Posts

Showing posts from 2018

KEY FACTS ON CAFFEINE

•    Caffeine is a stimulant which occurs naturally in tea leaves and other plants like kola, coffee bean and cocoa pods among others. •    It has no nutritional value. Hence, the body system does not primarily need it to perform any of its function. •    According to research, it is known that Caffeine relaxes the muscles separating the Esophagus from the stomach. The result of this action is an increase in stomach acid up to the esophagus,thereby leading in ‘heartburn’. •    A study conducted in 1980 by the US Food& Drug Administration discovered that one out of every five newborn rats had a birth defect or disability due to the administration of caffeine to its mother. This indicates that caffeine should be avoided by pregnant mothers. •    Caffeine is said to react in the body like Cocaine. However, caffeine is legal while cocaine is not. Why? A big question. •    Caffeine is among the list of restricted drugs by the International Olympics Committee due to its stimulating effec...

FACTS ON MOSQUITOES & MALARIA

• Mosquitoes bite deposit malaria parasite called Plasmodium in the victim’s body. • The plasmodium finds its way into the human liver, where it takes a new form and begin to multiply and infect the red blood cells. • At this point, one may ask; what about the immune system? The immune system is often weakened by the plasmodium. • The malaria parasites hide inside the red blood cells and not easily captured by the immune system. • The red blood cell gets burst after it becomes saturated with the malaria parasites. The immune system often takes advantage of this cell burst time to attack. • The Mosquito go to rest to digest the blood and wait for the eggs to be mature. • Malaria is characterized by fever, back pain, general joint pain, severe headache, abnormal sweating even when the temperature of the environment seems normal. In the case of children, it is accompanied by Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. • Malaria patient often experiences a low amount of urine and ...

Tips to Eliminate Refined Sugar

  In order to eliminate refined sugars, you need to have a plan. Listed below are ways to eliminate refined sugar from your diet:   1. Cut down on sugary beverages =:   There are many sugary beverages you need to avoid, such as fruit juice, fruit drinks, energy drinks, coffee drinks, sweetened waters, and soft drinks. In fact, most apple juice in our markets can be a combination of 100 percent sweetener from the concentrated fruit juice and apple flavoring. Most Manufacturers often present it as 100 percent apple juice. One big problem is that the size of these drinks can be deceptive. This can also be a way in which more calories and sugar can enter your diet without you knowing it.   A 12-ounce serving of a sugar-sweetened beverage is about 150 calories. The problem is that people hardly ever drink one serving of a sugary beverage. In movie/cinema theaters, convenience stores, and fast food chains, these beverages are offered in servings that contain between 300 and 5...

Choosing a Life Partner Will Make or Break You

Growing up somewhere in Nigeria; divorce, separations and single parenthood used to be something we watched on the TV, read in magazines and gossip tabloids or even heard about once in a very blue moon, in fact, most of our parents couldn’t even comprehend the word itself. Fast forward a few decades, divorce and single parenting now seem to be the situation in vogue almost as if it is a fashion statement pioneered by celebrities and socialites to be absorbed by common folks at every whiff of marital challenges. Sad right?   Unlike in the western world where divorce and separation are done with reckless abandon, here in Africa, we hold the institution of holy matrimony sacred and not to be toiled with, marrying a spouse used to be a dogma for absolute devotion and self-sacrifice. Rather true to a disturbing norm, we have also copied and pasted the Institution of divorce and separation into our doctrine.   To proffer a remedy to this malady being taken for granted in our immedia...