Category: Nutrition

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has impounded fake baby food and other products worth N3 million in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia. The agency’s...

People age 65 and older who eat fish may live an average of two years longer than people who do not consume the omega-3 fatty acids found mainly in seafood,...

AS one of the world’s most popular beverage drinks, does coffee really cause addiction? How much do healthcare providers know about coffee? There are often several questions asked about the...

HEALTH benefits of sea food are often undermined, yet increased intake of crayfish, prawns, crab and shrimp, among others, helps minimise risk of  heart attack, while promoting general good health....

AS the public hearing of the revised 2012 National Health Bill got under way in at the National Assembly Abuja Monday February 12, expectations remained high among a wide section...

Fluted pumpkin belongs to the leafy green family. It is a valuable commercial crop grown across the low-land humid tropics of West Africa. “Ugu”, are highly nutritious and very rich...

MEDICAL experts have said periodic immunisation is not enough to eradicate polio and other preventable child killer diseases, even as the next round of National Immunisation Plus Days, NIPDs, is...

Some dermatologists on Monday in Lagos, said Shea butter was a possible cure for stretch marks and other skin problems. They said in separate interviews that Shea butter could also...

“We should keep talking about  cancer. The prediction is that HIV and all the other infections will reduce while cancer is increasing. We need more awareness.” Such was the comment...

Hajiya Jummai Hassan, a nutritionist with the Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, has said that wheat bread had high fibre content and was good for adults and children. Hassan on Wednesday...