DRINKING TEA OR COFFEE CAN HELP YOUR LIVER

Drinking a cup of tea or coffee in the morning could help prevent liver disease in man.

The research was carried out by a team of Researchers from Duke's School of Medicine in Singapore, led by Professor Paul Yen.

The caffeine in tea reduces the kind of fatty liver problems associated with diabetes and obesity. According to Paul, "The notion that coffee and tea maybe therapeutic, since they have a reputation for being "bad" for health is enlightening".

The team hopes that their study could help to develop caffeine-like drugs without the side-effects related to large amounts of tea and coffee.

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This might just be a good reason for me to start drinking tea daily now.

WHY MOSQUITOES LIKE SOME PEOPLE MORE THAN OTHERS

 

 

Have you ever wondered why mosquitoes target a few people in a large gathering while others are rarely bitten? 1 in 10 people are highly attractive to mosquitoes and 1 in 5 people are mosquito magnet.

According to a University of Florida entomology Professor, Dr. Phil Koehler, "Both your metabolism and your unique body chemistry - which is as distinctive as a fingerprint - play an important role in determining whether or not you are a mosquito magnet. Also, there is evidence that your degree of attractiveness to mosquitoes can change over time".

 

Some of us are tasty targets because:

• Mosquitoes prefer blood group O. A Japanese study revealed that mosquitoes are twice as likely to bite people with blood group O than those with A, B & AB groups. This is because people secrete substances that allow mosquitoes to identify blood type before they bite.
• Mosquitoes also prefer beer drinkers - another study published by Journal of the American mosquito Control Association revealed that mosquitoes targeted the volunteers more after beer consumption than before consumption.
• Pregnant women - expectant moms get bitten twice as often as women who are not pregnant. Pregnant women's abdomens are about 1 degree warmer, and this causes more volatile substances revealed in sweat to attract mosquitoes.
• Your smell - acetone and estradiol released in your breath and many of the compounds and bacteria found on your skin contribute to your attractiveness.
• Full moon - mosquitoes are 500 times more active when the moon is full. The highest risk times are dusk and dawn.
• Also the carbon dioxide we exhale and lactic acid in our sweat attract mosquitoes to us.
• Dark coloured clothings can also increase your risk of being bitten by mosquitoes.

Individuals that get bitten less could be producing chemicals on their skins that make them more repellent and cover up smells that mosquitoes find attractive.

 

There isn't much we can do about mosquitoes other than using EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) approved mosquito repellent and covering up.

For those of us with blood group O; to be on the safe side, always take your bath before bedtime and sleep in a mosquito treated net.

MENU OF THE DAY

OKRO SOUP

 Fresh okro soup
 

INGREDIENTS: Fresh fish, shrimps, crab, peri-winkles/any other sea food, okro, uzuza leaves, cray fish, fresh pepper, maggi, dawadawa, dry fish/stock fish (optional) & salt to taste. Please, no beef, purely sea food.

• Dice the okro, slice uzuza leaves, pound the crayfish with 1 dawadawa & blend the pepper.
• Boil fresh fish with a cup of water, maggi & salt to taste for 5mins. In order to have the fresh fish intact, remove it from the pot.
• Add dry fish, crab & pepper, leave to boil for 10mins.
• Then add shrimps, peri-winkles/other sea food & crayfish, boil for 3mins.
• Finally add okro, uzuza leaves & boiled fresh fish, leave to boil for 5mins.
• Please, no palm oil (if you desire, 2 table spoons).

Serve with amala, eba, pounded yam or semovita.

Enjoy your meal.

Try this fresh okro soup, you will like it. Let's eat fresh and healthy. Skip beef and poultry for once.

 

NOTE: Send me your recipe for "MENU OF THE DAY".

NIGERIAN JAILED 90 YRS IN THE US FOR FATHERING SIX CHILDREN WITH HIS SIX DAUGHTERS.

 

An award-winning Nigerian music director, Aswad Ayinde 55 has been sentenced to 90 years in jail in the United States of America. He was found guilty of repeatedly raping and impregnating his six daughters, thereby fathering six children from the unholy act.

 

During the trial, it was revealed that Ayinde began having sexual intercourse with his second daughter when she was only eight years old and impregnating her four times.

 

Ayinde's ex-wife disclosed during the trial that "he was trying to create a "pure family bloodline" by impregnating his daughters. He even claimed during a pre-trial hearing before the first trial that "the world was going to end, and it was just going to be him and his offspring and that he was chosen".

 

Ayinde, who won Best R&B Video at the 1996 MTV Music Video Award for the Fugees hit "Killing me softly" tortured and isolated his daughters from the public to keep the family secrets hidden for almost 30 years.

 

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NOTE: - Please, parents who are guilty of this incest taboo should desist from it. God has given you these children as caretakers / guardians and not as sex objects.

Incest taboo is and has been one of the most widespread of all cultural taboos, both in present and in many past societies.

NEW SURGICAL KNIFE THAT CAN DETECT CANCER TISSUE IN SECONDS

Researchers at the London Imperial College have created an intelligent surgical knife that can accurately detect within 3 seconds if a tissue being cut is cancerous.
 

The electrosurgical knife is designed in such a way that it is connected to an analytical instrument that enables it analyze the smoke composition real-time during surgery.
 

According to Dr. Zoltan Takats "the iknife provides a result almost instantly, allowing surgeons to carry out procedures with a level of accuracy that hasn't been possible before. We believe it has the potential to reduce tumour recurrence rates and enable more patients to survive".
 

The intelligent knife doesn't come cheap, it cost the researchers about £200,000 pounds to build. They hinted the price could come down when the technology is commercialized.

 

Kudos to Dr. Takats and his team. I pray the iknife is quickly commercialized to promote effective and accurate surgeries as soon as possible, thereby saving more lives.

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VEGETABLE OF THE DAY

WATERMELON
 

 

Watermelon is a fleshy, nutritious and extremely high water content vegetable. Though people refer to it as a fruit, but it is really a vegetable. It belongs to plant species called Citrullis lanatus. Apart from the popular pink/red colour, some species come in yellow, orange or white. And there are 600 - 1,200 different varieties of it worldwide.

It is believed to have originated from Southern African countries, but can be found in different parts of the world today.

This fleshy veggie contains 91% water (and fructose), 5% protein and 4% fat.

 

Watermelon contains the following :

Potassium - helps to regulate blood pressure and may prevent hypertension.

Vitamins A & C - aid proper vision, hence good health.

Lycopene - found in the red/pink flesh of watermelon. An anti-oxidant that may help reduce diseases.

Fibre - helps the movement of stool.

Citrulline - (amino acid) is a known stimulator of nitric oxide. It helps to relax and expand blood vessels.

Also, it is very low in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium.

To purchase a fully ripe watermelon, look out for the following:

• The weight - it will feel heavy for its size.
• The rind should be smooth, and slightly dull on top.
• The underside should be creamy yellow
• Check out for a deep hollow sound rather than shallow sound when tapped. 

For those who don't eat watermelon because of the seeds, some are seedless. (About 85% of watermelons produced in the United States are seedless. It has long been a 4th of July holiday staple).

 

Watermelon is highly nutritious that every part of it (flesh, seed & rind) is consumed. I truly recommend it to weight watchers.

FIRST PICTURE OF HRH PRINCE OF CAMBRIDGE

Kate & William with baby Cambridge

HRH Prince of Cambridge

 

Prince William and Kate Middleton today presented their new borne baby, HRH Prince of Cambridge to the public before departing Saint Mary's Hospital for Kensington palace.

 

The Royal couple looked overwhelmed with emotions as they were greeted by the huge cheers and applause from the crowd of well-wishers and the media.

 

Baby Cambridge is the third in line to the British throne. As we await his name, I wish the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge a big congratulation on their bundle of joy.