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Did you know? A half-cup of sliced cucumbers has 8 calories and more than 10% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin K. Cucumber contains most of the daily vitamins we need, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Folic acid, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc. it contains not less than 95% of water. Eating cucumber everyday will pay u with the following health benefits:- 1. Protect your brain and fight inflammation. Cucumbers contain an anti-inflammatory flavonol called fisetin that appears to play an important role in brain health. In addition to improving your memory and protecting your nerve cells from age-related decline, fisetin has been found to prevent progressive memory and learning impairments. Studies shows that extract from cucumber reduce inflammation because it hinder the activities of inflammatory enzymes. 2. Constipation prevention and kidney health Cucumber prevent constipation and kidne...

Want to look ever young, agile and active? Aging is a factor that deter people from achieving their dreams. Aging cause sagging bodies and Turkey neck. Looks disappointing, isn't it? Of the total global population, the number of people aged 60years and above will increase from about 900millon to about 2 billion  (12% - 22%) between the year 2015 and 2050. This shows that the world itself is aging. Researches have been conducted on how to prevent aging and premature aging. You are on this page because you are thinking of what your skin will look like in some years to come. Worry less, you are on the right track. There are solutions to the aging process and the FACT is that the best solution lies in you hand. How? Just as sagging bodies and Turkey neck are dependent on the aging process, the aging process is dependent on diet, hygiene and lifestyle. Aging process depends basically on what we eat, how we treat our skin and how hygienic we are. Are you now ...

DID YOU KNOW? Out of the 206 bones in the human adult’s body, 106 are in the hands and feet Osteoporosis and osteoarthritis may seem alike but are different. The word 'osteo' mean bone. From this we can deduce that both osteoporosis and osteoarthritis affects the bone, the spine inclusive. OSTEOPOROSIS The bone as a living tissue grows, degrade and change constantly.  Osteoporosis develops when the rate at which the bone degrades is more than the rate at which it grow. The 'porosis' stands for pores. The bone develop sponge-like pores and becomes fragile and gradually weakens. Someone suffering from osteoporosis will have increased rate of fracture. Causes of osteoporosis are not getting enough calcium or/and not able to utilize calcium in the body, eating disorders, smoking, alcohol abuse and heredity among others. OSTEOARTHRITIS Arthritis is an inflammation of the joint(s). Osteoarthritis is one and the most common of the over hundred types of art...

Question: Why do you eat tomatoes? Answer:  Because it makes my soup look mild and taste great. That is the reply most women we ask the above question gave until we let them see more valid reasons why they should eat tomatoes. They have been eating tomatoes simply because they were brought up to do so. Are you among them? If you answer either 'Yes' or 'No' continue reading and you will see valid reasons why we should eat tomatoes. Below are 7 good reasons to eat tomatoes 1. Tomatoes help prevent cancer Although not all types of cancer but cancer such as breast, colorectal, prostate and stomach cancer. This is because of lutein, zeaxanthin and the high level of  lycopene which is a natural antioxidant that have the ability to fight cancer causing cells. 2. Tomatoes are good for your heart Tomatoes lowers blood pressure and also reduces cholesterol level because of its Vitamin B and potassium. It also prevent life threatening heart proble...

The question either to bath with cold or hot/warm water is in the air. Taking a cold water bath is mostly horrible and sometimes seems unbearable unlike taking a warm water bath. So which should you bathe with, cold or hot water. The fact still remain that both cold and hot water bathe will do good to your body. Am going to take you through the benefits of both cold and hot water bath Why cold water 1. Gets you ready Morning cold water bathe is a good start for the day, it get rids of the laziness and sleepiness at the beginning of the day, relieves your body of fatigue and also makes you mentally alert. 2. Stimulate the immune system Cold water bath increase immunity. When you bath with cold water the production of cells that fight infection is boosted and this is because cold water stimulate the lymphatic system and the immune system. 3. Improves lungs functionality How? You'll hold your breath when you pour cold water o...

Banana = Monkey If the above is what you believe that only monkeys should eat banana then you are mistaken. Anyway, I still want to know the Doctor that prescribed banana for monkeys because the prescription is a very valuable one. Why should humans eat banana? There are numerous reasons why humans should eat banana more that we have been doing. This reasons are listed below. 1 Banana burns fat Choline is a fat-blasting vitamin B that fight against the storage of fats in the belly. Banana contain about 12mg of choline thus fighting the accumulation of fats. Banana contains few calories and high fiber. Eating fruits and veggies with more fiber has been associated with lower body weight and also weight loss. 2 Makes your bones stronger You may wonder how since banana does not contain high amount of calcium. Research shows that banana contains fructooligosaccharides which ferment in the body. When fructooligosaccharides ferment in your tract of digesti...