The Health Hazard of High Sugar Consumption

 Do you know that a bottle of soft drink has an average seven spoons(teaspoon) of sugar? Even chocolate bars, some creamy biscuits, fruit drinks and cakes have a large proportion of sugar added to it. Most of take soft drinks regularly without knowing the negative implication on our health. Sugar, according to research has a strong link to heart diseases,obesity and surprisingly cancer.  It has been linked to high blood pressure and low brain functionality

 How Dangerous is Sugar?

Of course the temptation of resisting high sugar consumption especially in children is quite difficult. But it has to be done in order to help prevent obesity. A 2013 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that consumption of sugar-filled beverages increases weight gain in both children and adults. World Health Organization (WHO) also supported this view in their article. 

 Many forms of sugar like glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose and sucrose(table sugar) exist.

A Female Doctor is the New WHO Regional Director

Her name is Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s new regional director for Africa. She is from Botswana and was nominated on Tuesday 27. The 60 year old physician earned her medical degree at the University of London’s Royal Free Hospital, ran tuberculosis and H.I.V. programs

Only Five Ebola Cases Remain in Liberia

The United Nations announced on Saturday that only five cases of Ebola diseases remain in Liberia.
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have witnessed the worst breakout of ebola in history. About 9000 souls were lost in a year due to the deadly virus

"According to the WHO, the five cases are laboratory confirmed cases," Lisa White, a spokeswoman

Health Risk of Sitting for a Long Time

We sit down a lot during the day. Whether we are in the office, school, watching TV or leisure place. Is it healthy? No. A groundbreaking research may help us to start adjusting this habit. It suggested that the amount of time we sit during the day is associated with a higher risk of heart

To Lose Weight, the Right Time to Exercise

Have you ever thought about exercise as a suitable means of losing weight? The truth remains that it really helps. But another means of exercising is more efficient. Exercising on an empty stomach has been proved to be more powerful in reducing weight. The body in fasted state will burn more fats when we exercise than any other period of the day. Consider waking up in the morning

Food You Should Start Avoiding

Have you ever paused to think before stuffing  that food into your mouth? Have I being watching what I eat and how healthy are my diets? Most food we eat daily are not really so good for our health. They should be eaten in moderation and less frequently. Some of them are:

Fried Food and Meat
Some of us love fried food, meat and fish to the point of addiction. But when you discover the health implication, you may have many reasons to reduce it . Most of the fried food are heated at high temperature  hence they produce substances which are toxic

Bird Flu hit Lagos and Port Harcourt

Credit:@FAO

In a swift response to the discovery of bird flu, thousands of chickens have been culled in some poultry farms, the local health authorities said on Tuesday. FAO reported "A strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza previously not
recorded in sub-Saharan Africa has been detected in Nigeria for
the first time"

Most Cancer are Due to Bad Luck not Lifestyle

A recent research published in Journal Science has suggested that most cancer are mostly due to bad luck and not diet, lifestyle or genes.Random mutations that occur in DNA when cells divide.They are largely responsible for two thirds (about 65%) of adult cancers across a wide range of tissues with environmental factors or defective gene

Touching Stories: Children orphaned by Ebola Virus

More than 10,000 children have lost one or both parents to Ebola in West Africa's current outbreak of the disease, according to UNICEF.
Almost 8,000 of those children are from Sierra Leone.
Many are also Ebola survivors themselves, but because of the stigma and fear around the virus they are often shunned by their communities.
Britain has pledged £2.5m to help set up special care centres for Ebola orphans

Bird Flu Reported in Nigeria

According to NY Times, The health and veterinary authorities on Friday reported outbreaks of avian flu hundreds of miles apart on opposite ends of Nigeria. In Lagos, the southern commercial center, 3,300 birds at a live bird market showing symptoms were culled, said Nigeria’s chief veterinary officer, Dr. Abdulganiyu Abubakar, in a