As the clock continues to tick towards the Christmas festivities that are characterized with families enjoying meals together, entertainment among other social activities, Kenyans have been warned against excess and improper eating to avert contracting diseases unnecessarily.

According to healthcare professionals, Christmas festivities are often surrounded by masses of delicious food and drinks.

While there is no reason to feel guilty about enjoying yourself, Moses Mwangi, a long-serving healthcare specialist, regretted that most people unnecessarily gain 1-2.5 kilograms during the Christmas holiday.

Mwangi urged Kenyans to consider being active to enable them work off extra calories to keep off lifestyle diseases.

He advised Kenyans to be choosy in the amount and the quality of food they will be taking to remain both strong and healthy.

Avoiding excessive farting

To avoid excessive farting that he said is usually a sign of body reacting strongly to certain foods and which is caused by food intolerance and or a digestive disorder such as irritable bowel syndrome, Mwangi called on Kenyans to make dietary changes, alter their eating patterns and identify food intolerance to prevent excessive flatulence.

His sentiments were echoed by Ngechu Riandacu of Beta Health Cures who insisted on the need for Kenyans to eat homegrown food during the festivities to remain healthy.

too much un-dieted food

The medic took issue with a section of Kenyans for taking too much un-dieted food during the season of merry, a situation that resulted in them suffering stomach-related ailments that they would have otherwise prevented.

Riandacu stated that most of the neglected food species have the potential contribution in preventing malnutrition, obesity and diet-related disorders and hidden hunger adding that they constitute inexpensive and are rich sources of protein, vitamin C, dietary fiber among other key healthy benefits.

The doctors advised Kenyans to embrace eating native food that will not only provide them with the necessary strength but ones that will also give them enough immunity to help them fight diseases.

They at the same time urged Kenyans who are taking drugs to continue taking them as prescribed by doctors while eating healthy to fast-track their healing journey.