Tag: Diet and Fitness

Fitness of mind and body is an important aspect of overall health.

Physical fitness includes regular exercise as well as healthy eating.

Mental fitness involves appropriate social interactions, mental agility or ‘sharpness’, good memory among other factors.

Best 20 Ways to Fit Exercise into Your Daily Routine
08/02/2020

The Best 20 Ways to Fit Exercise into Your Daily Routine

Here are 20 ways to fit exercise into your daily routine. Find an activity that you genuinely enjoy doing.
This is highly important because if it is not something that you love, it might be difficult to keep at it. Say, for example, you love dancing, why not make a playlist of your favourite upbeat tracks…..

Slim, pretty lady of African origin in shapely red coat
23/11/2019

Is Your Metabolism Related to Your Weight Loss?

Having a ‘fast or slow metabolism’ so to speak refers to how much energy the body requires to function at rest.
Various factors affect your BMR. A few are: 1. Sex – Women typically have more body fat than men
2. Age – People tend to lose muscle mass and gain fat as they get older
3. Physical activity – People with sedentary lifestyles do not have a high BMR compared to individuals that are physically active.

Pins and needles can happen from prolonged standing -legs of man and woman standing up.
16/10/2019

Treatment for Pins and Needles.

It’s that sensation of uncomfortable tingling, prickling, skin-crawling or numbness in the hands or feet. This usually occurs following pressure or strain on the muscle during normal as well as sedentary activities.

A couple of african background - lady looking away from partner with bad breath.
08/10/2019

Bad Breath – Why & What To Do.

Although most people might not know that they have bad breath, unfortunately, others might notice. This could cause embarrassing moments, as, people tend to naturally prefer to maintain a certain level of distance away from such individuals while holding conversations or even avoid talking to them.

Elegant lady od africal origin standing with arms on her head exposing smooth underarms.
05/08/2019

Practical Tips to Stop Any Embarrassment from Underarm Sweating

But imagine this – you are presenting at your workplace team meeting in 5 minutes and already nervous at the prospect. You notice that despite sitting quite still, you have damp patches underneath your arms quite visible on your shirt! Could this embarrassment have been prevented?

Glass of cool orange based soft drink.
22/04/2019

How Safe are our Soft Drinks?

………Then, the Lagos High Court ruled that: ‘high levels of benzoic acid and additives in Coca-Cola’s soft drinks could pose a health risk to consumers when mixed with ascorbic acid, commonly known as vitamin C.’
What is benzoic acid? Why do you need to have it in the soft drinks? Learn more in this story.