A nutritionist, Simbiat Oladoja, has said that eating
some African food such as Ofada rice, oha soup, and
unripe plantain could aid weight loss.

Oladoja told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in
Abuja, that fruits and food that were in season were
cheap and helped one to lose weight.

She said the scope of eating fruits and vegetables in
season was a strategy as most fruits and vegetables
and even food in season were cheap.

According to her, healthy eating involves eating what
nourishes your body, which includes fruits and
vegetables.

“Complex carbohydrates like oats, beans, lean proteins
such as fish, chicken, healthy fats and oils from
avocado, and olive oil are good.

‘‘Buying locally available food will be cheaper as well,
unlike buying foreign fruits and foods, which are
usually expensive.

“There has been a lot of misconception about healthy
eating and people tend not to understand the nutrition
logic of healthy eating.

“Healthy eating is not about strict restrictive eating or
starving yourself to achieve any weight goal.”

Instead of spending a lot of money to get drugs and
taking expensive measures in order to lose weight.”

There are African foods that can aid weight loss, these
are, Spinach, brown rice also known as Ofada rice,
sweet potatoes , water leaf, walnuts, Beans, Avocado,
Oats, unripe plantain .

‘‘Local vegetable soups like bitter leaf soup, Oha soup,
efo riro , citrus fruits like lemons, oranges are low in
calories but contain plenty of fiber, which aids weight
loss.”

“Herbal leaves and spices like moringa, ginger, garlic,
onions, scent leaves, all aid weight-loss as well,” she
said.

She added that the healthiest way to lose weight was
to visit a registered dietitian/nutritionist, to get
professional advice and a personalised plan that would
suit you.

Oladapo said that the nutrition logic to weight-loss
does not mean you go hungry, you just need to
maintain certain number of calories, adding that the
number of calories your body losses leads to weight
loss.
(NAN)



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