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I just love milk! Apart from its creamy taste, milk is one of the most nutritionally complete foods available on the food market to date. It is naturally a good provider of a whole range of nutrients essential to growth, development and maintenance of the human body. Come; let us explore the amazing health benefits of milk!

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These 10 commandments of Healthy Eating & Happy Living should be strictly considered for good health and long life.
You are going to find them really doable once started.
So go for it!

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What is Stress?

Stress is simply a fact of nature — forces from the inside or outside world affecting the individual. The individual responds to stress in ways that affect the individual as well as their environment. Due to the over-abundance of stress in Nigeria and our modern world today, we perceive stress as a negative experience, but from a biological point of view, stress can be a neutral, negative, or a positive experience. What matters is our stress management, and in this, nutrition is a key player.

Stress comprises of the external and internal factors...
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The human body is ‘awemazing’ *awesome and amazing*.
Below are 50 facts about our body that’ll make your eyes widen in surprise.
Enjoy!

Read all fifty of them here: http://diet234.com/50-less-known-facts-human-body/

We all have been experiencing the cold weather, it's still the raining season in Nigeria and a day hasn't gone by without it drizzling or pouring down. Most times, the day starts pretty warm, only for it to start raining once you step out the house. This has happened to me several times and I come back home cold and shaking.

Aside the warm clothing and thick duvet one can use to cover up and keep warm. There are quick home remedies that'll keep you warm in minutes. This home remedy is food, yes because there are certain special foods for cold weather. Not cigarettes, weed, or sex. lol

Hot Cup of Tea
If you're reading this and you can't make a cup of tea, I have six words for you.. Sorry, that's your cup of Tea. This is the commonest and fastest prepared of the foods for cold. It can be made from beverage, milk or just herbs under two minutes, then you sit down and enjoy! Just a right way to start the day.

Hot Spicy Jollof Rice
Yes, make it spicy to your taste, ginger and pepper helps.

To see our featured recipe - Peppery soup, follow the link below...

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Hi everyone, this post is to update you on the happenings and resolves at the past Nigerian Nutrition Conference 2014. The conference was held from 2nd – 6th, September 2014 at Owerri, Imo State. The theme of the conference was

"Adequate Nutrition: A Panacea for Sustainable Education and National Development”.

The many nutritional needs of the vulnerable groups in Nigeria was extensively discussed. For instance, I understood the need for an adequate Nutrition from conception to 2 years of a child’s life (The first 1000 days) was emphasized.

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The Igbo local vegetable salad is a relishing traditional delicacy of the Igbo tribe of Nigeria. It is mostly prepared to serve alongside a main dish. It is eaten as a dessert or as a heavy snack with some fresh palm wine or traditionally brewed beer. It can be prepared as a spicy food also to get the body warm in cold weather. The Igbo local vegetable salad aka African salad and Abacha or Eberebe is featured in most traditional occasions or commemorative occasions like today’s Nigerian Independence celebration, and it greatly appeals to the organoleptic senses (appearance, aroma and taste), very delicious and nutritious if prepared well.

Here’s a quick recipe to prepare the relished dish: http://diet234.com/igbo-local-vegetable-salad/

Happy Independence everyone!

We all have been experiencing the cold weather, it's still the raining season in Nigeria and a day hasn't gone by without it drizzling or pouring down. Most times, the day starts pretty warm, only for it to start raining once you step out the house. This has happened to me several times and I come back home cold and shaking.

Aside the warm clothing and thick duvet one can use to cover up and keep warm. There are quick home remedies that'll keep you warm in minutes. This home remedy is food, yes because there are certain special foods for cold weather. Not cigarettes, weed, or sex. lol

Hot Cup of Tea
If you're reading this and you can't make a cup of tea, I have six words for you.. Sorry, that's your cup of Tea. This is the commonest and fastest prepared of the foods for cold. It can be made from beverage, milk or just herbs under two minutes, then you sit down and enjoy! Just a right way to start the day.

Hot Spicy Jollof Rice
Yes, make it spicy to your taste, ginger and pepper helps.

To see our featured recipe - Peppery soup, follow the link below...

Read more: http://diet234.com/foods-for-cold/

This was one thing I took serious interest in while the Nutrition Society of Nigeria's 44th Conference tagged "Adequate Nutrition: A Panacea for Sustainable Education and National Development" was going on. I noticed that most of the speakers had something to say about it.

This goes to the mothers, what you eat and do in the first 1000 days makes a difference to your baby's future. Research shows that what you feed your baby in their first 1000 days of life can affect their health, cognitive ability and physical development for life.

"This short time frame offers a unique window of opportunity to shape healthier future by having a profound impact on the child’s ability to grow and develop and improve educational achievement." – Ita Saul, Paediatric Dietitian.

This 1000 days of life starts from conception to two years of the child's life. The right nutrition during this 1,000 day window can have a profound impact on a child’s ability to grow, learn, and rise out of poverty. It can also shape a society’s long-term health, stability and prosperity.

Today, undernutrition is still a leading cause of death of young children throughout the world. For infants and children under the age of two, the consequences of undernutrition are particularly severe, often irreversible, and reach far into the future.

During pregnancy, undernutrition can have a devastating impact on the healthy growth and development of a child.
Babies who are malnourished in the womb have a higher risk of dying in infancy and are more likely to face lifelong cognitive and physical deficits and chronic health problems. For children under the age of two, undernutrition can be life-threatening. It can weaken a child’s immune system and make him or her more susceptible to dying from common illnesses such as pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria.

In 1,000 days you can change the future, find out how...

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Healthy Weight

More than two-thirds of Nigerian adults are considered overweight or obese, especially the female gender. Excess weight may lead to heart disease and diabetes. Creating and following plans for healthy eating and physical activity may help you improve your health.

What is a healthy weight?

Body mass index (BMI) is one way to tell whether you are at a healthy weight, overweight, or obese. It measures your weight in relation to your height. A BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is in the healthy range. A person with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight, and someone with a BMI of 30 or greater is considered obese. Go to the right hand sidebar on our website to find a BMI calculator tool you can use to determine your BMI. Another way to find out if you are at risk for health problems caused by overweight and obesity is to measure your waist-hip ratio. If you are a woman and your waist is more than 35 inches, or if you are a man and your waist is more than 40 inches, your risk of disease may be higher.

Now, to our female readers, there are certain health risks of being overweight or obese during pregnancy. Extra weight can cause these health problems with pregnancy.

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A urinary tract infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection of the urinary system, which consists of the kidneys, ureter, bladder, and urethra. Urinary tract infections are one of the most common causes of doctor visits, especially for women.

These are more referred to as Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), and are the most common medical complaint among women in their reproductive years. UTIs have been reported to be 25 times far more common among women than among men. Most women will develop a UTI at some time in their lives, and many will have recurrences.

In general, the higher risk in women is mostly due to the shortness of the female urethra from the rectum, which is 1.5 inches compared to 8 inches in men. Bacteria from fecal matter at the anal opening can be easily transferred to the opening of the urethra.

There are several types of UTI, the most common being a bladder infection (cystitis). Urinary tract infections can also involve the ureters and kidneys; these infections are more difficult to treat. The most commonly seen UTIs are cystitis and kidney infections (pyelonephritis), with cystitis being 18 times more common.

Bacteria are the most common cause of UTIs. In 85% of cases, the bacteria responsible for UTIs originate in one’s own intestine or vagina. Vaginal bacteria, for example, may be introduced from condoms, or from the act of intercourse, which can push bacteria from outside the urinary system up into the urethra.

While the bladder flushes out the majority of these bacteria during urination, sometimes bacteria can remain, leading to an infection. The most common bacterium to cause UTI is Escherichia coli. Other bacteria that can cause this infection include Proteus, Klebsiella, and Staphylococcus saprophyticus.

There are preventive and curative measures to help flush bacteria of the urinary tract that have proven themselves over time.

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Bad breath is medically called halitosis, it can result from poor dental health habits and may be a sign of other health problems or just plain tooth decay. Bad breath can also be made worse by the types of foods you eat and other unhealthy lifestyle habits.

How Does What You Eat Affect Breath?

Basically, all the food eaten begins to be broken down in your mouth. As foods are digested and absorbed into the bloodstream, they are eventually carried to your lungs and given off in your breath. If you eat foods with strong odors (such as garlic or onions), brushing and flossing — even mouthwash — merely covers up the odor temporarily. The odor will not go away completely until the foods have passed through your body.

How to Make Conversations a Little sweeter

It’s terribly obvious that a bad breath could dampen a very good discussion or ruin the chance of a conversation due to a “notorious” bad breath. While there are tried and true techniques e.g tomato juice – which deodorizes breath by people who once suffered this health condition, we have more tips to give you, from answers from survey takers.

1. Brush your Tongue

I know some people would spend three-five minutes daily polishing their “pearly whites” (teeth). But most other barely bother or rather can’t be patient enough to let a brush spend less than two minutes in their mouths. This state of dental hygiene threatens with bacterial buildup which leads to gum diseases and tooth decay, also leaving them with a breath that has similar effect with “tear gas” *just saying*
It is important to brush teeth two to three minutes twice a day, floss your teeth once a day, ensure to clean both teeth and tongue, also the roof and sides of your mouth.
Personally, I learnt this as a child, brushing off the taste of medicine. Dentists say that the velvety-textured tongue is loaded with food particles and bacteria that can cause bad breath, hence the need to brush your tongue regularly. These days, there are toothbrushes that come with parts you can use to brush tongue. Get you some of those today.

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