12 °c
London
Saturday, December 9, 2023
No Result
View All Result
FurtherAfrica
  • Countries
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • Cape Verde
    • DRC
    • Eswatini
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Mauritius
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • Nigeria
    • Rwanda
    • South Africa
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • Interviews
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Travel
  • Weekend
  • About
FurtherAfrica
  • Countries
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • Cape Verde
    • DRC
    • Eswatini
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Mauritius
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • Nigeria
    • Rwanda
    • South Africa
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • Interviews
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Travel
  • Weekend
  • About
No Result
View All Result
FurtherAfrica
No Result
View All Result
Home Africa

Weekend: Aspect of nutrition in a sustainable food system

Mary Asanga by Mary Asanga
July 18, 2020
in Africa, FA, Food, Health, Sustainability, Weekend
Reading Time: 1 min read
0 0
0
Weekend: Aspect of nutrition in a sustainable food system

Nutrition takes us down the lane of food classes and their various subclasses streamlined according to their requirements as either essential or non-essential.

Essential nutrients as the name implies must be obtained from food, hence cannot be synthesised by the body (takes me back to nutritional biochemistry from undergrad days).

The science of nutritional biochemistry seeks to connect the dots between the functions of nutrient, its involvement in health and diseases, and it’s requirements and guidelines for the diverse group of people ranging from infant to adult to aged and pregnant women.
A sneak peak into the various biochemical molecules, metabolism, utilisation and synthesis would give you a fundamental insight.

Making available dietary energy for the global count is one of the components of food security, supplying adequate nutrients alongside sufficient calories at an affordable rate is another. Adams Drewnowski tags Nutrition & health as one of the four principle domains of sustainability.

Also Read:  Sustainable food system from a biochemical view

Nutrition in the world of a sustainable food system calls for more EFFICIENT and DEFINITE solution that aims at striking a blend to balance the present and future environment. The absence of “EFFICIENT” would mean an alteration in the nutritional behaviour of consumers.

Summarising this article with the words of Kelly S. Swanson “Nutritional sustainability is the ability of a food system to provide sustainable energy and amounts of essential nutrients required to maintain good health of the population without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their nutritional needs”.

Related

Tags: Adams Drewnowskibiochemical moleculesFoodfood classesKelly S. SwansonMary AsangametabolismNigerianutrientnutritionnutritional biochemistrySustainable foodWeekendнигерияنيجيرياナイジェリア尼日利亚
Mary Asanga

Mary Asanga

Mary Asanga is a food biochemist, a social entrepreneur and the CEO at Kutama enterprise, a peanut snack processing company in Nigeria that's bridging the gap between health and snack by helping consumers who are diabetic and obese snack healthy. She serves as an Agronomist at Farmz2U, a food and Agritech firm helping farmers farm better with tailored agricultural expertise and access to market. She's passionate about contributing to a sustainable food system. She's recognized as a leading African entrepreneur by the African union and the African union development agency for NEPAD.

Related Posts

Africa

AfDB warns of US$25B drain on Africa with new EU carbon tax

by The Exchange
December 8, 2023
Finance

Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund Invests in 3 Funds

by Africa Global Funds
December 8, 2023
Tech

Revolutionizing African languages in conversational AI

by Web3Africa
December 8, 2023
Operation of bank neutral cash hubs in Nigeria
Legal

Filing data protection compliance audit returns in Nigeria

by FurtherAfrica
December 8, 2023
COP 28

COP 28: AGIA gains US$175M pledge from global and African partners

by Energy Capital & Power
December 8, 2023
Mozambique eVisa
 
MozParks

Translate this page

Read the Latest

Africa

AfDB warns of US$25B drain on Africa with new EU carbon tax

by The Exchange
December 8, 2023
0

Africa stands to lose up to $25 billion annually due to the direct impact of the EU Carbon Border Tax...

Read more

Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund Invests in 3 Funds

December 8, 2023

Revolutionizing African languages in conversational AI

December 8, 2023
Operation of bank neutral cash hubs in Nigeria

Filing data protection compliance audit returns in Nigeria

December 8, 2023

COP 28: AGIA gains US$175M pledge from global and African partners

December 8, 2023

FurtherAfrica Partners Network

The Exchange Farmers Review Africa 360 Mozambique
TechGist Africa Energy Capital & Power Club of Mozambique
Taarifa Rwanda Web3Africa See Africa Today
Africa Global Funds Novafrica CrudeMix Africa
Harambee Africa Botswana unplugged Financial Insights Zambia
O Económico Digilogic Africa  

Subscribe to FurtherAfrica

Enter your email address to receive new articles on your email.

Join 107.2K other subscribers
FurtherAfrica

© 2021 FurtherMarkets

FurtherAfrica is a FurtherMarkets Limited platform

  • Countries
  • Interviews
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Travel
  • Weekend
  • About

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Countries
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • Cape Verde
    • DRC
    • Eswatini
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Mauritius
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • Nigeria
    • Rwanda
    • South Africa
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • Interviews
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Travel
  • Weekend
  • About

© 2021 FurtherMarkets

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?