Light Sidebar
How to Plan a Plant-based Diet
- October 03, 2021
- by
- Khyra
To proffer solution to the challenges you may face in plant-based diet planning, here are 12-tips to get you off on the right food and help you stay on track for the long haul.
Consume More Plant-Based Proteins
Research associates eating more protein with a wide range of benefits – such as fat loss, reduced hunger, and reduced cravings. However, there is a lot of debate about whether or not plant-based diets provide enough protein to achieve a high protein diet. Additionally, plant proteins are healthier (gut-friendly) as they do not provide the difficulty in...
10 Common Nigerian Plant-Based Meals
- September 19, 2021
- by
- Khyra
As the rates of obesity rise, it is imperative to find diets that produce effective weight loss and sustain weight loss maintenance over the long-term. By this standard, however, plant-based diets lead the flying geese. Studies by Gabrielle M. Turner-McGrievy reveal that a plant-based diet is associated with a greater weight loss at both 1 and 2 years post-intervention, compared with a more conventional, low-fat diet (NCEP).
WHAT ARE PLANT BASED MEALS: are an eating style that emphasizes real, whole foods that come from plants, including:
Vegetables: kale, ugu (pumpkin), waterleaf, spinach, tomatoes,...
10 TIPS TO REDUCE STRESS
- September 12, 2021
- by
- Khyra
Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax.”― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive.
When your car dies on a rainy day or a deadline looms, how do you respond? Long-term, low-grade or acute stress takes a serious toll on your body and mind, so don’t ignore feelings of constant tension. Understand what’s happening inside your body and learn simple skills to combat the impacts of everyday stressors.
BELL RINGERS-SIGNS THAT YOU ARE STRESSED
The most...
What is Gluten?
- September 05, 2021
- by
- Khyra
GLUTEN!
A six letter word,
I determine if you make pastries or bread,
Remove 3 first letters and I represent the sum of your fingers instead,
Remove 2 last last letter and I become synonymous to abundance.
Yes! you guessed it right; Gluten, ten and Glut.
But what is Gluten? Gluten is a mixture of two proteins gliadin and glutenin abundant in the endosperm of wheat grain but also occurring in barley and rye. Their amino acid composition varies but glutamic acid (33%) and proline (12%) predominate. Due to their...
Foods that Harm the Gut microbiome
- September 02, 2021
- by
- Khyra
Our gut (the gastrointestinal tracts) is home to trillions of microorganisms! While we inherit our genes, we leave the womb without a single microbe. In the birthing process, we attract entire colonies of bacteria. By the time, a child can crawl, he or she has been blanketed by an enormous, unseen cloud of microorganisms–a hundred trillion or more bacteria, viruses, and fungi (including a variety of yeasts), and they come at us from our environment. They congregate in our digestive systems, cover our skin, and even line our throats. We...
Apple Cider Vinegar for Weightloss
- May 16, 2021
- by
- Khyra
What is the most useful weight loss product you have in your home right now? Is it a device, a spice, or an herbal remedy? The product, believe it or not, covers all those areas plus it’s a one-stop beauty treatment in a bottle. So, what is this mystery ingredient? It’s good, old-fashioned Apple Cider Vinegar.
Apple cider vinegar is made in a two-step fermentation process whereby apples are crushed, made into fresh apple cider and then is left to ferment. The main component of ACV is Acetic acid, raw pectin...
Warm Lemon Juice For Weight loss
- March 17, 2021
- by
- Khyra
“If you don’t take care of your body, where are you going to live?”
I love lemons and for good reasons too! From its bright yellow skin, refreshing scent to its versatility of usage, lemon should stand shoulders high in parade of fruits! From medicines to beauty, weight loss and food preparation, lemon can be found in all the continents.
Lemon is the weight watchers bestie. Drinking warm lemon juice on an empty stomach offers you a plethora of health benefits that keeps your immune system working. Many people try to take...
Salad For Weight Loss
- March 11, 2021
- by
- Khyra
Salad! A call on rainbow, a visit from the earth. Salads are the weight watchers best friend and the chef’s display of artistry. As a child I couldn’t be bothered by all the noise about salads especially at events. Then I was like, a clump of veggies thrown together with some gooey sauce and all the adults scrambling to get a portion? What’s so special about it anyway? My romance with salads began when I ate some at our neighbors house warming party. My attraction? The ingredients were fresh, brightly...
7 Reasons Your Weight Loss Program Plateaued
- March 08, 2021
- by
- Khyra
I bet you’ve met someone who claims not to eat much and yet is overweight. He may not be lying! That’s the result of a metabolism damaged by half-wit dieting. The key to losing weight and keeping it off are two simple things:
(a)Fixing the out-of-whack hormones and brain chemistry that drive hunger and overeating.
(b) Increase your metabolism so you burn more calories all day long. The reasons why your weight loss efforts seem to be hitting the wall is...
19 Plausible Baking Soda Hacks
- March 06, 2021
- by
- Khyra
[edsanimate_start entry_animation_type= “bounceInLeft” entry_delay= “1” entry_duration= “2” entry_timing= “ease-in” exit_animation_type= “” exit_delay= “” exit_duration= “” exit_timing= “” animation_repeat= “1” keep= “yes” animate_on= “load” scroll_offset= “” custom_css_class= “”]
” Too many people counting calories and not enough people counting chemicals; yet, for every drug that benefits a patient, there is a natural substance that can achieve the same effect .”
What if there were a natural health-promoting substance that was inexpensive, available at any grocery store in the country, and probably sitting in your cupboard right now? Yep , it is called baking...