Healthy eating should never be complicated, but the huge numbers of “diets” that are available through various media suggest otherwise. Some diets suggest that if you are not eating according to your blood type you are not eating well. Others tell you that you have to eliminate all intakes of various food groups while even […]

Open up any magazine and you will notice that there is no shortage of weight loss tools and gadgets available on the market. Some are efficient but many are designed to provide short-term solutions with the goal of you coming back to buy more. However, when it comes to weight loss, most of the gadgets […]

The Recommendation:  Make a quarter ( 1/4)  of your plate from the grain group. Grains are truly the staple of the African diet. From maize and sorghum to rice and teff, the continent boasts one of the world’s largest varieties of grains and it is not uncommon to hear people complain that they are not satisfied […]

During a recent visit  to my local “African Store” I overheard two ladies debating the use of palm oil when cooking. One lady stated that she had read that palm oil was bad for the heart while the other lady claimed that it contained “many vitamins” and should be used everyday. I was so tempted to give my opinion on […]

While industrialization has had some positive effects on the people of the African continent, it has had a deleterious effect on the health of the African people as it has promoted a nutrition transition in which the healthy, wholesome, nutritious traditional foods have been replaced by processed, high fat, high sugar foods of significantly lower […]

A few months ago, a friend of mine told me about how she had joined one of the big franchise weight loss companies in a quest to drop a few pounds. She ate the foods that were suggested to her, followed the plan as prescribed and before long, the weight began to drop. However, the […]