“I commiserate with all our hardworking citizens whose livelihoods have been disrupted, and urge government to accelerate the response to that disaster!” – Dr. Chilufya.
Lusaka, May 1 – Mansa Central Member of Parliament and Patriotic Front presidential candidate, Hon. Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, has expressed his intention to continue sharing articles on a healthy eating lifestyle after being gifted with watermelons.
“Rocking in my recovery seat, Sunday afternoon, some women of good will, from Central Province strolled in with a box packed with watermelons! This kind and thoughtful gesture, which l appreciated profusely, provoked nostalgic memories of an article l did years back on the benefits of watermelons, which l will repost with some changes,” reads, in part his post.
And Dr. Chilufya says the gift of watermelons equally made him think about the loss of a trading place and business merchandise in Chibombo following the unfortunate infernal at John trading area, which has deprived marketeers of their source of income.
“I commiserate with all our hardworking citizens at that joint whose livelihoods have been disrupted, and urge government to accelerate the response to that disaster, including mitigating the loss of both the trading area and the working capital. Watermelons are both a source of income and multiple nutrients of magical value to human health!” he reiterated.
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Dr. Chilufya has been a strong advocate for a healthy eating lifestyle promoting traditional dishes stating that unhealthy diets and a lack of physical activity may show up in people as raised blood pressure, increased blood glucose, elevated blood lipids and obesity.
These, he says, are called metabolic risk factors and can lead to cardiovascular disease, the leading Non Communicable Disease (NCD) in terms of premature deaths.
NCDs are overtaking infectious diseases in terms of global mortality rates, and deaths from NCDs are forecast to exceed mortality from infectious, maternal and child diseases even in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.
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