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At Tonic nutrition and research solutions, we strive to offer most current evidence based nutrition and dietetics interventions to promote health and prevent adverse disease outcomes.

๐Ÿ”ฅ FOOD IS MORE THAN TASTEโ€ฆ ITโ€™S MEDICINE! ๐Ÿฝ๏ธAre you a chef, nutritionist, dietician, food technologist, or health profes...
08/04/2026

๐Ÿ”ฅ FOOD IS MORE THAN TASTEโ€ฆ ITโ€™S MEDICINE! ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ

Are you a chef, nutritionist, dietician, food technologist, or health professional passionate about how food impacts health?

Join us at the Culinary Medicine Symposium 2026 and discover how food preparation can transform health outcomes!

๐Ÿ“ Venue: North Coast Medical Training College โ€“ Kikambala
๐Ÿ“… Dates: 29thโ€“30th April 2026
๐Ÿ’ฐ Fee: KES 8,500
๐ŸŽ“ CPD Points: Awarded (KNDI-approved)

โœจ Why attend?
โœ” Learn evidence-based culinary techniques for better health
โœ” Explore โ€œFood as Medicineโ€ in real practice
โœ” Network with professionals across nutrition & hospitality
โœ” Gain practical skills you can apply immediately

๐Ÿ“ข Have something to share?
We are now ACCEPTING ABSTRACTS!
This is your chance to present your work, innovations, or experiences to a professional audience.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Submit your abstract: info@tonicnutrs.com

๐Ÿš€ Whether you want to learn, network, or present โ€” this is the place to be!

Good evening, welcome all welcome to this symposium
26/03/2026

Good evening, welcome all welcome to this symposium

๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฌ, ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐‚๐ƒ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ...
09/02/2026

๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฌ, ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐‚๐ƒ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ!
๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ-๐Ÿ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ.
โœ” ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ
โœ” ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก & ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ
โœ” ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐Ÿ’ ๐‚๐๐ƒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
๐Ÿ”— ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: ๐ก๐ญ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฌ://๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ/๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ/
๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ
๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐Œ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ฉ๐š

Good morning colleagues and friends, we are finally set for our first ever physical symposium. Looking forward to meetin...
04/02/2026

Good morning colleagues and friends, we are finally set for our first ever physical symposium. Looking forward to meeting you at Beaumont Resort.

What really happens to cooking oil during deep-fat frying?
This Food & Beverage Symposium introduces Culinary Medicine and unpacks the science behind carcinogenic and cytotoxic compounds during deep frying โ€” their role in cancer, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Learn how oil choice, frying practices, and emerging innovations can protect health while meeting todayโ€™s market demand for safer foods. Use this link to register: https://tonicnutrs.com/workshop/
๐Ÿ“… 26โ€“27 Feb | ๐Ÿ“ Beaumont Resort, Mtwapa

06/12/2025

*Responsive (Active) Feeding* is a child-centered approach to feeding that emphasizes responding to a childโ€™s hunger and satiety cues with encouragement, patience, and interaction. It helps promote healthy eating habits, adequate nutrition, and a positive feeding relationship.

*Key Principles of Responsive Feeding:*

1. *Recognize hunger and fullness cues:*
- Hunger cues: opening mouth, sucking fingers, rooting
- Fullness cues: turning head away, closing mouth, pushing food away

2. *Encourage but donโ€™t force:*
- Gently encourage the child to eat, but never pressure, bribe, or force-feed.

3. *Be present and engaged:*
- Sit with the child during meals.
- Make eye contact and talk to them to create a positive atmosphere.

4. *Feed slowly and patiently:*
- Allow the child enough time to chew, swallow, and decide if they want more.

5. *Use appropriate utensils and textures:*
- Adjust food consistency to the childโ€™s developmental stage.

6. *Minimize distractions:*
- Avoid screens or toys during meals to help children focus on eating.

7. *Create a routine:*
- Offer meals and snacks at consistent times.

*Benefits:*
- Supports self-regulation of appetite
- Reduces risk of under- or overfeeding
- Promotes trust between caregiver and child
- Encourages lifelong healthy eating habits

Responsive feeding is essential during *weaning*, *illness*, and *recovery*, ensuring that feeding is both nourishing and emotionally supportive.

01/12/2025

*๐ŸŒ World AIDS Day โ€“ Dec 1st*
*Theme 2025: "Leave No One Behind"*

HIV affects more than the immune system โ€” it also impacts nutrition. Good nutrition helps:

- Boost immunity
- Improve ART effectiveness
- Prevent weight loss & deficiencies
- Manage symptoms
- Enhance quality of life

*What to focus on:*
โœ”๏ธ Balanced meals (carbs, protein, fats, fruits & veg)
โœ”๏ธ Adequate calories
โœ”๏ธ Vitamins & minerals (e.g. A, C, zinc, B-complex)
โœ”๏ธ Hydration
โœ”๏ธ Regular nutrition assessments

*Remember:*
HIV care isnโ€™t complete without nutrition.
Letโ€™s nourish and support, not leave anyone behind.

25/11/2025

*Infants and Children: Weaning & Stunting*

*1. Weaning (Complementary Feeding)*
Weaning is the gradual process of introducing solid and semi-solid foods to an infantโ€™s diet while continuing breastfeeding. It usually starts *at 6 months*, when breast milk alone no longer meets the babyโ€™s full nutritional needs.

*Key principles of weaning:*
- Start with *soft, mashed foods* (e.g., mashed fruits, porridge)
- Introduce *one new food at a time* to monitor allergies
- Gradually increase *food variety, texture, and frequency*
- Continue *breastfeeding up to 2 years or more*
- Use *nutrient-rich, locally available foods*

*Common mistakes to avoid:*
- Delayed weaning (after 6 months)
- Feeding only watery foods with little energy
- Poor hygiene during food preparation

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*2. Stunting*

*Stunting* is a form of chronic malnutrition where a child is *too short for their age*, caused by prolonged nutrient deficiency, frequent infections, or poor feeding practices.

*Causes:*
- Poor maternal nutrition during pregnancy
- Inadequate nutrition in the first 1,000 days (conceptionโ€“2 years)
- Infections like diarrhea, which reduce nutrient absorption
- Poor sanitation and unsafe drinking water

*Consequences:*
- Delayed physical and cognitive development
- Lower school performance and productivity in adulthood
- Weakened immune system

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*Prevention:*
- Proper nutrition during pregnancy and infancy
- Early and exclusive breastfeeding (first 6 months)
- Timely, appropriate complementary feeding
- Immunization, deworming, and hygiene promotion
- Nutrition education for caregivers

*Remember:* The first 1,000 days are critical โ€” nutrition during this window sets the foundation for a childโ€™s lifelong health.
# book for a session with us for and individual meal plan
# rainbow vegetable
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plan for your baby

25/11/2025

*Pregnancy and lactation* are two nutritionally demanding stages in a womanโ€™s life. Both require special attention to diet, health, and well-being โ€” not just for the mother, but for the growing baby and later, the breastfeeding infant.

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*Pregnancy*

During pregnancy, the body needs extra energy and nutrients to support:
- *Fetal growth and development*
- *Placenta formation*
- *Maternal tissue expansion (e.g., uterus, blood volume)*

*Key nutrients needed:*
- *Folic acid* โ€“ prevents neural tube defects
- *Iron* โ€“ supports increased blood volume and prevents anemia
- *Calcium* โ€“ helps in fetal bone and teeth development
- *Protein* โ€“ essential for tissue building
- *Omega-3s (DHA)* โ€“ supports brain and eye development
- *Fiber and fluids* โ€“ ease digestion and prevent constipation

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*Lactation (Breastfeeding Period)*

Breastfeeding requires even more calories than pregnancy. A motherโ€™s body uses her nutrient stores and current intake to produce milk that meets the baby's needs.

*Nutritional focus:*
- Extra *calories* (approx. 500/day)
- Adequate *protein*, *calcium*, *iodine*, and *vitamins A, B12, D*
- *Fluids* โ€“ very important to stay hydrated
- Avoiding alcohol, caffeine (in moderation), and certain medications unless prescribed

*Key Advice for Both Stages*
- Eat a *balanced, nutrient-dense diet*
- Take *prenatal or postnatal supplements* as advised
- Get regular *antenatal/postnatal checkups*
- *Rest* and manage stress
- Practice *good hygiene* to protect mother and baby

Pregnancy and lactation are not just physical processesโ€”they're emotionally intense too. Support, education, and proper nutrition make a big difference.

25/09/2025

๐ŸŒฑ Nutrition Tip of the Day ๐ŸŒฑ
Did you know?
Eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables boosts your immunity, improves digestion, and keeps your skin glowing. ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿ‡๐ŸŠ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Try to include at least 3 different colors of fruits or veggies in your plate today.
Your body will thank you! ๐Ÿ’ชโœจ


๐Ÿฅ— How to Balance Your Food Plate for Weight & Diabetes ManagementYour plate is your daily medicine. The right balance he...
02/09/2025

๐Ÿฅ— How to Balance Your Food Plate for Weight & Diabetes Management

Your plate is your daily medicine. The right balance helps control blood sugar, manage weight, and fuel your body with energy.

Hereโ€™s the smart plate guide (use a 9-inch plate):

๐Ÿ… ยฝ plate = Vegetables & fruits (mostly non-starchy like sukuma, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, tomatoes, cucumber).
๐Ÿ— ยผ plate = Protein (beans, lentils, fish, chicken, eggs, lean beef).
๐Ÿš ยผ plate = Whole grains / healthy carbs (brown ugali, brown rice, sweet potatoes, arrowroots, whole wheat chapati).

๐Ÿ‘‰ Add a small serving of healthy fats (avocado, nuts, seeds, olive oil).
๐Ÿ‘‰ Drink water instead of sugary drinks.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Control portion sizes โ€“ itโ€™s not just what you eat, but how much.

โš–๏ธ This plate model helps keep blood sugar steady, prevents overeating, and supports long-term weight control.
Eat right. Live better. ๐ŸŒฑ
more information book a session with us today and have a talk to our qualified professional
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