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The Amazing Health Benefits of Ugu leaf (Telfairia occidentalis)

English Name :          Fluted Pumpkin Leaves Local Name:                Ugu (Igbo) Botanical Name:      Telfairia Occidentalis This tropical vine known as Telfairia occidentalis  is well grown in West Africa as a leaf vegetable and also for its edible seed. It belongs to a member of the Curcurbitaceae  family and is indigenous to southern Nigeria. Ugu is mostly cultivated in Nigeria by the south eastern Nigeria, and widely distributed among the Igbo speaking people, particularly Abia state. It is mainly used    It is mainly used in soups and herbal medicines. The seed produced by the gourd are high in protein and fat, and can therefore contribute to a well-balanced diet.  It is widely cultivated in the West and Central Africa (Benin Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone to Angola, and up to Uganda in east Africa). It is called ‘ugu’ by the Igbos, ‘ugw...
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15 BIBLICAL VERSES ON RESTORATION

1.        Biblical Verse       1 JEREMIAH 30:17      For I will restore heaven to you, and all your wound. I will heal, declares the lord, because they have caused you an outcast: “it is Zion, for whom no one cares! 2.        JOEL 2:25-26 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the lord your God who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame. 3.        PSALM 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. 4.        ACTS 3: 19-12 Repent therefore, and   turn again, thou your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the ...
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Dangers of Drinking Cold Water

As rewarding as drinking cold water can be, it could come with serious health consequences. Experts have said drinking cold water regularly could have negative impact on the heart and the digestive system. Food and healthy living expert say that cold water is at a temperature that contradicts the overall temperature within the body system. According to Dr. Tosin Akinsanya, a consultant nutritionist, though the body cannot have too much of water, it complains when it has too much of cold water. He explained that normal body temperature is between 34 and 37 oC while that of cold water is usually between zero and two degrees Celsius and the sudden change in temperature levels, which usually happens when we drink cold water, shocks the body, leading to chronic diseases in those who drink it over time. “ The body is made up of 70 per cent of warm water. Water is the most important fluid in the body because it is the medium blood uses. It is the medium which circul...
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