African Heritage Diet Benefits for Gut Health and Metabolic Health

https://www.news-medical.net/health/African-Heritage-Diet-Benefits-for-Gut-Health-and-Metabolic-Health.aspx A traditional, fiber-rich way of eating may help reduce inflammation, support metabolic resilience, and preserve African food heritage amid rapid dietary westernization. The African heritage diet reflects traditional dietary patterns followed across African and African diaspora populations for generations. It should be understood as a culturally diverse family of regional foodways rather than a single fixed diet; current scoping evidence identifies cereals and cereal products, pulses, seeds, nuts, and vegetables as the most consistently reported continental African food groups, with fruits, roots, tubers, plantains, and their products also frequently described.