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HEALTH BENEFITS OF VERNONIA AMYGDALINA(BITTER LEAF) Among many plants and fruits is vernonia amygdalina, which indeed have been recognized to possess a wide range of properties including antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective and anticarcinogenic actions because of its chemopreventive properties. Vernonia amygdalina is a shrub commonly known as bitter leaf because of its bitter taste. However, its bitterness can be abated by boiling or by soaking the leaves in several changes of water most especially in the use of bitter leaf pepper-soup. The bitter taste is due to anti-nutritional factors such as alkaloids, saponins, tannins, and glycosides. In Nigeria, it is known variously as “Ewuro” in Yoruba language, “Onugbu” in Igbo language, “Chusar Doki or fatefate” in Hausa. The leaves are used as a green leafy vegetable and can be consumed either as a vegetable (leaves are macerated in soups) or aqueous (watery) extracts used as tonics for the treatment of various il...

FOOD AND OUR HEALTH Food is any substance consumed to provide Nutritional support for an organism. Food is usually of plant or animal origin and it should contain essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, protein, Vitamins, fats and minerals.  However this food we consume can be a potential poison for us and can also be used as a form of therapy for certain illness. The truth is everyone need food to live, but too little food, too much food, or the wrong type of food has negative impact on our health. Firstly, let us understand what the food does in our body. Food are classified into different categories and the nutrients in them enable cells in our body to perform their necessary functions. Nutrients are gotten from the food we eat. This implies that if the nutrients required by the body is not present in the food we eat, the aspect of function will decline and therefore human health declines. #Fact# Chronic Disease such as Cancer, Hypertension, Type 2Diabetes, Hepatitis, Digest...

#fact# There’s a disconnect between what science shows and what people actually do when it comes to improving health. Ignorance which is professionally referred to as deficient knowledge is the problem. ....imagine during this pandemic, some people were drinking alcohol to prevent covid (instead of alcohol-based hand sanitizer - to cleanse the hands).  Alcohol consumption causes suppressed immunity because alcohol can destroy the liver tissue whereas the liver is the producer of serum which is a protein-rich fluid that contains a high concentration of antibodies. Antibodies are substances (immunoglobulin) normally present in the blood serum and other fluids in the body which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies/cells, as toxins or the microorganisms or pathogens producing the toxins. The introduction or invasion of these foreign cells trigger/produce an immune response by stimulating the production of their specific antibodies by the immune system. Immune system is an import...

ETHEL-ESTHER TEAM Ethel-Esther Team is a team that was established in Memory of Ethel Titcombe and Esther Campion. Ethel Titcombe, the wife of Tommy Titcombe, the first missionary in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government, Kogi State, together with her husband, helped in bringing the Gospel of Christ to the people in the Communities. Esther Campion, together with her husband, George Campion, Founded ECWA Hospital Complex Egbe. Ethel-Esther Team is a replica of the National Florence Nightingale Contest, that helps to build Nursing Students Academically by organizing an Annual Contest which includes; Essay Writing, Written Quiz, and Speech Contest in order to improve students’ Critical thinking and Public speaking ability. OBJECTIVES To improve Students’ Academic Performance by practicing Professional standard questions and Essay writing. As Aforementioned, to improve students’ critical thinking and public speaking ability. Promoting public enlightenment by organizing Academic presentations a...