It was a full hall on Tuesday, at the post-natal wing of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital Health Centre, Omoko Aluu, in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rives State, not even a baby’s cry in the vicinity, could distract the keenly attentive mothers who had fixed their gaze at the guest speaker in the hall.
While mothers took turns to check the weight of their babies and presented them for immunization as the case may be, Mrs Prince-Obe Queen, a graduate of business administration and management, and mother of four, took to the stage, to stress the importance of natural food for mothers and children. Her exhibition was basically on Tom-Brown, a mixture of cereals ; corn, guinea corn, millet, unripe plantain, soya beans and groundnuts.
Mrs Obe’s emphasis on natural food devoid of artificial inclination, was best explained in her preparation of this all-important meal before the nursing mothers.
While the meal was still cooking, its aroma captivated the essence of the mothers as none stepped out of the hall until a taste of the meal was achieved. Against the numerous junks in the market branded as canned food which are blended with preservative agents or artificial properties enemical to our health, she presented Tom-Brown as a food without any chemical substance, good for a healthy body development.
Away from our knowledge of Tom-Brown as food for babies, this mother of four has come up with a brand of Tom-Brown, not limited to babies consumption, but for the entire family. Her desire for a perfect nutrition has lured her into a research that birthed the Queen’s Healthy Tom-Brown brand.
Although, determined to make a fortune from natural food, she said it is her own way of giving back to the society first and foremost, as she emphasises good food for a healthy living.
Those who have tested it, she said, liked it, and many children who were malnourished, when exposed to the food, looked healthier. She recommended it to diabetics, stating that a man who had a low sugar level of 0.3 had the meal introduced to him for a month after which, his sugar level was boosted.
According to her, those that undergo mental activities, those that work round the clock, need Tom-Brown meal to stay healthy. With Tom-Brown, coupled with a meal a day, the body’s diet demand for the day is met.