Kenyan pregnant women have grown into this toxic habit of eating stones. This is a habit that was mostly practiced in the village but now we find these stones on our supermarket shelves. Is it a habit that we should encourage? No! I randomly asked one of the mothers in my village, and she pointed …
Are there foods considered heart-healthy? And what does heart healthy even mean? Does it mean that there is a list of foods that will save you a ton of heart problems? Or foods even when eaten in excess would not cause any danger or risk to your heart? To even think a certain type of …
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To eat too much, to refuse to eat, to throw up after eating, is common. Here are some of the most common eating disorders; The 3 Most Common Eating Disorders. Even though there is no specific cause of eating disorders, your thoughts and emotions can change your eating behaviour. Eating disorders come as a result …
This myth starts all the way from the days of our grandparents, and it was always said that when a child is given eggs as a complementary food, the child will have a thick tongue . and therefore will not be able to talk, or will have the talking milestone delayed. Generally it was believed …
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There are 4 common dietary mistakes that we make more often than expected, that can easily make it almost impossible to maintain normal blood pressure. 1. Re-think salt Salt brings taste to our foods, growing up we ate most of our foods with salt. When you get diagnosed with high blood pressure, you may want …
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The goal is to keep the kidneys healthy and reduce any chances of getting kidney failure. Did you know that a diet full of saturated fat, sugar and salt can lead to kidney failure, in fact faster than you thought. First things fast, What is kidney failure? Basically, loss of kidney function over time is …
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When Your blood sugar level is elevated, not too high to be regarded as type 2 diabetes, we can term that as pre-diabetes. Pre-Just before it progresses to become type 2 diabetes. You have prediabetes when your blood glucose level is between 7.9mmol/L and 11mmol/L. The good news about prediabetes is that you can totally …
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Does anyone ever talk about how to gain weight? Articles, blogs, and even videos about how to lose weight fast, and tips for successful weight loss, are too many on the internet, which is a good thing, but gaining weight has its importance as well. Healthily gaining weight is highly recommended when you have very …
How will you know your blood glucose level is too low? Hyperglycemia is bad, but hypoglycemia is very very bad. Hypoglycemia occurs when your blood glucose level falls too low, lower than 4.0 mmol/L. It can occur in people with type 2 diabetes, but it’s most common in type 1 diabetes. Low blood glucose level …
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Over the years, diabetics have always been advised to only eat brown bread, brown rice, and brown ugali. The reason is to moderate the blood glucose levels and prevention of sudden spikes in blood glucose levels. But the question is if it’s not brown bread? Do you not eat the white one? What is the …
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