Binod Yadav

Introduction: The American Paradox and the Rise of "Nutritionism" In the modern food landscape, a bewildering contradiction lies at the heart of our relationship with eating: the more we fixate on the science of nutrition, the less healthy we seem to become. 1 This phenomenon, which author Michael Pollan terms the "American paradox," frames his seminal work, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto . The book serves not as a diet plan, but as a powerful critique of the dominant ideology that has come to govern our food choices: "nutritionism". 3 Nutritionism is the reductionist belief that food is nothing more than the sum of its scientifically identified nutrients—proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals. 5 This ideology, Pollan argues, is fundamentally flawed. By breaking food down into its component parts, we ignore the complex, synergistic relationships within whole foods and the time-tested wisdom of traditional dietary patterns. 7 ...

Abstract Nepal stands at a critical economic crossroads, its future prosperity contingent on transitioning from a remittance-reliant economy to a dynamic, innovation-driven powerhouse. Despite a deep-rooted history of enterprise, the nation's modern entrepreneurial ecosystem is severely underdeveloped, stifled by a confluence of archaic legal frameworks, systemic bureaucratic inefficiencies, a chronic capital deficit, and deep-seated socio-cultural biases against risk-taking. This paper serves as a comprehensive manual for all national stakeholders—policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, and civil society—offering a rigorous diagnosis of the core impediments to entrepreneurial growth. It deconstructs the failures of past policies and presents a holistic, evidence-based, and actionable blueprint for reform. The proposed agenda is built on three foundational pillars: (1) radical regulatory simplification through a digitized, single-window governance model; (2) strategic capital mobil...