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Thank you Busi.
I am happy to be part of Barza once again for yet another Topic: Nutrition. I am happy to drop by at the Lounge and I am delighted to be part of this community and hope to share a lot on Nutrition, fashion and good health related things.
Nutrition is our life-make up-body and say health.
Happy moments.
It is a big welcome to all participants. I look forward to exciting and mutually beneficial sessions now and in the long future. Welcome!
Sachia
I am George Mwamodo from Kenya.
Ia m happy to be back and for a new discussion. My interest is to look at simple foods that are non-costly and accessible to the poor at the grassroots. I would start with a question to the experts out there. What food value is there in arrow roots and cassava?
George Mwamodo
thank you Busi.
I am glad to be back online for a new discussion - Nutrition. I want to inform people especially farmers about the dangers of fried food and the best methods of preparing the available food for better health. Because most farmers think that the vegetables they grow are for the poor yet they are the most nutritious in life. This and much more is what I wish to discuss with fellow participants.
Welcome to the nutrition discussion George. We are happy to have you here. I believe our experts will respond to you question in relation to the food value
Here in South Africa we have stamped mealies which we call it âUMNGQUSHOâ IN OUR LANGUAGE AND THIS MEAL WE BELIEVE IT MAKES BOYS TO BE MAN BY MAKING THEM STRONG.WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THIS FOOD?
IN south Africa WE ALSO HAVE African salad " umvubo" that is maas (old milk)and cooked mealie-meal its soft and healthy.who knows it?
Hallo expertises!
I want to know from you,is their any effect to a child if a pregnant woman is drinking?
Hello Alex
Thanks for your question, it is very important. A lot of people do not realize that what a pregnant woman eats or drinks has an effect on the unborn baby. Drinking alcohol might cause foetal alcohol syndrome to the unborn baby so pregnant and breastfeeding women are encouraged and advised to stay away from alcohol.
Busi
Hello Busi,
But from what I heard is there is no harm in having a glass of wine on your table after a heavy meal.
Can this work on a pregnant woman who is having indigestion?
Warm greetings Team.
Hello Alex,
Thank you for beginning and raising the topic on alcohol.
Busi, It is good having you again on such a health platform. By the way; pregnant women take alcohol not knowing the danger they pose to their fetus. She will always demand her man to take her out in such a state and takes beer as usual! Although one lecturer of mine said a woman can not consume alcohol when pregnant because it affects the fetus, he on the other side said she can take alcohol during the early days of her pregnancy, he was particular and said one month pregnancy- after which she can restrain. The reason he gave is; one month is just early stage of formation and the would be baby is just blood, but after one say two months-this is embryo stage whereby there are human-like features that begin forming! So any danger to it, can affect it. Can you health experts enlighten me also on this?
Thank you for the
Hi Alex,
Thankx 4the topic, i can declare interest, since im so much interested in #ChildrenAffairs ,âŚ
I think,
Alcohol and pregnancy donât mix. No one knows exactly what potential
harmful effects even the smallest amount of alcohol has on a developing
baby.
When you drink, the alcohol quickly travels through your bloodstream, crosses the placenta, and reaches your baby. Your baby breaks down alcohol more slowly than you do, so she may end up with higher levels of blood alcohol than you have.
Drinking endangers your growing baby in a number of ways: It increases the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth. As little as one drink a day can raise the odds for having a baby with a low birth weight and raise your childâs risk for having problems with learning, speech, attention span, language, and hyperactivity.
Some research has shown that expectant moms who have as little as one drink a week are more likely than nondrinkers to have children who later exhibit aggressive and delinquent behavior. One study found that girls whose mothers drank during pregnancy are more likely to have mental health problems.
âŚThanks!!!
A woman who drinks alcohol while she is pregnant may harm her developing baby. Alcohol can pass from the motherâs blood into the babyâs blood. It can damage and affect the growth of the babyâs cells. Brain and spinal cord cells are most likely to have damage.
The term fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) describes the range of alcohol effects on a child. The problems range from mild to severe. Alcohol can cause a child to have physical or mental problems that may last all of his or her life.
The effects of alcohol can include:
⢠Distinctive facial features. A child may have a small head, flat face, and narrow eye openings, for instance. This gets more obvious by age 2 or 3 years.
⢠Growth problems. Children who were exposed to alcohol before they were born may be smaller than other children of the same age.
⢠Learning and behavior problems.
Heavy alcohol use during pregnancy can also lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, or a baby being born early.
The effects that alcohol has on a developing baby depend on:
⢠How much, how often, and at what stage of pregnancy the mother drinks alcohol. The worst effects often are related to heavy alcohol use.
Hallo Busi, I am George Mwamod from Kenya
As we look at foods required by the body for its steady and healthy development,I have this question. There are drugs in food stores bought and used to build body muscles. Drugs like Cialis are also use by men to raise their libido. What are the dangers of these substances if the body can maintain itself? And when we take drugs to build our muscles, what are the after effects? Are there foods that can reverse this if one was taking body enhancing substances?
Dear Busi, I am George Mwamodo from Kenya
A healthy body requires carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and lipids. How come that it is said milk has all these components? What is this secret? Then why donât we just feed on milk from birth to the grave?
my opinion is that its not about poverty at all but luck of awareness. Take for instance most of leafy vegetables are indigenous or are found locally in our communities at a small fee or they are treated as bushes.
Collegues I am lad to be with you here to discuss Pregnant women and alcohal
It is very dangerous for pregnant women to drink especially during the later months when the fetus is becoming human, or could it be that the placenta which is responsible for distilling all impulities from the fetusâ âmealsâ before conveying it does that and removes the alcohol before it reaches it.
Any way if a woman eats well, that is a balanced diet every day and enough food, she might not have problems if she drinks wine or some local brew which is made from millet and maize and served in a pot and sipped though the local straws.
But if it is the strong drinks such as whisky and the local dry gins found in Uganda referred to as Waragi, LiraLira, Kasese, Changâaa, Machozi, the type which if poured on a surface and a match stick is lite, it rekindles a naked blue flame as if you burning spirit or ethanol. That should not be consumed by expectant mothers.
Anyway that is what I think. But it is not only alcohol that is dangerous, smoking cigarettes and tobacco is equally deadly. What do members think? Cheers!
my pleasure to join you Barza members and ready to share ideas concerning value of nutrition in our community. my name is GebrehiwotâŚRadio Broadcaster in Dimtsiwoyane radio station in Tigray, Ethiopia.
@rehema where I come from, alcohol is strictly forbidden for pregnant women. Healthcare workers do not encourage any form of alcohol or drugs as you mentioned tobacco etc, but people just do what they want to do and sometimes we see the consequence in the babies born from those mothers. We have seen a lot of children affected by the foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and mothers were only drinking beers not whisky or strong drinks. I am not sure if this matter differs from region to region but I think there should be one global standard we should be abiding by. We will wait to hear from experts.