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Western diet causes inflammation, traditional African food protects

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases.

African indigenous foods that fight inflammation may help people with diabetes – research

Many African food groups significantly reduce oxidative stress linked to type 2 diabetes and lower the production of ...
WTVD

Trailblazing Raleigh woman brings traditional West African food to the Triangle

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- We're highlighting trailblazing women in our community for Women's History Month, and Adé Carrena is exactly that. Born in the West African country of Benin, her mother put her ...
Forbes

This Healthy African Cooking Solution Has Impacts Beyond Food Security

Nearly four in five people in Africa prepare their meals over open fires or traditional stoves, utilizing wood, charcoal and other polluting fuels, but moving towards clean cooking is hard when ...
Phys.org

Traditional food systems nourish communities and protect the environment: Lessons from South Africa's Amadiba

The global food system contributes to multiple planetary crises—and is vulnerable to them. Climate change, other ecological degradation and socio-economic inequality are all linked to food.
The Conversation

Traditional food systems nourish communities and protect the environment: lessons from South Africa’s Amadiba

Brittany Kesselman received funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa for some of the research. The global food system contributes to multiple planetary crises – and is vulnerable ...