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3 White Flour

When flour is refined, all nutritional value is removed and then it is bleached with chlorine gas to make it more appealing to consumers. The glycemic index for white flour is very high meaning it spikes your insulin levels without providing nutritional fuel. Carbohydrates are converted to sugars by your body, so excessive products that contain white flour can lead to increased insulin resistance.

4 Soda and Carbonated Beverages

Sodas have been at the center of the health debate for two decades. Filled with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), dyes, and a host of other chemicals, they are very bad for your health. They provide zero nutritional value and can rob your body of the nutrients you get from other foods. Adding “diet” to the label means you’re also consuming aspartame – and that is no better than rat poison.

5 Salted, Pickled, and Smoked Foods

These products typically contain preservatives, such as nitrates, which are intended to prolong shelf life. The additives used in processed foods can accumulate in your body over time. Eventually, such toxins cause damage at the cellular level and lead to diseases like cancer. When smoked foods are cooked at temperatures, the nitrates are converted to the much more dangerous nitrites.

6 Refined Sugar

The biggest threat is high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) but even brown sugar is highly refined white sugar with some of the removed molasses added back in for flavor and color. Theyare the source of major insulin spikes and feed the growth of cancer cells. Since the majority of the sugar supply in the U.S. is made using genetically modified (GMO) sugar beets, a healthier option is organic honey, coconut sugar, or maple sugar.

7 Grilled Red Meat

While grilling tastes delicious, scientists have discovered that preparing meats in this way – especially processed meats like hot dogs – releases a carcinogen called heterocyclic aromatic amines. When you grill red meat to the point of well-done, it changes the chemical and molecular structure of the meat.

8 Canned Goods

The most worrisome of all, among canned foods that can harm you, is plastic contaminants in our canned goods. Most canned food these days have a plastic coating inside the can to supposedly keep the food, vegetables, and fruits – fresh. Well, it may keep them more fresh that otherwise without it being stored up inside a metal object, but this comes at the expense of harming you. The inner plastic lining is poisonous at small measures, although we are told that the small amounts should not worry us too much. Well this plastic coating is Bisphenol or BPA for short and it is harmful. Most cans are lined with it, and it has been shown to genetically alter the brain cells of rats. Many plastic goods, thermal paper, water lines, and many dental composites also contain BPA.

9 Microwave PopcornFrom the chemical-lined bag to the actual contents, microwave popcorn is at the center of lung cancer debates around the world. The bag almost all microwave popcorn varieties come in is lined with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). This chemical is the same toxic stuff found in teflon pots and pans. It can stay in the environment and in the human body for long periods of time. This chemical when heated has been linked to infertility, cancer and other diseases in lab animals. No long term studies have been conducted on humans, but this substance has been listed as a carcinogen. Not only are the kernels and oil likely GMO (which the manufacturer does not have to disclose), but the fumes released contain diacetyl, which is toxic to humans.

Cancer is a disease that you should never take lightly. There are cases where it strikes quickly but often, cancer manifests after years of specific habits. Good examples of this are smoking and overexposure to ultraviolet rays, which result in lung cancer and skin cancer, respectively. Experts estimate that more than half the cases of cancer diagnosed worldwide are preventable with lifestyle changes.

There is one area of your daily life that can cause cancer. The food and beverages you consume, the fuel your body uses to fight disease, is critical to your overall well being. Some foods are worse for you than others and could be increasing your risk of many conditions and diseases. While cancer is one of the worst, regularly eating the foods in our top ten list can also lead to heart disease, diabetes, and chronic inflammation.

10 Cancer Causing Foods to Avoid

10 Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs)

They are foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering. These techniques allow for the introduction of new traits as well as greater control over traits than previous methods such as selective breeding and mutation breeding. Commercial sale of genetically modified foods began in 1994, when Calgene first marketed its Flavr Savr delayed-ripening tomato. Most food modifications have primarily focused on cash crops in high demand by farmers such as soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. These have been engineered for resistance to pathogens and herbicides and for better nutrient profiles.

There is broad scientific consensus that food on the market derived from GM crops poses no greater risk to human health than conventional food. However,opponents have objected to GM foods on grounds including safety, environmental impact and the fact that some GM seeds that are food sources are subject to intellectual property rights and owned by corporations.

The rapidly growing industry of genetically modified crops are infiltrating our food supply at an alarming rate. More than 90% of our corn and soya are now genetically modified. This fairly new practice is the source of many debates. Experts agree that adequate testing was not done before GMO foods were added to the ingredient listing of thousands of products. Look for GMO-free labels whenever possible.

Ladies and Gentlemen of Nairaland, let’s sit down relax and spread the fun

Lemme keep the ball rolling Things you do that shows your school fees & four years was wasted in the university

1. School fee and four years wasted in the University If you graduated as a computer science student but can’t shut down a laptop

2. School fee and 4 years wasted in the University If you cant express yourself in public, blaming it on, “after all, I studied Engineering not English Language”

3. School fee and 4 years wasted in the University If you graduated from a university and can’t even write a composition about yourself in a job interview

4. School fee and four years wasted in the University If your mom still woos a lady on your behalf because of your lack of confidence

5. School fee and four years wasted in the University If the bank security always help you withdraw your money at the ATM just because you cant operate properly

6. School fee and 4 years wasted in the University If you are a graduate and still beg people to help you google search

7. School fee and four years wasted in the University If you don’t know 3rd mainland bridge is in Lagos, and other salient current affairs

8. School fee and 4 years wasted in the University if you graduated as a mathematics student and cant use BODMAS

9. School fee and 4 years wasted if you resort to yahoo yahoo after your graduation

10. kindly add yours

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Olumide Climate Idowu my friend, your friend, our brother and a fellow countryman need your support to become the President of the Africa Youth Union.

Vote Olumide Climate Idowu, a true believer in Social Justice, Civil, Human, Environmental and Economic Rights as the next President of the Africa Youth Union by simply going to the Page of the Union and Inserting his name Olumide Climate Idowu. Thanks and God Bless

Olumide Climate Idowu has been nominated for African Youth Union President & he needs a vote from all Nigerians! It's simple!

Click https://m.facebook.com/Africanyouthunion/posts/1159544287405403?fref=nf&pnref=story

and just mention 'Olumide Idowu' on the comment box! Let's bring this glory to Nigeria! Thanks! Let's go!


The winner will be announced on July 19th 2015 during the Regional Integration of African Youth summit closing ceremony.

Thank you for voting

Check out this trend since 1999:

1999 - 2007

President - Olusegun Obasanjo.
Region - South-West.
DG SSS - Colonel Kayode Are.
Region - South-West.

2007-2010

President - Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
Region - North.
DG SSS - Afakariya Gadzama.
Region - North.

2010-2015

President - Goodluck Jonathan.
Region - South-South.
DG SSS - Ita Ekpenyong.
Region - South-South.

2015

President - Muhammadu Buhari.
Region - North.
DG SSS - Lawal Daura.
Region - North.

Bros na true o

Matters Arising: Party Supremacy vs Individual Ambition & The Collective Good.

Since the APC emerged as the ruling party riding on the ‪#‎Change‬ mantra it has been one week, one controversy. The election of the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives was the final straw that seems to divide the chord that once held all the players in one accord.

As if the emergence of Saraki and Dogara against the wishes and aspirations of the party leaders was not enough, the election of Principal officers in both chambers of the NASS was another needless controversy.

In the Senate, three of such positions has been filled remaining one more to go from the South West. Bukola Saraki had his way as he got his preferred candidates for the post of Majority Leader and Majority Whip. He claimed his hands were tied as the reason why he cannot accept the list of the party's preferred candidates for these positions.

In the Green chamber, Dogara was not as swift as Saraki in naming the Principal Officers. His attempts were rebuffed and the fracas degenerated into a show of parliamentary shame as decorum was thrown at the dogs and the hallowed Green chamber was turned into a boxing arena.

This fracas led to the adjournment of both chambers of the NASS for one month to allow fray nerves calm down.

The major talking point of today's NEC/NWC meeting shall be the impasse in the NASS. Saraki has one more slot for Principal office to be filled while Dogara has four.

The election of both Saraki and Dogara is a done deal. Likewise the nomination of the three Principal officers announced by Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

A good gambler knows when to hold on and when to walk away. This is calling on Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon. Yakubu Dogara to climb down from Mt. Olympus and pay heed to party’s supremacy. They cannot continue to hold everyone to ransom.

Dogara should learn from Hon. Aminu Tambuwal who allowed the wish of the party to prevail by accepting to work with Hon. Mulikat Akande as Majority Leader after he was elected as Speaker against the wish of the PDP NWC in the 7th Republic. Leadership is all about service to the people, and anyone can be called upon to serve the people. They must not insist on having it their own way! They must make personal and collective sacrifice at this auspicious moment in our chequered democratic history. The alternative is a recipe for chaos and disaster!

I no gree, I no gree, as the Warri man will say, naim dey tear trouser. They must agree to disagree and disagree to agree. At the end of the day everyone will emerge as a winner.

The NWC of the APC must come out stronger from the coven and begin to chart a new course for Nigeria in line with the #Change mantra.

If they fail to do this today, they shall have themselves to blame as the long suffering and traumatised people of this potentially great country have developed a short fuse for leadership ineptitude and cluelessness! 2019 is just round the corner and there is no time as they might want to presume. They should put their acts together and go back to work for the Nigerian people!

Leadership is all about serving the people and making them happy! As Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum succinctly puts it in his book Flashes of Thought:

“ Does running water stop when it reaches a rock? Of course not. It turns either left or right, and continues its way. Likewise, a positive person is confident that no challenge will stand in the way of achieving his or her goal."

A word is enough for the wise........

Asta La Vista!

Hasta La Victoria Siempre!!!

S.A, © 2015 writes from the sideline.

WHAT A WEEK!

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● Adultery is legalized in South Africa by the Constitutional Court

● Gay marriage is legalized by the U.S. Supreme Court.

● Oklahoma Supreme Court orders removal of Ten Commandments monument situated on capitol grounds

● Germany’s National Ethics Council has called for an end to the criminalisation of incest between siblings after examining the case of a man who had four children with his sister.

● Japanese court rules"Adultery is Ok if its for business purpose!"

ALL IN ONE WEEK!

RETROSHAWTY:
I read something online about virgins getting pregnant and I really don't think it is possible. I read on one blog yesterday again about how a girl was pregnant just by wearing the bf's boxer and I just lol but then I told my hostel mates and we all argued about it. Some said it is possible while some said it's not. Doctors in the house, pls is it possible?

Very funny

But it's not logical nor medically possible

CHM11:
Who be this one?

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I bind and cast you. Yeeeeeeeemeleke binobasha!!!

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Sleekyshuga:

Na me you analyze like this?

Diaris God .

Babe how was your exam on Techniques in Environmental Studies?

CHM11:
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You think say you get sense? Busy body... Kill yourself for another person wahala. Na you Good pass, know everything pass.

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We are living in a complex and highly sophisticated society in which sexual intercourse is often taken for granted not only among individuals unknown to each other, but even between family members and close relatives. Incidents of incest, defined as “having sexual relations or activity with close family members”, are common today all over the world, but not often reported. That presents a dilemma.

Incest is not only a taboo but also illegal. Different kinds of incest exist – one is when a father and daughter, or step father and step daughter engage in sexual relationship. This kind of incest has been the most reported worldwide. But in Nigeria, incest between fathers and daughters is hardly reported because nobody wants such a story to be heard outside the family.

Incest in Nigeria is kept often as a “family secret”, not to be reported to the relevant authorities.

However, some fathers and stepfathers abuse their daughters and stepdaughters on regular basis, while victims are unable to do anything about it. Even when a mother knows what is going on, she tries to put an end to it in her own way, but rarely reports the matter to the authorities, for fear of being stigmatized.

Sex between siblings is another kind of incest that is common but rarely reported. Little children are fond of practising what they see adults do. Often times, they imitate what they watch on television when adults kiss or have sex. So parents must monitor their kids and the kind of films they watch while they are around and block such films or video from their children when they are not at home.

There have been instances where teenage or adult siblings fall in love with one another and get involved in sexual relationship without the knowledge of their parents. Even when the parents are aware, there is little or nothing that they can do to stop it.

A youngman (names withheld) involved in incest confessed, saying, “You can’t help whom you fall in love with, it just happens. I fell in love with my sister and I am not ashamed of it. I only feel sorry for mom and dad.”

But the question is whether the man’s excuse is morally justified. We can decide who to fall in love with if we exercise self control, because we are in charge of our actions and emotions, not the other way round.

Our investigation showed it is very difficult for girls and women to report cases of incest in their families, either as victims or as eye witnesses for fear of being stigmatized. Family members often insist on solving the problem, but time has proved they lacked the will to tackle it.

The judicial system is not helping either, because such cases are left to die due to lack of diligent prosecution. The case may drag on for years, then forgotten, frustrating victims from seeking justice for those who are even courageous enough to approach the authorities. At the end, the abuser goes unpunished while the victim returns, depressed, discomforted, hopeless.

Incest destroys relationship in the family, especially between the abuser and the victim; the victim may become loose and promiscuous and could end up in prostitution.

Incest the risk of teenage or adolescent pregnancy, causes depression and intense guilt, can lead to drug and alcohol abuse by victims.

Social research studies showed that most societies regard sexual relations between close family members as not only a taboo, an affront against decency, an abomination, but also illegal. “Incest occurs everywhere even though people won’t admit to partaking in it,” said a university don.
Some researchers argued that in certain circumstances, incest is a necessity while multiple studies showed that offsprings of distant relatives are actually healtheir than the general population. Because there is usually more of an evolutionary advantage to diversifying the gene pool, therefore incest is not very common in species who practice sexual reproduction.

But where there is no natural advantage, to genetic diversity, incest still exists. An evolutionary biologist at Bowdoin College in Maina, USA, Dr. Nathaniel Wheelwright, who focuses on sexual reproduction, described asexual reproduction to LiveScience as the “ultimate incest” because an organism is breeding with itself.

“You can still see species asexually reproducing, or cloning themselves, in situations where there is no advantage to (sex)”, Wheelwright explained, “and you can see species that commit incest where there is no penalty to inbreeding.”

What Draws Some People To Incest

It is believed that people have a biological defense against close forms of incest, since there are the cases most likely to end in genetically compromised offsprings. LiveScience reported that Finnish sociologist, Edward Westermarck, suggested that growing up in the same house puts people off from developing sexual feelings. This is so even in cases where children are not directly related. When close incest does occur, that is, sexual relations between first relations like brother and sister or father and daughter, it is more likely due to a psychological factor than a biological attraction. Genetic attraction occurs when two relatives who have been seperated for a long time in their lives meet for the first time and experience intense emotional attraction. According to a report, this occurs in around 50% of reunions between close relatives separated at birth. “These people regress to a very early stage of development. The relationship is sensual, but we don’t call it ‘romance’ or being ‘in love’ when it’s breastfeeding, cradling, and stroking, or when it’s a mother and baby gazing into one another’s eyes,”explained psychotherapist Joe Soll.

According to him, this jump to incest is most common in brother – sister relationships, although it’s unknown why. According to one brother and sister relationship, the intense attraction is rooted in their physical resemblance.

“It’s like kissing myself, “ a woman who goes by the name ‘Rachel’ spoke of her intimacy with her brother ‘Shawn’.

In general, inbred children (born by incest sexual relations) exhibit lower intelligence and physical strength and get sick more often compared to their non-inbred counterparts. The risk for life-threatening diseases and deformities among inbred children is relatively higher.

Our genes are responsible for essentially every part of who we are. Most of our genes are either beneficial or largely neutral, but a small number of genes usually carry serious health consequences known as “autosomal recessive diseases.”These include cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, Tay-sachs disease and albinism. In small gene pools, the chances of offspring inheriting the two recessive genes needed to express these conditions increases.

For example, first cousins would have a 12.5% of having a child with one of these disorders.

Hence Tay-Sachs, a genetic disorder that retards mental, physical action, being most prevalent in some population trends of Jewish origin, and Puerto Rico having the highest density of albinism in the world, a US research institute reported.

When you have an even smaller gene pool, such as two first relatives, the chances of inheriting these recessive conditions may go up to 50/50. A 2008 study on 48 cases of incest found that the risk for birth defects is around 2% in the general population but rises to only 4% between first cousins.

Incest Statistics

*Research shows that 46% of children who are raped are victims of family members (Langan and Harlow, 1994)

*The majority of American victims (6%) are raped before the age of 18; furthermore, an astounding 29% of rape occurred when the victim was less than 11 years old. Also 11% of rape victims are raped by their fathers or step fathers and another 16% are raped by their relatives (National Centre for Victims of Crime and Crime Victims Research and Treatment Centre, 1992).

*The Study of a nationally representative sample of state prisoners serving time for violent crime in 1991 showed that, of those prisoners convicted of rape and sexual assault, two-thirds victimised children and almost one third of the victims were children or step children of the assailant (Greenfield, 1996).

*In a study of male survivors of child sexual abuse, over 80% had a history of substance abuse, 50% had suicidal thoughts, 23% attempted suicide and almost 70% received psychological treatment. About 31% had violently victimised others (Lisak, 1994)

There was also the Bible story about incest in which Lot, a just and righteous man who got drunk and impregnated his virgin daughters. “Come, let us make our father drink wine and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night; and the first born went in and lay with her father, and he perceived not when she lay down n or when she arose. The younger daughter did same. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.”Genesis 19:32-36.

How much sex are you getting?

Do you take a roll in the hay every night, once or twice a week, monthly or at no particular time? For the good of your own relationship, how much sex should you be having? Many couples do find infrequent sex to be an issue. While some are fine with the occasional 5-minutes romp under the sheets, others wish they were getting a whole lot more.

There are women who worry that their men demand too much sex and secretly wish they’d slow down. But a lot more men complain that it is their women that are not giving it up as often as they (men) desire.

More than next door

On the whole, the average couple is happy if it thinks it’s getting more sex than the couple next door regardless of how much it’s actually getting.
Having more sex than your neighbours can actually make you happy, and research shows that couples who have sex at least two to three times a month are more likely to report a higher level of happiness than those who who’ve had no sex during the previous 12 months.

The more sex people have, the happier they tend to be, even when factors like income, marital status, health and age are taken into account.

What is more surprising is that even people who have reasonable amounts of sex report lower levels of happiness if they think there is a chance they could be having less sex than their peers.
Conversely, people who think they are getting more sex than their peers report higher levels of happiness, even if — in the great scheme of things— they aren’t having that much sex.

How much is normal?

This sounds like a simple question, but there are no right answers. What happens when a couple has what is called mismatched libidos? If she likes to have sex four times a week and he only once or twice, of course they want to find out who is the abnormal one.

Essentially the amount of sex you have will depend on you and your relationship, and that the ideal frequency is tricky to pin down.People tend to have more sex in the early stages of a relationship and less lately on.But the average does suggest that a natural sexual frequency is something like once or twice a week in a committed, long term relationship.

Many couples will be happy with less, and others will be at it every night, but if you’re up with the average at least you can stop stressing about what’s happening next door and start enjoying what’s happening in your own bedroom.

At least once a week

Every relationship is different, and the amount of sex you need is the amount that makes both partners happy. While there may be no one right answer to the question of how often couples should have sex, they should to try to do it at least once a week.

Pencilling in sex at least once a week means sex becomes a habit, something you fit in however busy or stressed you are. Once a week means you’ll get all the health and wellbeing benefits, too. So the more you have the better.

Sexless marriages

Generally speaking, a sexless marriage is one in which a committed couple has sex less than 10 times per year. About 1 in five couples fall into this category.

This may or may not be an issue, depending on the couple. Some couples, especially older pairs who’ve been together a long time, are perfectly fine with once or twice a year or even not at all, thank you very much.

Not having sex doesn’t mean these couples aren’t deeply in love, monogamously committed and happy together. It just means that sex isn’t as high a priority for them as it is for some of their friends, neighbours or people they see on TV and in the movies.

Spice up your flagging sex life If you and your partner have gone several weeks or even months without sex and the lack of activity is troubling you, usually a little bit of effort is enough to revive your flagging sex life, especially if the emotional connection between you and your partner remains strong.

Try one or more of the following tips

Schedule it: Sounds horribly unromantic, but really it’s quite the opposite. Plan a relaxing shower and mutual massage as part of pre-intimacy. After all, who doesn’t look forward to a massage? Couples who search together for the right scent of massage oil are off to a great start.

Mix it up: Perhaps you’ve always had that special secret fantasy, but you’ve never mentioned it or acted on it. Now is the time to talk about it with your partner. Who knows, maybe he or she is willing to try it. And be sure to ask about his or her secret fantasy. It might be a turn-on for you, too. Just make sure that if you both say yes, you really mean to say yes. No regrets, please.

Go away. If you’ve always done it in the bedroom, try another room, the kitchen, or a hotel, or a cabin in the woods. It’s amazing what a little change of venue can do for a stale sex life.

Be romantic

Give your partner a gift “just because.” Write a list of things you love about your partner and give it to him or her. Plan a surprise date that involves an activity you know your partner enjoys (even if it’s not your favorite thing to do).

God dey o