NUTRITIONAL SEXUAL BOOSTERS

A lot of relationships and marriages are in disarray due to premature ejaculation, less energy input, erectile dysfunction, inability to get to climax, and the list goes on and on and on. But, nature has a cure for all of these problems. Foods, fruits and drinks have been provided by “Mother Nature”. Here are some food gist to help, try and you’d never regret.

1. L- ARGININE:Arginine is an essential amino acid needed but not synthesized by the body. Apart from arginine being essential in a lot of metabolic processes, it has been found to give a 250% increase in sperm amount and motility. For men with average or normal sperm count, arginine might bring about over-production of sperm and its motility. Foods rich in arginine are: TURKEY, PORKLOIN, CHICKEN, PUMPKINS SEEDS, SOYBEANS, PEANUTS, SMOOTHIES and MILK/CHEESE.

2. FRUITS: Certain fruits provide important vitamins and minerals that can increase blood flow to the genitals and promote a healthy sex life as in boost performance and fertility. Fruits like BANANAS and AVOCADOS.

3. CHOCOLATES: It promotes the release of serotonin and phenylethylamine into your body which gives the mood-lifting effects and thus, improving sexual performances as in libido.

4. ALCOHOL: Alcohol, they say improves sexual performance but sticking to just a glass of wine before sex can improve your sex performance more efficiently. Drinking a lot of alcohol make can lead to early ejaculation and anxiety. Sex is to be enjoyed not endured or rushed.

5. DAILY HERBS: Making a drink of garlic and ginger or adding garlic or ginger to your dishes, really goes a long way increasing blood flow to the genitals, this effect helps to correct erectile dysfunction in men.

MOST ESPECIALLY EAT NUTRITIOUSLY!

ABOUT WELLNESS

WELLNESS is referred to as all round perfection in all that makes us, us. It has a lot to do with our emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritualaspects of our lives. These 8 dimensions of wellness must be strictly taken care off as in not tamperee with, to ensure our total wellness.
We’d be discussing more topics to ensure our total wellness. Keep checking, let’s grow together and live life to its best.

Keep Smiling!

YOU NEED A MASSAGE RIGHT NOW!

Yeah! Got me thinking…. How often do you get a massage?

I know a lot of us do not see the need to get a massage, we’d say I don’t have the time, or its too expensive, or its of no importance. But I’d say, Guy? Girl? Y’all need a massage.

Why?

Aids Blood Flow

Most people hardly get enough sleep or rest. Physiotherapists have suggested that people get massage once in two weeks to aid blood flow through the veins, arteries and capillaries to various parts of the body. This helps the body to regulate itself and also, aids homeostasis.

Reducing Stress, Pain and Muscle Tension

Massage has demonstrated to be very effective in the treatment or reduction of stress, pain and muscle tension. I remember when my mum wants to apply an on-skin ointment for body pain, being a nurse, she’d ask me to massage her after the application of the ointment on the point of pain, to ensure rapid absorption and action of the pain relieving ointment. Biochemists have proven that massaging helps to relieve pain, muscle tension and stress.

Like we all know, what is good for the goose isn’t good for the ganger. Massaging, with all its benefits, isn’t good for all people. Most especially, people with the listed conditions:

Fractures
Deep vein thrombosis (uncontrollable bleeding)
Burns or healing wounds
Bleeding disorders or people on blood-thinning medications
Severe osteoporosis (very weak bones)
Severe thrombocytopenia.
Pregnant women are to discuss the pros and cons of massage during pregnancy and after
Cancer patients are to make their condition aware to the person in-charge.

Massage isn’t only a way to pamper or make yourselves feel good and relaxed but its also a powerful tool to help take charge of your health and well-being, whether you have a specific health condition or you are just looking for a way to relieve stress.

We’d be learning how to do self massage or how to engage in massage with a partner at home soon (gotta try them out, so that I can gist you better).

Until then stay fit and go get a massage!!!

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MIRACLES OF PINEAPPLE

PINEAPPLE, scientifically known as “Ananas comosus”, which is natively found in the South America region, specifically, Brazil and the United State of America. Now second to bananas, the pineapple is now the most important tropical fruit crop in existence, and many are unaware of its nutritional and medicinal value. Have fun as we discover all this in this post.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF PINEAPPLE

Relieving Joint Pains

Pineapple has anti-inflammatory properties that help to relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis, also its been touted for reducing swelling after surgery or injury.

Easing Digestion

Pineapple has shown to be helpful in the treatment of gastro-intestinal problems, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), slow digestion, constipation, and stomach upset.

Healing Sunburned Skin

It aids in speeding up the healing of sunburned skin.

Immune Booster

Pineapple flesh contains a high level of vitamin C, its skin (as in the peel) also contains a high level of vitamin C which helps to prevent and fight a load of infections. It also contains bromelain (a new biochemical that works wonder found and produced from the crown and peel of pineapples) which in conjunction with vitamin C fights bacteria, cuts mucus, suppresses cough, heals wound and boosts the overall functioning of the body.

Aids Vision

The entire pineapple fruit contains beta-carotene, precursor of vitamin A, which helps to improve vision and also battle degenerative eye diseases such as glaucoma.

Prevent Cancer

Biochemists have studied bromelain and vitamin C to possess anti-oxidants which has the ability to fight tumors and therefore, aids cancer prevention.

Blood flow

Bromelain in pineapples, have been shown by studies to possess anti-platelet properties, it
decreases platelet count and its aggregation.

Make pineapple one of your i-can’t-do-without-fruits… Remember too much isn’t good, it causes stomach irritation…

HOW THE SOLE OF YOUR FEET SHOWS YOUR PERSONALITY

Being a practical person, I have been researching on how ticklish people’s feet are and how it’s related with their personality.

I’ve discovered that the feet is a weak point for most people irrespective of their gender. Tickle yours and see how you react, then get someone else to tickle it and watch your reaction. Fun right, lol!!!

PERSONALITY TYPES AND THE REACTIONS

1. STRONG-WILLED
If you tickled your own feet and could hold in the ticklish feeling, then also have someone tickle it and you were able to hold in the feeling. I’d say you are strong willed, you can put in your energy into something and see it through to perfection because you are a very focus person and you hardly give up on things.
The strong-willed are loners, very independent, stubborn and they tend to be bosses and good at using people. They are good at hiding their true feelings and are not afraid of changes, they are defensive and always want to prove their rights.

2. EXCUSE-GIVERS
People with this personality are also called THE BLAMERS gang. When they tickle themselves, they are able to hold in the feeling but when tickled by someone else, they aren’t able to hold the feeling even though some of they try.
The excuse-givers trust people but when it comes to working with others, they don’t enjoy it. But they do not deprive themselves of company when the need comes. They are cool friends, but do not like taking blames for wrongs done, they prefer blaming others. They are neither fully independent nor dependent.

3. THE I – DON’T – TRUST – ANYONE PERSONALITY
These people hold in the ticklish feeling when they tickle the sole of their own feet but can’t stand anyone else tickling the feet, they react even before you tickle their feet. They just can’t stand it.
People like this have been studied to have past or present trust issues. They aren’t risk takers like the previous two personalities discussed above, they don’t entrust anything to anyone, hence, prone to live a try and error kind of life. They are the nagging type of spouse or partner.

4. THE WEAK WILLED
These kind of people can’t stand tickling themselves not to say let someone else tickle the sole of their feet. They are very weak-willed and are not risk takers at all. They aren’t adventurous and do not find ecstasy in trying new things. They do not want to learn or develop themselves. They adapt with whatever life brings to them, they fear changes and are very submissive.

WITH ALL THIS INFO, USE IT FOR THE BEST TO UNDERSTAND AND DEVELOP YOURSELVES FOR YOUR TOTAL WELLNESS…… ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE BODYWAHALA CONSULTS….

THE THERAPEUTIC GUAVA

Guava is a global fruit known to be of great benefits but in West-Africa, it is under-utilized. Guava leaves are globally known to be of great medicinal importance, like really important. Guava is a greenish-yellow fruit on the outer layer and reddish on the inside. It belongs to the citrus family. Guava is delicious and adds value to the body at large. It is mostly eaten raw or consumed in juice, jams and jellies. It is one of the least chemically treated and sprayed fruit.
So, enough of the guava intro; let’s get to the therapeutic aspect of guava fruit and leaves.
As a biochemist in the nutritional research field, I found out that lots of scientists from all part of the world have researched to check the efficiency of the guavas therapeutic effect.

Most of this functions include;Guava is a storehouse for a lot of essential nutrients. It is a source of dietary fiber, energy, vitamin c, potassium, calcium.

Antioxidant properties

The high content of vitamin c naturally available in guavas fruit which is four fold higher than that of oranges helps to defend the body against the proliferation of free radicals in the body which is one of the major causes of lots of diseases such as cancer and cardio-diseases.So, I’d say including guava into your diet helps you stay healthy.

Improves eyesight

Guava is a fruit that has a high vitamin A content which is known to boost vision of the eye. It protects the cells in the eye against deterioration of vision.

Treats scurvy

As stated earlier, Guava contains a more vitamin C content than orange than orange. According to researcher, the deficiency of vitamin C can cause scurvy of the known remedy for this is the increased intake of vitamin C. Guava is them recommended as the best source of beneficial vitamin C.

Stop diarrhea and dysentery

The astringent properties of guava have help to treat a number of digestive disorders e.g. diarrhea. These astringent properties help to loosen bowels and reduce the symptoms of diarrhea/dysentery. Guava is also helpful in treatment of gastroenteritis.

B3 for brain health

Guava contains vitamin B3 known as niacin which increases blood flow and stimulates cognitive function of the brain. It also contains vitamin B6 which is needed by the brain and also for nerve function. It relaxes the nerves and enhances cognitive concentration.

Helps cub cold and cough

In an anti cough and antimicrobial activity study of guava leaf extract by Dr. Pranee Jairaj, it was deduced that immature guavas juice or decoction of guava leaves reduces mucus, disinfects the throat and lungs and inhibits microbial function its astringent properties. In some areas of India, roasted ripe guava is used as a remedy against extreme causes of cough, cold and congestion.

Just to note, Ripe guava should be avoided by people with cold and cough as it can exacerbate it. It has been deducted that drinking water immediately after eating guava can lead to sore throat.

Other benefits are;

Gives glowing skin
Lowers the risk of developing diabetes
Reduces the frequency of convulsion, epilepsy and infections especially those from bacterias
Juice of guava leaves are known to cure toothaches, swollen gums and oral ulcer.
Guava leaf tea helps in weight loss
Improves thyroid health
Regulates blood pressure
Prevents cancer due to its ability to inhibit the growth and metastasis of cancerous cells that usually proliferate in the brain.

Try guava leaf oil, guava seeds, guava leaf tea. They are all of natural health benefit.

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A FOODIE’S POEM

THE FOODIE-ME

Really, I am slim and sexy,
Some say am a boss-lady,
People see me always smiling,
My vibe is food.

Hey, am never weary,
If u know, am never boring,
Am smart not sluggy,
My vibe is food.

You call it addiction,
I call it inspiration,
Some even call it obsession,
Food is my vibe.

My bestie and ever-present,
Source of my sense of humor,
Am in love with food,
Am proud to be a FOODIE.

Here are some photos for foodies like me.

THE MUSCLE WONDER

Hello wonderful readers, I do hope that you have fun reading and applying the info that are useful to you.

This post is an exciting one that I have been wanting to share with all of y’all. Basically, knowing this alone as helped me gain healthy weight in those areas I wish to improve, such as butt, boobs, thighs, hips, ankle, wrist and lots more. Let’s discuss about the muscle.

The muscle is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called “skeletal muscle.” Heart muscle is called “cardiac muscle.” Muscle that is in the walls of arteries and bowel is called “smooth muscle.”
Muscle can expand or contract, this is where the wonder lies.

Our muscles require the basic metabolic fuels to grow and develop, such fuels are derived from protein, carbohydrates and fats. Proteins especially are used to synthesize enzymes needed for the normal functioning of the muscle. When, you workout your whole body or some parts of your body, the muscles are forced to expand or tear…. Protein intakes necessary for body building and muscle repair rushes to that part in high quantity to fill up and repair the worn tissue/muscle.

This is responsible for the thick body, most people get by doing butt or bust workout, as well as hip, thigh and leg workouts.
It is also evident in most guys who hit the gym to build muscles…

To achieve this, there’s a need to follow the right meal plan to supply the nutrient needed by the body. Healthy fats should be consumed but not in very high quantity.

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ALMOND EVERYDAY TAKES SKINNY AWAY!

So last week, I made a research on almonds and found out that what we (Nigerians) call fruit is actually the tropical almond. I plucked 15 seeds and ate. Within 1 week of consuming 15-20 seeds for a week, I gained 3 kg in weight. My chins also became kinda puffy.
Almonds are delicious and ready-to-consume fruit… Those found at the equatorial region of the earth are called tropical almonds.. Furthermore, tropical almond seeds have 16% sugar, 25% protein, and various types of amino acids. The skin of almond tropical wood’s tissue contains 11% -23% tannins….

In the data owned by the USDA National Nutrient, the following nutrients are know to be contained in Tropical Almond per 100 g :

Energy 575 Kcal

Carbohydarates 21.67 g

Protein 21.22 g

Total Fat 49.42 g

Cholesterol 0 mg

Dietary Fiber 12.20 g

Folates 50 ug

Niacin 3.385 mg

Pantothenic acid 0.47 mg

Pyridoxine 0.143 mg

Riboflavin 1.014 mg

Thiamin 0.211 mg

Vitamin A 1 IU

Vitamin C 0 mg

Vitamin E 26 mg

Sodium 1 mg

Potassium 705 mg

Calcium 264 mg

Copper 0.996 mg

Iron 3.72 mg

Magnesium 268 mg

Manganese 2.285 mg

Phosphorus 484 mg

Selenium 2.5 ug

Zinc 3.08 mg

Carotene b 1 ug

Crypto-xanthin 0 ug

Lutein-zeaxanthin 1 ug

Besides being rich in fibre, almonds also have a high proportion of protein, which is one of the important nutrients in any weight loss plan. However, eating almonds can lead to weight gain too, if you are not careful of the calorie intake.Whether you will gain weight or lose weight is completely dependent on the intake of calories and how much of it was burned.

So, almonds are not themselves responsible for your weight gain or loss, it is the related lifestyle that determines it. It is a good option for people looking for healthy weight gain. They should aim to have 3500 more calories than they burn through physical activities. So, weight loss or weight gain through almonds boils down to the balancing of calories intake depending on your intention. Regardless of the intention of eating, almonds are very healthy nuts.To y’all, who wants to gain weight, this is a very important tip. Never forget that almonds everyday, takes skinny away!.

BEST WAY TO BURN CALORIES

Running or Walking: Best way to Burn Calories

When it comes to burning calories and staying fit, the common phrase that runs through our mind is “taking a morning Jog”. Running is a work out that you can take with you any where. You don’t need a suitcase full of equipments. You just open the door and go.

Plus any pathological runner will tell you, nothing is quite as satisfying as getting a good run under your belt. You work up a great sweat, you burn the calories and your muscles feel pleasantly invigorating after you finish.

✏️ How to Avoid Exercise Injuries

Ironically, the euphoria doesn’t last more than a week before the unpleasant pain start setting in (especially for rookies). On the long run, most people decide not to run again especially after developing frequent chronic injuries and joint pain.
This usually occurs because we fail to run the right way. Yes, there is a right way to run.

– Runners have a habit of looking directly at the ground, almost as if they can’t bear to see what’s coming next. Keep your head down throws your upper-body posture off-killer and can lead to upper-back and neck pain.

– Relax your shoulders, keep your chest filled and pull your abdominal and muscles in lightly. Don’t overarch your back and stick your butt out.

– Keep your arms close to your body, and swing them forward and back rather than across your body. Don’t clench your fists. Pretend you are holding a butterfly in each hand; you don’t want your butterfly to escape, but you don’t want to crush them either.

– Lift your front knee and extend your back leg. Don’t shuffle alone like you are wearing cement boots. land heels first and roll through the entire length of your foot. Push off from the balls of your feet instead of running flat-footed and pounding off your heels.

Can You exercise by Walking?

Although running is a good exercise for the body, Many people have joints that simply will not tolerate all that pounding. If you are not built to run, don’t argue with your body. You can get in a great condition by walking.

I know the question you want to ask, “Can you really get fit by walking?”.
Absolutely yes, as long as you walk long enough, hard enough and often enough. The beauty of walking is that it’s simply a matter of putting one foot in front of the other. Sure, walking burns fewer calories per minute than jogging, but most people last longer on a walk than a run, so you can make up for the running.
Walking is just that simple but only if you walk right.

How to walk right

Okay, we lied to you: there actually is more to walking than simply putting one foot in front of the other.
-Relax your shoulders, widen your chest and pull your abdominals gently inward.
-Keep your head and chin up and focus straight ahead.
-Keep your hands relaxed and cupped gently and swing your arms so that they brush past your body.

The truth is, no single type of exercise is better than all the rest, it’s merely a question of what’s best for you. So, whether you run or walk, what’s important is doing it the right way.

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