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Food

Akara Inspired Pan Fried Chickpeas Fritters

Ronke Edoho

Growing up in Nigeria, beans based dishes were a huge part of our diet. We had beans in one form or another every other day at my home. We even had more beans based dishes while I was in boarding school; it was a daily part of our diet. Popular Nigerian beans dishes include stewed beans, Takara ...

Health + Wellness

Three Steps To Make Exercise A Habit

Ejiro Ogenyi

Starting and sticking to a workout program doesn’t have to be rocket science or require herculean discipline. What it takes is making your quest to workout more personal to you by understanding why you are doing it; picking a workout plan that you actually like; and charting ...

Expert Advice

10 Reasons You Can’t Sleep and What To Do About Them

Faith A. Coleman, MD

Getting enough sleep is a vital part of a healthy lifestyle, as important as nutritious food and exercise. Most adults need 7-8 hours of sleep at night. Insomnia is short or poor quality sleep, that affects functioning during the day. It can be trouble falling asleep, waking up a lot with ...

Health + Wellness

Improve Your Focus Through Meditation

Radiant Health

Research continues to accumulate about the health and mental benefits of a regular meditation practice. A recent study examined how meditation could be used to help practitioners remain attentive and focused regardless of age. After an initial cognitive assessment, a group of ...

Fitness

Ready, Set, Run: A Beginner Runner’s Guide

Radiant Health

A beginner’s guide to runningRunning is a great way to get fit, lose weight and improve your health. However, even though running is a relatively uncomplicated activity, if you have never really run much before, it’s all too easy to make mistakes and turn what should be a simple ...

Health + Wellness

A Therapist’s Case for Rethinking the Self-Care Culture

Kala Lacy

I am sick of hearing about “self-care.” As a community-based yoga teacher, mental health therapist, and wellness educator, I’ve used the phrase “practice self-care” and its iterations more times than I can count. Alongside innumerable others rooted in service and love, I have faithfully ...

Health + Wellness

6 Amazing Health Benefits Of Sleep And How To Get More Of It

Orjiugo Oguguo

With life’s hectic demands and the constant scramble to meet deadlines, it is no wonder we often sacrifice snooze time to gain more time. Your dreams are worth more than your sleep, right? Not quite! The benefits of sleep go well beyond banishing dark circles. In fact, when I meet with ...

Health + Wellness

Three Steps To Make Exercise A Habit

Ejiro Ogenyi

Health + Wellness

Defeating Diabetes: The Best Way to Beat It Is to Never Develop It

Cordialis Msora-Kasago

Diabetes is a disease that has devastating consequences. In addition to increasing the risk of heart disease and stroke, it is a major cause of blindness, amputation and kidney failure. According to the Nigerian Diabetes Foundation, Nigeria has the highest rates of diabetes in Africa and ...

Health + Wellness

7 Promising Ways To Ease Seasonal Affective Disorder

Radiant Health

You feel a drastic decrease in energy, shift into a low mood, difficulty getting out of bed and slowness in movement, sounds like you? The Western medical industry calls this, “Seasonal Affective Disorder” (SAD). It is important to be aware that during the colder months depression and suicide ...

Health + Wellness

The Positive Correlation Between Music and Exercise

Radiant Health

There have been several studies that highlight the positive effect of music upon health in general and upon exercise specifically. Recent studies are developing an even more detailed picture that can help you hack your own brain to make exercise an enjoyable habit ...

Health + Wellness

Improve Your Focus Through Meditation

Radiant Health

Fitness

The Nigerian Guide to a Healthy Life: Tips for Staying Fit and Active

Outpost Health

This article provides tips for Nigerians to live a healthy life by staying fit and active. The guide includes tips for maintaining a balanced diet, staying hydrated, getting enough sleep, and engaging in physical activity. It also emphasizes the importance of having a positive mindset and seeking pr

Fitness

How To Avoid Knee Pain With Squat Exercise

Radiant Health

Squats are also an excellent exercise for strengthening your hips and knees and the muscles that support and stabilize these essential joints. They can also help maintain mobility and flexibility in the lower body

Fitness

5 Newbie Fitness Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

Radiant Health

If you are new to exercise, it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of undermining your progress by making some all-too-common fitness mistakes.

Fitness

Workout: The “shed the fat” Circuit

Radiant Health

Do each of the following exercises for 60-seconds. Once you finish the fifth exercise, rest for one to two minutes and then repeat the entire five exercise list one more time. Try to do the same number or even more reps during your second lap.

Fitness

Bye-Bye Belly Fat

Orjiugo Oguguo

Vanity may drive our desire for a flat stomach but it’s the havoc excess fat wreaks inside our bodies that should concern us. There are 2 types of belly-fat or central obesity – visceral and subcutaneous. The fat depots buried behind your muscles and wrapped around your organs are visceral fat ...

Fitness

Ready, Set, Run: A Beginner Runner’s Guide

Radiant Health

Food

Does not Eating Cause Ulcer

Outpost Health

This article aims to delve into how eating habits can influence ulcer formation, identify the various causes and symptoms of ulcers, and provide effective treatment strategies and preventive measures

Food

Are high-calorie foods bad for your health?

Outpost Health

In our latest blog post, we delved into the age-old question: Are high-calorie foods inherently bad for your health? We dissected common misconceptions surrounding these often-maligned foods, exploring the science behind calories and their impact on overall well-being.

Food

Is Pap Good For An Ulcer Patient?

Outpost Health

Pap, also known as Akamu, Ogi, or African corn pudding, can benefit individuals with ulcers. While there is no solid scientific proof of pap’s role in ulcer treatment, it’s a bland and easily digestible food often recommended for people with sensitive stomachs. Pap is made from cornmeal and water.

Food

A Simple Guide To Portion Control

Cordialis Msora-Kasago

We know that we need to watch our portions but what exactly is a portion? While the most exact way of ensuring correct portion size is to measure food served using scales, measuring cups, and spoons, nutritionists agree that there may be a few simpler but more sustainable way of estimating portions.

Food

Improve Your Health With Bitter Leaf

Radiant Health

For generations, bitter leaf has been a mainstay in traditional Nigerian healing practices. From treating minor conditions such as rash, fever, stomach aches, insomnia, toothaches and general malaise to alleviating debilitating illnesses such as arthritis, bitter leaf has played a prominent role in

Food

Creating A Healthier Diet On Nigerian Cuisine

Radiant Health

Many women find themselves in a difficult place having to sacrifice the tasty Nigerian foods they love in order to achieve their fitness goals. The good thing is that you don’t have to completely punish your taste buds to become healthier. A healthy diet can still be achieved by applying a few eas

Style + Beauty

Try this Simple All-Natural DIY Scrub & Facial Mask for Smooth Skin

Radiant Health

This simple DIY solution can help you maintain smooth and soft skin, depending on your skin type

Style + Beauty

How To Smell Good Naturally

Radiant Health

Keep your locks smelling fresh by squeezing lemon juice through your tresses – this has a deep cleansing effect that neutralizes sweat. Or try soaking your hair in rosewater to give your halo a subtle scent reminiscent of a summer’s day.

Style + Beauty

The Do’s and Don’ts Of A Sexy Pout

Radiant Health

Over the years, the art of lipstick (because it is an art) has been revised along the way and some changes have been made. But some of the ‘rules’ still stand true – be sure not to break them!

Style + Beauty

5 Natural Beauty Remedies For Your Skin And Hair

Radiant Health

Mother Nature, it seems, has given us plenty to work with when it comes to enhancing our beauty. Before you reach for another packaged beauty product, here are 5 natural tips to up your beauty game:

Style + Beauty

Scar Issues – How To Erase All Trace of Your Pimples

Radiant Health

Blemishes come and go, but rest assured that their existence is nowhere near as eye-catching to onlookers as it is under your scrutinizing glare in the mirror. Read on for a how-to guide on removing all evidence that your breakout ever happened.

Style + Beauty

How To Manage Your Oily Skin

Alvieann Chandler

Oily skin is caused by overactive sebaceous glands. These glands, which are located under the skin’s surface, normally serve to protect the skin against bacterial infections by excreting oil through the pores. But consuming oily foods and using oily products on the skin and hair can cause even ...

Expert Advice

10 Reasons You Can’t Sleep and What To Do About Them

Radiant Health

Acute insomnia is in response to a stressful or traumatic life event and can last a few days to a few weeks. Chronic insomnia means sleep problems occur at least three nights a week, for more than a month. It doesn’t take long before you’re worrying about worrying keeping you awake. These are the to

Expert Advice

I Am Always Having Back Pain. How Can I Treat It?

Radiant Health

Nearly everyone at some point has back pain that interferes with work, daily activities or recreation. Fortunately, most episodes of low back pain (LBP) go away within a few days. Some take longer or lead to more serious conditions.As people age, bone strength, muscle elasticity and tone tend to ...

Expert Advice

10 Reasons You Can’t Sleep and What To Do About Them

Faith A. Coleman, MD

Expert Advice

Understanding Psoriasis

Faith A. Coleman, MD

Many people with visible skin diseases in Africa are often shunned and ridiculed for their disease. They are either thought to be contagious or to have brought the disease on themselves because of unhygienic practices. This is not necessarily the case as we’ve seen with our ...

Expert Advice

Can Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help With Prevention Of Postpartum Depression?

Kemi Shoyinka

What is Postpartum Depression (PPD)? Some of us or someone close to us might have experienced a depressive episode at some point after pregnancy and at various degrees, but could not at the time give a name to the symptoms being experienced, because oftentimes the episodes ...

Travel

5 Unexpected Benefits of Travel: Why You Should Go Now

Jessica Ufuoma

Life gets busy and overwhelming. We are loaded with so many daily responsibilities that sometimes, it can feel like we are only hanging by a thread. There are bills to pay, classes to take, a job to report to every morning, children to nurture, and a society that constantly demands our time ...