Nutrition
Education library
Short, practical, jargon-free. Everything here works offline once you have opened the app.
Healthy eating basics
Before any therapeutic diet, the ordinary foundations — which most special diets are simply a variation on.
Reading food labels
Three numbers tell you almost everything: salt, sugar and saturated fat per 100 g.
Portion guidance without weighing
Your hand travels with you and scales to your body.
Meal preparation when energy is short
Cooking with fatigue, nausea or a full caring schedule needs a different strategy from a food magazine.
Eating well on a budget
Illness costs money and cuts income. These are the highest-nutrition, lowest-cost foods.
Nutrition during treatment
Treatment changes appetite, taste, digestion and immunity. Working around the specific symptom beats general advice.
Nutrition for recovery
After surgery, infection or a long admission, the body needs materially more protein and energy than usual.
Boosting immunity through diet — honestly
No food supercharges the immune system. Deficiency impairs it, and correcting deficiency restores it.
Nutrition and mental health
Diet will not treat depression, but several nutritional factors measurably affect mood, energy and thinking.
Healthy ageing
After about 60 the priorities change: muscle, bone, hydration and appetite become the things to defend.
Afya Companion offers education and self-help support. It does not diagnose, treat or replace care from your doctor, nurse, psychologist or dietitian. If something in your health changes, speak to your care team.