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Uses for Coconut Oil In cooking as a great oil with a high smoke point. Great for baking, stir-frys or as a dairy free replacement to butter. Added to foods  or drinks daily for energy As a  coffee creamer when emulsified into coffee  (The only way I’ll drink coffee) On the skin as a basic lotion (or coconut oil  lotion bar ) In  homemade lotion bars  for soft, smooth skin In  homemade deodorant  or deodorant bars As an eye-makeup remover As a cloth diaper safe  diaper cream  (just rub on baby’s bottom) In making your own Remineralizing Toothpaste To lighten age spots when rubbed directly on the skin To prevent  stretch marks during pregnancy To support  healthy thyroid function In  homemade Mayo  without the high PUFA vegetable oils To help  increase sun tolerance and avoid burning As a naturally SPF 4  sunscreen In  homemade lotion recipes To get rid of cradle cap on baby- jus...

Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, is the first day of Lent in Western Christianity. It occurs 46 days (40 fasting days, if the 6 Sundays, which are not days of fast, are excluded) before Easter and can fall as early as 4 February or as late as 10 March. Ash Wednesday is observed by many Western Christians, including Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Anglicans, and Presbyterians. According to the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus Christ spent 40 days fasting in the desert, where he endured temptation by Satan. Lent originated as a mirroring of this, fasting 40 days as preparation for Easter. Every Sunday was seen as a commemoration of the Sunday of Christ's resurrection and so as a feast day on which fasting was inappropriate. Accordingly, Christians fasted from Monday to Saturday (6 days) during 6 weeks and from Wednesday to Saturday (4 days) in the preceding week, thus making up the number of 40 days. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of blessi...

If you're concerned about breast cancer, you may be wondering if there are steps you can take toward breast cancer prevention. Some risk factors, such as family history, can't be changed. However, there are lifestyle changes you can make to lower your risk. What can I do to reduce my risk of breast cancer? Lifestyle changes have been shown in studies to decrease breast cancer risk even in high-risk women.  The following are steps you can take to lower your risk: Limit alcohol.  The more alcohol you drink, the greater your risk of developing breast cancer. If you choose to drink alcohol — including beer, wine or liquor — limit yourself to no more than one drink a day. Don't smoke.  Accumulating evidence suggests a link between smoking and breast cancer risk, particularly in premenopausal women. In addition, not smoking is one of the best things you can do for your overall health. Control your weight.  Being overweight or obese increases the risk of brea...

A nutritionist,  Jummai Abdul , has recommended the consumption of  cashew fruit juice  for enhanced sexual activities, including energy boost in males and females during intercourse. She said that the juice also helps in the prevention of heart diseases and stroke. Ms. Abdul, a nutritionist at the Wuse General Hospital, made the recommendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. “Cashew fruit contain fats that promote healthy hearts, and reduce high triglyceride level that is associated with increased risk of heart diseases. “Excess calories are stored as triglycerides in the body. Triglycerides provide much of the energy for cell function,’’ she said. The nutritionist noted that eating a handful of cashew nuts a day would provide enough essential minerals like manganese, potassium, copper, iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium for deficiency disease prevention. She also said that cashew fruits were rich in calcium that enhance...

Dear Mr. President, I wish you a Good Morning. I do hope that by the end of this letter, you will still consider it a Good Morning. My President,  permit me to start this letter with a Yourba Proverb that my father used to say when I was a young child. It goes like this:  Eni ba nba afoju yan epa gbodo maa sufe kikan kikan . Sir, my translation of the Yoruba Language isn’t so good but I can loosely translate this proverb to mean ‘whoever roasts nuts for a blind man must relentlessly / continuously whistle .’ Do you know the reason he should whistle Sir? It is to prove to the blind man that he isn’t eating out of the roasted nuts. This is indicative of the need to establish a ‘trust’ relationship between the blind and the nut roaster. Drawing from this analogy Sir, you are the nut roaster whilst we, your able citizens are the blind. Your rise to the office of the President of this nation as a man who had no shoes was inspirational and so, many Nigerians put their blind t...

BABY HARVESTING: A New Dimension to Human Trafficking in Nigeria By Unongu I commence this essay with a quote from Vanguard newspapers: "Anyone who hears about Nigeria’s baby factories would think it is government’s policy to sustain our high population. The tag creates impressions of facilities turning out babies round the clock. What elsewhere do factories do…" - Vanguard Editorial, March 31, 2014. _ _ Baby factories is an emerging crime in developing countries and is prevalent in some African countries especially Nigeria. The sordid illegal business revolves around pregnant women and girls who are willing to give up their new born babies for financial gain without having any contact with the buyer or ever seeing the child again. The practice where some Nigerian medical doctors engage in illegal sales of babies, taking advantage of the helplessness of pregnant women girls and the desperation of childless couples, is now recurring decimal in Nigerian society. This ugly pract...