Reading Time: 3 minutes One of your New Year’s resolution for 2020 must have included eating better or adopting a healthy lifestyle. The first quarter of the year is already gone and you might feel as if that goal is becoming a little far-fetched especially since we are all on lockdown. While it may not be the best of
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January 30, 2020
Take a stand against the sitting disease
Reading Time: 2 minutes By design, our bodies were made for regular movement. Inevitably so, our current society calls for more sitting and less standing to earn our day to day livelihood! Whether it is work, doing a house chore, travelling or even relaxing, most of the hours in our daily lives are spent seated. Ever thought of how
January 23, 2020
Carbohydrate counting to manage Diabetes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Carbohydrate counting is a popular term that refers to meal planning practice for anyone with Diabetes, whether Type 1 or Type 2. As the name suggests, it involves keeping track of the amount of carbohydrates in the food eaten throughout the day to ensure that the insulin levels are well managed. Myths Most people think
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
February 02, 2017
Maternal Health in Kenya
Reading Time: 2 minutes Maternal campaign: Another Handout Scheme? When the rising cases of maternal and child death began increasing in Kenya, the first lady, Margaret Kenyatta came to rescue of these mothers and children to save their lives. She ran a victory race which few mothers would probably distance themselves from. She stood for the right of that
July 08, 2015
Useful bacteria in your diet
Reading Time: 2 minutes We rarely think of bacteria as a useful thing, not especially if it is going to our stomachs. Under normal circumstances, useful bacteria lives in our gut and help us live healthy. However, factors like poor diet, medication especially birth control pills and antibiotics can upset the balance of useful bacteria in the body. This
February 15, 2015
Understanding the FATS in Your Diet
Reading Time: 2 minutes Consuming low-fat and no-fat food has become the norm for many Kenyans today. Looking around, there is enough conscious behavior towards the amount of fat in the diet. But does it mean that all fat is bad fat? Do you still need fat in your diet? Fat is both good and bad and it does
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 26, 2014
What To Eat During Cold Weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is thoroughly cold and you cannot just imagine how much this makes you feel you need to eat more food. During the cold weather, it is common to find yourself sluggish and feeling hungry all the time. Somehow, when you eat something hearty and warm you feel better. Bulky foods make you feel as
February 13, 2014
High Fat Foods,No cholestrol-The Maasai Community Secret
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every day in today’s hospitals is a day to treat heart disease, high blood pressure, high weight issues, and clogged arteries all due to high cholesterol diets that people have resulted to. However, this is not the case for the masaai people that eat highly unhealthy foods that consist of milk, meat and blood almost