Practical, culturally grounded health guidance for people of African descent. We start with the food you love and the life you actually live.
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94% Retention Rate
94% Retention Rate
94% Retention Rate
vs. 40-60% industry norm
93% of attendees
94% Retention Rate
94% Retention Rate
would recommend our programs to family and friends.
25+
94% Retention Rate
25+
Years clinical expertise
He that takes medicine and neglects diet wastes the skill of the doctor.
You've found your place
Have you ever felt like health advice was made for someone else?
The meal plans used foods you have never cooked. The portion guides made no sense for the way your family eats. The doctor gave you a leaflet that had nothing to do with your life.
You are not imagining it. Most nutrition and health advice was not built with African food and lifestyles in mind. MAITANO was!
Transforming Lives Through Health
Your food stays
Your culture is seen
Your culture is seen
Jollof. Sadza. Pilau. Plantain. We build your health plan around the foods you love. Not instead of them
Your culture is seen
Your culture is seen
Your culture is seen
We understand African heritage food and lifestyle traditions from West to Southern to East Africa and across the diaspora.
Clinical credibility
Clinical credibility
Clinical credibility
Board certified Lifestyle Medicine. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. Scientific Advisory.. This is evidence based care that centres you.
Joy is the goal
Clinical credibility
Clinical credibility
Health is not punishment. At MAITANO we believe healing should feel familiar, joyful, and entirely yours.
"Two African languages gave us our name. Maisha — life. Hutano — health. Maitano is what happens when you refuse to separate them."
Client Success Stories
The MAITANO 6
Six pillars. One whole person
Good health is not just what is on your plate. It is everything working together. That is why we address all six dimensions of lifestyle medicine
1. Good Food
African heritage foods as the foundation. Cassava, plantain, sorghum, beans, leafy greens.... used as medicine
2. Joyful Movement
Movement that fits real African lives. Dance counts. Walking counts. No gym membership required.
3. Less Stress
Addressing the specific stresses our community carries. Financial, immigration, employment, family pressure.
4. Deep Connection
Ubuntu as medicine. Community, family, and belonging are healing forces we take seriously.
5. Restoring Sleep
For the ones told to sleep when they are dead. Rest is medicine.
6. Breaking Harm
Tobacco, including shisha and snuff. Alcohol. Ultra-processed foods. Honest conversations that save lives.
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