Page 66 - Msingi Afrika Magazine Issue 23

Food health
In my household, a while ago,
we drastically reduced our use
of maize flour. The reason is
simple. Maize, outside of the
fact that it’s not an indigenous
grain from Africa, is also
heavily compromised and what
we have mostly right now is
either hybridized or genetically
modified maize. So now, we
make our Ugali or grain meal
using a mix of sorghum, millet
and sometimes a bit of cassava
flour. Sorghum and millet are
way better and more nutritious
than maize. So, to my African
people especially in Kenya
and East Africa generally, do
away with maize or at least cut
down on its intake. Get organic
sorghum and millet, and mill
them yourself instead of buying
packet maize flour sold in
supermarkets which by the
way is fortified with only God
knows what chemicals. Due
to human greed and the quest
for global control, the world is
no longer what you think it is,
so protect yourself and your
family by eating food that is
not poisoned.
Now, concerning the thought
around lost grains of Africa,
the only reason why these
crops are considered lost in
quote is because Africans have
lost connection to the beauty,
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nutrition and ability of these
seeds to save the continent
from the so-called food
insecurity. We have embraced
grains like wheat, rice, maize
and the like which are not
indigenous to Africa and which
do not serve our nutritional
needs. Most importantly, they
are heavily compromised and
can be very harmful because
of the agrochemicals used in
planting them and the poor
nutritional value – so much so
that these modern foods have
to be fortified with vitamins
and minerals sourced from who
knows where. Worse yet, we
have abandoned those foods
which make for good health,
calling them inferior. Should
we then be shocked at the
diminishing quality of health in
the continent?
I encourage you to do your
due diligence, search online
for the nutritional values
of each of the grains I have
mentioned and see how to
fully incorporate them into
your diet. Also, while you do
that, keep in mind that there
are loads of websites, blog
sites, writers, content creators
and the so-called social media
influencers who are paid
specifically by big corporations
to spread misinformation about
everything, especially the
things that concern Africa. So,
watch out for such sites.
With the thumbnail below,
you can watch the video we
did about The Lost Grains of
Africa.