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   Chronic fatigue is a problem for millions of people, and more often than not, what we put into our bodies is what causes our distress. Aside from lack of sleep, an unhealthy or unbalanced diet causes a range of health problems. More importantly, it can drain our energy, which causes us to drink more coffee or eat more to keep those levels up, which in turn throws us further into the cycle of tiredness.   Many of our favorite foods to snack on during the day may be the answer to our slow demise. Foods loaded with salt and sugar or even caffeinated beverages cause a quick rise in energy followed by a “crash.” Debi Silber, M.S., R.D., and president of Lifestyle Fitness Inc., tells WebMD that sugar gives us energy but also causes us to crash and leaves us looking for more. She says that one tip to cutting back on sugar is bringing low-sugar snacks with you when you need a pick-me-up. Here’s a list of some foods that are draining your energy. By avoiding these foods, y...

  Having a healthy skin adds to the beauty and comfort of a human being and all efforts should be made to ensure that the skin is in good condition.   Many people strive to maintain youthful, vibrant, and healthy skin on a daily basis. While some are able to sustain flawless looking skin all of the time, for others it may come as a huge challenge. You may know someone whose skin always seems to look like perfection, and wonder what exactly their skin secrets and daily beauty regimen really entail. Though there may certainly be a genetic component partly responsible for their skin type, always keep in mind that there are also environmental factors and certain bad habits that people with healthier skin tend to avoid more than others, in order to keep the quality of their skin intact. Nonetheless, in recognition of National Healthy Skin Month this November, remember to ditch the following bad habits immediately. They may indeed be what is holding you back from achie...

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised fresh alarm that malaria, Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) may become untreatable soon.  According to the WHO, globally, 480 000 people develop multi-drug resistant TB each year, and drug resistance is starting to complicate the fight against HIV and malaria, as well. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when microorganisms (such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites) change when they are exposed to antimicrobial drugs (such as antibiotics, antifungals, antivirals, antimalarials, and anthelmintics). Microorganisms that develop antimicrobial resistance are sometimes referred to as "superbugs". Also, a mathematical model published this week in the journal PLOS Medicine has shown that cutting the budget of the United States (U.S.) President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) by 44 per cent, as the U.S. Congress has proposed, would lead to an estimated 67 million additional cases of malaria over t...

  Considering health benefits of consuming foods rich in vitamins and minerals such as fruits, whole grain and vegetables, Nigerians living with diabetes should stop limiting themselves to only beans and unripe plantain but can eat any locally available and culturally acceptable food in moderation. This is because, there is no special diet for diabetes, and there is nothing like diabetes diet, say experts. Contrary to the common notion that diabetes is caused by excessive consumption of sugar or certain types of foods, experts have revealed that it is not sugar or foods that cause diabetes. They made this assertion in Lagos at a Capacity Building Workshop on Diabetes for Health Journalists to commemorate the 2017 World Diabetes Day with the theme, “Women and Diabetes —Our Right to a Healthy Future’’.   The workshop which had the theme, “Equipping Present-day Journalists for Effective Reporting of Diabetes’’, was organised by Sanofi Aventis Pharma Nigeria, a ...

  It was World Diabetes Day on Tuesday, and  Amore Media , under the aegis of  Amore Health , is raising awareness about diabetes and the subtle manner in which this disease is cutting lives short and throwing families and loved ones into anguish and loss.  According to the Ministry of Health, one in every 11 adults has diabetes and up to half of these are not diagnosed. “Yearly there are five million diabetes and diabetes related deaths and every 10 seconds a limb is amputated due to diabetes,” the Minster of Health,  Isaac Adewole  says. “In fact, diabetes is now the most common cause of lower extremity amputation, the first or second commonest cause of end stage renal disease in most centres worldwide and is one of the commonest causes of blindness.” The illness is not just a disease of the old or elderly; it can and does affect teenagers, children and even newborns. It is simply a disease condition that results from high blood sugar levels an...

Honey is called liquid gold for a reason and reason is pretty good. Well, honey is that elixir that can prevent you and gives you relief from many health problems and even dreadful diseases. It is an ultimate healer for almost all kinds of ailments. Honey is known to possess many medicinal and healing properties. It has been used since the ancient times for its antifungal and antibacterial properties. Moreover, it is the best replacement for sugar. In fact, it is the only sugar I’d recommend to you. Honey comes packed with the vitamins, amino acids, trace enzymes, and many important minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium chlorine, and phosphate. Due to its pH ranging from 3.2 and 4.5, it is acidic in nature and known to reduce the bacteria growth inside the body. It also contains many anti-oxidant properties that are known to flush out the toxins out of the body. Jar of honey with honeycomb on wooden table Health Benefits of Honey In this section, I ...

  Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate said he ought  to have died going by his lifestyle. It was the  shocking response by the 83 year-old professor of literature and political activist to a question by the Financial Times of London, on how long he  intends  to live. “By all logic I should not be alive right now because of my lifestyle,” he replied. “I flout everything they teach at medical school, including the fact that I don’t drink water. I eat only when I want to. I don’t obey the rules of cholesterol,” he added during the  conversation with David Pilling,  the FT Africa editor, at the Pescatori restaurant in West London. Soyinka, gulped in between his meal,  a bottle of Arneis Langhe wine valued at £45 and two glasses of another wine  Montepulciano valued at £27.80.   Even though Soyinka indulges himself with wine, he is by his own admission a non-smoker, an indulgence that could have created a possible ...

  There are a number of foods a lot of us hate to eat, perhaps due to the taste but some of such foods have surprising immense health benefits. We all love food almost as much as we love our family and we will all but prefer to eat those that are tasty and palatable. It can however be difficult to remain healthy with all the tasty foods that surround us, as very few have healthy benefits. Some less than tasty foods however have a lot of health benefits but few of us eat them. Not to worry about making them palatable as you can add these foods to your meals and get immense vitamins that will make you strong and healthy. Bread Everybody loves carbohydrates since they provide us with bulk. But a lot of avoid bread because we have been told bread is the devil. The good thing though is a good whole wheat bread is packed with a bunch of overlooked nutrients. Some of the benefits you can get from bread include protein, fiber, B vitamins, and antioxidants. If you’re thinking of eati...