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Spike in heart disease linked to rice, wheat

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A decline in the consumption of githeri and ugali in favour of white rice and wheat products has been linked to the current rise of lifestyle disease.

Kenyan researchers have traced the explosion of heartdiseases, hypertension and diabetes in Kenya to the period 2001-2008.

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