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Angella Wali

When your baby has congenital heart disease

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a condition where the heart or the blood vessels near the heart fail to develop normally before birth.

By Angella Wali 7 years ago

When your baby has congenital heart disease

What to eat for better breathing health

What to eat for better breathing health

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

When your child has ADHD

When your child has ADHD

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Nutritional reasons to quit smoking

Nutritional reasons to quit smoking

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

All about diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes where one’s eye blood vessels are damaged and either stop functioning or grow abnormally.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

All about diabetic retinopathy

Common food-drug interactions

Because food-drug interactions occur very often and have adverse effects on the drug's efficacy, you really need to pay heed to your pharmacist's instructions.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Common food-drug interactions

Diet tips for Improving Psoriasis

The goal of treatment in psoriasis is usually to slow down the production of cells and reduce inflammation and a healthy diet goes a long way towards making this happen.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Diet tips for Improving Psoriasis

What to eat when breastfeeding

A breastfeeding mother should ensure she gets food from all the food groups at a time for a well balanced and diversified diet.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

What to eat when breastfeeding

Help for child with juvenile arthritis

Juvenile Arthritis (JA) is an auto-immune disease in children under 16 years of age brought on by inflammation of tissue that line the inside of joints.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Help for child with juvenile arthritis

Caffeine: What you didn't know

When consumed in excess, caffeine is linked to increased risk of high blood pressure and heart disease.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Caffeine: What you didn't know

Natural remedies for migraines

For most people, a migraine attack means they aren’t able to do any activity until the episode passes.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Natural remedies for migraines

Beat the flu this cold season

The cold is here and with it comes the ‘flu’ season.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Beat the flu this cold season

Eating for a healthy gut

Not only do they ensure good digestive health, they strengthen the immune system by fighting disease causing microorganisms, aid in mineral absorption, synthesis of some vitamins like Vitamin K and help to regulate hormone production.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Eating for a healthy gut

Real fruit or fruit juice

While fresh fruit juice may seem like a healthier option when compared to ‘fruit juices’ sold in supermarkets, it does not compare to eating the fruit itself.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Real fruit or fruit juice

Manage aging by eating right

Aging comes with a myriad of health challenges, mostly because as the body ages, so do its systems.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Manage aging by eating right

Eating for menopause

Menopause, a time of transition, signifying the end of fertile years for a woman, is usually caused by a drop in estrogen levels.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Eating for menopause

Asthma: What to eat for relief

Asthma is a chronic lung-disease which causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways, bringing about wheezing, difficulty in breathing, chest tightness and coughing.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Asthma: What to eat for relief

Get your child immunised

Children suffering from diarrhoea, pneumonia and tuberculosis are at risk of malnutrition due to loss of nutrients and poor dietary intake.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Get your child immunised

What to eat during monthly periods to reduce menstrual pain

Many women and girls experience menstrual pain during ‘that time of the month’. While for some this pain may be mild, in others it can be so much such that it interferes with normal activities.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

What to eat during monthly periods to reduce menstrual pain

What to eat when you have kidney disease

Eating right is especially important when battling a debilitating illness such as kidney disease.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

What to eat when you have kidney disease

Hydrating your body: Best times to drink water

Staying hydrated is the surest way to ensure that your body runs smoothly.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Hydrating your body: Best times to drink water

Nutrition: Count colours, not calories

Research has shown that counting the colours on our plates has a more overall positive effect on general wellbeing, including weight management, than counting calories.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Nutrition: Count colours, not calories

Nutrition: How to eat fruit

It is therefore recommended to eat fruits alone before a meal, preferably on an empty stomach.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Nutrition: How to eat fruit

Dark chocolate for Valentine's? Yes please...

The season of flowers and chocolate is here. For some, Valentine's Day is not complete without chocolate and they indulge in this as a guilty treat fearing it might ruin two weeks' effort to fit into that perfect outfit for the date.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Dark chocolate for Valentine's? Yes please...

Living with an overactive thyroid

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Living with an overactive thyroid

Living with an underactive thyroid

Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid disease) is a disorder that comes up when the gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Living with an underactive thyroid

Keeping your thyroid healthy

The thyroid is a small butterfly shaped organ located at the front of the neck.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Keeping your thyroid healthy

In 2016, go slow on the booze

January is here and with it the decision to make certain changes in the way we have been living. For some, re-looking at their relationship with alcohol tops that list.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

In 2016, go slow on the booze

Ideal iron rich diet for vegetarians

Last week I wrote about how one can improve their iron levels by increasing their intake of iron rich sources.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

Ideal iron rich diet for vegetarians

What to eat for increased iron levels

It is estimated that 1.62 billion people globally suffer from anaemia, with half of these being attributed to iron deficiency.

By Angella Wali 8 years ago

What to eat for increased iron levels

Men, be more proactive with your health

A male patient of mine was recently diagnosed with diabetes and had come to me for some advice on proper diet.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

Men, be more proactive with your health

Benefits of child-spacing

Why is the first-born jealous of the second-born? Why is the third-born jealous of the second-born? Why is the last-born most of the time termed as “the favourite”?

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

Benefits of child-spacing

When your child has spina bifida

In Kenya, three babies out of 10,000 born alive are born with Spina bifida.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

When your child has spina bifida

Eating for your eyes...

As always, nutrition is at the heart of every health issue and so today we highlight foods one can consume for increased eye health.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

Eating for your eyes...

What men need to eat for conception

A man’s nutritional status has a direct effect on his fertility and the kind of diet one observes determines production of healthy and well formed sperm, leading to a healthy sperm count.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

What men need to eat for conception

Nutrition: Keep good fat in your diet

Most of us are very cautious about consuming fat with some going to extreme levels of completely eliminating all fat from their diets. It is however, important to know that not all fat is bad.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

Nutrition: Keep good fat in your diet

Tackling constipation

Constipation is a condition that occurs when there is an incomplete bowel movement or when one has less bowel movement than what their normal pattern is.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

Tackling constipation

Your baby and her food...

As a new mum, you have no idea where and how to start and are constantly faced with a mountain of advice.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

Your baby and her food...

Foods that keep your heart healthy

It is common knowledge that there is both good cholesterol (high density lipoprotein-HDL) and bad cholesterol (low density lipoprotein-LDL).

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

Foods that keep your heart healthy

Caring for your teen’s nutrition

Adolescents have typically been considered a low risk group for poor health and often receive few healthcare resources and scant attention.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

Caring for your teen’s nutrition

Here is why an apple a day is important to your life

They contain polyphenols - these are certain important nutrients that are beneficial to health and mostly play a protective role.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

Here is why an apple a day is important to your life

When stomach acid rises

The good news for heartburn prone people is that there are several healthy suggestions they can try out to ward off the heartburn.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

When stomach acid rises

Coping with chemotherapy

Cancer in itself, plus its treatment, has some side effects which interfere with normal dietary intake, thus posing great risk as far as good nutrition status is concerned.

By Angella Wali 9 years ago

Coping with chemotherapy

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