Dr. Vijaya Venkat

Dr. Vijaya Venkat

Vijaya Venkat is one of the pioneers in holistic nutrition in India. She set up the The Health Awareness Centre (THAC) in 1989. THAC is based on the principle that Health is the inevitable result of healthful living that is according to the laws of nature. The emphasis is therefore on Health through Nutrition in its correct perspective, without destroying our ecology in the process

Sunday, 04 July 2010 18:53

Meeting Fukuoka San

Clad in a Japanese blue sarong, a bag of rice grains in his well-worked agile fingers and straw slippers on his feet, Masanobu Fukuoka appeared like a proverbial Zen Master in my life.

Like the Japanese style of painting with simple but spontaneous strokes, Fukuoka opened up so many ideas in a clear way. Many of my beliefs as a nutritionist were kindled, others abandoned, while some ...