MY GOOD HEALTH

WHAT IS THE BEST FOOD FOR HEALTH? A healthy food is the natural food which is cooked without destroying the vitamins. Eat lots of vegetables and fruits to help get rid of all the waste products in the body system. Vegetables and fruits contain lots of vitamins especially vitamin C which help in healing. It is anti-effective and it helps in preventing reactions. As we get older, we should avoid too much fat as it is not good for our health. Vegetables and fruits in season are the best. Don't miss the opportunities. Take oranges, mangoes, pineapple, cabbage, carrot, ugwu, bitter leaf when they are in season. As one is getting older, one experiences lots of aches and pains here and there. This could be due to taking the wrong food. We have to be careful. Some people over do things when they have the opportunity of free food. You will be doing a lot of destruction to yourself when you get free drinks and you decide to take bottles upon bottles of minerals, alcohols etc. Our natural drinks (kunun zakki) is very nourishing. Piata, njokoko, otache, and dawakazo are all alcoholic drinks and we should avoid them. Water is the most essential drinks we must take. Take up to three (3) liters of water daily in divided quantities and you will be surprised at your good health. Water flushes the system. Excessive meat consumption is not good because they are all converted into fat in the body. These fats go to block the blood vessels to cause stroke and heart attack. Eat more of dry fish, bush meat and local chicken or old layers. As adults, avoid eating the yolk of eggs. That is where we have one of the highest cholesterol level. When you want to prepare isi-ewu, remove the brain of the goat, because it contains lot of cholesterol. Pig brain is worst among all brains. Some important vegetables and fruits are: bitter leaf, (ugwu and kuka contain a lot of iron), water leaf, local salad (zogele), cabbage, lettuce ect. Fruits-like pawpaw, oranges, mangoes, pineapple ect. Everybody should try to plant vegetables in their backyard to enable them eat fresh vegetables. The fresher the better. By the time you eat all these food you will feel better health-wise. (D) DRUGS: These are chemicals given to people to swallow by doctors or nurses in form of tablets, pills, powder and liquid to treat or prevent illness or diseases. Some drugs come in form of balm and lotion for application on the skin. It is not good to take drugs indiscriminately. Always take drugs with a prescription, because all drugs are chemicals and are poisonous if taken in excess. The advice is for someone to see the doctor, who will check and know the right drug for your ailment. And you must follow the instructions of the doctor for your drugs and diet. Always go for follow up.