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 Are you suffering from low sexual confidence? Walnut may be a fruit for you to patronize. Some people have a constantly low libido, whereas others experience episodes of loss of libido. Common contributors to low libido include sexual familiarity/boredom, tiredness, stress, hormones, many commonly prescribed drugs, the children, illness, too much alcohol, too much food and too many other things that need to be done. Working on Oneself Some of these contributory problems can be worked on to put your love life back into a more prominent. This entails working on your self-image, keeping an eye on your alcohol intake; prevent terminal exhaustion; exercise to increase sex drive as well as eat a good balanced diet including some 'aphrodisiac foods'. One of such is meat. Meat, including Oysters, is high in the amino acid, Arginine and minerals such as Zinc and Iron that are essential for sexual performance. Bee pollen is food for sex. Bee pollen...

Zingiber officinale is one of about 1400 species in the Zingiberaceae family of herbs. Native of Asia, ginger grows well in the tropical countries of the world. Ginger is widely cultivated in West Africa, especially in Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Of the over 1400 species of aromatic herbs in the Zingiberaceae family, ginger is the most powerful and the most well-known. The perennial tuberous rhizome is mistakenly referred to as root. Just as one does not call yam tuber root, so also one should not call the ginger rhizome 'root'. The rhizome is ginger. Because of differing climatic conditions, each variety of Zingiber has its own unique aroma and flavour. Ginger grown in China is often mild in flavour while ginger in Africa is hot and peppery. Jamaican ginger often has very strong aroma. The botanical name for ginger was given by a Swedish botanist named Linnaeus. It comes from the Sankrist word 'singabera', which means 'shaped like a horn'...

  Plantain,  musa   paradaisica , is  a household  plant. Both adults and children alike know it. Even though people are  familiar with  the plantain plant, and enjoy its fruit, they do not pay attention to its other uses. The plantain plant, which is rich in  Inulin , alkaloids  and  noradrenaline,  is a beauty to behold. The leaves are evergreen. The trunk is soft and contains a lot of fluid.  The green leaf of plantain is very useful for treating diabetes. Just boil the fresh leaves in water. Drink a glassful twice daily. However, pregnant women should not take this preparation, as it is capable of stimulating the uterus, thus promoting miscarriage. The whitish fluid that shows when plantain leaf  is cut  is  beneficial  for treating wounds, especially fresh  wounds . The juice stops the flow of blood very quickly.   Perhaps the most medicinal part of plantai...

T he Kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located close to the back. Although this pair of organs is relatively small, they are responsible for ensuring that the blood circulating in our body is free from harmful organisms, waste products and excess water. Your kidneys work extra hard to ensure your continued well-being. Every day, 20% of the blood pumped by the heart or approximately 200 quarts of blood passes through your kidneys for cleansing purposes. Every day, at least 2 quarts of unwanted waste materials are sifted from the blood before it is even allowed to return to general circulation. Each of these tiny organs is composed of about a million tinier units called "nephrons". Inside these nephrons, a tiny blood vessel ("glomerulus") is intertwined with a tiny urine-collecting tube (tubule). As blood passes through these nephrons, a complex interaction occurs between the glomerulus and the tubule which results in the elimination of wastes in the blood. These...

N ature has perfectly fashioned seasonal foods in each geographical zones of the world to provide the inhabitants of the zones with the right kind of nourishment that will sustain them at specific periods of the year. After rice, millet, and wheat, corn or maize is one of such seasonal foods (cereals) that have been known to most nations of the world right from the ancient times. Corn (maize) belongs to the family of grasses (graminaeae) and botanically it is called Zea mays. During its season, and depending on the nature of the soil, corn grows to a height of between 5 to 8 feet and is harvested within 70 to 90 days after planting. The measure of a good diet is that: The diet or food must be high in complex carbohydrates. Very high in dietary fibers. Low in protein and fats. Analyses have shown that maize satisfies all the qualities of a good diet. In addition to be a rich source of complex carbohydrates, fibers, and small amount of protein and fats, Corn is also a source ...

The above is the title of a book by Michael Greger, a well-known American medical doctor,  and  nutritionist, writing mainly for his American audience. Greger argues that the vast majority of premature deaths among Americans can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle.    He examines the fifteen top causes of death in America—heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson’s, high blood pressure, and more—and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes do better than prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches, freeing people to live healthier lives.   The simple truth is that most doctors are good at treating acute illnesses but bad at preventing chronic disease. According to him, the 15 leading causes of death claim the lives of 1.6 million Americans annually. For him, this doesn’t have to be the case and can be avoided. Using  wide  sources of research mate...