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Benefits of keeping fit

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Getting regular exercise makes your whole system work better, from your cardio-vascular machinery to your digestion to every joint and vein in your body. It builds up your strength and pumps blood around your body, improving the flow of nutrients in and waste products out. It improves your posture and stamina and is often more effective than dieting at helping you to lose weight.
But regular exercise brings much more than physical benefits. After only a couple of sessions, the effect on your energy levels is remarkable. With regular exercise, getting out of bed in the morning seems a much easier proposition. You’ll concentrate better, feel more alert, and be much calmer when dealing with problems.
This effect on stress is one of the most remarkable and rewarding results of regular exercise. Whether it’s to do with the release of endorphins during exercise or just because you’re standing up straight and strong, the certain fact is that you become far less prone to stress. Getting exercise helps you put things in perspective, helping you reduce seemingly unmanageable problems at work to entirely solvable challenges.
Tough problems often seem to work themselves out while you’re exercising – it can be a surprisingly useful tool for creative thinking and problem-solving. The other benefit of exercise, once you get over the initial shock of the first few workouts, is that it’s enjoyable. Whether you’re on the road, in the water, on a treadmill or on a yoga mat, you’re strengthening your body, freeing up your mind, reclaiming an important part of your life and having fun too.
Staying healthy is an important part of growing up. And it can affect you physically and emotionally. When your body changes during puberty and you have to deal with things like school and exams, staying healthy can really help you.

Why you should eat raw food

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What is a raw-food diet? Raw foods are foods that have not been cooked or processed. There are varying levels of raw-food diets, all of them involve eating mostly unheated, uncooked and unprocessed foods. A raw-food diet is made up of at least 70% raw foods. The diet often includes fermented foods, sprouted grains, nuts and seeds, in addition to raw fruits and vegetables.

Here are some reasons why most dieters prefer raw food to cooked food. Cooking foods deactivates the enzymes found in them. However, there is no evidence that food enzymes contribute to better health, some nutrients, and particularly water-soluble vitamins, are lost during the cooking process. Raw fruits and vegetables may contain more nutrients like vitamin C and B vitamins, cooked foods are easier to chew and digest than raw foods. Proper digestion is necessary to absorb a food’s nutrients.

Many people also choose to go on a raw food diet to flush out toxins and avoid potential carcinogens. By consuming raw food, you may reduce your risk of heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. Doctors recommend a raw food diet if you can but for safety concerns, it is best to avoid doing so.

There are certain health benefits to eating raw foods. These are:

  • Helps detoxify the body.
  • Can aid weight loss.
  • May improve digestion.
  • May reduce the risk of heart disease, obesity, and diabetes.
  • May help reduce your risk of cancer.
  • Can provide relief from constipation.
  • May improve liver function.
  • May increase your energy levels.

In as much as eating raw foods is healthy, there are certain disadvantages associated with it. A practical example would be those who eat raw fish as it contains dangerous bacteria and microorganisms that are only eliminated by cooking. Eating a completely raw diet that includes fish and meat comes with a risk of developing a food-borne illness.

From the list above, there are numerous benefits to having a raw diet plan and you should take it up.

Male circumcision

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Circumcision is a procedure to remove the foreskin from your penis.Medical male circumcision is one time health intervention that provides men with lifelong partial protection against HIV.Apart from reducing HIV infection,male circumcision reduces risk of sexually transmitted diseases in men,protects against cancer of the penis and prevents inflammation of the glands and foreskin.
Moreover ,male circumcision also benefits women,improving hygiene,reducing STIs and also reduces the risk of cervical cancer.Mens health is as much about womens health when it comes to sexually transmitted diseases.Circumcision can be done for medical reasons for example if your foreskin is too tight and difficult to pull back over the head of your penis.This is called phimosis and is most common in puberty stage.
The operation usually takes around 20 to 30 minutes.The doctor removes the foreskin using surgical scissors,surgical knife or a clamp.The recovering takes about two weeks but this varies between individuals.Its important to keep the tip of your penis clean.Gently wash the wound for the first week.You should shower as usual.Having an erection will be painful for a while after your operation ,so you should usually not have sex or masturbate for sometime.Common side effects of circumcision include pain,bruising and swelling of the skin around your penis which may last up to a week.

Drug abuse

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Different drugs can have different effects on human body leading to even disability.They can even continue after a person has stopped taking the substance.

There are a few ways a person can take drugs, including:injection, inhalation, ingetion.but through its taking it has different effects depending on how consumed.
The effects of the drug on the body can depend on how the drug is consumed. For example, the injection of drugs directly into the bloodstream has an immediate impact, while ingestion has a delayed effect. But all misused drugs affect the brain. In fact, more deaths, illnesses and disabilities are associated with drug abuse than any other preventable health condition. People suffering from drug and alcohol addiction also have a higher risk of unintentional injuries, accidents and domestic abuse.

Most abused drugs
is caused by the habitual taking of addictive substances. Drugs such as
– alcohol
-marijuana/weed
-cocaine
-Heroin
-steroids
-Tobacco/
This drugs have different effects but some have the same effects on human body. All of them are very harmful.
What is addiction?
Addiction is relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences.

THE EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE ON HEALTH

Overall, the effects of drug abuse and dependence can be far-reaching. They can impact almost every organ in the human body.Example, brain, heart, liver, kidney, eyes for the sight.

-A weakened immune system, increasing the risk of illness and infection
-Heart conditions ranging from abnormal heart rates to heart attacks and collapsed veins and blood vessel infections from injected drugs.
-Nausea and abdominal pain, which can also lead to changes in appetite and weight loss.
-Increased strain on the liver, which puts the person at risk of significant liver damage or liver failure
Seizures, stroke, mental confusion and brain damage, decrease the thinking capacity
-Lung disease
-Problems with memory, attention and decision-making, which make daily living more difficult
-breast development in men and increases in body temperature, which can lead to other health problems like sleeping alot.
This abused drugs also affected the pregnant mothers who take the drugs leading to abnormal child birth.

How to cab this abuse is by abstaining and living your life

Boy or Girl?

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Homosexuality exists across cultures and even throughout the animal kingdom. Many of those identifying with being attracted to people of the same sex receive everything but support and love.
We all know that being gay is normal. What we don’t know is; what, specifically, causes someone to become gay, straight or something in between? The debate is inevitable and so is the whole ‘being gay is a choice’ accusation. Why would one choose to be gay, to ride on the side that no one likes or supports? What’s the rationale behind it? Why would one choose homosexuality, like you’d choose a new car or tattoo? I’m not sure how people think homosexuality works or how one ends up being gay, but one thing is certain; it is not choice.
We give reasons based on religious beliefs(the Abrahamic tradition), the things we consider moral or just by the feeling of, ‘I don’t like it.’ One of the most consistent environmental explanations for gayism is called the fraternal birth order effect. Male fetuses carry male-specific proteins in their Y chromosome– H-Y Antigens. Some of these promote the development of heterosexual orientation in males. The H-Y Antigens are absent in the mother’s body (they trigger production of maternal antibodies) These antibodies bind the H-Y Antigens and prevent them from functioning. This phenomenon grows stronger with each boy a woman bears. Essentially, the more older brothers a man has, the more likely he will be gay.
We all are blast in our opinions because we’re either heterosexual or homosexual, those in between too . At days end, who a person loves isn’t something they choose. One can’t force a gay man to like girls, or a lesbian to like boys.
I like to think that being able to love and care for another as much as you do you is what really matters, what should matter. The commandment is love; why not practise it minus all the prejudice and judging? Love is a miracle.

Grooming Extravaganza

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Betina Christine.

 

 

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  • how is your skin ?
  • how often do you wash your hair ?
  • What is the state of your finger nails?
  • Are you well dressed?

Welcoming you to the Ladies annual grooming week. Where you learn all sorts of things that might help you live a more healthier and glamorous life.

Grooming It is an act of improving and caring for your own body and appearances. It involves bathing daily, personal hygiene and even dressing. You might have realized before that when you smile, people take it as pleasant.

There will be different stands show casing different products in the market from make up clothing to skin care regiments just to mention but afew .

Ladies are encouraged to attend such forums so as to benefit and ask questions about anything and get best products at affordable prices for those two days .

Men should also not feel left out for their day is also coming and around the corner just before the end of this month.

Purpose to attend .

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Balanced diets

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Whenever you visit the doctor one of the questions asked will be about eating a balanced diet. We don’t pay much attention to all the advice the doctor gives about our health associated to the food we eat. Today I’ll talk about benefits of having a balanced diet.
There are seven main classes of nutrients that the body needs. These are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water. It is important that everyone consumes these seven nutrients on a daily basis to help them build their bodies and maintain their health. Deficiencies, excesses and imbalances in diet can produce negative impacts on health, which may lead to diseases.

The nutrients are divided into two categories the macronutrients and micronutrients. The macro require to be taken in fairly large proportions and they include the carbohydrates, proteins, fibre water and fats while the micro need not to. They include vitamins and minerals. We’ll talk about the macro nutrients in a person’s body.

Carbohydrates are essential as they are energy giving foods thus providing the body enough energy for it’s normal metabolism to take effect. Sources of carbs include wheat, potatoes of all kinds, maize, rice, cassava and bananas.

Proteins are needed in our diets for growth and to improve immune functions as they help in building of enzymes that are in the body. The main sources of proteins are meats, chicken, eggs, breastmilk, beans, ground nuts, lentils, fish, cheese and milk.

The saying goes that water is life and this is no less true as people can live without solid food for a few weeks, but we cannot live without water for more than a few days. An adult needs about 2–3 litres of water. Benefits of water include enabling the body make cells and fluids such as tears, digestive juices, urine and breastmilk and sweat, above all most body processes take place in water.

Fibres are foods that are not digested when ingested in a person’s body. Fibre helps in the digestion process and more so in the egestion(removal of toxic wastes from the body like faeces) thus preventing constipation. Examples of fibre include whole grain cereals.

From the above, we find that it is very essential that a person takes a balanced diet in each meal in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Is the time right?

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Common is the question of when it’s the right time to have sex.
Should teenagers have sex?
One would answer that a no. It’s normal for teens to have strong sexual feelings, but it doesn’t mean you have to act on them, but of course, as my generation did, they will. Make sure they’re educated and responsible about it.
Contrary to belief though, teens who engage in sex seem to have a marked improvement in mood and reduced feelings of stress and anger after sex. These people tend to have a life with less mistakes and better sexual relationships in their early adulthood than their peers.
My lover?
Sex is like money, more you have it, more you need it. In a relationship, sex is associated with stability because it increases bonding,especially when each others desires are fulfilled. It makes you feel valued and worthy. You feel beautiful, and this could be a necessary factor in determining whether you’re ever wedding them.
Wait till I’m married?
Waiting till you’re married to have sex is a valid and commendable choice. Sex was created sacred for two individuals bound in marriage. It advocates for the practice of celibacy in relationships. Waiting has it’s good; it honours God, it saves you from transmission of STIs and ensures no accidental pregnancies.
Whenever I’m ready?
One can have sex with their lover, and I advocate for waiting will marriage. More than anything though, you want to feel ready. But what does that mean?
Some people know and others take a lot of time. The time is right when it aligns with your personal values, life goals, emotional and physical needs. Trust for your partner should have developed; having the right partner is key. Without deep sexual desire, you’re less sure you’re acting on your own actual agency and you may be less likely to have a good experience.
Sex is not one of the things we should be doing for anyone but ourselves. There is no real reason to hasten to have sexual experience if you can’t optimize it by feeling ready, trusting, informed and acting from a real space of choice.
Based on a survey I conducted from the 20th-23rd of Nov 2018, the greater majority of the respondents were for the idea of whenever one feels read at 57.89%, followed by those the day idea of waiting till marriage with 23.68%, those advocating for lovers were 13.16%, and least was the number of people giving a yes for teens at 5.26%.

Early marriages

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Its really painful when you see a young girl getting married before getting an education.Its also so sad to see a young girl denied the chance to achieve her goals and dreams.Child marriage is like murder because it destroys the life and future of the girl.
Many girls are married off before attaining the age of 18years and most of these cases occur in rural areas.Most of this activity occur in Turkana,Kajiado and even part of Kisumu county.Poverty is the main reason as to why fathers in some of the rural areas marry off their girls as if they are selling them.They view their daughters as economic assets and marry them off in exchange of dowry.Others marry off to pay their debts while others are completely ignorant.
Those young girls are forced to drop out of school and become wives.Their dreams are completely destroyed and they become vulnerable to sexual and gender based violence ,HIV &STI infection and even pregnancy related complications.Child marriage is illegal in Kenya and no one should subject a child to female circumcision or early marriages.
Stopping child marriage has appositive impact for the girl child and on the family.When a girl is educated the family and the whole society benefits at large.Educating young girls will enable them create a brighter,healthier and more prosperous future for themselves.According to the survey,it show that there is still a high rate of early marriages being practiced.Its now the high time we stop silence and talk about this issue of early marriages among the African communities in Kenya.
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Alcohol abuse

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consumption in kenya
Alcohol is a drink that contains ethanol produced by fermentation of grains, fruits or other sources of sugar. Drinking alcohol plays an important social role in many culture, Example:beer, wine, whisky, liquor, spirits just to mention a few.
When you drink alcohol it enters the bloodstream through the stomach and then small intestines. From there it travels to the brain and because its a depressing it slows down the function of the body.
Effects of alcohol
– It cause liver cirrhosis
– It cause addiction/dependency
– It cause ulcers where there is internal bleeding
-It cause high blood pressure
– It causes cancer eg. Throat
-It affects the heart and lungs
When you look at this effects, a large percentage in Kenya have been affected. Many have died and many have been left poor. Even the youth are affected making them drop out of school or even some use the school fees for drinking. Many assume the consequences of alcohol and end up regretting. Example is do not drink and drive but it has been the major problem that affect Kenyans. Another example is do not sell alcohol to under age that is and below but many don’t mind that but incase sell for money gain. This is something that the government should deal with to avoid alcoholics.
Why is it consumed in Kenya?
-Due to peer pressure
-It is cheap, anyone can buy even below 18years.
-It is readily available
-Drinking sites are over the country. Eg clubs, bars.
-For pleasure
-To ease stress and anxiety
Factors that influence alcohol consumption in Kenya.
-Access to alcohol from parents and other people
-Alcohol dependency
-Access to cheap alcohol
-Alcohol marketing

Kengans are more accessible to alcoholic drinks at a young age. Example, university students and even high schoolers who attend parties and clubbing. Parents should go easy on their children when introduced to alcohol. They should be role model to their children in order to avoid the children follow the bad lane. Peer pressure influence the choice of alcohol used by their friends when they interact. A large percentage that consume alcohol is from 18yrs-35yrs which is the age where some one should concentrate on future building.