Food Therapy and Ready to Eat Products to Bail You Out of a Number of Problems

Be it in the middle of the night or during the busy day, an uneventful Sunday evening or a happening Saturday night, when we are with guests or all by ourselves, one thing that cannot be forgotten and we can seldom do without, is food. Food keeps us alive and helps us survive. And now, it is assuming a different role, that of therapy, to keep us alive and going.



Studies by scholars, researchers and scientists across the world show that food therapy is growing increasingly popular and loaded with plus points. One can greatly benefit from it as it is helpful in dealing with many situations including those when one is sad or suffering from depression. Their work also reveals we tend to gorge on 'comfort foods' (like high calorie items chocolates and sweets) when we are in a deplorable state of mind and that it actually helps alleviate the level of unhappiness by acting as a depression cutter.

Food therapy they say, has a healing touch on the mind, body and soul. If implemented in a realistic and sustainable way, it can positively contribute in one's holistic well being. Studies further reveal food therapy is a powerful weapon in rectifying weight management issues, malnutrition, several ailments, food allergies, child behavioral disorder, and contribute in the improvement of the quality of life and upliftment of general health.

With regard to this, the markets have come up with a wide array of food products with medicinal value and ready to eat therapeutic foods (with therapeutic nutritional value). Ready to eat food products/ ready to use therapeutic foods (RUTF) and ready to use supplementary food (RUSF) have hugely revolutionized the path of benevolence and efforts to arrest malnutrition and under nourishment problems (especially among children) in countries like that of South Africa.

These ready to eat food products and others with therapeutic nutritional value come in handy for treating a number of health conditions and serious diseases. They have been useful for emergency relief operations for victims of war or natural disasters, for treating severe acute/ moderate acute malnutrition, for proving aid to people living with HIV/ Aids or TB and also for complete food fortification in supplementary feeding programs.

Many suggest it would be even more commendable if these items can be bought availing the online food order facility to make things more convenient in places where setting up a physical store is not possible or economical.