Author: HyNaija Lifestyle Staff

There are just no plain ways of determining a ‘good or bad’ Suya snack by mere sighting. However, the following tips may help in determining whether a Suya snack is good for consumption or otherwise. Do the meat-snack producers maintain basic Hygiene? Let’s fall back to NAFDAC’s slogan: ‘shine your eyes!’ So watch out for vendors whose physical appearance doesn’t suggest that they keep the basic personal hygiene. This category of ‘cooks’ often wear dirty and fathered cloths which they often use as ‘handkerchief’ to wipe their hands before cutting their meat for customers. For instance, they station their joints…

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Time and again you hear mothers shout their children out from the kitchen probably because they consider it a dangerous place or that it is not just an environment for them. Unknown to such mothers, the kitchen can be a fascinating classroom for children and adults to learn. What are the benefits that can be gained when children in particular are regularly invited into the kitchen? With a good sense of humility inculcated, they can learn to serve others and work as part of a team. The kitchen is also a place where children can be taught creativity and problem…

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We are not sounding religious here, but believe it or not, alcohol in large quantities acts like poison and damage the body-especially the liver. For moderate drinkers, there are two problems associated with alcoholic drinks. Firstly, they have a lot of calories; and drinking too much can easily lead to being overweight. READ ALSO: Before You Eat That Chinese Rice, Think Secondly, they have very little or none of the nutrients and vitamins we need, so people who replace meals with alcohol drink will be missing out on a lot of important nutrients. It is sad that the gods of…

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Almost every healthy person takes salt. To eat food without salt is surely not a tasty experience. On the average, we eat about 10 grams of salt. That’s two spoonfuls. More than half the salt we eat is added by food manufacturers during food processing. Less than quarter is added by food manufacturers during cooking or at table and the remaining quarter is naturally present in food. Everyone needs some salt, but most people actually don’t need more than 1gram a day. READ ALSO: World’s Heaviest Man Who Died Due To His Addiction To Eating As long as you eat…

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Healthy eating can prevent heart trouble and many other illnesses like obesity, bowel trouble and tooth decay, to mention a few. If you imbibe the culture of healthy eating, you will be getting all the health giving proteins, vitamins and minerals you need. People often get confused about the different sorts of fats. There are basically two types of fat. The fat that comes from eating meat like beef, lamb, pork and from taking dairy products like milk, cheese and butter is known as saturated fats. These fats can also be found in some vegetable fats such as palm oil,…

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