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5 Five Foods That You Should Never Eat On An Empty Stomach If You Love Yourself

The goal of healthy eating is not just about choosing foods that are good for you. Instead, for maintaining good health – ‘when’ you eat is just as important as ‘what’ you eat! If you are eating all the right foods but at the wrong time, it can do more harm than good! Let us explore here 5 such foods that are otherwise healthy but may not be the best pick to be eaten on an empty tummy.  1. Citrus Fruits and Juice   Image Source:  AskaDoctor24x7.com Citrus fruits such as oranges, grape fruit, and sweet lime, among others are acidic in nature. Thus, if eaten on an empty stomach in the morning,  it can lead to acidity and tummy ache. Better eat these fruits as a mid-meal - two hours before/after lunch.  Certain juices such as orange juice also needs to be avoided on an empty stomach, as they too may cause heartburn and unhealthy spikes in blood sugar level. 2. Tomato Image Source:  AskaDoctor24x7.com Although a storehouse of nutrients, tomatoes are not a wise ...
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13 Health Benefits of Coffee to Humans, Based on Scientific Studies

Coffee is one of the world’s most popular beverages. Thanks to its high levels of antioxidants and beneficial nutrients, it also seems to be quite healthy. Studies show that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of several serious diseases. Image Source: Wikipedia Here are the top 13 health benefits of coffee. 1. Can Improve Energy Levels and Make You Smarter Coffee can help people feel less tired and increase energy levels.  That’s because it contains a stimulant called caffeine — the most commonly consumed psychoactive substance in the world.  After you drink coffee, the caffeine is absorbed into your bloodstream. From there, it travels to your brain.  In the brain, caffeine blocks the inhibitory neurotransmitter adenosine. When this happens, the amount of other neurotransmitters like norepinephrine and dopamine increases, leading to enhanced firing of neurons.  Many controlled studies in humans show that coffee improves various aspects of brain function — includi...

Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT), A Clinical Use of Maggot

"Nothing is really useless, and nothing is really too useful" - Emmanuel Okoli Advancements in the field science and technology is really moving at a high speed. The field of medical sciences is not left out. There are a lot of advancements in the medical field due to the surge in diseases such cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. Due to these advancements, many unconventional treatment methods of diseases have evolved. Today, we are discuss one of such unconventional methods. Have you heard of Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT)? OK Let's... Go What is Maggot Debridement Therapy ? Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT) is a clinical method for wound treatment (or healing) using maggots. It involves the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wound(s) of a human or animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement) and disinfection. Note : Viewer d...

My Friend is Hepatitis B Positive. What Should I do?

Credit: Graphic Online  Hello everybody it's your favourite health blogger Emmanuel (Emmylo) here again. Few days ago, a friend of mine approached me looking worried to enquire more about hepatitis B.  He said his best and closest friend just tested hepatitis B positive. And he is worried because he too might be infected. The first thing I did was to counsel him not to be worried and to go for blood test (diagnosis) to ascertain if he is positive or negative. But this dude still look worried this prompted me to ask why he is worried. Funnily his answer was that hepatitis B is a deadly disease that can result to victim's death in a week time. This made me laugh the hell out of him. But come to think of it, most of us must have heard of hepatitis B but don't really know much about it just like my good friend. Today's post will focus on hepatitis B. Here we will answer few questions about hepatitis B to give us an insight of what hepatitis B is. What is hepati...

Skin Cancer: Causes, Treatment, and Prevention

internet marketing Credit: Vanguardngr.com Credit: WebMD It's really a good news that our Banky (Banky W) survived his skin cancer surgery. We at Care For Naija celebrate with him, his fiancee Adesuwa Etomi and well wishers. We thank God for his life. Today, skin cancer will be our focus. Please bear it in mind tha Banky W is not the first person to have suffered for skin cancer and will not be the last person. Skin cancer have kill countless number of people and many are still living with it. Our focus today is skin cancer. Most of us must have heard skin cancer but don't really know what is it. What is Skin Cancer? Skin Cancer is the cancer that arises from the skin cells, often due to too much sun exposure over, years. Skin cancer often start in the skin cells before spreading to other organs of the body. Just like any other illness, early detection and early treatment is the key to survival of skin cancer. Do We Have Different Types of...

8 Health Benefits of Pumpkin Leaves (Ugwu)

One of the most commonly consumed vegetable is Pumpkin leaves (Ugwu). In Nigeria, though it's consumed by people from all regions but its consumption is more predominant south eastern region. Pumpkin leaves (Ugwu) belong to the leafy vegetable family. Scientifically it's known as Telfaira occidentalis . These leaves are nutritious and are rich in vitamins and minerals. Let’s take a look at some of the health benefits of pumpkin leaves. 1. Boost Immune System Pumpkin leaves are rich in vitamin C, other vitamins and minerals which are  known for improving the immune system. 2. Anti-aging Pumpkin leaves are rich in vitamin C. Studies have shown that vitamin C have anti-aging effects. A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examined links between vitamin C intakes and skin aging in 4,025 women aged 40-74. It found that higher vitamin C intakes were associated with a lower likelihood of a wrinkled appearance, dryness of t...

How to Clear Wrinkles From Your Face Using Lemon

Looking good, fresh and young is good business and I am very sure you wont like to use chemicals to achieve this aim because all these chemicals are proven to usually come with later adverse effects where as the natural methods are safe and danger free.  The procedure of healing is much harder when face wrinkles become profounder.  You can use several face creams, that can help in retaining your skin youthful and avoid ageing, but there is nothing beneficial and helpful as the natural care you can provide your skin with and which will bring back your youthfulness. We present you a recipe for a home-made natural face toner that you will benefit from during the fight against getting old. Let Your Wrinkles Vanish with This Incredible Face Toner Ingredients needed : a)  1 lemon b)  ½ glass of beer c)  ½ glass of rose water PREPARATION: Get lemon juice from squeezed lemon then add the beer and rose water and ma...