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17 Jul 2024

15 EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS OF MAIZE OR CORN

Due to the increasing awareness that is drawn towards the consumption of phytochemical compounds, the intake of maize has recently gained attention for studies. Maize is considered a healthy food because of its high constituent of phytochemicals and essential nutrients. Resistant starch from maize or high-amylose maize exhibits several health beneficial effects. Due to the numerous health benefits of maize, its inclusion in our daily diets is highly recommended. Moreover, the increasing population continues to increase the demand for more food production. Apart from satisfying the incessant demand for food, maize has been proven to meet up with both our nutritional, pharmaceutical, therapeutic, economic, medical and industrial demands.

12 Sep 2024

Baked Vegetables With Parmesan Cheese

in Dinner By Blessing Okpala

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Baked vegetables with parmesan cheese is a very simple recipe to prepare, but most people will find it time consuming to gather and cut all of the required vegetables. The necessary ingredients include aubergine (eggplant), parmesan cheese, sweetcorn, mushroom, onions and bell peppers

23 Aug 2024

23 POWERFUL HERBS FOR TREATING DEMENTIA

in Ginseng By Blessing Okpala

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My experience in the health sector brought me closer to elderly people suffering from dementia. It baffles me a lot to see a full-fledged adult who at some point in his/her lifetime, totally forgets everything about life, especially what is happening at the present time. Such people rather intermittently remember what had happened countless years ago and then recognise such past event as if it is

26 Jan 2024

10 MAGNIFICENT BENEFITS OF PSYLLIUM

in PLANT By Blessing Okpala

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Psyllium Plants have played and will continue to play significant roles towards influencing the upkeep of human beings. They have also become a mainstay in pharmaceutical discoveries and creation of drugs for human utilizations. Moreover, these past years have recorded an increase in the number of new drugs that have positively contributed to the well-being of human beings and much more are yet

13 Oct 2024

BENEFITS OF SMARTWEED (POLYGONUM HYDROPIPER)

in Blog By Blessing Okpala

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Smartweed Medicinal plants play significant roles in promoting the livelihood of human beings and they will ever remain predominant in the pharmaceutical discoveries and inventions of new drugs for sustenance of human health. Apparently, these past years have recorded an increased structural diversity of molecules present in the plant kingdom from which most of the important compounds for new dr

17 Oct 2024

15 WINNING FACTS ABOUT GINKGO BILOBA

in Blog By Blessing Okpala

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Ginkgo Biloba Tree It is so fascinating how the world is filled with uncountable medicinal and miraculous plants that only require human beings to acknowledge how these plants could be of help. One of such plants is the Ginkgo biloba from the maidenhair tree. Ginkgo biloba is the only surviving species of the Ginkgophyta and is also known as gingko or ginko. In the late 1600s, Engelbert Kaempfer

8 Sep 2024

17 AWESOME BENEFITS OF THE TROPICAL ALMOND

in Tropical Almond By Blessing Okpala

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Tropical Almond Medicinal plants are continuously revolutionising the face of the earth through all the distinctive benefits they render. Most of these plants contain powerful active compounds that inhibit and cure several ailments. This has led to the increasing global demand for these nature’s gifts. Even though most of these plants are very close to us yet, it is so appalling that most of us

9 Dec 2024

LIME AND ITS HEALTH BENEFITS

in Blog By Blessing Okpala

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There is a popular saying thus; "A blessing in disguise" Literally meaning, "something good which is unrecognized at first". You might be pondering on the significance of this saying within the context of this article.Well, Just A Flashback.............Growing up, my family had a couple of lime trees in our compound. Then, we would pluck the limes for several domestic purposes and sometimes for s

11 Aug 2024

BENEFITS OF OKRA (LADIES FINGERS)

in Blog By Blessing Okpala

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Okra Are you aware of the immense benefits of okra (ladies fingers)? If yes, then thumbs up! Otherwise, read through this post to understand why including okra in your diet is highly imperative. It is noteworthy that having a good knowledge of some healthy vegetables, plants and food products around us is profoundly essential. One of such key vegetables that are very important to human health is

19 Jan 2024

9 TOP-NOTCH BENEFITS OF TRUFFLE

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Growing up, my dearest mummy won't cook egusi melon soup without adding osu (truffle). The amazing taste and texture osu adds to soup is just remarkable and as such, it became an ingredient we never wanted to miss out in certain dishes especially egusi soup.While my family and I were busy enjoying the delectable flavor and texture this priceless jewel offers, scientists and researchers were equall

23 Oct 2024

DISCOVER HOW SOY AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH

in Blog By Blessing Okpala

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Soy Flower Over the past years, several arguments have been raised regarding the impacts of soy consumption on health. While some studies attribute numerous benefits to soy, some others give contradicting opinions over this popular leguminous crop. Although everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion yet it is left for us to decipher what we really want for ourselves.This article titled "disc

29 Aug 2024

Roasted Sweet Corn

in Lunch By Blessing Okpala

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Roasted sweet corn is so deliciously Yummylicious especially when roasted together with the outer leaves and its husk. This helps to retain it's freshness thereby giving the corn such a juicy aroma.

11 Oct 2024

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SAGE SALVIA OFFICINALIS?

in Blog By Blessing Okpala

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Sage Leaves This article titled - what do you know about Sage Salvia officinalis? is a good read for you and everybody around you. This is because it reveals some astonishing information you ought to be aware of about this distinctive herb. To a larger extent, medicinal and aromatic plants have long been classified as part of the essential components of a comprehensive health care ever since the

29 Nov 2024

BEETROOT FRIED RICE

in Lunch By Blessing Okpala

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I enjoy my weekends because it is the period of the week I have time to relax with my family and do so many things for myself as well as have fun. I believe everyone does the same except for those that usually work over the weekends or have some demanding schedules for the weekend.This weekend, I have decided to prepare a special dish..... {Beetroot Fried Rice}. The main ingredients are rice, beet

3 Nov 2024

WHY EAT SEAWEED

in Blog By Blessing Okpala

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Seaweeds Our bodies are mostly affected by several free radicals from both within us and our surrounding environs such as UV light, ionizing radiations, cigarette smokes, harmful pollutants, industrial wastes and reactive oxygen species that are chemically reactive molecules containing oxygen. Interestingly, these free radicals can be minimized and extracted from our bodies through the defensive

18 Nov 2024

18 MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR TREATING DIABETES

in Blog By Blessing Okpala

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Among the challenging health conditions that are increasingly affecting human beings is diabetes. This is a disease condition caused by a metabolic disorder of the body systems as a result of chronic high blood sugar (hyperglycaemia). This sort of health challenge is often associated with disturbances in the metabolism of fat, carbohydrate and protein thereby causing defects in insulin activities

22 Nov 2024

HERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS OF COCOA

in Plants By Blessing Okpala

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Cocoa Pod A greater part of the world population, especially the developing countries depend so much on traditional medicines obtained from plants. Most of these medicinal plants are sources of food and means of tackling several chronic diseases. Interestingly, this has remained the key reason why there are several ongoing studies in this regard.No doubt plants are natural sources of several che

27 Jun 2024

SPECTACULAR BENEFITS OF SWEET ORANGE

in Blog By Blessing Okpala

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How often do you consume fruits? Is fruits consumption part of your everyday eating-habit? Did you know that the World Health Organisation recommends at least five portions of fruits intake on a daily basis? Yes, the human race is blessed with countless fruits but one fruit that is popular all over the globe is the sweet orange.

18 Jun 2024

BREADFRUIT PORRIDGE RECIPE

in Lunch By Blessing Okpala

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Spice up your taste buds and try this breadfruit porridge recipe. The finished product is such a delectable dish you can't afford to miss. Give it a try and I bet you will love 'em......

5 Jun 2024

THE BENEFITS OF BROCCOLI

in Vegetable By Blessing Okpala

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Broccoli is an edible green vegetable with a large flowering head whose name is derived from the Italian plural of broccolo, meaning flowering crest of a cabbage. It belongs to the specie of Brassica oleracea and has big flower head, arranged in a tree-like structure on edible stalk. The clustered flower heads are surrounded by leaves.It originated from Italy before it was introduced to America a

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About 20 results found.

15 EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS OF MAIZE OR CORN

Baked Vegetables With Parmesan Cheese

23 POWERFUL HERBS FOR TREATING DEMENTIA

10 MAGNIFICENT BENEFITS OF PSYLLIUM

BENEFITS OF SMARTWEED (POLYGONUM HYDROPIPER)

15 WINNING FACTS ABOUT GINKGO BILOBA

17 AWESOME BENEFITS OF THE TROPICAL ALMOND

LIME AND ITS HEALTH BENEFITS

BENEFITS OF OKRA (LADIES FINGERS)

9 TOP-NOTCH BENEFITS OF TRUFFLE

DISCOVER HOW SOY AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH

Roasted Sweet Corn

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SAGE SALVIA OFFICINALIS?

BEETROOT FRIED RICE

WHY EAT SEAWEED

18 MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR TREATING DIABETES

HERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS OF COCOA

SPECTACULAR BENEFITS OF SWEET ORANGE

BREADFRUIT PORRIDGE RECIPE

THE BENEFITS OF BROCCOLI

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