Fake foods are highly processed foods including foods that mimic real food like “fake meat. Counterfeit food or “economically motivated adulteration” as it’s sometimes formally called is a real issue in grocery stores, restaurants, and online food stores everywhere because it is a very profitable illicit business with far reaching health consequences. Fake eggs produced […]
Plantains are the less-sweet, starchier equivalent to the banana. Plantains are an extremely important staple food for people in tropical countries like Nigeria and Ghana. Unlike bananas, plantains are almost always cooked before eating. In fact, they taste pretty awful raw. Apart from the physical differences, there are other few important nutritional differences between ripe […]
Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food. Millets are important crops in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, with 97% of millet production in developing countries. There are numerous varieties of millet that you can find in […]
Protein is an important component of every cell in the body. Hair and nails are mostly made of protein. Your body uses protein to build and repair tissues. You also use protein to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. Protein is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood. Protein can […]
Zobo (Zoborodo) is a Nigerian beverage made from dried Roselle plant flowers. The drink is also known as Roselle drink and called Sorrel drink in the Caribbean. Zobo has a sour taste so it can clash with sugars. Although the drink is known by different names all over the world (Zobo, Hibiscus tea, bissap, wonjo), […]
African breadfruit popularly known as “UKWA” is a highly nutritious meal which if added to daily food could help build the immune system. Ukwa, African breadfruit, is not a popular meal amongst non-igbos. The African breadfruit botanically known as “Treculia Africana”, is rich in so many nutrients and is commonly eaten by the Igbo people […]
Bitter Kola also known as Garcinia kola is a specie of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae or Guttiferae family. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Bitter kola is known in […]
Infertility refers to a diminished or absent ability to conceive and bear a child. A couple is considered to be experiencing infertility if conception has not occurred after 12 months of sexual activity without the use of contraception. Infertility can have many causes and may be related to factors in the male, female, or both. What […]
Gorgonzola is a veined Italian blue cheese, made from unskimmed cow’s milk. It can be buttery or firm, crumbly and quite salty, with a “bite” from its blue veining. Traditionally, it has come from the Northern Italian town for which it is named and is a young cheese that ripens within three to six months. […]
Peanut oil – Peanut oil or groundnut oil is one of the major vegetable oils used in cooking and frying, and as the name implies, it is produced from peanuts (groundnuts) and contains many beneficial nutrients. The nutrients that can be found in groundnut oil include a low percentage of saturated fats, a high percentage of monounsaturated […]
