What is food to us? Without food, we cannot live. With food, we stay alive, but the quality of our lives, and the length of our days are dependent on the foods we eat and in what quantity. Food we eat for nourishment, and in small amounts, we eat herbs as medicines. To quote Hippocrates: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”

When is a food a medicine? In this week’s episode of African Health Dialogues we will discuss cholesterol-lowering foods, dietary source of soluble fiber, and red blood cell building foods in different African cultures. We invite our listeners to call in and talk about what they eat and what they understand or recommend as good healthy food.

If you are interested in joining our discussion, send us an email at: healthdialogues@africanviews.org to schedule and announce your participation on the show, otherwise please mark your calendar and call in during the show to participate.

JOIN OUR DISCUSSION LIVE BY PHONE OR BY SKYPE.

WHEN: SATURDAY, October 1^st, 2011
TIME: 12: 00 PM-1: 00 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME

SKYPE ID: AFRICANVIEWS

CONTRIBUTORS AND LISTENERS DIAL-IN NUMBER: (760) 283-0850

CO-HOST: Dr. Ladi Owolabi CO-HOST: Dr. Susanna J Dodgson

Listen live: www.blogtalkradio.com/africanviews

ABOUT AFRICAN HEALTH DIALOGUES

African Health Dialogues is a weekly health care discussion on AV radio about awareness, progress and gaps, costs and accessibility of medical /pharmaceutical products and services within the African and African Diaspora communities Worldwide.

The program is being facilitated by African Views (AV), Life-Scope Africa Foundation (LAF), Medical Journal of Therapeutics Africa (MJoTA), and Phameds International. Objective of the program is to provide health literacy, advocacy, and inspire consensus and leadership roles in improving public health care status in underserved communities

Host: Dr. Ladi Owolabi

Host: Dr. Susanna J. Dodgson

Special Contributor: Regina Askia Williams
Producer: Mr. Wale Idris Ajibade

Regular Contributor on Private Sector’s perspective: Mr. Folusho Obe

Quality control: Mr. William A. Verdone

Sponsors:

African Views (AV)

Life-Scope Africa Foundation (LAF)

Medical Journal of Therapeutics Africa (MJoTA)

Phameds International

UPCOMING EPISODES

· HIV/AIDS Action Plan

· Malaria Eradication Programs

· Clinical Trials in Africa – Challenges & Benefits

· Counterfeit & Substandard Drugs in Africa, A major issue 

· Mobile and e- Health care delivery in Africa (?)

· Child Maltreatment Prevention

· Autism

· Sleeping Sickness

· Mental illness