# Timiya

> A nutrition app for Kenyan food. Log what you eat, see an estimate of what your body takes in, and get a simple change to try when a meal has a gap.

Timiya estimates not only the nutrients in your food but how much of each your body likely takes in, adjusting for what you ate it with, how it was cooked and when (tea with the meal and iron, vitamin C and iron, phytates and zinc, a little fat and vitamin A). It shows 39 nutrients and knows Kenyan dishes by name. Its figures are estimates, and it gives general nutrition information, not medical advice.

## Key pages

- [About](https://timiya.health/en-ke/about): What Timiya is, who builds it, and why
- [How it works](https://timiya.health/en-ke/how-it-works): Log it, check it, see it
- [FAQ](https://timiya.health/en-ke/faq): The 39 nutrients Timiya shows, Kenyan food, long-term insights, life stages, health and safety
- [Stories](https://timiya.health/en-ke/stories): How people like you might use Timiya
- [For organizations](https://timiya.health/en-ke/for-organizations): Talk to us about Timiya for your workplace, insurer or clinic
- [Journal](https://timiya.health/en-ke/journal): Articles on Kenyan food and nutrition

## Journal articles

- [Sukuma wiki vs spinach: the calcium question](https://timiya.health/en-ke/journal/sukuma-wiki-calcium)
- [Why your chai timing matters more than what's in your chai](https://timiya.health/en-ke/journal/chai-timing)
- [Five things you didn't know about ugali nutrition](https://timiya.health/en-ke/journal/ugali-nutrition)

## More

- [Full details](https://timiya.health/llms-full.txt): Extended content including FAQs and article summaries

## Scientific basis

- [WHO/FAO Vitamin and Mineral Requirements in Human Nutrition](https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9241546123): 2nd ed., 2004, the foundational framework for nutrient absorption
- [Iron bioavailability and dietary reference values](https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2010.28674F): Hurrell & Egli, Am J Clin Nutr, 2010
- [The effect of tea on iron absorption](https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.16.3.193): Disler et al., Gut, 1975

## Contact

- [Website](https://timiya.health)
- [Email](mailto:hello@timiya.health): hello@timiya.health