Residents of Northern Kenya consider the camel as not only a source of meat but medicine as well.
To the Gabra, Borana, Samburu, Turkana, Rendile and Oromo, the camel provides not only delicious and highly nutritious meat and bone soup, but also camel urine and blood.
Camel meat has many health benefits as it has low cholesterol levels, high concentration of minerals, including sodium, iron, zinc, potassium, copper and magnesium, and higher Vitamin C compared to other red meat.
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