RECHARGE YOUR BATTERY: OVERCOMING INSOMNIA
Energy is your most precious resource — it takes a lot of energy to get up from that comfy couch to exercise, to plan and prepare meals week after week,…
Energy is your most precious resource — it takes a lot of energy to get up from that comfy couch to exercise, to plan and prepare meals week after week,…
Thriv with Dr. Ramat Lawal-Unuigbe Often exercise comes to mind when physical fitness is mentioned. Do you know that exercise is a form of physical activity, but physical activity does…
Every February 4, individuals around the world recognize World Cancer Day. Through conversations about awareness, prevention and treatment, the global population unites to raise the profile of the disease that…
The start of the New Yearis often a time of reflection and great optimism; reflection on the past year and what we hoped to achieve, and optimism for the new…
Hypertension is synonymous with a busy lifestyle. Modern lifestyle factors associated with affluence, physical inactivity, salt-rich diets with processed and fatty foods, and alcohol and tobacco use are responsible for…
Like vitamins, minerals are important for the body. All minerals are important; however, they are classified as either macro minerals or trace minerals (micro minerals. Minerals are necessary for: building…
… Continued from last edition Water-soluble vitamins These vitamins need to dissolve in water before the body can absorb them, and they cannot be stored in the body such as…
All of the body functions, including the healing of wounds, immune system function and oxygen movement round the body, are made possible by vitamins and minerals. Vitamins and minerals are…
… Continued from last edition Cholesterol and the Heart Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found among the lipids in the bloodstream and in all the body’s cells. It is…
The heart pumps about 5.7 litres of blood throughout the body and beats about 60 to 80 times per minute in an adult. The heart is responsible for taking deoxygenated…