Why You Must Drink That Glass Of Warm Water Now

Most of us start our mornings with a fresh, hot cup of coffee or tea to warm our bodies after getting out of bed. When we drink water, we tend to prefer it cold, but according to Ayurvedic medicine, we have it all wrong. Regularly drinking very warm water, especially in the morning, can heal our bodies, providing digestive power and reducing metabolic waste that could have built up in our immune system.
“Physicians recommend drinking warm water in the morning, usually, with a polyphenol-rich lemon immersion, or with a tea shown to decrease free radical activity in the body,” Stella Metsovas, clinical nutritionist and media health expert in Food and Nutrition Sciences, told Medical Daily. The consumption of warm water increases the tightening of the intestines, which optimizes elimination. Unlike hot water, processed cold water is devoid of many essential minerals that could become very unfavorable to the digestive tract when consuming a meal. For cold water drinkers, Metsovas recommends refraining from drinking 20 minutes before eating — even if the source is natural spring water.
While drinking warm water may not suit your taste buds, it may be beneficial to put the caffeine and tea aside for your health's sake. Here are six reasons why:

1. Cleanses Digestion

A very warm cup of water in the morning can help cleanse your body by flushing out toxins. Water and other liquids help break down the food in your stomach and keep the digestive system on track. Warm water will help break down these foods even faster, making them easier for you to digest. Drinking cold water during or after a meal can actually harden the oil in consumed foods and therefore create a fat deposit in the intestine. Adding ice to processed cold water will strip it of natural-containing minerals, says Metsovas, as these minerals are essential to keeping the digestive tract healthy. Luckily, you can replace a glass of cold water with a warm one to aid digestion, especially after eating a meal.

2. Alleviate Constipation

At one point or another, many of us are plagued by this common stomach problem where we have little to no bowel movement. The strain felt during elimination, accompanied by bloating, is brought on by a lack of water in the body. Drinking very warm water in the morning on an empty stomach can help improve bowel movements and alleviate constipation while breaking down foods as they smoothly pass through the intestines. Stimulating the bowels will help return your body back to normal functioning.

3. Alleviates Pain

Warm water, considered to be nature’s most powerful home remedy, can help alleviate pain from menstruation to headaches. The heat from warm water is known to have a calming and soothing effect on the abdominal muscles, which can help provide instant relief for cramps and muscle spasms. According to Healthline, warm or hot water is usually better for cramps, as hot liquids increase blood flow to the skin and help relax the cramped muscles.

4. Sheds Excess Pounds

If you’re on a diet, chances are you’ve heard drinking a glass of warm water first thing in the morning can help with weight loss. Warm water increases body temperature, which therefore increases the metabolic rate. An increase in metabolic rate allows the body to burn more calories throughout the rate. It can also help the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys to function even better.
“Physicians recommend drinking warm water in the morning, usually, with a polyphenol-rich lemon immersion, or with a tea shown to decrease free radical activity in the body,” said Metsovas to Medical Daily. Drinking a glass of warm water and a lemon will help break down the adipose tissue, or body fat, in your body, and also control food craving due to lemon’s pectin fiber.

5. Improves Blood Circulation

The fat deposits in the body are eliminated along with accumulating deposits in the nervous system when you drink a glass of warm water. This flushes out the toxins that are circulating throughout the body and then enhances blood circulation. Making sure the muscles are relaxed will eliminate poor circulation and blood flow.

6. Halts Premature Aging

Premature aging is a woman’s worst nightmare, but luckily, this can be prevented by drinking warm water. The presence of toxins in the body can lead to aging faster, but warm water can help cleanse the body from those toxins, while repairing skin cells to increase elasticity. Metsovas told Medical Daily: “Women will always benefit because they [have] more hormones to contend with, making constipation more of an issue.”
To reap the health benefits of warm water, drink it every morning plain or with a lemon for taste. Metsovas urges drinkers to have warm water, as drinking straight hot water can potentially be damaging to tissue in the mouth and esophagus. After boiling water, be sure to let it cool for a few minutes before you start consuming.  Also, “always check with your prescribing physician before drinking warm water if you’re on any medications that could impact the efficacy of your medications,” Metsovas said.

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Some Medicinal Facts You Need To Know About Lemongrass

Description

Lemongrass is named such but has no connection with lemons except that it has a strong lemon-like aroma and taste.
It is a tropical herb that grows as a long, thin-bladed, green grass in a bush with scallion-like base, and used widely in Africa.
As with all grasses, lemongrass is very fibrous and cannot be eaten as it is. You can juice it. or make tea of it. It has tremendous health benefits that are especially helpful when consumed during a juice fast/feast or when on a detox program as it helps rebalance the intestinal flora.

Nutritional Benefits

Do not let this humble grass deceive you. It is packed with so much goodness that it can help improve so many chronic conditions. Nutrition-wise, it is a good source of vitamins A and C, folate, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, potassium, phosphorus, calcium and manganese; with minute traces of the B vitamins
From the leaves and stems, citronella oil is obtained for making insect repellent, soap, perfumery and flavorings.

Health Benefits

Lemongrass has long been widely used in African countries for its medicinal properties and also in culinary.
What makes it so effective in many medical condition is that it has certain anti-septic compounds that effectively kill the harmful micro-organisms (bacteria, yeast, fungal, parasites, etc.) in the digestive tract, YET preserving the beneficial bacteria.
For a healthy digestive tract, lemongrass is made into therapeutic tea that is drunk regularly to see its efficacy:
Anemia:  Thanks to its high content in iron, which is essential for the synthesis of hemoglobin (the protein in red cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body) lemongrass is helpful for various types of anemia, especially those resulting from iron deficiency.
Anti-cancer:  A study was done to show that lemongrass contains citral, an anti-cancer property that could cause cancer cells to die, yet preserves the healthy tissues. However, this does not mean that drinking lemongrass juice/tea alone will heal your cancer; it helps.
Anti-inflammatory and anti-septic:  Due to its anti-inflammatory and anti-septic properties, lemongrass juice can be used as a valuable aid for treating arthritis, gout and inflammation of the urinary tract.
Bacterial or fungal infection:  Thanks to its anti-septic properties, drinking lemongrass tea for a season helps to eliminate the bad micro-organism, detoxify and purify the blood, keeping bacterial, fungal or yeast infections in check.
Balsamic action:  Due to its content in volatile oils, lemongrass has a beneficial, balsamic action on the respiratory tract. So it can be used to relieve the symptoms associated with flu, cold and hay fever.
Detoxifying:  The anti-oxidant, anti-septic and diuretic effect of lemongrass make it an important ingredient to be included in the diet when detoxifying. It helps to cleanse and purify the liver, kidneys, bladder, pancreas and increases blood circulation. The diuretic effect helps carry out the toxins from the process to be eliminated effectively.
Diabetes:  The purifying and cleansing effect of lemongrass tea help to cleanse/detoxify the pancreas and improve its functions, thus lowering blood sugar level in diabetics.
Digestive health:  Lemongrass helps regulate intestinal function and motility due to its anti-microbial properties. It helps to kill bad bacteria and parasites, repopulate the good bacteria in the colon, thus assisting to improve digestive-related problems like: indigestion, constipation, diarrhea, intestinal bloating, flatulence, stomach spasms, vomiting and cramps.
Gastritis or Heartburn:  A warm mug of lemongrass tea can be very soothing when having gastritis or acid indigestion. Drinking the tea therapeutically will gradually reduce the recurrence of both gastritis and heartburn.
High blood pressure:  The high potassium content promotes diuresis, thereby helping to lower and regulate blood pressure. Regularly drinking lemongrass tea is encouraged.
High cholesterol:  Lemongrass has an anti-cholesterol and anti-atherosclerosis action. It helps reduce both the absorption of cholesterol from the intestine, as well as the oxidation of LDL-cholesterol in the blood, thus preventing one of the first steps in the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.
Insomnia:  Insomnia happens due to internal chemical imbalance or nervous disorders. The purifying activities and calming effect of lemongrass help improve sleep.
Nervous system:  Magnesium, phosphorous and folate are important nutrients needed for healthy functioning of the nervous system. They help improve concentration, memory and the brain’s ability to process information.
Purifying action:  Perhaps the most characteristic action of lemongrass is its purifying effect on the whole body, since it helps eliminate toxins from the body by enhancing the cleansing of the colon.
Skin health:  When blood is purified, circulation is improved, skin health will follow suit. Regularly drinking lemongrass tea helps to improve acne problem, eczema and psoriasis.
Weight loss:  Drinking lemongrass tea helps to melt fats in a detoxifying manner. The diuretic effect helps carry out the wastes in high volume, effectively and quickly, resulting in weight loss.
 Nigeria Natural Health Online will update you on how best to prepare lemongrass for domestic use. keep a date with us.

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“Super Food Supplement’s Affiliate Program Offers You A Unique Opportunity To Make Good Money Right From Your Home Or Office Without Any Start-Up Capital” – Anwar Craven, Co-Founder.

Super food supplement’s affiliate program named Get Your Boom Back, As finally come to Nigeria. The unique aspects of this network marketing is that, unlike other network marketing organizations where you are asked to buy the product before you are register, You do not need to pay any amount before you are registered with the program. Besides, while other networking programs require that you move from place to place searching for people to sign into

the program, you do not need to do this with Get Your Boom Back affiliate program. All you need is a computer with an internet connection or a smart phone that can browse.

While explaining these to Nigeria Natural Health Online's editor, Dumbiri Frank Eboh, a co-founder of the program, Mr Anwar Craven, said the affiliate system of Get Your Boom Back ensures a steady stream of income for life.

According to him, “the Get Your Boom Back product range with the affiliate program is unique and unrivalled in the industry. Our product range has unique products that you will not be able to find anywhere else in

the world and they are all priced sensibly so that anyone can afford to use them and experience the benefits. Combine this with a high commission and free-to-join affiliate program that anyone can join for free and start earning sales commissions straight away and you have a rare opportunity to build a business that can deliver you a great income stream.”

He continues: “I started in business aged 18 and for the last 20 years have

built businesses in the telecoms and marketing sectors. Most notably with fellow GYBB founder Jamie we developed an internet marketing system together which propelled our

Ad-pods business to global page 1 position in just 3 weeks. Having ran marketing campaigns with Ad-pods for many of the worlds biggest brands such as Virgin, British Gas, Coca Cola, BMW as well working in the public sector with multiple

Police forces and the NHS. I bring a wealth of marketing experience to the business

especially in focused on Online / Offline / Video and Internet marketing.”

 But how does the GYBB works? The Get Your Boom Back affiliate program is designed to be super simple, so that you can start making money right away.
By helping to promote The Super Food Supplement unique products and improving the health and wellbeing of those close to you, the organization pays you a commission from each customer sale you send for life. The organization pays you on every purchase they make forever as a thank you for sharing the products with the people you know.

Anwar Craven says: “You will never need to carry stock / ship orders / service customers we do it all for you each month and will pay forever. As well as paying you for life on all direct sales you make using your affiliate link we have a very powerful second way to make money that you can take advantage of today. This is so powerful because you can give hundreds of people the opportunity to make money with us just like you are and you will be paid an on going commission on every sale they do. Let’s face it there is not many times in your life you get a completely free opportunity to make money with great products that help people.”

Those in Nigeria who wish to enter the network and do so by going through the link http://www.getyourboomback.com/#_l_uk

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Lagos Kicks Off Wellness Week

LASG to introduce “Wellness Week”, says Gov’s aide

Today, May 11 marks the beginning of Lagos wellness week. The one week event will hold simultaneously in all the local government areas and all the local council development areas of the state. A statement by Dr Yewande Adeshina, the Special Adviser to Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos on Public Health, says the wellness week is being organised to draw attention to comprehensive wellness check. She stated that the programme was an integrated free health screening to educate people on the need to do a holistic and comprehensive wellness check.

Adeshina stated that the Wellness Week, which would hold between May 11 and May 17, would be held in all the 20 local government areas (LGAs) and 37 local council development areas (LCDAs) of the state. According to her, the screening is necessary due to the health and economic loss hypertension, diabetes and cancer pose to both individuals and the government.

“About the state-wide Wellness Week that we celebrate. It is actually a grassroots –community programme. We`ve merged Cancer Screening Week, hypertension and Diabetes Screening week. We are trying to teach people how to pay attention to holistic, comprehensive wellness check which should be yearly for any adult. And that is how we prevent illness. If we can encourage the culture of prevention, our cost in healthcare will go down very drastically. So, that is what the wellness week is supposed to do. We have all these services provided for at our PHCs and our general hospitals. So, we want to create awareness for our citizens that they can access this care.

Where during one screen, one visit, you get cancer check, you get high blood pressure and diabetes check and we educate on other preventive things that you should be doing for you to maintain your good health,’’she stated. The governor’s aide appealed to men and women, who are18 years and above, to take advantage of the programme to have a comprehensive check of their bodies.

LASG to introduce “Wellness Week”, says Gov’s aide

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Dr Yewande Adeshina, the Special Adviser to Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos on Public Health, says plans are at advanced stage to organise a “Wellness Week’’ to draw attention to comprehensive wellness check. She told newsmen on Friday in Lagos, that the programme was an integrated free health screening to educate people on the need to do a holistic and comprehensive wellness check.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/lasg-to-introduce-wellness-week-says-govs-aide/#sthash.oZ1gmuIv.dpuf

LASG to introduce “Wellness Week”, says Gov’s aide

Dr Yewande Adeshina, the Special Adviser to Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos on Public Health, says plans are at advanced stage to organise a “Wellness Week’’ to draw attention to comprehensive wellness check. She told newsmen on Friday in Lagos, that the programme was an integrated free health screening to educate people on the need to do a holistic and comprehensive wellness check.

Adeshina stated that the Wellness Week, which would hold between May 11 and May 17, would be held in all the 20 local government areas (LGAs) and 37 local council development areas (LCDAs) of the state. According to her, the screening is necessary due to the health and economic loss hypertension, diabetes and cancer pose to both individuals and the government.

“About the state-wide Wellness Week that we celebrate. It is actually a grassroots –community programme. “We`ve merged Cancer Screening Week, hypertension and Diabetes Screening week. We are trying to teach people how to pay attention to holistic, comprehensive wellness check which should be yearly for any adult.

“And that is how we prevent illness. If we can encourage the culture of prevention, our cost in healthcare will go down very drastically. So, that is what the wellness week is supposed to do. “We have all these services provided for at our PHCs and our general hospitals. So, we want to create awareness for our citizens that they can access this care.

“Where during one screen, one visit, you get cancer check, you get high blood pressure and diabetes check and we educate on other preventive things that you should be doing for you to maintain your good health.’’ The governor’s aide appealed to men and women, who are18 years and above, to take advantage of the programme to have a comprehensive check of their bodies.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/lasg-to-introduce-wellness-week-says-govs-aide/#sthash.oZ1gmuIv.dpuf

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Coconut Fruits And Its Amazing Health Benefits

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  Coconut is a very versatile and indispensable food item for most people under the tropical belt, including Nigeria where it is found mostly in the southern part of the country. It is a complete food rich in calories, vitamins, and minerals. A medium-size nut carrying 400 g edible meat and some 30-150 ml of water may provide almost all the daily-required essential minerals, vitamins, and energy of an average-sized individual.
  
• 100 g kernel consists of 354 calories. Much of this comes from the fats and protein. Although, its meat is disproportionately high in saturated fats on comparison to other common edible nuts, coconut has many bioactive compounds that are essential for better health.
  
• The important saturated fatty acid in the coconut is lauric acid (1:12 carbon fatty acid). Lauric acid increases good-HDL cholesterol levels in the blood. HDL is a high-density lipoprotein, which has beneficial effects on the coronary arteries by preventing vessel blockade (atherosclerosis). Physicians recommend high HDL to total cholesterol levels in the blood for the same reason.
  
• Coconut water is a very refreshing drink to beat tropical summer thirst. The juice is packed with simple sugar, electrolytes, minerals, and bioactive compounds such as cytokinin, and enzymes such as acid phosphatase, catalase, dehydrogenase, peroxidase, polymerases, etc. Altogether, these enzymes aid in digestion and metabolism.
  
• Coconut oil extracted from dry kernel (copra) is an excellent emollient agent. It is used in cooking, applied over scalp as hair nourishment, employed in pharmacy and in medicines.
  
• Research studies suggest that cytokinins (e.g., kinetin and trans-zeatin) in coconut water showed significant anti-ageing, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-thrombotic effects.
  
• The kernel is an excellent source of minerals such as copper, calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium, and zinc.
  
• It is also a very good source of B-complex vitamins such as folates, riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, and pyridoxine. These vitamins are essential in the sense that body requires them from external sources to replenish.
  
• Coconut meat and water contain a very good amount of potassium. 100 g of fresh meat contains 356 mg% or 7.5% of daily required levels of potassium.
  
  
  There are several methods in practice to cut-open the whole coconut fruit. At domestic level, an expert person with enough skills in plying its tough outer husk should only be employed in this task. The nuts are usually husked with the help of huge machines in the industries. At the household, it is plied using sharp sickle, portion by portion to expose underneath nut with the spherical to ovals shaped hard shell. In India and other Asian countries, this husked nut is broken by hitting it against the hard surface with great force to crack open. Its water is usually discarded. Then its meat is separated from its attachment to shell using a sharp spatula or knife. The meat is cut into chunks, slices or grated using special household knife, or grater.
  Here are some serving tips:
  
• Its slices or chunks are eaten as a snack. The kernel can be eaten in many ways. In one of the special recipes in South India where small slices or grated coconut is mixed with jackfruit slices, honey, sugar, and banana and served as a desset. In Nigeria, slices of coconut are usually eating with boiled corn or boiled cassave chips (often called abacha).
  
• Finely grated and dried (desiccated) coconut powder is used in the preparation of variety of savory dishes in India and other Asian region. Coconut chutney is a thick paste prepared by grinding together grated coconut, roasted peanuts, green or red chilli peppers, mustard seeds, curry leaves, garlic, and salt and used as a dip with rice cake (idli), poori (puffed fried thin bread) etc.
  
• Dried (desiccated) coconut powder is found a special place in mouth-watering sweet dishes like burfi, granola bars, cake, cookies, chocolate, pies, custard (kheer) etc., in almost all parts of South Asia, and East Asian regions.
  
• Fresh tender coconut water can be made as special refreshing drink by adding lemon, mint leaves, orange zest, etc.
  
• Coconut milk is added to flavor variety of food preparations. Fish and seafood curries cooked in milk is one of a special recipe in many parts of Indonesia, Philippines, India (Kerala,), Malaysia and Sri Lanka. In Indonesia and Malaysia, rice is steamed in milk with herbs and spices (nasi uduk) and served with chicken or beef curries.
• Coconut rice is also a meal enjoyed by many Nigerians

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The Dangers Of Belly Fat

In Africa, especially in Nigeria, having a big tummy was once thought to be " evidence of good living". But now, health researchers have come to established the fact that belly fat (which in most cases is the cause of big tummy) is a dangerous health condition.The notches on your belt tell the tale: If your waistline has gained girth, you've got more than friendly padding. You've got too much belly fat, and that's a serious health issue.
Doctors have a catchy term for that too-familiar round belly -- the "apple" shape. If your fat has settled on the buttocks and thighs, you're a "pear" shape. Don't get sidetracked with the cutesy names, however. Belly fat (aka visceral fat) is serious business.
"A big waistline puts you at increased risk for many health problems -- diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke," says Robert Eckel, MD, president of the American Heart Association.
Even skinny people can have unhealthy "hidden" belly fat. Research shows that fat may be folded deep inside the belly around the stomach organs, visible only by CT or MRI imaging. This fat puts people at the same health risks as someone with more obvious big girth, researchers say.

Belly fat doesn't just lay idle at your beltline. Researchers describe it as an active "organ" in your body -- one that churns out hormones and inflammatory substances.
"Abdominal fat is thought to break down easily into fatty acids, which flow directly into the liver and into muscle," says Lewis Kuller, MD, DPH, professor and past chair of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health.
When these excess fatty acids drain into the liver, they trigger a chain reaction of changes -- increasing the production of LDL 'bad' cholesterol and triglycerides. During this time insulin can also become less effective in controlling blood sugar, so insulin resistance sets in, he explains.
Blood sugars start to get out of balance. Fats and clots get into the bloodstream, and that sets the stage for diabetes, heart disease, and more.
And research shows that abdominal fat triggers a change in angiotensin, a hormone that controls blood vessel constriction -- increasing the risk of high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attack, Kuller explains.
Indeed, belly fat is a key indicator of "metabolic syndrome," a cluster of abnormalities that include high levels of blood sugar, blood pressure, and triglycerides, as well as low levels of "good" HDL cholesterol. This combination of risks has an impact on mortality from heart disease.

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