Please clean your room. Remnants of your gluttony and overindulgence from the aftermath of last night’s sleep over is highly visible this morning. By the way, you probably consumed 40 grams (10 teaspoons) of sugar each last night just from that 1.5 litre bottle of ice tea you shared between the 3 of you, which…
We all know we should be eating more vegetables, especially green ones. For most of us, this is an almost impossible task because they don’t taste so good. It’s too bad because vegetables are full of micronutrients that our body so desperately needs in order to develop, repair and protect. In our current society, we…
6 pack abs that is, yet magazines, websites, and TV shows that are supposed to know about health and fitness are littered with images of men and women sporting well defined abs that brainwash us into thinking that that’s the ideal benchmark. What they fail to tell you is that looking like what they portray as…
The human body is an amazing collection of various complex systems and sub-systems. It’s designed with movement and a lot of it in mind. Not just simple movements, but movements that are intense enough to cause muscle contractions. You see, prolonged periods of inactivity can be harmful to your health because you’re depriving yourself of…
We probably all know the obvious benefits of donating blood like the reality that each donation can save 3 lives. But did you know that the same donation contribute to making up to 22 different products, for example, immunisations for chicken pox, hepatitis B and tetanus? All these benefits are for the recipient of blood.…