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Politics / Re: Step Aside Now, Lawan Group Tells Saraki by sunjongs(m): 7:18am On Feb 07, 2016 |
If the Apc cant cooperate with Saraki, there shouldn't be surprise if pdp takes over if they go ahead with their fighting to remove their own. WeLoveSaraki |
Politics / Re: Aisha Buhari And Other Women At Social Media Change Agents Gathering Last Night by sunjongs(m): 9:12am On Dec 24, 2015 |
Paying the slanderers
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Politics / Re: How Dasuki Claimed To Have Spent The Looted Fund - Photo by sunjongs(m): 6:39am On Dec 20, 2015 |
Pmb ate the cocoa yam plus two SUVs. Hmmmm season two.... |
Politics / Re: By The Time Buhari Through Chasing Who Campaign Against Him Nig Economy Is Gone by sunjongs(m): 11:30am On Dec 18, 2015 |
Did he eat the yam?
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Politics / Re: EFCC: Metuh Has Cases To Answer, Says His Alarm Was Unnecessary by sunjongs(m): 11:21am On Dec 18, 2015 |
The Apc led federal govt are focused on messing up this country and that, they will get. I wonder what Apc would be looking for in pdp affairs. |
Politics / Re: PDP Holding A Peace Rally At The College of Art and Science Rumuola Rivers State by sunjongs(m): 5:27pm On Dec 04, 2015 |
Better people 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: PDP Is In Coma With No Doctor, Only ‘Nurse Metuh’ Is Treating It – Senate Leader by sunjongs(m): 5:57am On Nov 09, 2015 |
Pdp a party built upon solid foundation of love and care for Country Nigeria will survive even with a quack nurse, but i pity apc wont survive even with the best doctors go the world plus oxygen bed because its foundation is upon series of lies and propaganda. Pdp remains the only true national party. Take it or leave it. #fayose, the insect go apc,s eye, backs the nurse |
Politics / Re: Fayose's Motorcade Was Blocked In Ondo By Angry Youths – See What He Did by sunjongs(m): 9:17am On Oct 30, 2015 |
Fayose is the spirit of true democracy 93 Likes 5 Shares |
Politics / Re: Court Rules On Suit Challenging Akpabio’s Eligibility Today by sunjongs(m): 11:16am On Jul 22, 2015 |
Pls whats the outcome of the matter?, any news yet? Pdp have sat down to agree on Akpabio as the see him suitable for the post. |
Properties / Ikom Property For Sale by sunjongs(m): 4:50pm On May 22, 2015 |
60 plots of land for sale, at Calabar rd Ikom Cross River State. Interested buyers should contact Osonabiji @ +2348034267956. |
Politics / Re: The Igbos That Helped Buhari To The Presidency by sunjongs(m): 1:00pm On May 03, 2015 |
Rochas and co. U guys did not do us well |
Celebrities / Re: BankyW - Entertainment Is More Fame Than Fortune by sunjongs(m): 9:29am On Sep 28, 2013 |
he is a correct. Nigerian! |
Food / Re: Foods That Increase Your Chances Of Having Twins by sunjongs(m): 7:22pm On Aug 17, 2013 |
Ogbono Mixed with honey does that magic if taken table spoon1x2 daily |
Health / Re: Health Benefits Of Theobroma Cacao(cocoa ) by sunjongs(m): 10:25am On Aug 15, 2013 |
as i walk arround finding out from farmers of this great crop called cocoa, the imminent need in the industry is dryer. i found out most of the quality now has mold. a deaease that corrupts the seed due to moisture. that Cocoa sells for N16500 per 64kg, discount for mold, brings further down the price to iether 15 or 16 thousand naira. |
Business / Re: Current Prices Of Things In Naija by sunjongs(m): 10:17am On Aug 15, 2013 |
pure water #10 |
Romance / Re: Help Me Out: I Don't Fall in Love Again by sunjongs(m): 8:01pm On Aug 13, 2013 |
Just forgive urself and move on. |
Health / Re: Pls Nairalanders HELP ME!!! by sunjongs(m): 4:49am On Aug 13, 2013 |
i hear this of supplements which of cos is posible. one deficiency leads to one ailment or the other, so when handled, can correct lots of health abnormallies. eg if it cures pile, it will also cure errection-dysfunction, stop internal bleeding too. if it cures ulcer, it will also cure heart burns |
Health / Re: Health Benefits Of Theobroma Cacao(cocoa ) by sunjongs(m): 6:34am On Aug 08, 2013 |
Before the discovery of oil in naija, cocoa was the major fx earner in naija |
Business / Re: Current Prices Of Things In Naija by sunjongs(m): 6:24am On Aug 08, 2013 |
Bottle of oil, palm oil is N250, bag of cocoa 64kg is N16500, a basin of garri here, red garri is N 5000. Posting from ikom cross river state |
Health / Health Benefits Of Theobroma Cacao(cocoa ) by sunjongs(m): 7:31am On Jul 17, 2013 |
Cocoa, one of nature’s many miracles, is in fact the great super-food the populace seek. Cocoa makes other so-called super- fruits pale in comparison. Cocoa is a titan of health benefits, the likes of which humanity has scarsly known. It is the profound medicine that scientists and researchers toil to discover. If cocoa were a pharmaceutical drug, it would be hailed as the greatest medicine of all time, and its discoverer would reap the Nobel prize in Medicine. Cocoa is all of that. Cocoa is right out in the open, more protective than any other food, and more powerful than any medicine ever devised. There is sweet irony in the fact that cocoa, once considered by some self-appointed health experts to be deleterious to health, has proven over time to be extraordinarily beneficial for health indeed. In fact, you could say that after water, cocoa is the healthiest known substance you can put into your body. If this statement seems to over- reach, consider that no other substance, of any kind, helps to prevent primary killer diseases as well as cocoa. In fact, if cocoa were consumed judiciously and regularly, it would prove the single greatest life-saving medication of all time. But cocoa is a food, and this fact harks back to the proviso of Hippocrates, “Let food be thy medicine.” Not only is cocoa a food, but it is beloved around the world for its sumptuous flavor, and for the way it promotes a positive state of mind and mood. Can cocoa be the greatest medicinal food on earth? The answer is an unequivocal yes. Over the past dozen of years or so, a steady stream of science has emerged, showing that cocoa and the confection made from it (chocolate) possess extraordinary life- imbuing and disease-fighting properties. Most notably, cocoa demonstrates significant benefits for the cardiovascular system, helping to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, reduce the risk of high blood pressure, and even reduce the risk of cancer. Furthermore, cocoa consumption is associated with reduced cognitive decline in old age. Cocoa and Your Heart Cocoa contains over 700 known compounds. And for all we know, there may be many more that remain undiscovered. Of particular interest to scientists are the antioxidant compounds in cocoa. Antioxidants are compounds that plants manufacture to prevent their own cells from premature destruction due to exposure to heat, light, air, moisture and time. In the human body, many of these compounds prevent reactive oxygen species (ROS) from destroying cells and causing premature aging and disease. Cocoa is especially rich in polyphenols, a group of protective antioxidant compounds found in many plant foods such as red wine and tea, and which are the subjects of scientific investigation for their beneficial influence on cardiovascular health. The polyphenols include anthocyanins, isoflavones, flavanones, flavonols, flavanols, and flavones. Of special interest to health researchers are flavanols in cocoa, including flavan-3-ols, catechins, epicatechins and proanthocyanidins. These naturally-occurring substances not only protect the cells of our bodies from premature destruction, but they also help to reduce the risk of killer diseases. Cardiovascular disease is the primary killer of adults. The polyphenols in cocoa are cardio-protective in two ways. They help to reduce the oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL), or so-called ‘bad cholesterol.” Oxidation of LDL is considered a major factor in the promotion of coronary disease, most notably heart attack and stroke. Additionally, polyphenols inhibit blood platelets from clumping together. This clumping process, called aggregation, leads to atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries. By inhibiting aggregation, polyphenols reduce the risk of atherosclerosis. Since atherosclerosis is a major killer of American adults, the protection provided by the polyphenols in cocoa is of real value. It can literally mean the difference between life and death. Thanks to various studies, we have learned that tea, apples, onions, and red wine all help to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, due to their content of beneficial antioxidant polyphenols. Yet of all foods known, cocoa has the highest antioxidant polyphenol content, and provides the greatest cardio-protection. In fact, no heart drug, of any kind, comes even close to imparting the heart benefits of cocoa. According to work performed at the Department of Nutrition at University of California, Davis, cocoa not only inhibits platelet aggregation, but it thins the blood, thus slowing coagulation. In healthy subjects given a strong cocoa beverage, platelet aggregation was reduced and fewer microparticles had formed than normal. Additionally, blood from the subjects took longer to form a clot than blood from control subjects. This shows that cocoa performs the same beneficial anti-clotting activity as aspirin. UC Davis researcher Carl Keen noted "Our work supports the concept that the chronic consumption of cocoa may be associated with an improved cardiovascular health; yet some positive effects can even be observed on an acute basis." He adds: "Cocoa and presumably other forms of chocolate can be part of a healthy diet". Even small amounts of cocoa can reduce cholesterol in the blood, and can lower blood pressure. Even more, regular intake of cocoa has been shown to improve overall function of vein and arteries. Cocoa, Mind and Mood Another dimension of the benefits of cocoa and chocolate consumption concerns mood. Cocoa is rich in agents that enhance the production of various feel-good chemicals in the brain, notably serotonin and dopamine. This means that cocoa possesses anti-depressant, mood-elevating properties. This is no surprise to the any millions of people who self medicate with chocolate every day. “The beverage of the gods was Ambrosia; that of man is chocolate. Both increase the length of life in a prodigious manner.” - in Phantastica, Lewis Lewin Cocoa, that mysterious and exotic rainforest food from the ancient Maya, provokes a luxurious, content mood, a serene sense of sumptuous delight. Cocoa is a Trojan horse, carrying into the body many hundreds of natural compounds, some ordinary and some exotic, which work busily to modify mood in subtle yet undeniable ways. For a growing body of scientific investigation has revealed to some modest extent how and why cocoa promotes reverie and makes us feel so good. “The cocoa drink, or chocolate, has an additional quality not shared by tea or coffee. Whereas the latter two retard metabolism and beneficially stimulate the nervous system if taken moderately, chocolate directly nourishes.” – Baron Ernst von Bibra As I have previously mentioned, cocoa is a veritable cornucopia of naturally-occurring compounds. Of this multitude, the most comprehensively studied are the methylxanthines. The two methylxanthines in chocolate are caffeine and theobromine. Compared with coffee, cocoa is a poor caffeine source. According to the Chocolate Information Center, a 50 gram piece of dark chocolate will yield between 10 – 60 milligrams of caffeine, as compared with a 5 ounce cup of coffee, which can yield up to 180 milligrams. Nonetheless, cocoa can give a modest caffeine lift. “The stimulant effects of cocoa increase with its theobromine content. The stimulating action of theobromine is doubtless far inferior to that of caffeine, but it exists, although less evident than that of the latter. “ – Lewis Lewin Theobromine, the second methylxanthine, occurs at a concentration of about 250 milligrams in a 50 gram bar of dark chocolate. Like caffeine, theobromine is a central nervous system stimulant, though it is appreciably weaker. But theobromine is a stronger cardiac stimulant, and a more potent diuretic. The presence of both caffeine and theobromine certainly contribute to the overall mood-modifying effect of this ambrosial food. But cococa is not an especially potent stimulant food per se. Rather, it is a complex cocktail, whose multitudinous compounds come at the brain in a thousand ways, creating a delightful and sensuous chemical soup which tickles and teases our gray matter, producing a unique reverie no other substance can replicate. “Regarding its physiological effects, it is most probable that, similar to caffeine in coffee, theobromine is one of the most important components of cocoa.” – Baron Ernst von Bibra Of the mood-modifying compounds in cocoa, one is PEA, or phenethylamine. This chemical, which occurs in chocolate in small quantities, stimulates the nervous system and triggers the release of pleasurable opium-like compounds known as endorphins. It also potentiates the activity of dopamine, a neurochemical directly associated with sexual arousal and pleasure. Phenethylamine increases in the brain when we fall in love, and during orgasm. The giddy, restless feelings that occur when we are in love are at least partly due to PEA. This adds a rather remarkable dimension to cocoa, and may account for why it is so highly prized. For while there are a great many agents in nature which boost libido and enhance sexual function, chocolate alone actually promotes the brain chemistry of being in love. Chocolate is the gift of lovers for this very reason. Cocoa is a sensuous delight whose rich flavor, silky mouth feel and earthy aroma have captured the palates and imaginations of people for over three thousand years. You could make the claim that cocoa is aphrodisiac by virtue of smell, taste and feel alone. The recent scientific discoveries regarding cocoa’s love-enhancing components only further bolsters the amorous reputation of this blissful food. For throughout history lovers have turned to cocoa to heighten the experience of lovemaking. The Aztec king Montezuma reputedly drank a large goblet of the drink before retiring to his harem. The legendary Venetian lover and seducer Giovanni Giacomo Casanova reputedly consumed cocoa before bedding women, a sport in which he engaged with tremendous vigor and frequency, if historical accounts are even half accurate. From antiquity to the present, cocoa has been a gift of lovers, more often given from a man to a woman than the other way around. “I bring to you a special drink from far across the West, Although it’s nearest loves on whom it’s said to work the best. Good cheer it always brings, and your full years renews. First take a sip, my dear, and I shall presently; And know I serve it to you with all the warmth that’s due: For we must take good care to leave descendants for posterity.” - a chocolate love poem, late 1700’s Cocoa additionally boosts a sense of well being by increasing brain levels of serotonin, the so-called feel-good brain chemical. For this reason cocoa provides a highly desirable mood boost to women during PMS and menstruation, when serotonin levels are often down. In fact, women are consistently more sensitive to cocoa than men. Women typically experience stronger cocoa cravings than men. And for many, cocoa is the perfect PMS Rx. A little cocoa can restore a feeling of well being. Interestingly enough, Prozac, the blockbuster anti-depression drug, also boosts brain levels of serotonin. But Prozac is notorious for deadening libido. Just say no. Better to get your mood lift from love- promoting cocoa! “I think that you could call chocolate a soft drug. It definitely has an effect on your brain chemistry, on your physiology. I think that a lot of chocolate consumption is based on an individual’s need to self medicate. They feel a need to have a certain amount of chemicals in their brain soup, in their cranium, and chocolate does that.” – Timothy Moley, founder of Chocolove Yet another constituent in cocoa alters mental state in pleasurable ways. Anandamide (whose name derives from the Sanskrit word ananda, which means bliss), is a cannabinoid, a member of the same psychoactive substances found in cannabis. Anandamide binds to the same receptor sites in the brain as THC. And its effect? Anandamide produces a global feeling of euphoria. This compound may account for why some people become euphoric or blissed-out when they eat chocolate. The brain is a deep and mysterious organ, whose dark folds and gray crenellations are barely understood. But tickle the right neurons, and all heaven breaks loose. Some scientists question that there are sufficient quantities of PEA or anandamide in cocoa to produce euphoria or a pleasurable mental state. But others are not so quick to dismiss a highly complex and chemically-loaded food employed as a mood-enhancer for centuries. For how would cocoa develop a long-standing reputation for enhancing mood, if it had no effect? Individual chemistry appears to be key with chocolate, as with almost everything else. Cocoa may have little impact on some, but it does make others swoon. Cocoa is an agent of fine and lovely reverie, and puts us in reflection of our highest selves. Hopefully I have piqued your interest here. Whatever your previous notions of cocoa may have been, you will be surprised by what you learn here. For cocoa, an agent of sensual delight and nourishment since time immemorial, is the mightiest of protective, health-imbuing agents. It literally has the power to transform medicine, and to save millions of lives. it will blow your mind to note that it is available in Nigeria in exportable quantity. |
Business / Re: Pls How Do I Get Invitation From Geniue Manufacturing Companies in china. by sunjongs(m): 4:31am On Oct 05, 2012 |
go to alibaba.com |
Romance / Re: Help Me Out: I Don't Fall in Love Again by sunjongs(m): 4:06am On Oct 05, 2012 |
what you need is not a beautiful woman, is a well behaved woman. |
Politics / Re: GEJ Jets-off To Germany To See Patience by sunjongs(m): 7:17am On Sep 24, 2012 |
this sounds like gossip and no news that nigerians would want to hear. so guy go study hard and bring up interesting news and not this joblessness explained line of crab. |
Properties / Warehouse For Out Right Sale.! by sunjongs(m): 9:42pm On Jun 20, 2012 |
this warehouse is located at ikom in cross river state. its fenced round. measuring over 100 feet by 150feet on a total land mass measuring 300feet by 200feet. all fenced up. free from encumbrance. interested buyer call this line 08034267956 |
Politics / Re: Farouk Lawan Sneaked Out Of The Police Headquarters by sunjongs(m): 9:33pm On Jun 20, 2012 |
i believe in this country. we will get there! |
Autos / Man Diesel Trailer Can Be Yours by sunjongs(m): 5:34pm On Nov 18, 2010 |
Man diesel trailer for sale at very mouth watering price for sale. Contact Sunjongs on 08034267956 note it's manual not electric. |
Autos / Re: Sales by sunjongs(m): 5:29pm On Nov 18, 2010 |
Man diesel trailer for sale call sunny on 08034267956 |
Career / Re: Highest Paid Professionals And Most Lucrative Profession In Nigeria by sunjongs(m): 11:05am On Jun 12, 2010 |
For me, there is a proffesion called speaking the truth and being reliable |
Culture / Re: What Does Ur Native Name Means? by sunjongs(m): 5:02pm On Apr 16, 2010 |
Osonabiji= healthy something |
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