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In Africa, especially in Nigeria most people always feel at peace when they check their blood pressure and found it to be normal. But only few try to check the chances or possibilities of  them developing cardiovascular diseases. It's very important to know you chances   or how close or far you are from developing a cardiovascular disease(s). Lipid profile tests (LPTs) is one test that can help you know your chances of developing cardiovascular diseases. Lipid profile tests are a series of blood tests done to ascertain the concentration or amount of various lipids in the blood. With these tests the blood lipid profile could known from with any abnormality in blood lipids could be identified. With lipid profile tests the chances of one developing any cardiovascular disease can be deduced. Because there are lipids which when high or low in the blood could result to cardiovascular disease,  these lipids include: 1. Cholesterol 2. Triglycerides (TG) 3. High-d...

Hello my esteemed readers, I thank God almighty for making it possible for us to make it to 2016... HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all.  I wish you all a prosperous 2016. I know most of you must have taken you new year resolution or maybe about to do so. But whatever you new year resolution is, here is an additional one you need to take in order to stay healthy and fit. It is code named RED R= Rest: always have enough rest don't over stress yourself. Even if your occupation makes you to over stress yourself. Always compensate it with good rest. Stress is never good for your health. E= Exercise: always exercise yourself. Regular exercise is good. Regardless of your occupation always make out time to do some exercise at least 1-2 hours on weekends and 15mins on week days. Here is a tip that will help on week days 1. When wake up in the morning do 20-50 push up (i.e.  Press up)  and do same in the evening after work but do it 3-4 hours before bedtime. D= Diets: a balance diet i...

Eggs are very good for body, though many consider it  bad for the body because of its cholesterol content. But aside containing a relatively high amount of cholesterol (210mg per egg yolk) eggs still have numerous health benefits, some of which include: 1. Source Of Iron Iron is very essential in our body. It is the carrier of oxygen in the blood and plays an important role in immunity, energy metabolism and many other functions in the body. Eggs are very good source of "absorbable" iron. The iron in egg yolk is in the form of heme iron, the most readily absorbable and usable form of iron in food and more absorbable than the form of iron in most supplements. 2. Promotes Brain Health Eggs are also good sources of choline. Choline is a nutrient that facilitates brain development in the foetus and newborn as well as memory function even into old age. Eggs can provide 28% of a pregnant woman’s choline requirement. Choline is of extreme importance during pregnancy and lacta...

Omega-3 fatty acids which are polyunsaturated fatty acids with a double bond at third from the end of the chain.   They are essential fatty acids because they are needed by the body but can't be synthesized (manufactured) by the body. Omega-3 fatty acids are of many benefits to the body. They( omega-3 fatty acids) play important role in the proper functioning of the brain, as well as normal growth and development.  Research shows that omega-3 fatty acids reduce inflammation and may help lowe r risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease,arthritis, and cancer. Some of health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids include: (1) Heart disease Eating diets low in saturated fats and diets rich in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (including omega-3 fatty acids) is one of best ways to prevent cardiovascular disease.   Clinical evidence suggests that eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)and docosahexaenoic acid, (DHA) these two  omega-3 fatty acids...

It is never a doubt that at least at one time or the other in our life time or even always we do hear medical   experts saying that smoking cigarette is not good for our body. Not only medical  experts, even the government, religious bodies, NGOs all do their best to sensitize people on how bad cigarette is to body. In fact in Nigeria on the pack of all cigarette it's boldly written "THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH WARN THAT SMOKERS ARE LIABLE TO DIE YOUNG".   But the funny thing is that, smokers around the world have  given deaf ears to all these warnings. Smoking is really bad for our health, is not only bad to the smokers but also for those staying around them as the smoke (second-hand smokers).  About half of cigarette smokers die of tobacco-related disease and lose on average 14 years of life. Cigarette use by pregnant women has also been shown to cause birth defects, including low birth weight, fetal abnormalities, and premature birth. The World Health...

Cataract is the clouding of the normal clear  lens of the eye which causes a decrease in vision. It often develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. Due to the clouding eye lens, people living with cataract experience difficulties in reading, driving, seeing expressions on people's face and even seeing things from little distance this is because seeing through cloudy eye lenses is like looking through a frosty or fogged-up window. Cataracts are most commonly due to aging, but may also occur due to trauma, radiation exposure, congenital or occur following eye surgery for other problems. Risk factors of cataracts include: diabetes, smoking tobacco, prolonged exposure to sunlight, and alcohol. Cataract is the first leading cause of blindness worldwide, followed by glaucoma.  Age-related cataracts are responsible for 51% (20 million) of world blindness. Globally, cataracts cause moderate to severe disability in 53.8 million (2004), 52.2 million of whom are in low and middl...

On the  mention of vitamin A (retinol), what flows through the mind of many is good vision. But vitamin A, though important for good vision, has other health benefits. Vitamin A (retinol) is a fat soluble vitamin that is essential (i.e. can't be synthesize) for human. Human and animals that can't synthesize vitamin A rely on vitamin A rich diets as their source of vitamin A. Vitamin A has anti-oxidant properties. Vitamin A deficiency is rare this is because vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin A, hence can be stored by in the body unlike water soluble vitamin C and B vitamins which can't be stored in the body. Vitamin A has three active forms (retinal, retinol and retinoic acid). In foods of animal origin vitamin A is in the form of  retinyl ester (primarily as retinyl palmitate). While in plant foods it occur as carotenes (beta, alpha, and gamma carotene) which can be converted to the active form. Since vitamin A can be stored in the body, its daily intake is not re...