NUTRITION IN HEALTH

Hello everyone! YUMMY PUDDING!           TGIF (Thank God is Friday!). Yesterday around 6:30pm, I was trying to make a salad. I had cabbage, baby carrots, olives and broccoli and then remembered that I had a can of pumpkin. I popped the can open and saw a ground pumpkin not in chunks (earlier thought). I asked myself LOUDLY (what next? the weirdo part of me you might love to know. LOL). I remembered eating a pumpkin pie during thanksgiving in the States but never made one myself. The AMAZON WOMAN in me SPRANG UP to bake herself a PUMPKIN PUDDING not pie (pie needs a pie crust which I did not have at the moment).              Pumpkin is a gigantic vegetable found on the shelves of most local market along with carrot, green beans e.t.c across the world.  It gets dissected into cubes, cooked until tender before eaten. For my Africa friends, In case you are figuring how you t...

Hi friends,       Sweet potatoes are favorite carbs selection for healthy eaters. They make us fuller with small quantities, they are rich in fiber, Betacarotene (good vision & immunity boost) and Potassium (good for high blood pressure reduction).       My recipe today had me baking my potatoes than frying them(I eat them this way most times). The end result was delicious, finger licking, tantalizing and had me craving for more!!!! Ingredients   1 medium sized sweet potatoes 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (I used canola) Ground seasonings (black pepper, ginger, garlic, onions) Pinch of salt to taste unbaked potatoes seasoned on baking tray Baking tray Procedure 1) heat up your oven at 350F for 7mins 2) While the oven is heating up, get a baking tray, lightly grease it.  3) Slice potatoes and line them neatly on baking tray.  ground seasonings 4) drizzle them with salt, ground seasoning...

Hello friends, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  The past year has been a challenging but fruitful year for me. My reason for being incommunicado. I am back  with richer and better contents on food recipes (especially for people like me who want to eat healthy but delicious meals) and other science health talks. Feel free to share my links with your friends, drop your comments and critics. Our first recipe this year is on my first mushrooms which I prepared. Guess what? They were AMAZEballzzz!!! Mushrooms are a great addition to a healthy diet. They are nutrient dense (low caloric content), rich in fiber, moderate in protein, low in fat and carbs and rich in Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol) for healthy bones.                         I had green beans thrown in too, the reason for the title. Green beans are not left for salads alone (can be boring to eat them in such mon...

Hello Friends!! How have we been doing? It's been a while I posted anything new in my blog due to some behind the scenes planning. I have also been spending more time with my clients conducting exercise classes and helping them stick to their diet plans ranging from weight reduction, diabetes management, autoimmune disorders to pregnancy and under-nutrition AND I am glad on the positive results that emerge out of each plan (diet, exercise and psychological). WELL, enough of the personal me above (Smiles). My write up today and in months to come will be centered on sharing simple and nutritious recipes based on seasonal foods that has helped in my optimal health journey (weight loss and etc). Seasonal foods are cheap, affordable, fresh and widely available when in season. So the earlier we value each food, fruit in their season and use them for our health, the better for our body. So, the seasonal vegetable am working with today is GARDEN EGG!!!!!! Garden eggs are vegeta...

SELF ACCOUNTABILITY: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR WEIGHT LOSS The one person who really matters to stay accountable to for weight loss and maintenance of hard fought weight loss aside having diet buddies is YOU (YES! meaning the person you see each time you look at the mirror).  Do you know that your will power alone often isn't enough to keep you on track????  Therefore, here a few tricks and tools to help ensure effective self accountability for weight loss/ ideal weight maintenance. MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUR SCALE Daily fluctuations in weight can be maddening especially when all you want to see is 1kg fewer. The truth is weight creep up over time and the best way to keep track and make immediate correction in your diet is by weighing oneself often (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly) using your personal bathroom scale. Say No to Hate relationship for your bathroom scale because its a motivator. USE A TAPE MEASURE TO STAY ON TRACK Using a tape measure is a very...

INTERESTING! Hair Baldness increases the the risk of heart disease development. Hair baldness is prevalent in 1 out of 10 persons in the world. A study conducted in 2012 indicates that the abnormal quantity of a protein, prostaglandin D2 present in the scalp of bald men could be responsible for the baldness causation. You might be wondering how this relates to higher risk of developing heart attack, Right? Interestingly, Results from a recent study in a publication showed that men who had lost majority of their hair had a 32% increased risk of developing coronary artery disease, compared to their peers who maintained a full head of hair. When the analysis was restricted to men under the age of 55-60, a comparable pattern was revealed. Bald or extensively balding males had a 44% increased probability to develop coronary artery disease. Interesting to know, isn't it?................... (pls keep reading) Their justifiable reasons for the link were baldness may point ...

Wooaaw, finally! We are here. This blog is officially for the discussion of nutrition and health, what to eat, how to prepare them, what happens when they are ingested into our body and tip on being fit and healthy. Most times we are misinformed on the foods we eat especially the obsession for weight loss. Well, the top secret to being healthy is by having a healthy lifestyle in terms of the food we eat, what we drink as well as how we work out!  Therefore we will start with knowing the ABC basics of nutrition. keep in touch. .