Dangers of Processed Food Consumption.... By Nduka Oleh

Based on our research it has  being shown that at least four of the 10 leading causes of death like  heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes are directly related to food that human being consumed.

Now as identified, protein malnutrition is a major public health problem in the developing world, leading to prevalence of killer diseases.such as stroke, cancer and heart diseases

According to us the nutritionist “nutrition is an important factor that affects human health and quality of life.” of which a situation can change in dietary habit. thus, advising that people should eat functional food to stay healthy and live long.

Individuals who want to stay healthy should eat more of vegetables and fruits and avoid junk foods.

The unfortunate part of this world right now is its global increase in the consumption of heavily processed foods, of which the increase in the consumption of processed food, coupled with lifestyle changes, particularly, the cultural shifts from fresh and wholesome homemade meals to out door meals inorder to take-outs, have contributed to high rates of preventable chronic diseases.

“Today, there are different problems related to diet and lifestyles. There are many modern systemic diseases in which dietary pattern plays significant role in the incidence and pathogenesis of such diseases. Proper nutrition and healthy lifestyles may represent good pre-requisites for the prevention/management of these diseases.”

Now Quoting the Greek physician, Hippocrates who said, “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food,” am linking this  in order to subdue the killer diseases to dietary pattern.

Furthermore, functional foods, are foods or food components that confer additional health benefits to the consumer beyond their conventional nutritive values.

In the sense that the science of nutritionally made food is a junction between two important concepts: ie food and health. in which by adhering to these, can   promote health and prevent diseases which has been seen over the centuries, especially in ancient Indian and Chinese traditional medicine.

Please, there is an urgent need to explore innovative strategies for promoting healthy eating.

some common staples in Nigeria vis-à-vis, and their nutritive and medicinal potentials have being discovered which are these foods that are always on our door steps which are green leafy vegetables, fruits, legumes, cereals, pepper fruits, tomatoes and spices of which the are potent antioxidants.

But the unfortunate part of it is that we denature them by therefore blanching them.. that is why often times we seems not to see their efficacy on us 

 Stay safe! and above all, desist from eating processed food......Nduka Oleh(Nutritionist and your dietitian)