Prevent the Disease with Local Food

Now more and most people are affected by non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer or prostate. Most of the causes are caused by lifestyle by eating unhealthy foods. For that one way to prevent it is to raise a healthy local food.

"Local Food has the potential to prevent non-communicable diseases," said of Prof. Ahmad Sulaeman, food experts from technologically bandung institute  in the event of Nutritalk Cruising of Nutrition Sarihusada in Bale Raos, Yogyakarta Indonesia.

Prof. Ahmad said that local food has been good proven , but needed a brand imaging. It is important to raise the willingness of young people to eat local food-food that is around them.

Looking for the traditional food or find a natural way to influence a person to maintain fitness, improve immunity, reduce toxins that enter the body. Prof. Ahmad pointed out for example at Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta which is famous by stones volcanic and arid turned out to have  sources of traditional food alternatively that can be utilized by the community.

As well as red rice which contains fiber 2 times higher, essential fatty acids, iron and vitamin B1 or thiamine. And there are also fried grasshoppers that can be sourced of protein that is not inferior with beef, and contain the vitamin A.

Local food source in other areas such as breadfruit that has good nutrition, especially for carbohydrate source, or root crops such as yams  of arrowroot which is complete vitamin content, iron and mineral content and fiber content that high.

Prof. Ahmad said : "Support the resistance and  help the cheap nutritional for families, because local food is grown almost the same as organic, pesticide sprayed rare, rich taste and good nutritional content.'s Just deficiencies namely the sanitation needs to be fixed, "