Groundnut is a common seed in Nigeria that appears not to have a season. Not many people in Nigeria refer to it as peanuts, but that is its major name. It is of the legume …
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Author: Williams Osewezina
Journalism and Media Production: I have extensive experience as a journalist, health writer, fact-checker, and digital content producer. Your roles have included serving as the Editor of the Online Unit at Voice of Nigeria, Head of the Web Unit at Channels TV, and Special Correspondent for Bounce News, a publication of Naspers South Africa.
Okra For Diabetics: How To Use | Great Positive Result
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is increasingly gaining popularity for its amazing benefits for diabetics. It is a tropical vegetable that is rich in carbohydrates, fibers, proteins and natural antioxidants. Okra is a popular vegetable in Nigeria …
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What To Do If You Are Purging Or Having Stomach Upset [Diarrhea]
“Driver, please pull over,” a passenger in a commercial bus I was in, begged. “I am about to poo…. I am purging,” he screamed. We were heading for work that early morning when this sudden …
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Akara [Beans Cake]: Wrong Way To Eat It And Troubles To Avoid
Akara [beans cake] and ogi [ corn papa] are two meal items that people love to combine. They are great as breakfast for persons who love fries. However, there is so much about Akara that …
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Throat Cancer: Causes, Symptoms And Risk Factors
Throat cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the throat (pharynx) or voice box (larynx). Your throat is a muscular tube that begins behind your nose and ends in your neck. Experts say …
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10 Health Benefits Of Honeydew Melon You Don’t Know
Honeydew melon fruit is one of the fruits in the cucumis melo (muskmelon) family. At least 30 species of this fruit family are in Africa. Not many persons are aware that this yellow fruit is …
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How To Preserve Goron Tula Syrup
After you make your goron tula syrup, what do you do to ensure it is still safe for consumption? It is important that you maintain the nutrients in the goron tula syrup and not lose …
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Omi Ogi (Pap Water): Amazing Things About Claims It Is Medicinal
Often times, people who prepare herbal alternative medicine recommend that you use Omi Ogi (pap water) in preparing it. There is a wide belief that Omi Ogi is medicinal and powers up the herbs to …
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Burantashi [Yohimbe]: Health Benefits And Risks
Have you been thinking of boosting your sexual drive with Burantashi? You need to read this article to the end to know what the gains and side effects of Burantashi are. Burantashi, has the botanical …
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Avocado Seed: 8 Amazing Health Benefits You Should Know
Avocado seed is increasingly gaining popularity because of the health benefits it offers. You may have thrown the seed of an avocado away several times. But studies are showing there is need for you to …
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Ginger Vs Lemon Cold Remedy (Right Way To Prepare), Side Effects
Ginger and lemon are very available in Nigeria and each of them is a good cold remedy. You can easily find them in any market where you find people who sell vegetables and fruits. If …
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Am I Ovulating? Here Is How To Know
Not being sure whether you are ovulating or not is a big issue. For every woman who wants to conceive, ovulation is very important. If you are not ovulating, it is not possible to get …
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How To Reverse High Blood Pressure And Keep It Down
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a disease that develops when blood flows through your arteries at higher-than-normal pressures. Sadly not vary many people know the meaning of the figures doctors look at …
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This BMI Chart Will Tell You If Your Current Weight Is Healthy
Knowing your ideal weight is a good thing because it could save you from some chronic diseases. With a Body Mass Index chart (BMI Chart), you will be able to know if your current weight …
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Plantain [Dodo]: A Good Option If You Have To Fry
Plantain is a great food and almost every Nigerian loves fried plantain, the one we all call ‘dodo’. It is not recommended that you fry your plantain, but if you have to fry it choose …
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Best Way To Eat Vegetables: Raw Or Cooked? Find Out
What is the best way to eat vegetables? You may have heard that cooking reduces the nutrient in foods. But when it comes to vegetables, different arguments come up. From the chances of eating infected …
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Getting Pregnant After 35: What You Should Know
What are the chances of a woman getting pregnant after 35? One of the very concerns women have is age. For a woman who still wants to give birth, age is not just a number. …
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2 Reasons Your Goron Tula Does Not Produce Slimy Juice
Is your goron tula lacking that very slimy juice that makes it what it is? There is a reasons this juice is missing. Unfortunately, a fruit without slimy juice may be part of the ones …
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Food Label: How To Read And Understand It
Do you read food labels? Do you just collect food items from food shelfs and throw them in your basket or cart without reading the label? During one school protest in one popular tertiary instituion …
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Turmeric Tea: Great Health Benefits And How To Prepare It
Turmeric tea is one of the healthiest drinks that you can have. Turmeric plant (Curcuma longa) in the ginger family is native to Southeast Asia. It is also grown commercially in that region, primarily in …
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Foods In Nigeria That Improve Your Liver Function
The liver is an essential organ that has many functions in your body. Some of these functions are making proteins and blood clotting factors and manufacturing triglyceride. Others are production of cholesterol, glycogen synthesis, and …
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Bitter Melon As Natural Remedy For Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is the most common serious liver infection globally. It is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). This virus attacks and injures the liver. Basically, the word “hepatitis” actually means “inflammation” of the …
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Common Symptoms Of Stress To Watch Out For
Sometimes, people overlook the symptoms of stress and carry on like all is well. They could have some signs for a day or two, but they often beat the body to shape with some pain …
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Antibiotics After Sex: Benefits, Risks, Best Practice
Have you every taken antibiotics after sex? It is most likely you did out of fear of getting an infection. It is one thing to have sexual intercourse and it is another to walk free …
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2 Reliable Natural Ways To Increase Buttocks, Get Wider Hips
Women with great buttocks and hips often steal the show when they walk with others who don’t have such features. It is not their making. It is just that what men see moves them first …
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Negro Pepper, Uda And Pregnancy | Uda For Fertility Boosting
One spice that many people add to white soup (nsala) is uda (Negro pepper or xylopia aethiopica). Negro pepper is commonly called Erunje or Erinje in Yoruba, Uda in Igbo, Kimba in Hausa, Hwentia in …
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Avocado: Nutrients That Aid Conception, Foetus Development
Do you like avocado? If you don’t, please, find a place in your heart to accommodate this amazing fruit. It is a blessing to everyone, most especially women Trying To Conceive. The avocado is a …
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10 Health Issues Ajwain Seed Can Treat And How To Use It
If it is your desire to live healthy and strong, Ajwain seeds should be part of your diet. Unfortunately, not everyone knows about Ajwain (Carum copticum L). Indeed, it is one of the amazing plants …
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Unripe Banana And Stomach Ulcer: Why It Works
Unripe banana could just be the remedy you need if you have stomach ulcer. Really, if you want to escape from the discomfort that comes with stomach ulcer which makes life unbearable, you should try …
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Death While Sleeping: Causes And Risk Factors
Death while sleeping is one news that filters in once in a while in different parts of the world. For some persons, this kind of death is a peaceful one. But truly, no one loves …
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Pineapple And Fertility: Does It Work?
Pineapple and fertility is a subject that is drawing so much attention. One reason being that the cases of infertility is increasing. There are two sides to pineapple and fertility and it is important you …
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World Malaria Day: 25 More Countries May No Longer Have Malaria Soon
It is World Malaria Day and the World Health Organisation (WHO) says it plans to end malaria transmission in 25 more countries by 2025. Apparently, this will mark an end to the pains and anguish, …
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Miscarriage: Causes, Signs And Prevention
Miscarriage is not something a woman should pray to witness. Unfortunately, many women do experience it. The depressive feeling that it brings is so excruciating. It is just a flip of the joy that pregnancy …
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Vagina Dryness And Fertility: Causes And Remedies
Vagina dryness (VD) is one of the reasons some ladies do not enjoy sexual intercourse. The pains this dryness causes, over time, build up fear in the mind. As it persists, intercourse becomes an obligation …
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Ewedu: What Yorubas Saw That You Are Not Seeing
Have you seen that green slimy soup, Ewedu (Corchorus spp.), in the plate of a Yoruba person? One thing with the soup is the way it is cooked and mashed with a broom. Although, these …
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Neem As Contraceptive: How It Works [Dogonyaro]
Did you know using Neem as contraceptive could end the worries you have when you have sex during your unsafe period? You must have searched for knowledge about what to do to keep pregnancy away …
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Phone Screen And Your Eyes: See Problems To Avoid
Your phone screen and your eyes are not really friends, but what choice do you have? Sometimes, you notice your vision is blurry and you wonder where it is coming from. You don’t need to …
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Headache: Easy To Get Natural Remedies That Work
“Gbum! gbum!” Tasha kept feeling in her head. It was like someone was hitting her with a hammer. It was a headache that had started in the night before she slept. She had thought that …
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Detergent: How Safe Is It To Your Health?
How Safe is the detergent you use to wash your clothes? Have you taken time to really look at the safety of this material you use? Or are you like Mama Tolu who is in …
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Fertility Issue: 7 Mistakes Nigerian Ladies Make
Fertility issue in women is a very crucial one. Recently, the height of its importance dawned on many ladies in Nigeria. It was like a dream of the night when some churches began to ask …
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