Nutritionist Explains Health Benefits Of Javila Products

Nora Oseghale is a nutritionist enthusiast and a Managing Partner to Javila Sugarcane Juice and Wellness Fruit Cafe at the New Chucks Shopping Mall beside Kogi State Revenue House, Lokoja. In this exclusive and mind blowing interview, she explains why Africans must change their pattern of diet to address their various health challenges and achieve longevity of life.

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Looking at your business outfit, can you give us a brief background about it?
Basically we noticed that what we eat is very essential and when you look at the word, ‘death’ o.k, I mean considering its spelling, when you delete the first letter ‘d’ and the last letter ‘h’ what we have left is eat. So it is very important that what we take into our body goes a long way to bring us life or death as the case may be. That is why Javila Sugarcane Juice and Wellness Fruit Cafe was opened to give you a better option. These days, we train our children with fizzy drinks, so we are trying to inculcate a healthy drinking habit to our children so that they have a better option which is natural fruits juice and at Javila we do not add anything, there is no preservatives, there is no additives, no colouring whatsoever, it is natural the ways God has done it and it just to extract this juice in the best way in terms of cleanliness and preservation of nutrients. So when you come to Javila, you are sure you are taking in something healthy that you will benefit from.
Looking at Javila just as you have given us a brief background, for how long has the business commenced?
Thank you very much, Javila was officially launched on the 2nd December, 2017 and it is actually going to be a year old by December this year and it’s been wonderful we are having a lot of patronage we also want people to benefit a whole lot from it. So let me give you a glimpse of some of the things we actually offer, we make sugarcane juice, so when you buy your sugarcane, instead of crunching it along the way with teeth, we have a machine readily available that extracts this juice, you just take it and drink and I call the Sugarcane Juice the real energy drink because it has the whole lot of benefit it gives you. For instance, it fights infections, it boosts your immunity and it makes the kidney to function well, it reduces constipation, it is very rich in iron, magnesium and other electrolytes that actually prevent dehydration.

A lot of us complain that Lokoja is very hot. Yes Lokoja is very hot to be perfectly honest. When you stay under the sun too long, you begin to notice that your skin is dried because you are getting dehydrated but if you come to Javila and demand for 50cl of Sugarcane Juice, you will definitely feel good. You will feel refreshed because it is an energy drink that will rehydrate you and offer the energy needed for the day almost instantly. Javila is offering you such a wonderful product offered in hygienic environment and a trial will certainly convince any one.
Ma, apart from this sugarcane juice, are there other products from Javila?
We also have the Watermelon Juice. Why I like the Watermelon Juice is because the seed is inclusive in its production. The seed is usually thrown away ignorantly by the people who are not conversant with its nutritional value. At Javila we grind both the watermelon with the seed to get the best in terms of vitamins and nutrients that will benefit the body.

We also have Tiger Nuts Juice popularly called (Kunu Aya) which has been scientifically proven to be effective in treatment of hypertension and diabetics. We also have Cucumber Juice which is beneficial to the body system because it is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, folic acid and a range of minerals including magnesium and potassium. With the consumption of Cucumber Juice the issue of eye problem, sunburn, tissue problems will be naturally treated without the use of orthodox medicine. All these are hundred percent natural, there is no preservative and we also advice our customers to consume them immediately when it is fresh without storing it up too long to avoid the lost of nutrients.
There are some basic peculiarities of an African man, particularly their feeding pattern, would you say we are consuming enough fruit?
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We are not o, at all. We actually have a daily recommendation of what we should consume of both fruits and vegetable, we are suppose to consume about 3 servings of vegetables or 2 servings of fruits per day. How many people can confidently say we are consuming the required amount per day? So that’s why Javila is trying to enlighten the society that it is very beneficial to consume fruits and vegetables. Among other things, fruits and vegetable manage our blood sugar level, because fruits naturally have sugars and it is better than industrial produced sugar. When you eat more of fruits and vegetables, it reduces your risk of having high blood pressure, heart diseases and cancer. So it is better to prevent than to cure that is why fruits and vegetable are essential. At Javila, we offer you the best options of this fruits and vegetables.
The products analyzed so far, are the prices moderate?
Ok, we actually have these products in centilitres (cl). They come in different sizes. We have the Fifty Centilitres, we have Thirty-Five Centilitres and Twenty-Five Centilitres and so on. For Sugarcane Juice, the Twenty-Five Centilitres goes for N250, Fifty Centilitres goes for N500 and Seventy-Five Centilitres at the rate of N750.

For Fruits Smoothies, we have a cup which is Thirty-Five Centilitres for N500, Fifty Centilitres for N1000 and Seventy-Five Centilitres for N1,500. All these prices are moderate. I saw a post recently that say if you think natural fruits are expensive, have you priced cancer medication lately? So it is better we consume a healthy diet than to pay through pain to the other side. So it is advisable to take what God has created.
Where in Lokoja is Javila Sugarcane Juice & Wellness Fruit Cafe located?
We are located inside the New Chucks Shopping Mall compound, close to the Revenue House. That is the only outlet we have for now in Lokoja but we are looking forward to open more in no distant time.

For supply in large quantity, are there online site or phone number for prospective buyers?
For wedding and other events, Javila can be called upon to offer outdoor services and we will be present to add value to the occasion. For events such as seminar, workshop, both indoor and outdoor occasions, we are available.prospective customers can reach us at 08176718483, 08034085276. We also have a facebook page; “Javila Sugarcane Juice and Wellness Fruits Cafe”. Hook us on facebook, like us and you can as well drop your messages.