Best Juices for Weight Loss
Juices can be a quick and convenient way to squeeze some extra nutrients into your diet and promote weight loss. However, some types of juice are high in sugar and low in fiber, which can ramp up your calorie intake and even lead to weight gain over time. This is especially true with many store-bought […]
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Can Eating Burnt Toast Cause Cancer?
Contains acrylamide Acrylamide & cancer Should you stop eating it? Bottom line Many people believe that eating overcooked foods, such as burnt toast, can cause adverse health effects. In particular, some claim that foods like burnt toast could even be linked to an increased risk of cancer. While it’s true that what you put on […]
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Business Opportunities Event, May-June 2021
Are you young and vibrant or young at heart and looking to chart a new career, but need assistance information, direction and guidance? This publication is for you. You are invited to business opportunities exposition events scheduled for Port Harcourt and Owerri in the months of May and June, 2021. Highlights of the event include […]
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Vitamin D — A Beginner’s Guide
Here’s our process.Supplements 101: Vitamin D. Vitamin D is completely different than most other vitamins. In fact, it’s a steroid hormone produced from cholesterol when your skin is exposed to the sun. For this reason, vitamin D is often referred to as “the sunshine vitamin.” However, sun exposure rarely provides adequate vitamin D, making it […]
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Does Eating Gin-Soaked Raisins Help Relieve Arthritis?
Many people claim that eating gin-soaked raisins may help relieve arthritis pain. According to proponents of this natural remedy, eating golden raisins that have been soaked in gin, also sometimes called “drunken raisins,” can reduce symptoms like pain, stiffness, and swelling. However, while many swear by this folk remedy to help fight arthritis, others dismiss […]
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Six foods good for Prostate Health
Bottom line Your diet can significantly affect your health, including that of your prostate. By adding healthy, prostate-friendly foods to your diet, you may be able to reduce your risk of prostate problems, including prostate cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among males, affecting 1 in 8 […]
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How Healthy Is Almond Milk? Here’s Nutritionist’s Side of the Story
Non-dairy milks have been flying off supermarket shelves, and plant-based milk options are now available at coffee shops and smoothie joints across the country. According to consumer research group Mintel, sales of non-dairy milks have increased by more than 60% since 2012, and one in five Americans say they are consuming less dairy for health reasons. […]
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We can’t discuss nutrition without smallholder farmers
The 2021 UN Food Systems Summit will not be complete without highlighting the issues of African agriculture. In 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed a Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit amid rising concerns on the state of food security worldwide. At the time, the numbers coming out of the World Food Programme were anything but reassuring: […]
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KNOW YOUR FRUITS SERIES: 9 – Cucumber
Cucumber and Its NutritionalBenefits Cucumber is full of nutrients that contribute positively to health when eaten and when applied directly to the skin to treat sunburn and other skin reactions that can be treated with it. 12 Amazing Health Benefits of Cucumber 1. It Promotes Hydration Cucumber is a vegetable that helps to keep the body hydrated due to […]
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Shingles: Forms, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
What is Shingles? If you’ve ever had the chickenpox — and almost all adults have or have at least been exposed to it– there’s a good chance the virus is still at large in your body. The varicella zoster virus can lie dormant for decades without causing any symptoms. In some people, the virus wakes […]
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