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Looks can be deceiving.Being fat, obese and moderately or flamboyantly dressed can be seen as being rich.l would encourage everyone to try and exercise regularly to get an athletic physique.This cost little or no money.An athletic body shows you are disciplined and mindful of your health.l wouldn't want to look like Cubana chief priest,Elon Musk, late Doyin Okupe and a host of the ladies/men in the Nollywood industry or fat content creators with or without money.

Kenya new the rogue country, Nigeria, that they were dealing with and still went ahead by kidnapping Kanu and handing him over to the Nigerian state.So shameless and senseless of Uhuru Kenyatta in doing that dirty binding.

This is a common attitude where folks mingle with each other.However people's attitude or appearance should not deter you to keep fit and prioritize your health.Your health is paramount and that is your primary goal of going to a fitness center.l wish there are seperate gyms for men and women to inhibit possible misconducts.Gym instructors must know their jobs and the implications of any sexual assault before seeking for employment.Never,stop training your body,folks.The fountain of youth is clearly by staying fit and prioritizing your health throughout your life.A body in motion stays in motion.

Buhari's leadership was the worst ever.The economy and finance were in shambles and over 63.000 Nigerians were killed under his regime.Thousand were displaced and many fled outside of the country.Many who ran to Benin Republic from Ogun state are yet to return to their homes.Rape was common.The grannies in Ondo and Oyo states complained bitterly that they were being raped in their farms.So far Tinubu has not done very well and is likely to fail but he still has much time to prove himself.Campaigning now for re-election is unnecessary,let his work speak for him.

One thing they all have in common is that they are often overweight or obese ,although most Nigerians would see her body size as normal.How many shall die before we start prioritizing our health?To you young girls that are eating too much to have big Nyash,this is the prize you get from overeating and not exercising regularly.A few months ago a young but fat Instagram influencer also died.It's tragic.

Old age does not equate to weakness or frailty.We shall all get older but how we age is within our control.There are people in their 70s,80s or 90s that are mentally alert and also with good functional physical capacity.For example,this year's London Marathon had over 29 persons that were 80 years and above.lt is becoming quite common to find such age group in short, medium and long distance running races across the globe.Sadly,one won't find Nigerians there.The oldest are often in their 50s.No wonder with the lowest life expectancy in the world.

Onitsha is another one hollow place in terms of infrastructure and maintenance.And here l am not talking of the state leadership but the average citizens.You don't build a 3 or 4 storey building and let it out with no proper amenities.

81 isn't that old.We all shall grow old but how we age is within our control.Some people in his age bracket still run and walk places whereas he looks like he can barely stand or walk without assistance.There is a difference between being alive" and"living."

Pack your car and walk.Sitting is the new smoking.Driving a car over time will end up making you obese.Most drivers have visceral fat which is unhealthy.You look fat already and that can add to many health challenges.Men who don't have cars are many,some because of choice and some for lack of means to buy one.Walking 10.000 steps per day would add more to your overall wellness than sitting on cars.

Certainly not.We don't want more humanitarian crises.
Iran should never be allowed.Efforts should be made aswell to strip Pakistan off her nuclear weapons.The islamic world must stand and support the efforts to stop lran.All sane minds understand where this would lead if lran is in possession of any weapon of mass destruction.

Exercise your body regularly to control stress and uphold mental clarity.Your body's cortisol level is in balance and dopamine rush improves your overall wellness when you exercise consistently.There is blessing in motion.

Any Nigerian in similar age bracket that can attain such a feat?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq-w466hdXQ?si=VDgjOUYLnHVqKPYe

uuzba:
This is a picture of Tesco shelves, a popular UK store nationwide.
It took me a while to understand what I was looking at.
Everything that is at your "eye" level is usually cheap, unhealthy food.
All the Items that are HIGHER or LOWER, near the bottom are more expensive AND HEALTHIER options same thing, but maybe a different brand.
The TYPICAL poor Nigerian immigrant will enter there, SEE things at EYE LEVEL, pick and buy.
And within 6 months all your fat and cholesterol have sky rocketed
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Oyibo man will enter there, and be stretching up OR bending down, buying the more expensive AND healthier options, to remain healthy and live longer.
I'm only mentioning this one because I saw it live and direct by myself when I lived in UK.
Trust poor man na. I gained 6 kg weight in 6 months. I no fit bend down wear my socks again. That's when I knew I had to change immediately.
Any healthy eating is important for everyone. But it ain't cheap.

There are still cheap and healthy options if one search for it.Another crucial factor is exercise.I watched London Marathon this year and was shocked to see that only 35 Nigerians took part in the race of over 58.000 participants.lndians,South Africans,Poles, Mexicans,Morrocans were many in the sporting event.Such low turnout by Nigerians, despite their relatively huge population in the UK,is a pointer to their inactive lifestyle and premature deaths.This explains partly why over 72% of black adults in the UK are overweight or living with obesity.

uuzba:
Different races age differently.
Black people tend to remain constant age for a long period
Same with Asian people. Asian 60year old will still be looking like 25year old
It's white people that age the fastest in this world.
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When Nigerian older women go overseas, they can just rub body cream, make their hair
and oyibo there will be thinking they are young girls.

And what is the life expectancy of Nigerians even the ones overseas?They are largely unhealthy.Obesity is high among Nigerians in the diaspora.The cellular and metabolic function is crucial for aging.On the contrary Oyibo live far healthier and longer than us.

gotnel:
You can get old and still do things independently, even swiftly.
It depends on genetic, body weight and frame, and good condition of health.
I know people in their 80s going to 90s and still very much active
God help us

It depends largely on lifestyle.How well and long we live is entirely within our control.Genetics, bodyweight,frame etc play a minute roll.

I think Nigerians as a people don't truly understand aging and that is why,after all this years,we still remain the world's least living humans.Some say, just have the money and you are likely to live longer but that is far from the real truth.Also,most people don't understand the difference between aging and healthy aging.Your grandpa might have lived till his 80s but was incapacitated, bedridden or was in a nursing home being taken care of for the last decades of his life,while another old man in same age like your grandpa, is strong, exercises,walks,runs long distance races like marathons.Every year we read of people in the west in their 80s, that run and complete marathons.l wonder if a Nigerian of 60 years and above can run a marathon let alone even complete it.

Why has Tinubu, Buhari,Soyinka,Sowore Amaechi, pastor Adeboye and others that were busy lying and spreading falsehood against Jonathan,not come out publicly to apologize? When one observe in retrospect to what is happening now in this country,it is fair to say it was a huge mistake having Buhari and now Tinubu.

A watched a testimony yesterday on YouTube, about a USA based Nigerian who returned to Nigeria to live his pension years.How his own siblings ganged up to routinely milk him of his monthly 5000 dollar pension money,while he was left on his sick bed was so heartbreaking.

hope4nigeria:
wait when you clock 50 with all your exercises before you respond, no matter all your fitness exercises. Old age is still old age . Those you mentioned are your great grandparents age mate.

No, you don't have to wait until you get old.How you live now will determine how you would age later in life.We shall all get older but how you age is within your control.Yes,a regular exercise predicts your lifespan.Those people l mentioned aren't very old.Did you know that thousands of people within or above their age bracket do run long distance races like Marathon?l recently watched a 100m race of 71 years and above.Quite thrilling.

hope4nigeria:
when last did you feel good about anything in this your life?

The dopamine rush when l am outdoor jogging is a good feeling.Also the feeling of waking up in the morning to know the l am going to train and extend my health and lifespan through exercise.Sitting is the new smoking and it's sad to see young men and women with protuding portbelly due to over sitting. Slump and die while driving is at an alarming rate.Would you rather look like lBB,Tinubu or Buhari who can barely walk despite their billlions and fleet of cars or walk 10.000 steps daily and preserve your health?

Sitting much on a car shortens your lifespan.Rather it's beneficial to let your dad walk,jog or run regularly than buy a car for him.

The short shall inherit the earth.ha ha.A short man with lean muscles maybe and not a fat short man.The short people in Nigeria don't live longer ,sadly.
Anyway if you want to live longer and healthier,go to the gym regularly or exercise at home.Most centenarians in the blue zone countries are not short people but those with better nutrition, regular physical activities,social/family contacts etc.Height does not play any roll whatsoever.A short man with an unhealthy lifestyle will go down sooner just like a tall man in similar condition.

Kemetian:
If that was Tinubu this thread would have reached 10 pages by now...

We all can trip sometimes but the ability to hold your balance and prevent a fall is what counts.Trumps accidentally kicked the stairs and stood up right and walked.Can we confidently say that for Tinubu? Whenever he trips,he falls and we have seen this repeatedly.Think of the joints, hips injuries as a result.I wonder how many times,he has fallen off camera.

To everyone,please endeavour to train your balance, agility,reflexes, flexibility etc if you want to live healthier and longer.Falls is quite common among the elderly and often leads to premature deaths or lack of physical function.Frequent falls is the leading cause of death among the elderly.

A noble and sensible man.All the stress and expenditure for burial is unnecessary.Some even sell properties only for burial.l know of someone that committed suicide because he couldn't give his mom a befitting burial.

Hmmm,this is serious.Reminds me of the taliban in Afghanistan.They often walked in their rocky terrains with such weapons to shoot warplanes that were flying around.lt is unfortunate that we are witnessing a similar scenario in Nigeria.

Were such incidents common in the Netherlands where he lived? If so how was it resolved?Did the victims go to a church or the proper authorities to get back their money?The culprits, so called bank personnels,did they keep their jobs afterwards or thrown in jail? Some people lived in advanced working societies but one can't find any indices of cognitive or critical thinking in them.And l read he gave 2 million "seeds" to the pastor.l think most of his money recollected from the bank would be wasted on tithes,offerings,seeds etc.So pathetic.

Nobody commands anyone into a "deep" sleep.Everyone falls asleep when they are feeling sleepy or tired.lt could be after hours of work, training or sleeplessness in the night before.Some fall asleep to music, conversation, church sermon etc.

Sir,the civil war is over and it's almost 60 years ago.Nothing really has changed so far.We have Fulani herdsmen's rampage all over the country.More than 63.000 Nigerians were murdered during Buhari's leadership and the bloodshed is showing no signs of stopping under Tinubu's.We are having no civil war but still many IDP's across the country.You have uttered no words over the incessant killings in Benue and plateau and was relocated to Kano and later to the UK amidst the insecurity.

It begins by smoking "igboo" marijuana and proceeds to taking more harder ones.Stop taking any illegal substance for a better health and longevity.Your life is likely to cut short as soon as you begin smoking marijuana.

Elon is known for his hard drug abuse which is a bad image for the USA and not in tandem with the personality of Trump.Trump is rash but never influenced by any substance.Musk also seemed to be a pro- nazist, something that has angered many, particularly the Jews.He may be rich but he's relatively new in controlling wealth.The Jews are barely 3% of US population but make 20% of the 400 persons on forbes list of the ultra wealthy.Also they are well entrenched as power brokers.Just like not eating cow meat in Nigeria because of Herdsmen's atrocities,l won't have a Tesla for free.That is just me even though l don't have a car.

ElevationD:
Those who reside in villages or small towns also suffer, if we refer to our country.

Life belongs to God. However Medicare is very crucial. In medical emergencies, the difference between life and death can be access to proper medical care. Those countries have it in abundance. For example in the UK, in emergencies, ambulances arrive in 3 minutes with doctors and nurses. In Nigeria, we look for okada/danfo/keke Marwa that take ages to arrive. Get to public hospitals and there are either no beds or Doctors on duty.

Those countries have very advanced medical systems that make life easier for the people.

Social services play a huge role too. With infrastructures that make life easier for people, then expect better lives.

What about availability of food and money in the pockets of citizens? For example, in Nigeria, there’s no rule about the feeding pattern. You can wake up in the morning, eat eba and egusi soup with ogunfe. You eat beans/bread or amala or fufu. You get the stress of jumping from one bus to the other and then no money for lunch. You get back home in the evening to the same morning combination, with filled up belly to bed. You begin to develop Esophagitis, Duodenitis and Pangastritis without knowing. The day you eat Sharwama, you feel like an acting big man. Two meals a day, maybe a bottle of coke and gala. In those countries, there are rules about what to eat. No one wakes up to eba. Citizens have meals three times a day. They have snacks and fruits in between, with no stress.

What about living in fear at night. What about moving from place to place. Insecurity everywhere. That’s the challenge of West and Central Africans. Poverty and horrible leaders.

Rich people in Nigeria don't live longer either.Nigerians living in those advanced countries have a relatively low life expectancy.While money or country of residence are important, individual efforts remains a vital factor to living healthier and longer.Exercise remains the most potent tool and it is up to everyone to do that regularly,if we want to live longer.

A pastor that walks the talk.lf more Nigerians begin to spend more time in the gym than in the church,life expectancy would increase exponentially ,than the national average of 54 years.Exercise your body regularly if you want to live healthy and longer.Don't eat too much, gluttony is a sin.There is blessing in motion, keep moving.