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Dr Garba Omale, a Gynaecologist with the Garki Hospital in Abuja, had an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday.
Dr Garba has said ill health, excessive weight and stress are the leading causes of menstrual irregularities. He said that common health conditions such as diabetes, chlamydia, and thyroid disease could also cause menstrual irregularity.
He said that menstrual period was usually supposed to last for five to seven days, but in some cases, women suffer menstrual irregularity when their flow deviates from normal.
“If a woman’s hormones are not balanced, then, there is problem with the hormones that control ovulation and menstruation which makes the period to be irregular.
In his words “If a woman is less than 15 years of age, the first few cycles maybe irregular due to the levels of the hormones being low. So the menstruation can be irregular at the extremes of age.
“For women less than 50 years of age and those above 45, hormonal imbalances are common around that age. So it could lead to menstrual irregularity in such women,’’ the gynaecologist explained.
Dr Garba Omale said that menstrual irregularity could also be caused by lifestyle factors such as smoking, stress, or alcoholism.
Dr Garba Omale noted, however, that there were other more sinister causes of hormonal imbalances, and urged women to be aware and watch out for them.
“Other causes include illness and certain drugs, specifically birth control pills which cause a woman’s period to fluctuate.
“If a woman is overweight, her hormones can be imbalanced. Any woman weighing more than a 100 kg has the potential of having abnormal menstruation.


Source: http://nutripotblog.com/abuja-doctor-warns-that-excess-weight-stress-are-leading-causes-of-menstrual-irregularities/

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Hi Ladies, we have the report again, this time it was Mile 12 market. We sent our correspondent to visit the market and conduct an analysis of the food stuffs which we use at home daily. It rained heavenly there so it was difficult to navigate to all the sections of the market but we managed to get you then prices of food stuffs you might want to know.
The information below are the prices of foods stuff from Mile 12 market where trailers from the northern part of the country come to off load various agricultural products. Earlier this week our correspondent visited some markets and we are bringing you a comprehensive list of food stuff price from the popular Mile 12 market in Lagos.
Below are the lists of food stuff prices as at 21st August 2015 for your analysis, budgeting & shopping.
Irish potatoes (small basket) =N1000
Red pepper (shunbe) small basket =1500
Oranges (12 pieces) =N400
A Big bunch of unripe plantain =N700
Small bunch of ripe plantain(6 pieces) =500
Kings Groundnut Oil (5 litres) =N1600
Gino Groundnut Oil (5 litres) = N1550
King’s GroundnutOil(10 litres) =N2900
Palm Oil (5 Litres) =N1000
Basmati rice (5kg) = N3300
La-taste Basmati rice =N3500
Titus Sardine =N120
Onions (Small basket) =N600
Golden penny semovita (1Kg) =N450
Yam (big tuber) =N800
1 Pack of maggi (400g) = N500
1 cup of Egusi = N200
Egusi(Derica cup) =N200
Big basket of onions =N4000
OLOTU Beans (Giant sack) =N21,000
OLUTU Beans (Half bag) = N11,000


For more info http://nutripotblog.com/food-stuff-prices-from-mile-12-market-ketu-lagos-21-august-2015/

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Time to stop eating imported frozen foods from Cotonou

Ebola is a very deadly disease.

Two months ago, the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) made a very shocking discovery from one of the topmost elite confectionery company in Victoria Island Lagos.
The popular confectionery, Chocolate Royal, which played host to lots of top figures who are lovers of exotic Ice creams, got sealed completely when it was discovered after a tip off, that the company makes its food products from unregistered, 11 years expired foreign products.
NAFDAC Warns Against Consumption Of Imported Chicken, Turkey and other Poultry Products in Nigeria.
Although imported chickens and turkeys have become status symbol in Nigeria, the National Agency for Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC) has come out to strongly warned against the consumption of imported or smuggled frozen poultry frozen meat, even as it has said that imported poultry products, especially chicken and turkey have been discovered to be causative factor in non- communicable diseases (NCDs) and antibiotics resistance.

Although non- communicable diseases (NCDs) are non-infectious but they are deadly. Health conditions under NCDs include cancer, kidney disease, and hypertension among others.
NAFDAC Director General, Dr Paul Orhii, who gave the warning at media briefing in Lagos, urged Nigerians to avoid imported smuggled chickens and turkeys, because they have been found to contain substances that can predispose one to kidney, liver and lung diseases as well as certain types of cancers and drug resistance- bacterial infections.

Article source: http://nutripotblog.com/nafdac-warns-against-consumption-of-imported-chicken-or-turkey/

World Health Organization says halting the Ebola epidemic in West Africa by the end of this year is a realistic and appropriate goal.
In the past four weeks, the World Health Organization reports cases of Ebola have dropped from 35 a week to two this week, one each in Sierra Leone and Guinea. But it cautions these numbers are likely to increase, as flare-ups of the disease are not uncommon.
The U.N. agency says the response to the epidemic has gotten much better. During the past few months, it says health workers have got a better grip on how to deal with chains of transmission.
WHO Assistant Director-General Bruce Aylward explains health workers have become much better in identifying people who are infected with the Ebola virus and in tracing all those who have come in contact with the patient. He says the number of cases of Ebola has gone down because fewer people who potentially could spread the disease are being missed. But he cautions against complacency, noting substantial risks from Ebola remain.

“The biggest risk now is irrational exuberance, to quote a famous economist or unrealistic expectations or people thinking, ‘Oh great, it has gone from 30 to 25 to seven to two. It will go to zero, to one and zero.’ It will not,” he said. “What will happen is in some of the areas where we still have a transmission chain, we may have an unsafe burial again. We may have a missing contact who goes and infects a new area and we will get a flare.”

Aylward is enthusiastic about the development of what appears to be a safe and effective vaccine against Ebola. He tells VOA the vaccine can play an important role in controlling and containing Ebola, but he says people have to temper their expectations.
“Sometimes, people run away with the idea that it is a game changer. It is not a changer as much as it is an enhancer,” he said. “The game is still about case finding, contact tracing, rapid isolation, and safe burials. That is how you stop Ebola, certainly in the current period. Now what the vaccine may do, may help to reduce the number of contacts, or contacts of contacts who get exposed to it, help protect health workers potentially. So, it should help make us safer.”

http://nutripotblog.com/ebola-epiemic-could-be-over-by-year-end/