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When traditional foods were included in the diet, benefits were: Less calories - helpful for weight control Less saturated fat -- better for the heart More lean meats and fish More iron -- better for muscles and blood More zinc -- better for wound healing and fighting infection More Vitamin A -- better for vision and fighting disease More ...
Nov 15, 2021 · All segments of society have a role to play in building a positive food culture, and it is critical that macro (policy and systems) and meso (community) level environmental factors align and provide supportive environments that promote health-enhancing behaviours.
- Edwina Mingay, Melissa Hart, Serene Yoong, Alexis Hure
- 2021
Nov 22, 2023 · Traditional foods are often sourced from local ecosystems and rely on indigenous crops and animal breeds. Preserving traditional food systems promotes biodiversity, safeguards endangered species, and supports sustainable agriculture in the face of unforeseen climate change.
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The intangible heritage in traditional foods includes knowledge, social practices, skills, language, beliefs and taboos related to food. All these constitute the foodways of a cultural group. Foodways also include knowledge and practices about producing and using food, and encompass recipes, decorative skills, names of food species and uses of food...
The listing of Kenya’s efforts on the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices is a significant decision for the country, and reflects the principles and objectives of the 2003 Conventionon safeguarding intangible heritage. This means that the approaches used to promote local foods in Kenya can be applied at regional and international levels, and ca...
The leaves of the spider plant, for example, give many times more vitamin A than cabbage. Vitamin A is vitalfor skin, eyes and general growth. Another important plant is leaf amaranth, which gives up to 12 times the amount of iron and calcium, and nearly twice the amount of fibre as cabbage. The leaves of cassava, a major vegetable in central Afric...
Dec 2, 2019 · Across the world, there has been a movement from traditional to modern eating, including a movement of traditional eating patterns from their origin culture to new cultures, and the emergence of new foods and eating behaviors.
- Gudrun Sproesser, Matthew B. Ruby, Naomi Arbit, Charity S. Akotia, Marle dos Santos Alvarenga, Racha...
- 2019
Oct 19, 2019 · Traditional foods are the expressions of culture, identity, heritage, and lifestyle. The quality level of traditional foods (i.e. safety, processing and preparation, and health) is a key to secure and expand the market share (Guerrero et al., Appetite 52:34–354, 2009). Download chapter PDF.
Sep 2, 2019 · Screening and comparing human health–relevant nutritional profiles and diverse health benefits of traditional plant-based foods is essential for building more resilient and robust dietary intervention strategies, especially to counter the diet-linked NCD epidemic of indigenous communities (38, 47).
