A Professor of Ethno-Pharmacology and Medical Biochemistry at Abia State University Uturu, Dr Stanley Okereke has stated that eating local foods and taking daily exercises can delay aging.
He spoke while delivering the University’s 75th Inaugural lecture titled: “Delaying Ageing: The Role of Biochemistry ‘ in which he advocated an aggressive nutritional paradigm shift to encourage people to eat healthy foods.
Okereke defined aging as “ a continuous and uninterrupted process, which occurs in the human body causing structural and functional, changes classified as Cumulative, Progressive, Intrinsic and Deleterious (CUPID).” He said most times these changes begin early in life and culminate in physical death, adding that normal aging affects all physiological processes.
Okereke recommended for consumption of local foods and daily exercise, saying that doing these keeps the body fit and healthy. He cautioned against taking unregulated herbal medicine which he posited, was partially responsible for liver and kidney damage.
