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Relishing Nutrients of Eggplant

By Titilayo Kupoliyi The eggplant is a nightshade vegetable, like potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers. This versatile vegetable comes in a variety of colours and shapes, oval, long and slim, and melon-shaped eggplants with white, green, pink, orange, and even striped skin. It originally comes from India and Asia, where it still grows wild and Eggplants […]Continue Reading
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Boost That Mood With Food

By Adebukola AlukoYour mood is the way you are feeling at a particular time. If you are in a good mood, you feel cheerful, however if you are in a bad mood, you feel angry and impatient. Your Productivity or how you relate with people is however dependent on your mood. Nevertheless, it is important […]Continue Reading
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Exploring Benefits of Locust Beans

By Titilayo Kupoliyi Locust beans, an aromatic local seasoning widely used in preparing soups and stews across West Africa is scientifically known as Parkia biglobosa. It is called ‘iru‘ by Yoruba, ‘ogiri‘ by Igbo, and ‘dawa dawa’ by Hausa. It is also known as Irú or Eware among the Edo people of Nigeria. Locust beans is […]Continue Reading
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Tapping Health Values of Soursop

 By Adebukola Aluko When you see an oval green fruit with spikes on the outside, and a soft, white pulp on the inside, what comes to mind is the soursop fruit. Soursop is a member of the Annonaceae family, the fruits, which grow on trees, are large and oval-shaped. The green exterior, which has spines on […]Continue Reading
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Yummy Way to Enjoy Yoghurt

summer is upon us! Just like we are getting our summer body ready, we also love to prepare our snack. Let me introduce to you a yummy way to go enjoy Yoghurt. Today we would be making frozen yogurt bark which is the perfect summer treat. It can be topped with fresh berries, fresh fruits, […]Continue Reading
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What to Eat In This Hot Weather

By Adebukola Aluko Welcome to this week’s edition of Nutrition Desk. A flashback to the last topic we were told to plan our meals and snacks to include nutrient-dense foods. Today we are going to discuss “Eating and Staying Healthy” during the dry/hot season. The dry season is generally attributed to a scorching hot day, warm or even […]Continue Reading
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Nutrition: Key to Health and Wealth

By Adebukola Aluko Nutrition is the study of how foods and drinks affect our bodies with special regard to the essential nutrients necessary to support human health. It looks at the physiological and biochemical processes involved in nourishment and how substances in food provide energy or are converted into body tissues. An important part of […]Continue Reading