Thursday, March 27, 2014

How to Lose Weight Without Even Trying

Losing weight takes a lot of sweat and discipline, but there are a lot of simpler ways to see those pounds drop on the scale.


Employing these 10 little tricks daily will help you lose weight, no gym or diet required.

1. Always start a meal with a glass of water: You'll stay hydrated and feel fuller instantly, which can help you from overeating.

2. Make a few simple swaps at every meal: Opting for fresh fruit instead of dried can save you dozens as well.

3.  Reduce your sugar intake: Instead of opting for the cookies in the break room, quiet your sugar cravings with a piece of dark chocolate. It may not feel quite as satisfying the first few times, but as you wean yourself off your sugar addiction, you'll be glad you're saving calories while having a healthy yet decadent treat.

4. Be diligent with portion control: If you want to lose weight, sticking to the right portions at every meal is important. Measure out snacks beforehand instead of eating from the bag, use smaller plates to visually signal that your meal will satisfy, and put away leftovers, so you're not tempted to go back for seconds.

5. Move more: Even if you're not dedicating an entire chunk of time to a workout, you can burn a few extra calories by making an effort to move a little more during the day. Taking breaks to walk around the office, opting for the stairs instead of the escalator, and parking a little farther from the office entrance are all simple ways to up your calorie burn.

6. Don't drink your calories: It's a common reason why you're not seeing results — those empty calories from a daily soda, morning juice, or large glass of wine at dinner can really add up. Stick to water flavored with a fresh ingredients like cucumber, lemon or min in order to save on important calories.

7. Don't go hungry too long: A little hunger can be good for you, but starving yourself all day in order to "splurge" on dessert at night is both unhealthy and diet sabotage. Eat well-timed meal and snacks in order to avoid low blood sugar levels that cause you to crash.

8. Snack on high-protein, high-fiber foods: When it's time to snack, make your food work for you. Steer clear of the empty, high-calorie options like chips and crackers, and go for protein- and fiber-rich foods that taste good and fill you up too.

9. Eat a light, early dinner. Try to keep your dinner to about 25 percent of your daily calories, and have it at least two to three hours before going to bed. Eating too much too late can cause digestion and sleep issues that make it hard to stick to a healthy routine.

10. Get more sleep. Lack of sleep can cause you to eat more throughout the day and not have enough energy for your workouts, so aim for at least seven hours of sleep every night. It's an easy and effective way to keep your weight-loss goals on the right track.

Photo - MEET Ibadan Prophet Who Has Not Had His Bath & Had Sex In 13 Years
Prophet Wale Olagunji who heads Divine Seed of God Chapel Ministry in Ibadan, Oyo State, said that God spoke to him and asked to stop taking bath, stop drinking alcohol, and separate himself from his wife.
Prophet Wale Olagunji stated that this happened in 2000, and since then he followed the God’s will.
Read an extract from his interview with City People magazine:
CP: “Some years back, you came out that God instructed you to stop having your bath, is it true. And are you still on it?”
Prophet: “Yes, it is 13 years now to be precise. Early 2000, the Lord told me to stop taking my bath, separate myself from my wife and that I should stop taking all those soft drinks and wines. And since then, diligently, I have observed all those things.
Whoever God wants to use for certain purposes on earth, there is a serious price attached to that calling. So I believe that is the price I am paying. As I am talking to you now, I have not taking my bath, if you want me to show you evidence, I will show you if you doubt all I am saying; I have not taking my bath since 2001 till this moment.”
- See more at: http://citypeoplenews.com/meet-ibadan-prophet-wale-olagunji-bath-sex-alcohol-13-years/#sthash.ZZF9pDOn.dpuf

Photo - MEET Ibadan Prophet Who Has Not Had His Bath & Had Sex In 13 Years
Prophet Wale Olagunji who heads Divine Seed of God Chapel Ministry in Ibadan, Oyo State, said that God spoke to him and asked to stop taking bath, stop drinking alcohol, and separate himself from his wife.
Prophet Wale Olagunji stated that this happened in 2000, and since then he followed the God’s will.
Read an extract from his interview with City People magazine:
CP: “Some years back, you came out that God instructed you to stop having your bath, is it true. And are you still on it?”
Prophet: “Yes, it is 13 years now to be precise. Early 2000, the Lord told me to stop taking my bath, separate myself from my wife and that I should stop taking all those soft drinks and wines. And since then, diligently, I have observed all those things.
Whoever God wants to use for certain purposes on earth, there is a serious price attached to that calling. So I believe that is the price I am paying. As I am talking to you now, I have not taking my bath, if you want me to show you evidence, I will show you if you doubt all I am saying; I have not taking my bath since 2001 till this moment.”
- See more at: http://citypeoplenews.com/meet-ibadan-prophet-wale-olagunji-bath-sex-alcohol-13-years/#sthash.ZZF9pDOn.dpuf

Photo - MEET Ibadan Prophet Who Has Not Had His Bath & Had Sex In 13 Years
Prophet Wale Olagunji who heads Divine Seed of God Chapel Ministry in Ibadan, Oyo State, said that God spoke to him and asked to stop taking bath, stop drinking alcohol, and separate himself from his wife.
Prophet Wale Olagunji stated that this happened in 2000, and since then he followed the God’s will.
Read an extract from his interview with City People magazine:
CP: “Some years back, you came out that God instructed you to stop having your bath, is it true. And are you still on it?”
Prophet: “Yes, it is 13 years now to be precise. Early 2000, the Lord told me to stop taking my bath, separate myself from my wife and that I should stop taking all those soft drinks and wines. And since then, diligently, I have observed all those things.
Whoever God wants to use for certain purposes on earth, there is a serious price attached to that calling. So I believe that is the price I am paying. As I am talking to you now, I have not taking my bath, if you want me to show you evidence, I will show you if you doubt all I am saying; I have not taking my bath since 2001 till this moment.”
- See more at: http://citypeoplenews.com/meet-ibadan-prophet-wale-olagunji-bath-sex-alcohol-13-years/#sthash.ZZF9pDOn.dpuf

Photo - MEET Ibadan Prophet Who Has Not Had His Bath & Had Sex In 13 Years
Prophet Wale Olagunji who heads Divine Seed of God Chapel Ministry in Ibadan, Oyo State, said that God spoke to him and asked to stop taking bath, stop drinking alcohol, and separate himself from his wife.
Prophet Wale Olagunji stated that this happened in 2000, and since then he followed the God’s will.
Read an extract from his interview with City People magazine:
CP: “Some years back, you came out that God instructed you to stop having your bath, is it true. And are you still on it?”
Prophet: “Yes, it is 13 years now to be precise. Early 2000, the Lord told me to stop taking my bath, separate myself from my wife and that I should stop taking all those soft drinks and wines. And since then, diligently, I have observed all those things.
Whoever God wants to use for certain purposes on earth, there is a serious price attached to that calling. So I believe that is the price I am paying. As I am talking to you now, I have not taking my bath, if you want me to show you evidence, I will show you if you doubt all I am saying; I have not taking my bath since 2001 till this moment.”
- See more at: http://citypeoplenews.com/meet-ibadan-prophet-wale-olagunji-bath-sex-alcohol-13-years/#sthash.ZZF9pDOn.dpuf

Photo - MEET Ibadan Prophet Who Has Not Had His Bath & Had Sex In 13 Years
Prophet Wale Olagunji who heads Divine Seed of God Chapel Ministry in Ibadan, Oyo State, said that God spoke to him and asked to stop taking bath, stop drinking alcohol, and separate himself from his wife.
Prophet Wale Olagunji stated that this happened in 2000, and since then he followed the God’s will.
Read an extract from his interview with City People magazine:
CP: “Some years back, you came out that God instructed you to stop having your bath, is it true. And are you still on it?”
Prophet: “Yes, it is 13 years now to be precise. Early 2000, the Lord told me to stop taking my bath, separate myself from my wife and that I should stop taking all those soft drinks and wines. And since then, diligently, I have observed all those things.
Whoever God wants to use for certain purposes on earth, there is a serious price attached to that calling. So I believe that is the price I am paying. As I am talking to you now, I have not taking my bath, if you want me to show you evidence, I will show you if you doubt all I am saying; I have not taking my bath since 2001 till this moment.”
- See more at: http://citypeoplenews.com/meet-ibadan-prophet-wale-olagunji-bath-sex-alcohol-13-years/#sthash.ZZF9pDOn.dpuf

Saturday, March 22, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan visits the Pope at the Vatican- Religion and politics.


              



                                                                         
President Jonathan with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Saturday
President Goodluck Jonathan was at the Vatican to pay a visit to the pope, reason for the visit is still not clear.

Paul Okoye, Julius Agwu, Kcee, Susan Peters All Arrive Port Harcourt for Paul Okoye's wedding


Paul Okoye who will be getting married traditionally tomorrow, 22nd of March, 2014 to Anita Isama has arrived Port Harcourt, her home town where the wedding will take place. Paul arrived with Julius Agwu, Susan Peters and KCee who were on the same flight with him. congrats bro from the tatafonaija family, see another picture after the cut
 

Dbanj unveils his Koko Garri (Photos)

 After so many years since he made known his intention to produce "Koko Garri" & Koko Phone, looks like Dbanj is serious about it. The introduced it at the he One Do Agric It Pays Campaign conference at the Hilton Hotel in Abuja.see more pictures after the cut

 



Hope the garri wont get koko?
We are moving on.

TABLE Here's how the Barclays Premier League stands going into Matchweek 31

Kim Kardashian finally lands Vogue cover with Kanye at Last.



 

 Awww after fighting so hard to see his girl on the cover of vogue, it finally happened but as you see, they made her share it with Kanye...She has been on almost all covers and really wanted Vogue but they said she was too trashy for their 'elite ' magazine.

Kanye did all he could to convince them, he even verbally attacked them saying Kim is the most beautiful woman inthe world and deserves to be on Vogue

Kanye is so inlove with Kim. See how he let her take centre stage..He has cleaned up her image

Its Was Not A One-Night Stand! Fuji Star, Kwam1 Is The Father Of My Son - Popular Actress Reveals

Legendary fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal also known as K1 who recently celebrated his 57th birthday and gave out three of his daughters out in marriage is back in the news.


Actress, Bisola Badmus                                                         K1 with his newest wife, Titi Marshal

This time it has to do with one of his baby mamas. That King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal aka Kwam1 is a father of many children (over 30) is no longer news.
What's now news is popular Yoruba actress, Bisola Badmus in an interview with National Encomium revealed that the fuji star is the father of her 2-year old son and she is not in any way scared of his newest wife, Titi Masha and in fact K1 is her husband.
Excerpts;
On the claim that K1 De Ultimate is the father of her baby
Yes, he is the father of my son. That’s not a lie. My son is not a bastard.

Her son's full name
  He is Abdulmalik Ayinde Marshal. I have never regretted having a baby for K1. He has been a wonderful father to my son. He is taking good care of Him.

On why she denied that K1 was the father of her baby two years ago
 I thank God for giving me a wonderful son, a cute one at that. I am happy as a mother let me correct the impression by the public and some press men that may be because K1 had denied the paternity of my son, that’s why I kept quiet since. That’s not true; I only do not want to talk because I hate noise, most especially on my son because he is too young for that. Everybody knows I am naturally a very quiet person. That’s why I refused to talk about or even grant any interview on the matter. I know who the father of my son is. It’s not controversial.

On any misunderstanding between the them
 We never had any misunderstanding. He still pays his bill as a father. And my son will be happy knowing that K1 is his father. He has been so caring to us. I can’t fight the father of my baby. K1 has been a very good father and I love him for that.
 
On if her relationship was a one-night stand
 It wasn’t a one- night-stand. We had a good relationship. We agreed that we should have a baby, not that I forced my child on him.

On being married to K1
 Of course I don’t have any other husband.

On her being afraid of  K1's wife
I told you I kept quite because I don’t like noise, especially about my little boy. Besides, no one has ever been a threat to me. My husband is my husband. I don’t believe I owe anybody any explanation for marrying him. Nobody was there when we met. Then, how can anybody become a threat to me or my marriage to K1? That’s not possible. So, that’s all.
Anyway, leave my marriage for me for me for now.
 

It would be recalled that his K1's newest wife, Titi Marshal who happens to be his ex-wife Alhaja Shalewa (nee Masha) niece welcomed a daughter last year.

TB Joshua Paid Me $100,000 To Deceive The Church Members'' - Man Exposes Prophet TB Joshua's secrets


Hear how a guy confess that the Pastor paid him $100,000 to act like he was sick, just to deceive the chuch members that the Pastor is a real man of God, in this way the money can keep comming in from member donating huge sum of money.
See video

Nadia denies getting engaged to Jim Iyke, see her tweets


 
Yesterday there was so much excitement after Jim Iyke proposed to Nadia Buari on his reality show..but instead of gushing about it this morning,Nadia Buari has been writing cryptic messages on twitter..even using Arabic ...The translation of the Arabic tweet is..


"Lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has time to put on pants":
Her fans are shocked,bombarding her with questions if the proposal is real or not..Remember this proposal took place last year on her birthday ,it's possible alot has changed since then...

Money is good

How Emmanuel Adebayor Changed Over The Years

A Togolese star footballer and Tottenham Hotspur forward Emmanuel Adebayor has shared an incredible photo from his past.
The amazing before-and-after photo says: "Same man Started from the bottom..."

"SEA, the journey started long ago, it hasn't been easy, looking forward to the long journey ahead ( life's good )," the striker added.
It would be noted that the footballer enjoys his life, shares the moments of his Luxurious Lifestyle regularly, however, his family once called him "rubbish" before he became successful.

 

Saturday, March 15, 2014

6 die in stampede at immigration employment tests venues across Nigeria

The Nigerian Immigration Service decided to conduct a test for 3,000 vacant positions and the number of Nigerian Youths that went to the various test locations was overwhelming! Above is a collage of the crowd at the respective venues of the Immigration Service Test carried out in stadiums across the country this morning.

The Abuja stadium which is to sit not more than 60,000 people had well over 80,000 youths and only one entrance to the stadium was opened for the applicants. It's being reported that at least six people died during a stampede at some of the venues of the poorly coordinated test. The dead are mostly from the Abuja venue. I hear a pregnant woman was among the deceased.

The dead applicants have been taken to the National Hospital Abuja morgue. May their souls rest in peace...Amen.

It's important to note that these applicants paid N1,000 registration fee and there were over 2 million applicants...you do the calculation, that's about N2billion. We need the Minister of Interior and Comptroller General of Immigration to address what happened today. Continue to see more pics..

Man allegedly blinds married woman because she refused him sex

A 35-year old man, Arinze Kingsley, has left a married woman, Mrs Amaka Ohanwe, partially blind when she allegedly refused his sexual advances, PM News.
Amaka was seriously injured in her right eye when she was allegedly beaten up by Kingsley at a beauty salon. She said after undergoing several operations, the doctors at Apapa General Hospital confirmed that she cannot see with the eye again.
Following the assault, the police at Area ‘B’ Apapa arrested Kingsley and charged him with assault before Apapa Magistrate’s Court after which he was remanded in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.
Both Amaka and Kingsley, who is still single, admitted that they were friends but Amaka said they were just friends not lovers.
She said she stopped relating with Kingsley when she discovered that he was desperate to have sex with her despite the fact that he knew that she was married and had two kids.

She said after several attempts by him to sleep with her failed, he became aggressive and when she noticed that, she started avoiding him.

Amaka said Kingsley eventually traced her to a salon at Pen Crescent, Apapa, Lagos where she went to have her hair done and attacked her in front of the beauty shop.

“He waited for me outside the salon. When he saw me, he started abusing me after I refused his advances. I replied him and he hit my eye and threw me on the floor. He started  hitting his head on my eyes until I started bleeding,” she told the court.

Amaka said it was their neighbours who came to her rescue and took her to the hospital, while Kingsley immediately started his motorcycle and rode off after attacking her.
She alleged that after the attack, Kingsley boasted that nothing would happen to him because he has money to bail himself out of any difficult situation.

Amaka reported the case to the police but alleged that she was asked to collect N30,000 for her eye operation in order to settle the matter out of court.

Amaka said she had spent over N200,000 on the surgeries but they were not successful.
She called on the state government to come to her aid and ensure justice was done in the matter. Meanwhile, when Kingsley was contacted, he admitted attacking Amaka but said he wanted to settle the matter out of court but she refused.

When he was arraigned, he pleaded not guilty.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs O.A Adegbite, granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.

He was, however, remanded in prison custody pending when he will fulfill his bail conditions
The matter was adjourned till 24 March.

Friday, March 14, 2014

Covenant University Is At It Again, Students Have Been Banned From Using These (See Photo)

Students of Covenant University based in Ota, Ogun State, have been banned from using or being in possession of gadgets such as SIM enabled tablets and more.

The school which is being run under strict disciplinary rules is known for its low tolerance any form of misconduct among its students.

The school made the latest announcement yesterday placing a ban on the use of “phone chargers, SIM Cards, and SIM enabled devices [like] iPad, Techno, Samsung and other unpopular tab brands” in the school.

According to the release signed by the institution’s Dean of Student Affairs, Mr. Azubuike, any student found with these prohibited materials will be punished with a 4-week suspension.

See the notice below:

Thursday, March 13, 2014

9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda

9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda

Need a reason to break your soda addiction? We've got 9, and they're not pretty.

  1. Soda's Bittersweet Side Effects

    1. sucralose side effects-diet-soda
    If you've been reading health magazines and websites for any length of time, you've read a litany of reasons why soda is bad for you. It's nothing but sugar water. It's devoid of any nutritional value. It leads to obesity and diabetes. But we've dug up nine other disturbing facts about what soda does to your body, whether it's the side effects of sucralose and other artificial sweeteners or ingredients that can lead to memory loss. Keep reading to find out all nine reasons you should kick soda to the curb

    2.Weird Fat in Weird Places

    9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda: Weird Fat in Weird Places 

    In the latest bad news for the soda industry, Danish researchers discovered that drinking non-diet soda leads to dramatic increases in fat buildup around your liver and your skeletal muscles, both of which can contribute to insulin resistance and diabetes. The study revealed that people who drank a regular soda every day for six months saw a 132 to 142 percent increase in liver fat, a 117 to 221 percent jump in skeletal fat, and about a 30 percent increase in both triglyceride blood fats and other organ fat. Their consumption also led to an 11 percent increase in cholesterol, compared with the people who drank other beverages such as water or milk. 

    3.Diet-Soda Belly

    9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda: Diet-Soda BellyIt's not surprising that drinking all the sugar in sodas would cause weight gain, but what is surprising is that even diet soda will pack on the pounds: Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center monitored 475 adults for 10 years, and found that those who drank diet soda had a 70 percent increase in waist circumference over the 10-year study, compared with those who didn't drink any soda. Those who drank more than two diet sodas per day saw a 500 percent waist expansion! A separate study the same researchers conducted on mice suggested that it was the aspartame, which raised blood glucose levels, that caused the weight gain; when your liver encounters too much glucose, the excess is converted to body fat.

    4.Caramel Cancer-Causers


    9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda: Caramel Cancer-CausersIn 2011, the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban the artificial caramel coloring used to make Coke, Pepsi, and other colas brown. The reason: Two contaminants in the coloring, 2-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole, have been found to cause cancer in animals, a threat the group says is unnecessary, considering that the coloring is purely cosmetic. According to California's strict Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to cause cancer, just 16 micrograms per person per day of 4-methylimidazole is enough to pose a cancer threat, and most popular brown colas, both diet and regular, contain 200 micrograms per 20-ounce bottle. 
  2. Accelerated Aging

    9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda: Accelerated Aging

     Diet or regular, all colas contain phosphates, or phosphoric acid, a weak acid that gives colas their tangy flavor and improves their shelf life. Although it exists in many whole foods, such as meat, dairy, and nuts, too much phosphoric acid can lead to heart and kidney problems, muscle loss, and osteoporosis, and one study suggests it could trigger accelerated aging. The study, published in a 2010 issue of the FASEB Journal, found that the excessive phosphate levels found in sodas caused lab rats to die a full five weeks earlier than the rats whose diets had more normal phosphate levels—a disturbing trend considering that soda manufacturers have been increasing the levels of phosphoric acid in their products over the past few decades.

    6.Water Pollution
    9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda: Water PollutionThe artificial sweeteners used in diet sodas don't break down in our bodies, nor do waste water-treatment plants catch them before they enter waterways, researchers have found. In 2009, Swiss scientists tested water samples from waste water-treatment plants, rivers and lakes in Switzerland and detected levels of acesulfame K, sucralose, and saccharin, all of which are, or have been, used in diet sodas. A recent test of 19 municipal water supplies in the U.S. revealed the presence of sucralose in every one. It's not clear yet what these low levels are doing to people, but past research has found that sucralose in rivers and lakes interferes with some organisms' feeding habits.



    7.Mountain Dew Mind

    9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda: Mountain Dew MindDentists have a name for the condition they see in kids who drink too much Mountain Dew. They wind up with a "Mountain Dew Mouth," full of cavities caused by the drink's excessive sugar levels. "Mountain Dew Mind" may be the next medical condition that gets named after the stuff. An ingredient called brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, added to prevent the flavoring from separating from the drink, is an industrial chemical used as a flame retardant in plastics. Also found in other citrus-based soft drinks and sports drinks, the chemical has been known to cause memory loss and nerve disorders when consumed in large quantities. Researchers also suspect that, like brominated flame retardants used in furniture foam, the chemical builds up in body fat, possibly causing behavioral problems, infertility, and lesions on heart muscles over time.













    8.Whacked-Out Hormones

    9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda: Whacked-Out HormonesIt's not just the soda that's causing all the problems. Nearly all aluminum soda cans are lined with an epoxy resin called bisphenol A (BPA), used to keep the acids in soda from reacting with the metal. BPA is known to interfere with hormones, and has been linked to everything from infertility to obesity and diabetes and some forms of reproductive cancers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have pegged soda cans, along with restaurant, school, and fast-food meals, as a major source of exposure to the chemical. And while Pepsi and Coke are currently locked in a battle to see which company can be the first to develop a 100 percent plant-based-plastic bottle—which they're touting as "BPA free"—neither company is willing to switch to BPA-free aluminum cans.

    9.Dead Birds

    9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda: Dead BirdsBefore you switch from cans to bottles, though, take a look at the photographs of Chris Jordan, an environmentalist and photographer who visited the Midway Atoll area in 2009. It's close to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a mass of plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean where things like soda caps (which often aren't recycled) and plastic fish netting float just beneath the surface of the water. Birds, sea turtles, and other wildlife mistake the debris for food and eat large quantities of the plastic, which they are unable to digest. Ultimately, the plastic causes them to starve to death. It's estimated that thousands of animals die this way every year.




    10.Unknown Side Effects of GMOs

    9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda: Unknown Side Effects of GMOsTake a look at the ingredients list for any soda and chances are most of those ingredients are derived from corn. As much as 88 percent of the corn grown in the U.S. is genetically modified to resist toxic pesticides or engineered to create pesticides within the plant itself. Thanks to lax government safety regulations, and tight corporate control over who gets to test these proprietary seeds, there are no human studies that can prove or disprove whether these crops are safe. Independent scientists have found that, in animals, genetically modified crops, or GMOs, are linked to digestive tract damage, accelerated aging, and even infertility. Most recently, scientists in France found that rats fed GMO corn for their entire two-year lifespan developed mammary tumors and died earlier than rats that ate non-GMO corn their entire lives.
     

How to Get Better Sleep: Avoid These 10 Hormone Disruptors in the Bedroom

You won't be able to lose dangerous fat if your sleep patterns are off. Here's how to get the best sleep of your life


how to get better sleep

Fat can wreak havoc on your hormones and impair your ability to lose fat. For instance, hormones like melatonin, serotonin, and dopamine influence motivation, mood, sleep, and cravings. The right natural growth hormone balance is essential because it handles growth and repair of your body. (A deficiency in this hormonal department promotes fat gain!)
Sleep plays an important role in regulating all of these hormones. It's time for a sleep overhaul if you find yourself regularly Googling: "How can I get better sleep."
The following list highlights sleep-disrupting habits that can sabotage your slumber. Take a look at these offenders—and avoid them—to optimize your sleep!
Sleep Mistake #1: Eating too close to bedtime. Late-night meals and snacks prevent your body from cooling down during sleep and raise your insulin level. As a result, less cell-boosting melatonin and growth hormone are released while you snooze.
Fix It: Stop eating 3 hours before bed.
Sleep Mistake #2: Sleeping with light exposure or too close to your digital alarm clock. Even a small amount of light interferes with the release of melatonin and, subsequently, the release of growth hormone. Cortisol also remains abnormally high when you are exposed to light.
You should also be away of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) that are emitted from electrical devices and digital alarm clocks in your bedroom. These can disrupt the pineal gland and the production of melatonin and serotonin. Research has also linked EMFs to increased risk of cancer.
Fix It: Sleep in pitch dark and keep electrical equipment at least 3 feet away, if you must use these items.  Turn the light display away from your line of sight.
Sleep Mistake #3: Drinking too much liquid before bed. Drinking before bedtime can definteily increase your need for late-night trips to the toilet. Waking to go to the bathroom interrupts your natural sleep patterns. If you turn the light on when you go, you also run the risk of suppressing melatonin production.
Fix It: Stop drinking 2 hours before bedtime and use a red night light in the bathroom, if a night light is needed.
More From Rodale News: 5 Natural Sleep Aids
Sleep Mistake #4: Exercising late at night. Regular exercise can certainly help you sleep better, as long as you do it early enough in the day. A late-night workout, especially a cardio session, raises body temperature significantly, preventing the release of melatonin. It can also interfere with your ability to fall asleep, since it usually increases noradrenaline, dopamine, and cortisol, which stimulate brain activity.
Fix It: Avoid cardiovascular exercise in the 3-hour period before bed.
Sleep Mistake #5: Too much TV or computer use before bed. Many of us enjoy watching favorite TV shows, catching up on emails, or surfing the Net in the evenings, but too much time in front of either screen close to bedtime can interfere with a good night's rest. Both these activities increase the stimulating hormones noradrenaline and dopamine, which can hamper your ability to fall asleep.
Fix It: Take time to "power down" and focus on mind-calming activities like meditation, reading, or journaling. These habits make you serotonin dominant and improve your sleep.
Sleep Mistake #6: Keeping your bedroom too warm. Plenty of people like to feel cozy at bedtime, but a sleep environment that's too warm can prevent the natural cooling that should take place in your body while you sleep.
Without this cool-down process, melatonin and growth hormone release is disrupted, which means you won't burn fat while you sleep or benefit from nighttime repair of your bones, skin, and muscles.
Fix It: Sleep in a cool environment, below 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
More From Rodale News: 8 Crazy Obesity Triggers
Sleep Mistake #7: Sleeping in tight-fitting clothes. Besides feeling comfy, your favorite PJs can actually help you sleep better, but not if they're too tight. Wearing tight-fitting clothing at bedtime—even a bra or underwear—appears to raise your body temperature and has been proven to reduce secretion of melatonin and growth hormone.
Fix It: Sleep in the nude and avoid excessive, heavy blankets. If you prefer to wear something to bed, make sure it's light and loose fitting.
Sleep Mistake #8: Failure to open the blinds or go outside in the morning. Remember, melatonin is supposed to be lowest first thing in the morning. If you remain in darkness, your body will not get the signal that the time has come to get up and go. High melatonin during the day leaves you feeling fatigued and unable to wake up properly. It may also lower serotonin, leading to depression, anxiety, and cravings.
Fix It: Let the light in as soon as you wake.
Sleep Mistake #9: Not getting the right amount of sleep. The American Cancer Association found higher incidences of cancer in individuals who consistently slept 6 hours or less or more than 9 hours nightly. New research recently reported that people who regularly sleep 7½ hours per night live longer.
Most sleep experts agree that 7 to 8 hours a night is optimal. However, some people may require more or less sleep than others. If you wake without an alarm in the and feel refreshed when you get up, you're likely getting the right amount of sleep for you.
When your sleep is insufficient, your cortisol and hunger hormones both surge, causing a corresponding increase in insulin. You also experience decreases in leptin, melatonin, growth hormone, testosterone, and serotonin, all of which lead to weight gain.
Fix It: Aim for 7½ to 9 hours nightly.
Sleep Mistake #10: Going to bed too late. More than half the respondents to the 2005 National Sleep Survey reported they are morning people with higher energy earlier in the day, while 41 percent considered themselves night owls. Evening people were more likely than morning people to experience symptoms of insomnia and sleep apnea, enjoy less sleep than they felt they needed, and take longer to fall asleep.
Stay awake until the wee hours causes hormonal imbalance because it increases cortisol, decreases leptin, and depletes growth hormone. It can also cause us to eat more, and it messes with our metabolism. Cortisol naturally begins to increase during the second half of your sleep—a small boost at 2 a.m., another at 4 a.m., and the peak at around 6 a.m. If you're just getting to bed immediately beforehand, you're missing out on your most restful period of sleep.

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

See Comedian I GO DYE's Second Multimillion Dollar Home -WONDERFUL

Rich and succesful comedian I Go Dye has had a great time, travelling around the world to entertain President, Governors and millionaires.

He has been building a new home in Benin city and is a French Luxury Chateaux des Reves Design.

This is I Go Dye's second home in Benin City.

Here are the photos below, What do you think?
WHO WAN DYE LIKE HIM? LOL

 



Police arraign pastor for cutting off two-year-old’s fingers

Saidat Faleye
The Sabo Police Station on Tuesday arraigned a 49-year-old pastor, Moyo Martins, before a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly cutting off the fingers of a two-year-old child, Saidat Faleye.
The incident happened on Olumo Street, Iwaya Onike, Yaba, Lagos State.
It was learnt that the mother of the victim, Mrs. Bola Faleye, had left her in the care of Martins on Thursday, when she wanted to take her bath.
After she was gone, the child and the suspect were said to have been together in his room.
About five minutes later, our correspondent gathered that the child suddenly let out a loud shriek of pain which drew the attention of neighbours.
They reportedly alerted her mother who equally rushed to the scene in panic. She found her child’s ring and little fingers chopped off.
It was alleged that Martins sawed off the fingers in his room.
The kid was said to have been rushed to a hospital within the area for treatment.
The suspect initially denied knowing anything about the incident. However, upon his arrest, he allegedly confessed that he did it in error and pleaded to be forgiven.
He was arraigned on one count,  which reads, “That you, Moyo Martins, on March 6, 2014, about 1.10pm, at 5, Olumo Street, Iwaya Onike, Yaba, Lagos in the Yaba Magisterial District, did use sharp saw to cut off the left finger of one Saidat Faleye, aged 2 years.”
The police prosecutor, Mr. F. Ifijeh, said the offence was punishable under Section 243 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge and elected summary trial at the magistrate’s court.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Y.O Aje-Afunwa, admitted him to bail in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum.
The matter was adjourned till April 24, 2014.

'I'm Not In Any Relationship Now’-MBGN Queen Declares

The reigning Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, MBGN, Anne Banner has rubbished speculation making the rounds that she is engaged to a man.



 * Anne Banner

According to the Special Assistant to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Culture and Tourism, she is still a bona fide single.

Rumour mongers got to work after the beauty queen shared a photo of a ring on her finger with caption; "OMG! can’t believe dis. n its not even valentines day.. sapphire n diamond."

Debunking the speculations, she said the guy who gave her the ring was just a friend and not a romantic boyfriend.

She added that he is like a godfather, an elderly white man who gave her the ring about three days to Valentine's Day.

‘I was very excited because that was my first diamond ring. He even gave me the certificate for the rings. So, right there, in his house, I posted it on Instagram. But I didn’t add anything like ‘my boo gave it to me,’ she added

WhatsApp user chats on Android liable to theft due to file system flaw

Global messaging service WhatsApp
Global messaging service WhatsApp Photograph: Alex Milan Tracy/Demotix/Corbis
A newly discovered security flaw in the Android version of WhatsApp allows another application to upload a user’s entire database of chats to a third-party server, without their consent.
The error stems from the Android operating system’s handling of external storage, as well as lax security standards in the WhatsApp application itself.
As detailed by Bas Bosschert, a dutch security consultant, the flaw allows any Android application with access to the device’s SD card to read and upload WhatsApp’s database.
“The WhatsApp database is saved on the SD card which can be read by any Android application if the user allows it to access the SD card,” Bosschert says. “And, as the majority of people allow everything on their Android device, this is not much of a problem.”
Android’s part in the weakness comes from the fact that the operating system only allows all-or-nothing access to the SD card. Any application which can read and write to the external storage can thus also read what other applications have stored there.
WhatsApp not only uses that external storage to hold its database, but on earlier versions of the app, does so without any encryption at all.
Bosschert adds that even later versions, which encrypt the database, do so using a key which can be easily extracted from the app using third-party tools like WhatsApp Xtract.
He concludes that “every application can read the WhatsApp database and it is also possible to read the chats from the encrypted databases.
“Facebook didn’t need to buy WhatsApp to read your chats.”
In order to avoid the risk of having their chats stolen, users should be wary of granting suspicious apps access to the SD card; a theoretical example given by Bosschert is a Flappy Bird clone app. If the application is from an untrusted publisher, they should exercise caution over granting the permissions it requests upon launch, especially if they include access to the SD card.
Opinion is split over whether WhatsApp or Android itself is more to blame for the flaw. Android’s policy of allowing total access to the SD card is at odds with Apple’s far more controlled security on iOS devices, where every app is “sandboxed” in a way that prevents others from accessing its data.
That Android openness allows developers to build programs which would be impossible on an iOS device, but also opens up the risk of errors such as that which has affected WhatsApp.
But this breach is the latest in a long string of security holes at WhatsApp. In October, a security researcher showed that it was possible to decrypt messages as they were sent using no more than data gained through eavesdropping on the WhatsApp connection.
And security researchers point out that one of the flaws which enabled this latest attack has been known about for more than a year; the WhatsApp Xtract tool, used to decrypted the database, was released in May 2012.
“Embedding cryptography into any product entails many subtleties, both at the granular level of code, and at the level of architecture,” explains Adrian Culley, Global Technical Consultant at Damballa. “In the fast moving world of mobile apps, advice is not always sought from skilled cryptographers at an early enough stage in development.”
WhatsApp, in an FAQ on its site, says that “WhatsApp communication between your phone and our server is encrypted.”
“Even though data sent through our app is encrypted,” it continues, “remember that if your phone or your friend’s phone is being used by someone else, it may be possible for them to read your WhatsApp messages. Please be aware of who has physical access to your phone.”
That warning was not enough for Germany’s privacy regulators who recommended in February that users switch to a more secure service.

Kunle Afolayan Show Off His N11M SUV Plus His Cute Looking Kids


But this man said hes poor and staying in rented apartment, can we all believe this. Im sure the landlord of the said house hes staying must be driving limousine, if not he will increase his house payment 3x.