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Food Habits of Tanzania

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OVERVIEW ON TRIBES & CONTENT OF LITERATURE

FOODS/BEVERAGES

FOOD HABITS

NUTRIENTS/HEALTH

NUTRITION TRANSITION DIET & DISHES CALORIES

STAPLE CROPS TABOOS, RITUAL FOODS & CUSTOMS ENERGY

CEREALS COOKING METHODS & PREPARATION PROTEIN

LEGUMES WOMEN VITAMIN & MINERALS

ROOTS & TUBERS CHILDREN LONGEVITY IN TANZANIA

VEGETABLES AGRICULTURE PDF: Contemporary African food habits and their nutritional health implications

SPICES

LOCAL MARKETS
PDF: Do African foods have health protective benefits?

FRUITS
Did you know that OKRA has cholesterol lowering effects? Click here

OIL & FATS

PDF: Tanzania's food habits of the past
POSTER: MILLET BRAN AND CORN BRAN LOWERS PLASMA TOTAL AND LDL CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC SUBJECTS

TRADITIONAL DRINKS

POSTER: MAASAI TRADITIONAL FOODS: A LOOK AT DIETS IN THE MAASAI CULTURE

©Maryam Imbumi Click here

ANIMAL FOODS
Would you enjoy a can of I. osiris (Druce) from East Africa?

(The closest relative of Imbrasia belina)

Imbrasia belina © Rob Toms
For the global demand of meat growing, insects are a very important source of protein in Sub Sahara Africa.

Click here to get more infomrmation on the mopane worm - the caterpillar of the mopane emperor moth (Gonimbrasia or Imbrasia belinaan)

Mopane Worm Life Cycle and Metamorphosis

Indigenous Knowledge in the Classroom

Created by Verena Raschke 2005 / Contact