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Saturday 27 January 2018

Am I feeding cancer?

Sugar Ant.🐜
A lot of people love all things sweet. Be it from salt or sugar. But the body is one strange thing; it has ways to tell you when you’re treating it right or wrong.
    Sugar is sweet yet dangerous when taken in large doses. So, in the spirit of good will, I’m bringing you some ways to know that the sugar intake in the body is much; here are a few pointers to know;
1. Bad Breath
       In the first place, sugar itself is a major cause of bad breath and it is bad for your oral health. It is also responsible for tooth decay, cavities and gum diseases. That is why eating too much sugary foods increases the activities of bacteria in the mouth. The best ways to deal with this is to start taking little or no sugar at all, brush after eating anything sugary especially before you go to bed at night.

2. Weight Gain
     Sugar also contains a lot of fat so it is only natural that the body will increase in weight when it cannot break down the fat. Besides, if you overly consume sugar, you’re fast getting on your way to being obese!

3.Poor memory
       Lack of concentration and poor memory/memory loss come as a result of high sugar consumption. High sugar intake fires up the sugar level which slows down the brain after cutting down on the energy it needs to function properly. In the end if sugar consumption is not controlled, this can be a major issue.

4. Immune system
      Eating too much simple sugar can negatively affect your immune system for up to 5 hours after you eat it , according to AskDrSears . com . An excess of sugar blocks your immune system from functioning properly and diminishes the ability of white blood cells to fight bacteria . In contrast , complex carbohydrates do not have these effects . Dr . Sears reports that just eight tablespoons of sugar , or 2 1/2, 12- ounce cans of soda , reduces your immune system 's ability to fight germs by 40 percent .
Almost everyone has experienced energy surges and dips after eating simple sugars as they are broken down quickly in your body . While not everyone has the same reaction to sugar , sugar - sensitive people have drastic “ sugar highs ” from adrenaline surges after eating sugar and “ sugar lows ” associated with low blood sugar . These effects can lead to behavior problems , difficulty paying attention and trouble learning .
5. high blood pressure
       Similar to consuming too much salt , an excess of sugar can lead to high blood pressure in men , according to the American Heart Association . These results are associated with fructose , the type of sugar found in table sugar and added to many products , and are not related to another type of sugar : glucose . However , high blood pressure from sugar occurred in men consuming much more fructose than the amount found in the typical American diet.
 
6. Lastly it affects our back and cuts short the life span of a person, I could remember back in school, during the heat period, I find myself taking up to 3 bottles of soft drink a day,  "coke cola" to be precise, "my goodness" the relief it gives when the sweet coldness hits your tongue and goes down your stomach, ahhhhh! I thought I was enjoying,  little did I know I was killing myself, I found out the sugar goes to my back and breaks it down, I had waist pain, back numbness, dizzy spells  and weak bladder due to the amount of sugar in my system, it can kill literally! Also sugar is the number one food for Cancer, the more sugar we take, the healthier the disease becomes while the host withers.
   So next time you go to the restaurant, request for water instead of soda!
Eat lots of complex sugar instead e.g fruits and ceareal.

And forever live a happy healthy life! 😊


Source:
Hildah.
Information Nigeria.
Dr Sharon therein
Livingstrong.

P.s will be having a busy day guys, I will enable comments when I'm less busy, thanks for your patience! Xo.

Sunday 21 January 2018

How can i make money in a 3rd world country?

ways to make money in Nigeria.



This is one of the  burning question, asked consistently by Nigerians, how can I make money in this country? A country where there is no constant electricity,  cost of shop rent skyrocketing, bad roads, and high cost of foreign exchange and bank interest rate.
Well after a few research, I was able to draft a few!



1. Event planning business
This agency provides a full range of services for ceremonies, do you know the rate at which one can get that major bucks with just one good deal? It is usually stressful and you might end up catching sore throat but at the end? You get to smile at the bank, but hey, you have to start by getting that little jobs to build up your portfolio,  what do you need as an event planner
1. Contacts of vendors who are into rentals of equipment and materials needed
2. Contact of a good dj on speed dial
3.florist
4.caterers, you need at least 2 contact, tested and trusted
5.contacts of  good sound systems guys
6. And you need to print out your cards and lastly open your business page online to promote your job
7. Lastly, and most important in promoting your business page, a good phone or camera. Everyone is a  lover of good pictures, it catches the eyes like sugar to ants.



2. Horticulturist
flower growing business is now the new big deal, omg! Do you know how the craze for flowers for events are now? Flowers for birthday parties ,  flowers for bridal showers,  flowers for bridal showers, flowers for weddings, engagement and the list is endless.
things you need to know and how to start.
1. Have a natural skills a florist require or hire one
2.learn the trade of florist, even if you hire a good florist, you still need to understand the business
3.learn the risk and benefits of opening a flower shop
4 learn how to control your temperature in your location, the optimal temperature to store flower shelves is 34 to 36°F but some flowers do best at 30°F
5. Picture, pictures, pictures.... u can never overestimate the immense importance of good pictures, this will attract your potential buyers.



3. vendors and event coordination
This is one of my favorite, tho it cost much to start, but the end game is a total pay off... smiles* you can make cool cash on these rentals weekly   without lifting a finger.

Things you need.
1. A good space with air and also well secured, you don't want to wake up one morning to find out all your items are gone oooops* faints*
2. You can start with 30 chairs, 5 round tables, 2 big cooking pots, 2 big spools, two long wooden food stirrer, 5 metal food server trays, 5 metal food dishing spoon's, 5 metal food table server plate trays, 2 canopies, 5 food preservers aka (coolers) 50 ceramic breakable plates, 50 metal eating spoons, forks and knives.
3 chair clothing's, you need to get a good tailor who will make you the table clothes and chair clothing , pick two unique colors that catches the attention of people that they can't resist e.get black and gold robe tie, burgundy and pink is another to die color,  army green and mustard Yellow.
4. You will need help from people setting up these items and also a reliable driver who will help deliver the items
5. Put a sign post ,this will let people know about your business, print out cards as well.



5. Online shop
The virtual market could be interesting even in an economic meltdown. People won’t stop buying food, clothes, shoes, and cosmetics. Experienced businessmen recommend trading both online and offline. This expands the circle of customers and allows you to increase sales.
However, for the beginner entrepreneurs, it’s highly recommended to start from online. In this case, you can try to find your target audience and figure out, what kind of goods you would sell. If you see that you have some additional resources, and you have a strong demand, then you can try to go offline. A small showroom in the shopping center is a nice offline extension of your online business.



6. Mini-importation business
Importing products from different countries is an excellent option for personal business. Obviously, considering the fact that Nigeria imports literally everything we consume.



7. Blogging
Among the many types of Internet earnings blogging (the creation and promotion of a blog or website) has gained maximum popularity. Although both the site and the blog is an intellectual development in which the owner invests his emotions, ideas, time and money, it requires much more attention, and the level of profit from the blog will be directly proportional to the efforts spent on it.
To develop, create and promote your site or blog you have to put maximum creative efforts. Quite frankly, this goal is entirely achievable, since this business is very lucrative, and brings an average of several thousand to several million Naira a year.


8. Lounge
Formally, a lounge bar is a kind of mini hospitality business, especially for stand-alone lounges that are not part of hotels. The word lounge can be generally attributed to anything from bar to billiard room. Lounge bars are usually designed for wealthy customers and offer refined drinks and expensive dishes, they often organize VIP rooms, live music etc. Talk about a money maker!
READ ALSO: How to make money as a student in Nigeria


9. Bookmaking business
You can start in the bookmaking business, having an area of ​​only 6 square meters. So you open one window with a cashier. It is quite enough to try your hands in this business. From the equipment you will need:
1. A computer.
2. A printer.
3. A copier.
4. Internet access.
Also, you have to think about software for receiving bets. Here there are two options, either the licensed program is bought or the program is written by the skilled programmers. A bookmaker's office is nothing more than a sports exchange game. This type of operations is one of the most profitable of all known short-term financial instruments.


10. Transport business
Buying some types of freight vehicles can automatically make you owner of a small business involved in the freight industry. Of course, you still have to find your clients and make some investments in the advertising. But, the main point of this business is that your wheels can make you lots of money.
What kind of car you have to buy depends on what kind of cargo you will be transporting. Therefore, in the very beginning, you have to probe the nearby market: what is carried more often? In prospect, you can hire additional drivers, buy new freight vehicles, and expand your business through different regions.

11. Travel agency
Tourism business is dominated by two kinds of players: tour operators and travel agents. The first is engaged in the development of tours, and form a price for them. Travel agents are doing less work, selling ready tours.
For a beginner travel agency, it is important to determine the target market which it will work with and the specialization of the tours that it will sell. According to experts, at the initial stage, the main thing for the firm is to survive the off-season. Send at least 500 tourists abroad, then, in the second year of operation, the client base will grow.
It is better


I hope you enjoyed reading and you were able to find your perfect niche.


* written and edited by sashakaychronicles, while some content were culled from opera google ad*









Tuesday 16 January 2018

Dysmenorrhea

I read an article about dysmenorrhea and I wondered! Could this be my problem, do I have a disability unknown to me? Memories came Flashing back to my early days as a young girl, I remember being scared of boarding school, my thought? Who will nurse me to bed when the pains start, who will make me hot tea to ease the pain, so many thoughts......
 2004 September, the day I got admitted to most talked about boarding school, I was so happy, finally leaving home, no more errands, I was happy mostly because I could see the snare on my elder sisters face, she had no one to torture or send unnecessary errands anymore, oh dear! She sends the most ridiculous annoying errands, like get me the remote, get me water, get me my phone, help me get my legs off the stool for me " ahhh" I'm so weak!! Bla bla bla......
 i could only curse her out in my dreams, I remember seriously punching her in my dreams, I loved every moment of it, till I woke up with the struggling voice of my mother trying to detach my punching fist from the pillow" she was worried I would grow up aggressive, she never knew I was just mad at her Eldest daughter.
 These her little errands boil my temperature to a thousand Celsius! But then I would miss her, but hey! not more than her annoying errands.
    
Two months later, I woke up with the most hurtful abdominal pain, oh my goodness, have I been stabbed in my dreams?
 was I raped? hurriedly I Jumped off my bunk, knelt down in search of what to cover up , hurriedly tied around my waist my moms old wrapper which I had taken with me,
 straight ahead!
     i went to my school mother,
 short of words,
      " aunty Thelma, I don't know what's wrong with me, it wouldn't stop,
she says "what's not stopping?
 At this moment I was embarrassed to say" she lifted up her eyes and held my shoulder, pulling me aside "what's wrong? Speak up I have morning sanitation meeting with the other prefect" I murmured the words " my...my... Stomach hurts real badly, she replied" are you bleeding? I said "yes and it hurts"....
She took me back to the hostel and gave me a little snack with some painkillers!
    hmmmm i have become a woman my mom says, dont go near boys oooooh!! else you will get pregnant!
I said "mama what about the pains? Oh don't worry baby, it will subside as you get older! A deep *sigh* of relief came over me like ice water on a sunny day!
 I wasn't going to suffer for long!


18years later, a graduate and an MSc  on the way! I find myself still struggling with the pains every time of the month, I would drown my self in pain killers, to the extent I now have partial ulcer due to its side effect of long usage, I resulted in taking "Alomo bitters" an alcoholic bitters sold here in the western part of Africa! It helps but I end up reeking of alcohol before the birth of a new day!
   Before securing a job, I would ensure the working hours are flexible and I wouldn't have to be walking around or doing anything strenuous, I would select and select till I find the one that suit me, I find myself hating every job eventually.
when the time of the month comes, I would dread going to work,
this 8-5 wasn't working for me oooh, i Told  my mom,
 all day I would stare at the clock till 5pm...the restroom had become my companion, when the pain starts I will lock myself in there and cry my eyes out!
I couldn't function anymore, I would tell my boss beforehand when the first day starts, that I would not be able to come, he noticed my plight and made sure not to insist because he had witness my suffering on an occasion! You need to see the tantrums I threw, he had to let me go oh! Ah!
   I had attended a seminar organised by my friend, about the society and its disability! In his words "Anything that deters you from
functioning properly in a society is a disability , if you have to check in with your health before doing something its a disability"
Oh boy! It just clicked in my head, I think I have a disability" this dysmenorrhea is actually a disability, all my life it had stopped me from functioning properly, whatever I want to do, I had to check on it first, if it falls on the days? I immediately cancel it.
 did I choose to go through this ?No
    All I can do is manage! I even heard birth will make it go, oh well " my little ones didn't solve it" they just gave mummy stretchmark's! Which I wouldn't trade for the world.



  *written and edited by* thesashakaychronicles.blogspot.com


*Inspiration from Mrs laide*



Dont forget to leave your own experience and views concerning dysmenorrhea thanks!
   

Monday 15 January 2018

blurry eyesight?

do I need glasses? 😢
Am I already getting bad vision at this early stage of my life? Would I be needing glasses? Is this genetic or I'm just worrying unnecessarily,
These are the numerous questions often asked by people having blurry visions.
Most times its just due to lack of vitamin A,  exposure to dust or long usage of digital lights from our phones and computers!
   even with eye drops and other numerous eye medic care, there is little or no improvement!
    while growing up, I realised I had started  experiencing blurry vision, my little box was filled up of empty little rubbers of eyedrops,
   one certain festive period I  travelled to the village with my mom, my grandma noticed my constant twitching'
She yelled at me to stop scratching my eyes and told me to go to the tap, put it on, bend with my eyes wide open for the water to run over it every morning and before bed!
I did so and got some relief!
But how long?
So I decided to embark on a research On the importance of fluid to the eyes.
 what does water really do to the eyes?
You already know that its healthy to drink water, but do you know that drinking water Doesn't  only benefits your whole body as a whole, but really helps your eyes? Because your eyeballs are organs and water is essential for each of your organs to function well, eyes included!
 now the question is, what do your eyeballs really do with that water?
These act of lubrication allows your eyes to do everything, from producing tears to focusing, the eyes should always have fluid present. Without proper hydration, your eyes lack the fluid they need to clear out debris(with tears), to blink comfortably and even to see without straining, your eyes are the happiest when there is plenty of liquid in there to keep things clean and operate properly.
So why not try having two glasses of water in the morning, pouring tap water while your eyes are wide open during bath times.
One may ask, why tap water?
Well its because it is the purest,devoid from chemicals.
 so! Why not try it out today? It wouldn't hurt to give it a try right?
i await your feedback. Who knows, you might not need glasses after all 😊
Xo!

Is depression Real??

is depression Real? Or are people just taking it to the extreme??


I woke up this cold morning with the sound of my brothers voice, pacing, worrying and tossing up things in the air! Well he had been posted to sokoto for his 3 weeks compulsory camp exercise, who could blame him? Anyways! Trying to distract myself, I reached out to my phone to read the news online for today, one post caught my attention, it was a post  about a lady who was crying out for help...................
 I wondered, I thought what women want, is to "meet" a man, fall in love, get married, have babies and have a happy ever after, Oh well, not certainly a perfect "happy ever after" but at least something fulfilling! Alas! Little did I know.
Anyways back to it!!
The post was about how she was depressed after giving birth to her "bundle of joy".
I was like "oh no" you ungrateful woman! She probably let the devil creep into your heart, I bet she doesn't pray often,I bet she's just so needy for attention!  hmmmm!
  Words of a Typical Nigerian that I am naw.....lol!
But then! after a few seconds I decided to go into a body transit mood, I imagined myself being pregnant and giving birth!
Then it dawned on me, I literally went crazy!
I stood up, looked myself in the mirror and thoughts started crawling in....
Imagine your whole life changing, my tummy filled with marks from expansion, my nipple swollen and hurting from breastfeeding, my baby crying in need of attention or breast milk, husband wanting my attention, the sleepless night,
    God! Will my body ever be the same??
 Will he still love me the way I am, will he still see me as the sexy woman he drools over when I undress! Will my vagina still make him climax and call on heaven? Will I ever find peace and 8hrs sleep,
  I know you just sighed and said " oh shuttup sharon!!!! that's the sacrifice you make as a woman!!
But then this little things builds up and gradually drives a woman crazy and eventually into depression...
     
      "the sacrifice, the hurts, the    
      change, the sleepless night,   
        the cries and the endless.
        house chores"!!
Ahhhhhh!!! And then one day, you see evidence of his cheating
 ( yes you know ya'all do this *rolls eyes* don't look at me like that" *snaps fingers *)
And that moment your whole world drops on your face!!
Tears dripping down her cheeks! She just realised all her sacrifice and changes still can't keep a man!!!!
 She looks at her beautiful baby and her home!!!
She knows she can't leave because her mom will chastise her and make her watch "war room" the thousand and one times! "Damm I just realized I hate that movie!
She prays her hearts out hoping he will change but he just gets worse!
 After two more kids! Arrrghh!
It got worse, the marks and saggy boobs,
Oh my world! *Sobs*
Am I being vain??
But shouldn't I think of myself too?
Oh yes! I know the kids comes first now!
But what about me? am I now a dwindling shadow not worthy of admiration?
Shouldn't I feel happy too?
  And then her friends tells her about surgeries that will make her look sexy again!
She looks it up online! 3million???
Will hubby give me such money?? I bet a typical African husband will see that as vanity! *sigh*
I mean if he can admire such women, why not invest in his woman as well??
It's just tummy reduction, breast lift and fat transfer to the butt, nothing artificial right?
*Sigh*
I know someone just snared and said go to the gym!
You know no amount of gym can give you that, so shuttup!!
 Arrrghh!! I hate those little voices in my head!
 She sees this as a ray of hope, she daydreams about it and try to save up for it since hubby won't help out!
Months later!
She had saved up,
told hubby that she will be needing 3 weeks off!
Hubby angrily asks?
What for?? Scolds her, calls her mom, mocks her and the idea!
She tries to defend her ideas, he pushed further, he sees she was adamant!
He then brought the "sword"
"Young woman!!! If you step a foot out of this house, don't bother coming back!
At this point , she fell on her feet and cried!
 A deep ocean of sadness rushed through her soul!she asked herself?
But why? I just want to feel good again and also look pleasing to you once more!!!
And maybe you wouldn't cheat on me again!
 He shrug! Looked at her and said,
  "Ehhheemmm I've told you already ooh! Don't come back here if you leave this house"
*Sigh*
She picked herself up, turned around!!
Calls her friend!
She says"
       "Honey, don't worry, just ignore him, focus more on the kids and business, he would come around"
Come around you say?? It's been 2years after these words!!
Let's just keep on praying!!
Months goes by, she turns to aunty Nkechi"
Looking like the shadow of her former self, always lost in her thoughts, husband was a mere live in partner, lost in a strange land far from home! No friends to talk to but her pastor, who keeps encouraging her to fast and pray and that God hates divorce! Hmmmmmm........
  
After she the kids had gone to school, she decided to take a long walk to clear her head, she got to the bridge, joggers and corporate workers passing by! She stopped,
 wrapped her arms around her chest and then a thought crept in
"What if I just jump and end it all"
   No!! no! no! That's the devil,
   oh my goodness, I rebuke such 
  thoughts, shook and in utter confusion she hurriedly walk past the bridge , confused and livid,  she collides into a passer-by !
Oh dear! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, she could see the look in his eyes, the look of pity and that of mental patient!
Not again!!!
And then,
She saw his eyes lit up and scream!!
Oh my goodness!!
Watch ouuuttt!!!!
She looks forward and then!

Silence!