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Why Do you Need Tomatoes?

Certain people believe that we eat tomatoes or use as an ingredient in cooking just to make the food mild and also to give the food a good taste. Just of recent, more light was shed on tomatoes to enable us become aware of the authentic reasons why everyone needs to eat tomatoes. Are you one of those that hold unto the outdated and common place reasons for eating tomatoes? Then, find below seven reasons and benefits of eating tomatoes. 1. Prevention Of Cancer Even though, it is not all cancers that eating tomatoes can help prevent, tomatoes can work perfectly in the prevention of breast, prostate, colorectal and stomach cancer. How so?, it is as a result of the presence of  zeaxanthin, lutein and high level of lycopene in tomatoes, all of which are natural antioxidant which are capable of combating the cancer causing cells. 2. Good For The Heart Tomatoes help in lowering the blood pressure levels as well as minimize the cholesterol levels due to the fact that it  contains b

Basic Hand Hygiene Facts You Must Know

Our hands are our most used body parts, something we do not remember always. We do not consider them important as much, but they are! There are several things we do with the hands and these include: eating, taking our baths, holding things like our bags, and even things like touching – touching other people, furniture, walls, and every other thing. These things predispose us to several harmful microorganisms. However, they are inevitable activities. How then can we save ourselves from these harmful agents- these germs? First of all, let us discuss how we let these things inside our bodies. 1. Scratching the eyes: It is actually not a good ordeal to scratch ones eyes with one’s hand. By so doing, we let germs into the eyes and these predispose us to diseases like, conjuctivitis (which could be caused by a herpes simplex virus contacted hand that was rubbed on the eyes), bacterial keratitis (which is caused by Staphylococcus aureus, an organism found “harmlessly” on the skin but is

Ten Health Benefits Of Drinking Water On An Empty Stomach

Even the blood, nutrients and minerals that move in the body need water to circulate evenly. Our plants need water to produce food through the process of  photosynthesis  while animals need it to carry out various  metabolic   activities like respiration, execration, digestion, etc. In addition, our cars, generators, train now drive with the aid of water through some mechanical means. With this, we can see that water is life and that we cannot do without it even our health is not left out. We will now consider the ten health benefits of drinking water on an empty stomach and what it does to our health 1.  IT SPEEDS UP POWER AND GIVES ENERGY Drinking water helps to speed up brain power and gives energy especially when you feel weak and dehydrated. This is because,  the brain contains about 73% of water  such that when you drink water, it helps to  maintain focus, enables us think properly, thereby keeping the cells of the body active. 2. IT AIDS WEIGHT LOSS Drinking water