e'Pap provides great nutritional support for the elderly

e'Pap Helped Bring Khulu Back to Us!

Khulu Nyoni Siphulingi Phiri has been a part of our family life for over 40 years.  He has also been an integral part part of my children’s lives from birth, chastising them when they were naughty, sharing his sadza when they were hungry, always encouraging them, ready to catch them on their first wobbly bide rides.  He has helped us to mark our milestones, celebrated our joys and eased the burden of our sorrows.   

Nyoni is a man who has the most remarkable integrity, he is simple, both proud and humble, and his warm sense of humour belies the hardship he has endured throughout his life.  In 1949, when he was 14, Nyoni and his father left Mozambique to find work in the mines in South Africa.  They walked 2000km from Tete province to Durban.  Two years later they were back on the road, walking another 1000km to find a job in Zimbabwe (still Rhodesia then), the country was welcoming migrant labour and they believed they would find their fortunes there.

Tall, dignified, with not an ounce of fat on him, Nyoni is a legend for his strength and would not think twice to lug boulders around the garden.  He first worked for family friends and came to work for us in 1984.  He is the one who turned our garden into a paradise, a landscape that will always bear testimony to his hard work and love of the land.

Nyoni is now 78 years old and two years ago he decided it was time to retire, not because he wanted to, but we did not realise then that prostate cancer was starting to take its toll.  He left our home to live in Bulawayo’s western area, leaving a great big hole in our lives.  The cancer got worse, and a year ago Lucy and I carried him from his house to the car to take him to Mpilo hospital.  He was wasted away, in pain and unable to walk.  My heart was broken.  He was operated on and although the cancer is still there, it has been arrested. 

Nyoni’s recovery is nothing short of miraculous.  A year ago I was preparing to say goodbye to him, but he has sprung back with remarkable tenacity.  The surgery was successful, and to help him get back to health he eats e’Pap every day.  Last year I would make a monthly visit to give him his pension and his e’Pap, but a few months ago he arrived at the gate, bent over a walking stick, but he had come on his own steam.  He insisted that from then on, he would come to us once a month.  This morning Nyoni arrived, still with a cane, but standing upright, his skin glowing, a spring in his step and the sparkle back in his eye. 

Yes, the surgery played its role, and so has the medicine he has been taking.  But I am now more convinced than ever that the e’Pap effect is amazing, and the proof is right here in Nyoni, our Khulu, our grandfather.

ONE IN THREE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD SUFFER FROM HIDDEN HUNGER!

I am no scientist, I am not a doctor and I am not a nutritionist, but my involvement in e’Pap has taught me huge lessons about the type of nutrition we all need and very few of us actually have.  What I have learnt just makes sense and the solutions offered by eating e’Pap are actually making a massive difference in my life.  I have more energy, I am not getting colds and flus like I used to and I just feel better, so I thought I should share my layman’s understanding of the problems that e’Pap can help to solve.

You may believe that you are eating a healthy, well balanced diet with all the required quantities of macronutrients, in other words protein, fat and carbohydrates amounting to the advised daily calories needed.  But what most people do not understand or realise is that we are not getting enough of the essential micronutrients critical to maintaining optimal health.  Micronutrients are different from macronutrients because they are necessary only in very tiny amounts.  Micronutrient deficiency is now a major topic in global health discussions and has come to be called hidden hunger.

What is Hidden Hunger?

Hidden hunger is not the kind of hunger that comes from a lack of food. It is a prolonged and chronic lack of the vitamins and minerals we all need to ensure optimal health.  The long term consequences that come from the lack of these micronutrients often lie hidden, with no visible or obvious signs.  The people who suffer hidden hunger are usually not even aware of it. But the consequences are nevertheless disastrous: at worst hidden hunger can lead to mental impairment, poor health and productivity, or even death, but the most widespread conditions are fatigue, decreased productivity and a weakened immune system.   

In fact you put on weight if you have hidden hunger because of the way the body works.  When you are lacking a micronutrient, the brain sends out a signal of hunger or a craving to force you to eat. If you eat sterile food that has no micronutrients the body then continues to tell you that you are hungry and so you continue to eat and eat and eat, creating another challenge - OBESITY. 

How does e’Pap help to combat Hidden Hunger?

e’Pap is a pre-cooked, wholegrain food, based on maize and fortified with soya and a cocktail of 28 nutrients. It includes the full recommended daily allowance of the most important ones micronutrients - iron, zinc, vitamins A, B and C.  Not only is e’Pap full of nutrients, but it has also been formulated to improve the ability of the body to digest and break down food, ensuring that you get the full benefit of your diet.  

e’Pap is affordable and one portion costs the equivalent of a quarter of a loaf of bread.  Try it for yourself and benefit from the e’Pap effect.

YOU CANNOT PUT ON WEIGHT FROM GOOD NUTRITION.

A lot of people are asking if e’Pap makes you fat.

NO, it does not.  In fact an adult size portion of e’Pap is equivalent to 177 calories, compare this to a bowl of home cooked oats, a teaspoon of honey and half a cup of milk which comes in at a conservative 238 calories.  e’Pap is a nutritional product with a huge amount of high tech chemistry behind it to deliver the micro nutrients you need.  

You cannot gain weight from eating 50 grams of e’Pap a day, it is simply not possible!!!  Good nutrition will give you energy and an improved appetite – if you do not exercise and use your appetite to eat lots of healthy stuff, then you will put on weight.  

So, the answer is, eat e’Pap to combat micronutrient deficiency, make sure your meals are balanced and get out there an exercise!  

Watch this space for info on micronutrients and hidden hunger.

e'Pap helps the Elderly

It is time to for me to get back on to the e'Pap revolution cycle and keep you all up to date on the scene in Zimbabwe.  Many of the old Bulawayo folk will remember Maxie from Massimo's restaurant and prior to that the old Capri.  He is one of the great e'Pap supporters in town, and says, "e'Papa eez numero uno"!

  Max is 81 now, his spirit is indomitable, his opinions loud and unwavering, and as I write he is cooking up a pepper sauce in my kitchen.  Max eats e'Pap every day and his energy is remarkable - it just goes to show how the right nutrition boosts us all.  Take a leaf out of Max's book, get your full dose of daily e'Pap nutrients and you too can be as feisty as Maxie!