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Let Plants be Thy Medicine – You Are What You Eat
Credit: Busani Bafana/IPSBy Esther Ngumbi and Ifeanyi NsoforILLINOIS, United States / ABUJA, Oct 16 2019 (IPS) United Nations World Food Day is celebrated around the world on October 16 under the theme: “Our Actions ARE Our Future. Healthy Diets for a Zero Hunger World”. This theme is timely, especially, because across Africa and around the world, there has been a gradual rise in malnutrition and diet-related non communicable diseases, as highlighted in The Lancet study and a United Nations Report published earlier this year. While 45 percent of deaths in children are from nutrition-related causes, mainly malnu...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Esther Ngumbi and Ifeanyi Nsofor Tags: Food & Agriculture Global Headlines Health World Food Day Source Type: news

Food industry pact on salt reduction - a failure, study shows
Pact may be responsible for extra cases of heart disease Related items fromOnMedica Coalition government derailed measures to cut salt in food Heart disease and stroke deaths plummet in Scotland Coronary heart disease remains UK ’s biggest killer Taxing unhealthy products may help tackle chronic diseases Obesity associated with worse mortality and higher CVD risk
Source: OnMedica Latest News - July 18, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Trips to the toilet at night suggest high blood pressure
People who get up to use the toilet at night may have high blood pressure, study suggests Related items fromOnMedica ‘Health warnings needed on ready meals and Chinese takeaways’ Food industry misses almost half of salt targets Brexit could result in thousands of extra CVD deaths Heart disease and stroke deaths plummet in Scotland Cycling and treadmill workstations better for health
Source: OnMedica Latest News - April 1, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news