How to eat your way to a healthy hair

Let’s create a scenario…   You are watching an ad for a hair product. An attractive lady beams with smiles as she sways her long beautiful curls from side to side. As she does that, an enchanting voice introduces a hair product. As is the norm, the voice reels out the supposed wonderful abilities of the product. Then the pretty lady comes into focus again, still swaying her hair from side to side but this time, with the product in her hands....

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Sit Right!

Unless you happen to be on your feet all day at work, you probably sit too much. Most of us do. When we go home, we sit on the couch. When we have dinner, we sit on a chair. When we watch movies, we sit in the theatre. When we go out, we sit on a stool. Bottom-line: We spend a huge chunk of our lives sitting down. If that’s true then it’s important to be, well, good at sitting. Don’t you think? Good sitting posture Sitting for over six hours...

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King of Fruits

If I asked you to describe apples in just one word, you might probably say ‘juicy’, ‘munchy’ or ‘delicious’.  I bet ‘healthy’may not find its way into your long list. But as attractive and delicious as apples are, nothing beats their highly beneficial characteristics.  Now, why should the apple be known as the "King" of all fruits? The answer is because this fruit has so many virtues.  The saying that "An apple a day keeps the...

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The Many wonders of the Nose

Most people believe that the primary job of the nose is to smell and breathe. If you belong to that camp, well you are right. Still, there are lots of other things you probably do not know about the human nose. If you want to learn a few truly amazing and interesting facts about the human nose, then just keep reading... Though we do not pay proper attention to our noses except when they are runny or when a celebrity has just had a ‘nose-job’,...

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The Big FIVE

The brain just like any other organ of the body needs exercise. You can’t just let it ‘lay’ there with your regular routine. In no time, before you can scream your last name (even if it’s pretty long), you find yourself depreciating mentally. So here are FIVE tips to help stimulate your brain. They are short and pretty easy too! Turn Your Photos Upside Down If you find yourself losing focus or easily distracted during your work day, try engaging...

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I love Tomatoes!!! Do you?

This piece was born specifically to address the special circle of humans that pick out the ‘reddies’ from that Ham or Tuna sandwich, or even request outrightly that it be left out of a meal entirely.Tomatoes! They’re sweet, juicy, and delicious. They have vitamin C. They’re low in calories. They’re fat-free. All these I’m sure you knew, but let’s look at those benefits you probably don’t know and what makes the tomato an excellent healthy choice.Tomatoes...

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Breast Feeding: The Sure Way To Go

NO!!! Breast feeding isn’t over rated. We fail to remember is that infants are fragile and susceptible to disease, partly because their bodies are not fully developed. They must be treated with special care and given adequate nourishment. It is true that  a lot these infant formulas are able to mimic a few of the nutritional components of breast milk, but these formulas cannot hope to duplicate the vast and constantly changing array of essential...

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Just How GREEN Are You?

“I only take green tea”. I’m sure some of you have wrinkled your noses at some friends, colleagues or even family. You are either not interested in this so-called ‘green tea’ because of the hype or you've joined the bandwagon so you don’t feel left out. If you haven’t done the latter, you have good reason to do so now as I enlighten you with facts you probably have ignored about the ‘Green Tea’      ·    The...

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Health Living and Its Benefits

‘Healthy Lifestyle’ ‘Healthy Living’ ‘Live Healthy’. The media are constantly bamboozling us with these, so much so that no one really pays attention to those phrases anymore. In addition, all the rules that goes into actualizing the ‘healthy living’ just puts’ you off yes? However, as boring and ‘uncool’ as it all sounds, learning its importance and how to make changes to achieve it can improve the quality and the length of your life.  The...

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AIR POLLUTION: CAUSES AND EFFECTS

As humans and majorly Nigerians, we are all victims of air pollution in no small way. It’s a pity that most of us are quite ignorant of just how damaging it is to our organs and our being as a whole. Air pollution occurs when gases, dust particles, fumes (or smoke) or odour are introduced into the atmosphere in a way that makes it harmful to humans, animals and plant. This is because the air becomes dirty (contaminated or unclean).  Things...

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