Book Launch : Recipe For Healthy Body

The Cameroonian literary world has been enriched with the publication of a new book. The book title “Comment manger pour vivre longtemps, en forme et en santé” or “How to eat to live for long, in form and good health”, was launched on Wednesday August 12, in Douala. Speaking at the book launch the lead author, Neke Norberos who also happens to be the president of ‘Vie de Santé’ association, said the book is out to serve as a guide on how to feed well to avoid illness and live for long.  He said with the coming of the Whiteman, Africans abandoned their way of life to adopt European models leading the illnesses and premature death. He therefore advocates for a cultural revolution in Cameroon and Africa in general by returning to the pre-colonial past whereas Africans ate African food. “Food is medicine and our parents knew that but with the coming of Whiteman, this knowledge was abandoned,” he said. He said 80 per cent of illness are caused by poor feeding and that god feeding can boost the immune system.
The book is co-authored with Zoa Polycarpe who has a degree in cuisine and health and Fabrice Siemeni, a nutritionist. It comprises 246 pages divided into four major parts; feeding, sports, environment and developing the spirit. It ...