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Can the Mediterranean diet offer assistance to those battling obesity?

The role of diet has gained increased attention due to the persistent rise in metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes and the failure of herbal medicines. Nutrition experts recognize that what we eat plays a major role in the development of many diseases, therefore our dietary habits must be closely monitored. What is the Mediterranean diet? The Mediterranean diet is the cultural diet of those who live near the Mediterranean Sea, especially in Southern Italy and Greece. According to researchers , these people were healthy and had a minimal risk of developing chronic diseases. This diet includes a high consumption of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, and water, a moderate intake of dairy products, fish, and red wine, and a low consumption of red meat, eggs, and sweets. Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet Supports healthy heart Studies suggest that eating a MD may significantly decrease the risk of acquiring heart disease and stroke, slowing down the formation of plaque (blood cl...
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THE PLUMBLINE

  One sunny afternoon, shortly after taking a nap, on my soft, silky mattress, I wondered what my next line of action should be, seeing ASUU had refused us entry into classrooms. The incessant strikes were taking their toll on people, with most  students gradually falling into a state of despondency. Refusing to wallow in self-pity, I decided to "catch cruise" onlin e. I grabbed my phone and began searching for inspiring YouTube videos. During this search, I stumbled on a video that featured a famous intellectual, who was both a public speaker and a writer, well-known and respected home and abroad. She was the keynote speaker for the symposium. I was so curious to know what her talk would be about that I glued my eyes to the phone screen.  Throughout the speech, I didn't realize how swiftly time flew by. I was too busy paying attention to her every move and latching onto the flawless flow of her well-construed sentences. ' This is what I'm interested in anyway...
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A Story of Medical Innocence

                                                  What is life without friends? It's like a world full of darkness. I lost a friend of mine to the cold hands of death on the 15th of October 1995. Pick up a chair and allow me to tell you how it happened.    That fateful morning, my friend Eze, a final year accounting student, was going to read in preparation for his final exams. The exam had started and he had two papers left when calamity struck! It started as a slight headache as he was reading in the library, then it became more serious and he decided to get some painkillers from the medicine store but the quantity he was told to take was too much for him and this guy had high blood pressure (sighs...) he took the drug and that was the end, he d...
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The Diary of a Young African Obese girl

                                                           She was born into the family of the Durojaye on the 11 th of April 1987. Her parents always wanted a girl child so when she came eventually, their Joy knew no bound. Everyone loved Adejoke because aside being a very beautiful child she was also very intelligent. No one was permitted to reprimand her, she ate any and everything without caution and before Joke clocked 10years she was already looking times two older and was very fat. Little did her parents know that danger was lurking around!    One Saturday morning, Joke followed her mummy to the shop, after a while, she told her mum she wanted to ease herself. Her mum pointed to a particular spot and told her to urinate there while she watched. Not too long she finished urinating, he...
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SAVE YOURSELF FROM DEPRESSION, DO THIS EVERYDAY!

   The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about. –Anonymous    I would like to share a true life story of a young man who died by suicide on the fourth attempt, after seven years of living with depression . Before he died, he wrote a letter to his mum, apologising for his actions and another to a lady, who has always been there for him, asking her also to forgive him and telling her he thinks what he felt for her was love.   I know a lot of us have heard stories like this before now and I would love to ask you a question: Why do you think most people fall into depression ?   Has it ever occurred to you that  LACK OF SELF LOVE could be a major factor in the cause of depression ? I personally think it’s effect is very massive!! and I would explain why. Many people see themselves as worthless, inferior, useless and treat themselves in such a manner. The truth is depress...
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UTERUS DIDELPHYS: A condition where a woman has two wombs and cervixes ( You need to read this)!!!

  In 2015,  a case report of Obstetrics and Gynecology was released by Hindawi of a 29 year-old patient from Bangladesh who initially came down a year before, in her first pregnancy, with spontaneous abortion. During the examination of the pelvis of her second pregnancy, the patient was diagnosed with  Uterus Didelphys which presented no symptoms at all. What is uterus didelphys ? Uterus didelphys is a rare medical disorder that occurs during the development of the female foetus in the womb and it is therefore medically referred to as Congenital Abnormality . This medical condition is characterised by double uteruses(wombs) with two different cervixes(narrow end at the opening of a woman's uterus) and in some cases, double vagina as well. What causes this medical disorder? The cause of uterus didelphys is not known but some doctors believe it could be hereditary. However, what is known is that the development of the foetus in the womb was altered at a point. Normally i...
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What kind of women develop fibroid?

    I  vaguely remember a story I was told some years back, of a pregnant woman who didn’t know until her third trimester that a fibroid tissue was also growing in her uterus (womb). While this could have been a real life scenario, I can’t guarantee the credibility of the story I must confess, because of some unanswered questions I have . Notwithstanding, the issue of fibroid is not one that has gone without notice. In fact based on findings from the Office on Women Health (OWH), about 80% of women will develop fibroid before they clock 50. But there is really no cause for alarm; death cases are rare. Though, some people experience very severe symptoms (you would know why soon) most people show no symptoms at all. Fibroid has also been implicated in infertility among women. Occasionally, it is responsible for miscarriages, which is one of the reasons, I am writing about it. There are very vital information I will be sharing with you in this article, please stay onboard....
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