Food Science

Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation to Improve Immunity and Treatment Outcomes in Disease Management Including COVID-19

Written by Sarah Cherere Obara 

In biology, immunity is the balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases. Supplementation is the use of pills or special types of food in order to improve your health.

DFSNT STAFF RANKED AMONG THE TOP 500 AUTHORS IN KENYA

The web of science ranking that featured Kenyan authors between 2014 and 2020 saw three of the departmental staff ranked among top 500 authors. Prof. Michael Wandayi Okoth, a food process engineer with lots of experience ranked 299 with 21 peer reviewed publications, Dr. George Abong, Chair of the Department and Senior lecturer (Food Chemistry) ranked 387 with 18 peer reviewed publications and The Later Mr.