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BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING

This post is dedicated to all mothers because MOTHERHOOD ROCKS! As a new mother, are you breastfeeding your baby? If yes, are you exclusively breastfeeding your baby? Do you breastfeed your baby on demand (responsive breastfeeding) or do you breastfeed based on a timely routine? Do you supplement breastmilk with infant formula, water etc? Are you aware of the advantages of breastfeeding? Do you know the benefits of breastmilk and why it is essential for the healthy-being of your baby? Well, these few questions have been thrown at you to ponder upon. Find out why you need to breastfeed your baby now.

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19 POWERFUL MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR TREATING HEPATITIS

Being one of the most essential and largest organs in our bodies, there is a need for us to adopt only the healthy habits that will keep our livers healthy at all times. Considering that many people have resorted to several unhealthy habits that could endanger the liver, it is high time such people started making a U-turn!But peradventure you are oblivious of certain common habits that could damag

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SOME NOTEWORTHY FACTS ABOUT MILK

Milk Do you like milk? If yes, how often do you take it? If no, what are your reasons? Whatever may be the case, this post details some noteworthy facts about milk that you definitely need to know, including some milk benefits and side effects. Before we proceed, it might interest you to know that the past years have recorded an increasing alert on the importance of maintaining healthy nutrition

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BLUEBERRY PUREE || BABY WEANING FOOD 6+ MTHS

Our babies are not left behind at all, so Blessing is super excited to publish the first baby food recipe here on this blog. This easy baby blueberry puree can be put up together within 10 minutes or less and you have a yummy puree to feed your baby.

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FINGERROOT AND ITS EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS

In this day and age, much attention is drawn towards the regular use of plants, herbs and spices in an attempt to benefit from all their medicinal, therapeutic and culinary attributes. There are countless of these beneficial nature's gifts but the question is how often do you bother to tap into them?There is a great need for us to know about these essential plants, herbs and spices as they are qui

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HOW TO BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY AGAINST CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

Humans have suffered and continue to suffer from deadly diseases. Now that the human race is plagued with the coronavirus COVID-19, should we live like people without hopes? Hell No! We ought to fight it back with all that we have. How are our bodies' defence-mechanisms fighting this virus back? How powerful are our immune systems? Are there ways we can boost our immunity levels? Read this post to learn how to boost your immunity against coronavirus.

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30 ICONIC BENEFITS OF RHUBARB AND ITS CONTRAINDICATIONS

Due to the immeasurable medicinal benefits of the rhubarb vegetable, it is often referred to as "the wondrous drug". Rhubarb is richly endowed with several health-benefiting vitamins, minerals and active compounds. It also exhibits several pharmacological activities such as antioxidizing, antiplatelet, immunoregulation, purgation, antidyslipidemic, antiulcer, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, nephroprotective, antifungal and antidiarrhoeal effects.

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15 ASTONISHING BENEFITS OF GARDEN CRESS (HALIM SEEDS)

You may have eaten garden cress in the past or you may not have even come across this small-but-mighty herb. Well, whichever category you fall into, just relax and read through the entire article as some top astonishing benefits of garden cress are unravelled. We oftentimes fail to understand the full composition of the everyday food we eat but in the actual sense, this shouldn't be the case. Unde

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HOME REMEDIES FOR CHEST CONGESTION

The weather is so cold now and this is the season of the year many individuals go through an uncomfortable health condition known as chest congestion. Do you often suffer from chest congestion as a result of cold or other minor respiratory tracts infections? Have you been searching for some easy home remedies for dealing with chest congestion? Then search no further! These easy home remedies outli

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10 REASONS WHY BITTER KOLA IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER

Are you aware of the 10 reasons why bitter kola is highly sought after? This article unravels some important information about this amazing plant. Garcinia kola is a flowering plant that belongs to the Guttiferae or Clusiaceae family. Popularly known as bitter kola, Garcinia kola grows mainly in the rain forests region of west Africa such as Nigeria, Benin, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon, Congo,

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BENEFITS OF HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA (CHAMELEON PLANT)

Houttuynia cordata leaves One good thing I enjoy as a researcher is the privilege of identifying new things and learning new knowledge. The fact is that there are loads of amazing important leaves, herbs and plants all over the world that most of us have never ever tapped into or bothered to identify so as to tap into all the amazing benefits they can offer. One of such plants is the Houttuynia

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15 AMAZING BENEFITS OF SOURSOP (GRAVIOLA|ALUGUNTUGUI)

Soursop Fruit Nutrient deficiencies caused as a result of malnutrition have been reported as part of the leading public health problems, which call for longstanding viable intervention plan that could possibly fix this menace. To a larger extent, food-based method especially in terms of balanced dietary intake has been supported to be an effective means of boosting the accumulation and absorptio

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12 BREATHTAKING BENEFITS OF TERMITES

Hey, you mean termite? Is termite edible? Why would I eat termite? Are there any specific termite recipes? These and many more questions may be going on in your mind right now. Well, termite is edible but not all species. Yes, you can eat edible termite because it is safe to eat, it is nutritious and it is equally delicious. Some termite recipes and method of preparations are further discussed in

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INSTANT POT GOAT SOUP FOR COLD & FLU

If you are searching for a new recipe to tackle cold and flu as well as soothe your body, then hang in there because this recipe is for you. Hot goat soup cooked with beef tripe but most importantly with some fresh lemons and limes fruits.

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28 AWESOME BENEFITS OF JASMINE

JASMINE [embed]https://gfb.global.ssl.fastly.net/podcasts/HFB_6_Health_Benefits_of_Jasmine.mp3[/embed] Plants continue to play an integral role in both orthodox and traditional medicines for preventing and treating various diseases and ailments. Although not all plants fall into this category, yet a great number of plants have been recorded as excellent bioresources for medicinal purposes. Th

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18 MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR TREATING DIABETES

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

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BENEFITS OF PEANUTS (ARACHIS HYPOGAEA)

Peanuts botanically known as Arachis hypogaea belongs to the species of legume of the Fabaceae family (Feng et., al 2012). It is an annual plant growing approximately 30 to 50 cm tall which originated from Paraguay. They are known with other names such as ground nuts, monkey nuts or pygmy nuts.According to the Peanut Institute, peanuts are rich sources of vitamin E, niacin, copper, phosphorus magn

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YAY! UNBOXING CANON EOS 6D

 [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO9PNYEgs1U[/embed]I can now confidently say that I am amazingly excited that I will henceforth be using Canon EOS 6D for my food photography. I just unboxed the Canon EOS 6D Camera and I am ecstatic.Ooh la la I am mmmmmm................. as in seriously dancing!Ask me why?Well, because I am finally unboxing my Canon EOS 6d. Yes, Yes, Yes!Sorry that I a

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35 REMARKABLE BENEFITS OF SPIRULINA

What if you were asked to explain what Spirulina is all about? Could you have comfortably talked about Spirulina? What do you know about Spirulina? Do you know the source of Spirulina? Do you the health benefits of Spirulina? Do you know the nutritional benefits of Spirulina? Do you know if Spirulina is safe for human consumption? These are some few questions you could be pondering upon on hearing the term Spirulina.

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BENEFITS OF SCOTCH BONNET PEPPER

Scotch Bonnet Peppers How often do you spice up your food with chili peppers?Often?Sometimes?Seldom?Never?The puzzle is right now in your court to solve!!!Just some quick heads up on my personal adventures with chilli peppers over the past years before I move ahead to share some really important facts you definitely need to be aware of about this special vegetable. Personally, I've always loved

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