Reading Time: 3 minutes As has become the norm, I always go for grocery shopping for the week on Fridays. One question I always ask myself is “What is that? Even after reading the name on the packaging I am always surprised because I seem to be discovering a “new food” on the supermarket shelves all the time! This
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August 02, 2017
Breastfeeding Tips For Your NewBorn
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ask any woman who has given birth, and they will narrate to you that their worst nightmare was most likely getting breast feeding started, let alone sustain it exclusively through the full first 6 months of their infant’s life. In Kenya and other African communities, the birth of a child is enormously celebrated by friends
November 24, 2015
Nutritional Strategies against Food InTolerance in Allergic Children
Reading Time: 3 minutes Across the world, more and more people are developing food allergies. By 2011, it was estimated that 1 in 20 children in the United States had at least one food allergy [CDC 2013], with peanut and milk being the most common culprits. The rapid rise in the prevalence of such allergies goes hand in hand
January 19, 2015
How To Manage HIV with Food
Reading Time: 2 minutes The thought of being tested for HIV can be the most traumatizing thing let alone waiting for the results! The reality of how life might just change is nerve wrecking, mind fatiguing, terrible and the superlatives are endless. Many think that being HIV positive is typically the end of life, but it’s just the beginning
June 11, 2014
Forgetful? Treat It with Food
Reading Time: 2 minutes Am seated at a restaurant, wondering just what I forgot, just how I forgot and mostly why I keep forgetting. Was it an appointment with my doctor? An important meeting or what exactly was it. My friend suddenly calls me, tells me she forgot she was to meet me. Another client texts me, tells me
February 13, 2014
The Herbal Maasai Magic
Reading Time: 2 minutes From the last post the magic of the Maasai’s gait is profoundly related to their herbs intake. Most common names you hear among them are traditionally known olkinyei, jacket plum also known as oldimigomi, olsokonoi and olkiloriti. Ideally these are wildly grown among them and act as food additives for their meat and milk intake.
February 13, 2014
Sleep Disorder? Treat it with Food!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Who does’nt love to sleep….its such a natural sweet thing inherent in all human kind.Its unexplainable how we r wired to close our eyes every night and become unconscious…such a wonderful thing.God in his own wisdom…knew we need quality sleep. But many people find it very difficult to sleep because either they are too tired