Anorexia nervosa, mostly referred to as ‘anorexia’ is one of the three related eating disorders – Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, and Binge-Eating Disorder. A person is considered anorexic when they restrict their food intake...
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Veganism is considered the strictest form of vegetarianism, in that vegans stay off all animal by-products –their meat, eggs, milk, honey…anything that is a byproduct of an animal. People choose the vegan route...
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Veganism and vegetarianism are two terms which we usually understand refers to people going the green route. Sometimes, they are used interchangeably, but do they even mean the same thing? Veganism is actually...
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Prof. Simon Irtwang, Chairman, Technical Committee on Yam Export, on Tuesday said yam exporters were finalising processes to export another consignment of yam to the United States of America and United Kingdom. Irtwang...
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Fats are one of the main classes of food, alongside proteins and carbohydrates. They are made up of molecules called triglycerides. Fats all have a similar chemical structure consisting of three zigzagged fatty...
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A Consultant Pharmacist, Dr Clever Okeke has warned that the use of Tramadol to get high or for delayed ejaculation could lead to depression and irrational behaviour. Okeke told the News Agency of...
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Two fetish priests have died from drinking a mixture of akpeteshie and of herbs in Senease in the Brong Ahafo region. The Public Relations Officer, (PRO) Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong has said...
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BMI’s have long been used as an indicator of healthy weight and nutritional health. The BMI is derived from a simple math formula devised in the 1830s by Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist...
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Malnutrition occurs when nutrients in the body are either not enough or too much. This can lead to health conditions like obesity, kwashiorkor, swollen body parts, stunting, poor energy levels, and other symptoms....
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The filmmakers and the studio behind the new Peter Rabbit film adaptation have apologized for new Sony film which made light of food allergies. The offensive content is about a scene which showed...
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As children, we were taught in elementary school that a balanced diet is one which contains the classes of food in sufficient quantity. However, who determines sufficient? How many know what amounts of...
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Feeling the holiday blues are you? Not just any holiday, the Christmas holidays, all that face-stuffing, catching up with friends and family. Yes, we too wish it could go on forever, but here...
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Le Cordon Bleu trained Gbubemi Fregene is one of the premium and most recognized Chefs in Nigeria. Chef Fregz’s fascination with food began early in life and by the time he was 10,...
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Grains are small dry hard seeds, which are harvested and consumed by both humans and animals alike. In their dried form, these grains, foods like you wheat, rice, oats, corn millet, barley, bulgur,...
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DOES CULINARY SCHOOL MAKE A CHEF? In our corner of the world, those in the food business are not as celebrated or given as much decoration as their foreign counterparts in other parts...
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EAT YOUR CAKE AND HAVE IT: 5 EASY WAYS TO MAKE YOUR DIET MORE WHOLEGRAINY So you’ve heard of all (or some) of the awesome ways whole grains can make your life better....
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THE TRUTH ABOUT SUPERFOODS The term ‘superfoods’ is one that has popped up more and more recently in relation to content pertaining to certain foods which have been some reason, deemed better than...
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So, yes you like your okra and you can cook it both ways – plain or ‘jollofed’, aka alasepo style. When you want to take it up a notch, you add some flavors...
Read MoreMany grow up knowing one style of okra and sticking with it. The okra is not one particularly exciting looking vegetable, what with its slime and the prickly body, however there’s more to...
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Our bodies communicate with us in different ways. It could be as simple as a yawn to say you are tired, or a rumble in your belly when you’re hungry. You hear how...
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What better time to be more deliberate about foods with hidden potencies than during this season of the year – valentines. One thing that seems to be trending among womenfolk these days is...
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There are so many cultural myths we grew up with surrounding physical and mental development of a child that over time, the lines separating fact from fiction becomes blurry. Every day, researchers keep...
Read MoreGrains are small dry hard seeds, which are harvested and consumed by both humans and animals alike. In their dried form, these grains, foods like you wheat, rice, oats, corn millet, barley, bulgur,...
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