Let’s stay healthily alive
Wealthy Africans and African Americans are over-weight on the average. This is especially true of the nouveau riche among them who believe that the one way to enjoy their new found wealth is to eat, drink and be merry. They want to catch up on the long years of lack and scrappy feeding, but soon realize how badly their health condition has deteriorated because of over weight.
Usually you notice them by the big pot bellies they are carrying around. For the women they load their fat around their hips and backsides which often may be mistaken for pregnancy, but for men, no explanation is good enough. Some jocularly refer to it as the “evidence of good living” while those who are laden with the burden, know better.
Stomach fat is perhaps the most difficult kind of fat to deal with. They soon realize that it is unhealthy, and would give an arm and a leg, to get rid of it.
You can test yourself right away, by measuring with a tailor’s tape, your height and your waist. If the measurement of your waist line is more than half your height, then you are overweight and need to do something about it fast. There are proven ways of burning fat and feeding the muscles and you must fall in line if you want to enjoy your wealth for longer periods on this earth.
Most times this realization comes as a result of a near total breakdown of their body system manifesting in one of several serious illnesses arising from fat gain such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
A close friend of mine recently died from complications bordering on excessive weight gain, but of course, his close relations blamed his death on witchcraft machinations of some kindred enemy against whom they have a land dispute. But I know what killed him. He slumped and died at his work place. He died of heart failure caused by hypertension and complications associated with diabetes. These days it is common to hear about people dropping death suddenly even without the popular “after a brief illness”.
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Some of these complications can “silently” lead to damage to the heart, kidney and blood vessels and may occur if conditions remain unchecked, increasing the risk for stroke (brain damage), heart attack, kidney or heart (cardiac) failure, hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis), eye damage, or even death. We are all afraid to die regardless of the quality of the life we live, aren’t we?
In West Africa, no one performs autopsy on dead bodies unless a strong allegation of homicide is being investigated by the police. So, it is our culture to bury our dead with the causes of those deaths. We so respect the human corpse that we think it is sacrilegious to probe for the cause of their demise.
In the olden days, our fore fathers opened the stomachs of dead people whom they suspected to have died from bad diseases, to cut out the diseased organs so that the “incarnates” of such deceased persons, will not be born with those same ailments. For whatever it was worth, there may have been some benefits from that practice other than what they contemplated.
But nowadays, even though we know better, we still inordinately revere dead bodies. And prefer to endanger the living by shunning the prescriptions of modern medical science to do a post-mortem.
The meat of this article is a declaration that since people are dying daily from the effects of over indulgence and we still don’t care to track the causes, then lets take some basic precautions. My recommendation is that you watch what you eat, seek medical attention when you don’t feel normal and start an exercise program that will make you sweat for at least 15 minutes per day. Hopefully my next article will address the issue of healthy diet for us West Africans and African Americans.
For those who are diagnosed already of one of these medical conditions, one way out you must quickly consider and adopt is, an intensive weight loss program such as this one
Click Here to View the Best Fat Burning Product Yet!
It is well. Stay healthy until I come your way again soon.
Tobechi.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Let’s stay healthily alive
Wealthy West Africans are over-weight on average. This is especially true with the nouveau riche among them who believe that the one way to enjoy their new found wealth is to eat, drink and be merry. They want to catch up on the long years of lack and scrappy feeding, but soon realize how badly their health condition has deteriorated because of over weight.
Usually you notice them by the big pot bellies they are carrying around. For the women they load their fat around their hips and backside which are often mistaken for pregnancy but for men, no explanation is good enough. Some jocularly refer to it as the “evidence of good living” while those who are laden with the burden, know better. Stomach fat is perhaps the most difficult kind of fat to deal with. They soon realize that it is unhealthy, and would give an arm and a leg, to get rid of it.
You can test yourself right away by measuring with a tailor’s tape your height and your waist. If your waist line is more than half your height, then you are overweight and need to do something about it fast. There are proven ways of burning fat and feeding the muscles and you must fall in line if you want to enjoy your wealth for longer periods on this earth.
Most times this realization comes as a result of a near total breakdown of their body system manifesting in one of several serious illnesses arising from fat gain such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
A close friend of mine recently died from complications bordering on excessive weight gain, but of course, his close relations blamed his death on witchcraft machinations of some kindred enemy against whom they have a land dispute. But I know what killed him. He died of heart failure caused by hypertension and complications associated with diabetes. These days it is common to hear about people dropping death suddenly even without the popular “after a brief illness”.
To See the Fastest Way to Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally: Click Here!
Some of these complications can “silently” lead to damage to the heart, kidney and blood vessels and may occur if conditions remain unchecked, increasing the risk for stroke (brain damage), heart attack, kidney or heart (cardiac) failure, hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis), eye damage, or even death. We are all afraid to die regardless of the quality of the life we live, aren’t we?
In West Africa, no one performs autopsy on a dead bodies unless a strong allegation of homicide is being investigated by the police. So, it is our culture to bury our dead with the causes of those deaths. We so respect the human corpse that we think it is sacrilegious to probe for the cause of their demise.
In the olden days, our fore fathers opened the stomachs of dead people whom they suspected to have died from bad diseases, to cut out the diseased organs so that the “incarnates” of such deceased persons, will not be born with those same ailments. For whatever it was worth, there may have been some benefits from that practice other than what they contemplated.
But nowadays, even though we know better, we still inordinately revere dead bodies. And prefer to endanger the living by shunning the prescriptions of modern medical science to do a post-mortem.
The meat of this article is a declaration that since people are dying daily from the effects of over indulgence and we still don’t care to track the causes, then lets take some basic precautions. So my recommendation is that you watch what you eat, seek medical attention when you don’t feel normal and start an exercise program that will make you sweat for at least 15 minutes per day. Hopefully my next article will address the issue of healthy diet for us West Africans.
For those who are diagnosed already of one of these medical conditions, one way out you must quickly consider and adopt is, an intensive weight loss program such as this one
Click Here to View the Best Fat Burning Product Yet!
It is swell. Stay healthy until I come your way again soon.
Tobechi
Usually you notice them by the big pot bellies they are carrying around. For the women they load their fat around their hips and backside which are often mistaken for pregnancy but for men, no explanation is good enough. Some jocularly refer to it as the “evidence of good living” while those who are laden with the burden, know better. Stomach fat is perhaps the most difficult kind of fat to deal with. They soon realize that it is unhealthy, and would give an arm and a leg, to get rid of it.
You can test yourself right away by measuring with a tailor’s tape your height and your waist. If your waist line is more than half your height, then you are overweight and need to do something about it fast. There are proven ways of burning fat and feeding the muscles and you must fall in line if you want to enjoy your wealth for longer periods on this earth.
Most times this realization comes as a result of a near total breakdown of their body system manifesting in one of several serious illnesses arising from fat gain such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
A close friend of mine recently died from complications bordering on excessive weight gain, but of course, his close relations blamed his death on witchcraft machinations of some kindred enemy against whom they have a land dispute. But I know what killed him. He died of heart failure caused by hypertension and complications associated with diabetes. These days it is common to hear about people dropping death suddenly even without the popular “after a brief illness”.
To See the Fastest Way to Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally: Click Here!
Some of these complications can “silently” lead to damage to the heart, kidney and blood vessels and may occur if conditions remain unchecked, increasing the risk for stroke (brain damage), heart attack, kidney or heart (cardiac) failure, hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis), eye damage, or even death. We are all afraid to die regardless of the quality of the life we live, aren’t we?
In West Africa, no one performs autopsy on a dead bodies unless a strong allegation of homicide is being investigated by the police. So, it is our culture to bury our dead with the causes of those deaths. We so respect the human corpse that we think it is sacrilegious to probe for the cause of their demise.
In the olden days, our fore fathers opened the stomachs of dead people whom they suspected to have died from bad diseases, to cut out the diseased organs so that the “incarnates” of such deceased persons, will not be born with those same ailments. For whatever it was worth, there may have been some benefits from that practice other than what they contemplated.
But nowadays, even though we know better, we still inordinately revere dead bodies. And prefer to endanger the living by shunning the prescriptions of modern medical science to do a post-mortem.
The meat of this article is a declaration that since people are dying daily from the effects of over indulgence and we still don’t care to track the causes, then lets take some basic precautions. So my recommendation is that you watch what you eat, seek medical attention when you don’t feel normal and start an exercise program that will make you sweat for at least 15 minutes per day. Hopefully my next article will address the issue of healthy diet for us West Africans.
For those who are diagnosed already of one of these medical conditions, one way out you must quickly consider and adopt is, an intensive weight loss program such as this one
Click Here to View the Best Fat Burning Product Yet!
It is swell. Stay healthy until I come your way again soon.
Tobechi
Saturday, January 23, 2010
The future could be brighter if we make small adjustments
Hello Folks,
Much water has passed under the bridge since my last post. I shall remain focused and only address my niche area here and hopefully comment on other issues in the appropriate forums. The road to my church I spoke about in my last post has surprisingly been fixed…not the usual patch-up work but a thorough rehab. I watched the procedure, and I am perfectly convinced that it will stand many rainy seasons in the future (I mean the fixed sections). Vehicles now speed past the once impassable road like a highway.
The problem with the Nigerian system, in my assessment, is that the fiscal year is skewed in such a way that it runs from January to December. A new budget is usually passed to take effect from the 1st of January and terminate by 30th December of every year. This means that a fair amount of the dry season is used to jaw-jaw about a new budget in which period outdoor projects should intensively be going on.
If we take into consideration the geography, indeed the best model for a fiscal year should be one that starts on the 1st of July and ends on the 30th of June of every year. This way we would use much of the rainy season to plan, present, defend, debate and then pass the Appropriation Bills as they are properly called.
Implementation of this financial plan would then commence in July and in about 2 months all pre-contract procedures will have been completed and outdoor projects may kick-off as the dry season sets in. Invariably this would allow project implementation to utilize the full span of the dry weather period instead of the current situation whereby outdoor projects hardly use up to 3 months dry period every year.
The country is tinkering with its 31 year old constitution handed down to the polity by past military dictators as we speak, and they will do well to incorporate this change into it. Outdoor project implementation will benefit immensely from this proposed regime and then the much talked about infrastructure gap will be filled. The current practice whereby legislators receive budget proposals in December, after which they proceed on Christmas and New Year break, and return to pass the Bills anytime deep into the 1st quarter of the New Year, is a terrible waste of scarce dry weather.
This is the main reason why projects awarded to contractors which usually would last for 10 to 12 months construction time, end up hanging for more than 6 years, and most of them abandoned due to the fact that much dilapidation had already occurred to erode the integrity of the earlier milestones achieved. Will the politicians see this anomaly? Let’s hope they read published materials such as this.
Much water has passed under the bridge since my last post. I shall remain focused and only address my niche area here and hopefully comment on other issues in the appropriate forums. The road to my church I spoke about in my last post has surprisingly been fixed…not the usual patch-up work but a thorough rehab. I watched the procedure, and I am perfectly convinced that it will stand many rainy seasons in the future (I mean the fixed sections). Vehicles now speed past the once impassable road like a highway.
The problem with the Nigerian system, in my assessment, is that the fiscal year is skewed in such a way that it runs from January to December. A new budget is usually passed to take effect from the 1st of January and terminate by 30th December of every year. This means that a fair amount of the dry season is used to jaw-jaw about a new budget in which period outdoor projects should intensively be going on.
If we take into consideration the geography, indeed the best model for a fiscal year should be one that starts on the 1st of July and ends on the 30th of June of every year. This way we would use much of the rainy season to plan, present, defend, debate and then pass the Appropriation Bills as they are properly called.
Implementation of this financial plan would then commence in July and in about 2 months all pre-contract procedures will have been completed and outdoor projects may kick-off as the dry season sets in. Invariably this would allow project implementation to utilize the full span of the dry weather period instead of the current situation whereby outdoor projects hardly use up to 3 months dry period every year.
The country is tinkering with its 31 year old constitution handed down to the polity by past military dictators as we speak, and they will do well to incorporate this change into it. Outdoor project implementation will benefit immensely from this proposed regime and then the much talked about infrastructure gap will be filled. The current practice whereby legislators receive budget proposals in December, after which they proceed on Christmas and New Year break, and return to pass the Bills anytime deep into the 1st quarter of the New Year, is a terrible waste of scarce dry weather.
This is the main reason why projects awarded to contractors which usually would last for 10 to 12 months construction time, end up hanging for more than 6 years, and most of them abandoned due to the fact that much dilapidation had already occurred to erode the integrity of the earlier milestones achieved. Will the politicians see this anomaly? Let’s hope they read published materials such as this.
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