Healthy-Pink

Photo credit: Sandra James. A lot of people in our society are stressed. This plays out in different ways - inability to sleep at nights, digestive problems, constant headaches and other physical symptoms that may not be traced to an organic cause. Stress is a physiological response that occurs when someone is going through life issues and/or events and feels unable to cope. It is normal to feel stressed at times but when it becomes sustained and is affecting ability to perform normal roles and responsibilities it becomes a problem and may lead to mental breakdown, causing conditions like depression, anxiety and panic attacks. Everyone goes through stressful conditions at times. People's ability to handle stress however, differs. Some people function better under pressure while others may breakdown. Some events that can lead to stress include: Pressure at work Caring for a new born baby. A housewife caring for the home and children without help. Loss of a loved one. Lo...

Happy Father's Day! It is the season to appreciate all the wonderful men in our lives and though Father's day is typically set aside to honour the father figures in our lives, I would like to put a spotlight on all the men out there. Our fathers, brothers, sons, uncles, boyfriends and husbands. Did you know that men usually die quicker and younger than women? Think about it. There are more widows than widowers. This is not just me saying it, it is the reality, supported by facts and figures. A contributing factor is the fact that men are more likely to pick risky jobs like being a soldier, security personnel, sailor, fire-fighter and the likes. As well as engage in more strenous physical work like farming and mining. Also, health wise, men are more likely to engage in risky health behaviour like smoking, excessive drinking of alcohol, indiscriminate sex with or without protection and so on. Statistics show that men are 40 per cent more likely than women to die from ca...

Hello Beautiful People, How have we been? I hope we enjoyed the weekend? Here in Nigeria, it's the rainy season and it is raining cats and dogs in most places everyday. Along with the rains, seem to be an increase in people coming down with colds. So today, I would like to talk about colds and how to manage them. A cold is a viral infection of the nose and throat. It may be caused by over 200 different viruses and commonly affects children. The immune system of children are often times still developing so they tend to easily come down with a cold and may have up to 12 episodes in a year. But as they age and develop immunity, they have less colds. Some of the symptoms of a cold include: Runny or stuffy Nose. Sneezing. Cough. Fever. Sore throat. Red eyes. Ways to manage a cold at home This depends on the symptom you're having. Generally, you can do the following: Drink plenty of fluids. Take paracetamol if having fever. For a child with runny or stuffy n...

Hello Everyone, Happy Ramadan to our muslim brothers and sisters currently engaging in the spiritual exercise. Amidst other things, one of the requirements of ramadan is intensive fasting from dusk to dawn. Also, our christian brothers and sisters just recently completed lent which also involves fasting. This goes to show that most world religions see fasting as an important exercise to improve physical and spiritual clarity. Medically also, fasting has been used for thousands of years as a medical therapy to help the body detoxify and rejuvenate from various health problems. Photo Credit: pinterest. Medical benefits of Fasting. Fasting gives the body time to rest - a great amount of energy is needed for digesting food. During fasting, The digestive organs have a break from this function and can save this extra energy. Helps body to heal and regenerate : the extra energy saved resting from digestion can be channeled to healing and regenerating the body. Helps prevent ex...

Meet Bisola, a 30 year old, single parent of a beautiful 5 year old daughter - Pearl. Once a successful banker, she lost her job in the recent recession plaguing Nigeria. Since then, it has not been easy making ends meet. Every new month seems to bring bills, bills, bills. The last straw was when Pearl was tossed out of school for not paying her school fees. Since then, she just seemed to be going on a downward spiral. Her head hurts everyday, she sleeps for barely 2 hours in the night, if she manages to fall asleep at all and always wakes up feeling as though she ran a marathon all night. The day is no better as nothing seems to interest her. Even food seems like sand in her mouth. Of late, she's just so tired of life and wonders if it's not just better to die as nothing seems to be working for her on earth anymore. To make matters worse, her mum has'nt been picking her calls and her friends seem so distant. No one has a clue of what she's going through. Can you g...