products quicker than open drying. For the consideration of quality drying and to increase efficiency, various modifications of solar dryers are designed and fabricated. In this review, we discussed the most appropriate developments in the drying of food items, required phase change materials (PCMs), performance, and environmental analysis of SD, and also reported the various designs of the solar drying techniques. 

A review on environmental effect of various designs and types of drying methods

Dry fruits are some of the essential foods a human body requires staying healthy. They are made after extracting water from them. These fruits are full of essential nutrients including minerals, vitamins, enzymes, fibers and protect the body from a number of different adversities. These fruits are also a source of healthy nutrition among diabetic people who are very concerned about what to eat and what not to eat. But besides their countless benefits, these dry fruits can cause a number of harms to the body and therefore, must be used in a balanced way. This article is based on healthy and unhealthy effects of dry fruits and their use in diabetes mellitus.

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Dry Fruits and Diabetes Mellitus