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October 2015

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KALE AND SICKLE CELL

Kale is described as being of the cabbage family. It is quite hard raw, compared to spinach that you can have as a salad. In some food circles, it is called a super food. Kale is low in calories but…

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YAM AND SICKLE CELL

If like me you grew up in the African continent as a child, and one of your parents was African, you would have had the pleasure of eating yam. I found out while researching about Yam, that Nigeria is the…

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SICKLE CELL COMPLICATIONS

Anemia – It is where the amount of haemoglobin in the blood is lower than normal. Sickle cell are delicate and break easily, leaving one’s body without enough supply of red blood cells.  Normal red blood cells live for up…

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SICKLE CELL AND IRON

Sicklers sometimes suffer from iron deficiency and this is quite common. A lack of iron leads to a deficiency in red blood cells and this in turn could lead to heart attack and other complications. Iron plays a central role…

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