Health Benefits Of Cod Liver Oil - Read

Cod liver oil, as the name suggests, is the essential oil extracted from the livers of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

Apart from being a good source of nutrients, studies have found that cod liver oil may have some very important therapeutic properties.

Cod liver oil is thought to help relieve joint stiffness associated with arthritis, have a positive effect on cardiovascular health, and help repair wounded teeth, nails, hair, and skin.

Cod liver oil alleviates symptoms of arthritis

A German study, which included 43 patients with rheumatoid arthritis who ingested 1 g of cod liver oil every day for 3 months, found that the patients experienced a decrease in the pain intensity of their stiff joints.⁴

A separate study concluded that cod liver oil may also help those suffering from osteoarthritis. Researchers at Cardiff University found that cod liver oil helped reduce pain and cartilage damage caused by osteoarthritis, as well as reducing the need for joint replacement. 

In their study, the investigators found that cod liver oil reduced enzymes linked to pain and cartilage damage caused by osteoarthritis.

There are many benefits as well potential risks of taking cod liver oil.

Benefits of Cod Liver Oil

So, what nutritional benefits does cod liver oil have?

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin D
• DocosaHexaenoic acid (DHA)
• EicosaPentaenoic Acid (EPA)
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids

The nutritional ingredients found in cod liver oil enable you to achieve different health benefits. Some health benefits of cod liver oil include:

1. Relieve Arthritis

Taking cod liver oil daily is a great way to prevent arthritis. For those with arthritis, it will provide relief from pain. The recommended cod liver oil dosage for arthritis is a teaspoon or two each day. For those using it in capsule form, follow the directions provided on the capsule bottle.

2. Relieve Muscle Pain

Muscle and bone pain are the two major symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency. People who have this vitamin deficiency experience significant leg pain and find it hard to climb stairs. Studies have also shown that a teaspoon or two of cod liver oil increases levels of Vitamin D in the body. This helps reduce muscle pain and improves the strength of the muscles as well.

3. Prevent Heart Diseases

A daily dose of a teaspoon or two of cod liver oil improves the functionality of the heart, even after a heart surgery or a heart attack. This, in turn, helps prevent diseases affecting the heart. Nutritional contents in cod liver oil make this benefit possible? Omega-3 fatty acids line the arteries after damage hence improving healing. Mineral absorption is also facilitated by Vitamins D and A thereby supporting blood vessel elasticity and improving functionality of the muscles.

4. Lower High Cholesterol

Cod liver oil contains fatty acids, which help lower bad cholesterol in the body. The best remedy is consuming one to two teaspoons each day.

5. Fight Type 1 Diabetes in Children

Findings from a study conducted showed that expectant women who took a cod liver oil teaspoon each day were at lesser risk of having children with type 1 diabetes. Pregnant women are, however, advised to consult their doctors prior to taking cod liver oil on a regular basis.

6. Maintain Brain Health and Mental Health

The human brain has high omega-3 concentration, and since cod liver oil also contains omega-3 fatty acids, supplementing with this fish oil gives your brain and mental health a boost. It has possible benefit for conditions like ADHD and depression and it also notes possible effectiveness for psychosis and bipolar disorder.

7. Other Cod Liver Oil Benefits Include:

• Prevention of infection of your inner ear
• Reduction in triglycerides levels in your bloodstream
• Treating/preventing psoriasis
• Prevention of birth defects brought about by vitamin A & D deficiency
• A good alternative treatment for the Crohn's disease
• Reduces high BP
• Reduces lupus contraction risk
• Relieves headaches/migraines
• Fights inflammation
• Helps in immune system regulation
• Helps in bronchial asthma soothing
• Combating kidney disease (early)

Research conducted has found that cod liver oil is effective, to some extent, in treating cyst fibrosis, mental disorders, allergies, macular degeneration, allergies and even sickle cell anemia. If you have also been diagnosed and rely on NSAIDs for pain and inflammation, cod liver oil is a good reliever. A study done in Norway showed that women suffering from cancer and who also took cod liver oil had reduced mortality significantly compared to those who did not take this oil (45% for those with lung cancer, 25% for women with all sorts of cancer).

Potential Risks of Cod Liver Oil

Just because this oil has been generally recognized as being safe (GRAS), it does not mean that anyone can take it at any given time. As it is with all supplements, you first need to consult your doctor or personal physician before embarking on alternative treatments or new dietary remedies.
This is because there is toxicity potential when taken in high doses over some time. The side effects of the toxicity include:

• Mental confusion
• Bone loss
• Hair loss
• Liver damage
• Bad breadth
• Loose stool
• Heartburn
• Nosebleeds
• Nausea

Warnings
First off, lactating or pregnant women should consult their doctors before consuming any supplements regardless of how safe the supplements are.
Additionally, if you are under the care of a doctor for a heart disease or under prescription medication like anticoagulants, you should consult your doctors prior to taking supplements.
It should be noted that cod liver oil prevents clotting of blood, and it also has the ability to lower your blood pressure. Therefore, it should be contraindicated when routinely taking these medications. While this oil can be considered safe to take, it should be taken in the doses recommended.

Nigerian Artistes Are Going Into Politics For Money – Clarion Chukwura

Veteran actress Clarion Chukwurah in an interview with PUNCH described the rush, especially by Nollywood practitioners, to join partisan politics as sheer hypocrisy. According to her, some artistes want to go into politics because they are not getting much money from their vocations. Clarion told Punch:

In her words;

The motive of those who are embracing partisan politics is purely monetary. Let us call a spade a spade. If you tell me that you want to go into politics to serve the people, I would
want to look at your record first. 

I want to see what you have done to better the lives of the people in your immediate community. How many boreholes have you sunk in the community? How many hours of community service have you given for free over the last four or five years? How well are you known as somebody who yearns for improvement in social development?”

LOL!!!!! Boobs Advert Causes More Than 500 Car Accidents In A Single Day

New advertising causes havoc on the streets causing more than 500 road accidents in a single day!

In the advert, a woman is shown cupping her b**bs with the slogan “They Attract” covering the nipple. This advertising was placed on 30 vans throughout the metropolitan area.

Police gathered all 30 vans displaying the Ad and impounded them until the revealing image was removed.

From one of the victims:
“I was on my way to a business meeting when I saw this truck with a huge photo of br**sts on its side go by, Then I was hit by the car behind who said he had been distracted by the truck. It made me late and left my car in the garage and although I am insured I am still out of pocket.” Ildar Yuriev, 35, a driver from one of the accidents reports.

Sarafan Advertising Agency, perpetrators to the accidents, have agreed to compensate those that were in accidents. Well, it clearly got people’s attention, so the Ad at least served its purpose.

Wizkid Claims He Charges N10million For Every Collaboration!

Popular music artist, Wizkid, has revealed that he charges N10million for collabos with other music artistes. He also revealed that he does NOT pay other artistes to colloborate with him, because he is confident in himself. He told TheNETng:

‘I charge N10M for collaboration but I don’t charge the people I love.‘I don’t pay for collaborations because I’m confident of myself.’…

Khloe Kardashian Posts Cute Pic of Self and North West While Playing on Instagram - See Photo

According to a new report, Kanye West does not want Scott Disick anywhere near his daughter.

But Khloe Kardashian? Khloe Kardashian is very much permitted to hang out with niece North West, which she apparently did for a bit this week.

"North stole my cat ears mask," Kardashian captioned a new image on Instagram. "I have to admit it looks better on her."

Khloe has always maintained a close relationship with the child of Kanye and Kim Kardashian.

Not long after North was born last year, Khloe posted numerous pictures of the baby, unable to hide her excitement over being an aunt.

As for Nori, this lace mask she took from Khloe is scarcely the first piece of covetable attire that she has donned.

Not even two years old yet, Kimye's loved one has already attended major runway shows at Paris Fashion Week... worn Givenchy couture... and hob-knobbed with designers such as Riccardo Tisci.

Not a bad life if you can get it, huh?

HWG

Wikedness: Man Nab For Infecting a 12-yr-old Girl With HIV in Bauchi

According to Vanguard, police in Bauchi State, arrested a 35 year old man for infecting a 12-year-old girl with Human Immuno Virus, HIV.

This was disclosed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, in Bauchi, yesterday, saying the man had been HIV positive and on medication since 2004.

According to him, the suspect had been sleeping with the girl, who is a groundnut hawker, since 2012.

He added that the girl was diagnosed with the disease when she started having strange symptoms.

Mohammed, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said: “On October 14, one Sabo Korau, a 35-year-old male of Unguwan Dawaki, Dass council of Bauchi State was arrested for having sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl, repeatedly, since 2012.

“When the victim began to show strange symptoms, she was taken to the hospital and was diagnosed HIV positive.”

He further said police’s preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect took advantage of the girl, adding that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.

Premium Hair Mixed With Goat Hair? Lady; would you still fix 'Your Human Hair' After Reading This

Trending research by the  BBC has found that the so called premium hair is actually mixed with goat hair.
 

According to the report,  because of the increased costs of obtaining high-quality human hair, manufacturers in China have resorted to buying moderate quantities of real hair (which is often Chinese hair), and then mixing it with goat hair to save costs and to increase the volume of supply.

Read the report below:

In China, hair extensions, wigs and weaves are big business. Buyers in hair salons and shopping malls are often told they are getting real human hair - but when you look closely, sometimes things are not as they seem.

In a tiny village in Hunan province, central China a man dressed in a white vest and shorts rides around the dusty streets on a rusty bicycle, shouting and ringing his bell.
I stop him and ask what he's up to. "I'm collecting hair," he says. "When I ring my bell women come out and I cut their hair. I make hair extensions."
I ask him how much he pays women for their hair. "I offer them a good price, but I need to make a profit," he says with a smile.
The streets of the village are covered in hair drying beneath the scorching sun. Some of the hair is definitely human hair, yet the number of shaven goats wandering the streets suggests otherwise.

After collecting the hair, he takes it to a small factory where ten women weave it together into hair extensions.
Looking on, I can see that some of the hair being woven together is human and some of it definitely is not. He then sells it to larger factories where it is treated with chemicals before being sold to shops around the country.

I left Hunan wanting to see where the hair went next. So I visited the megacity of Guangzhou. The city - formerly known as Canton - has always been one of China's most important trading hubs and wealthiest cities.

Massive hotels and office blocks dominate the skyline close to the vast and murky brown Pearl River. The tops of the skyscrapers are hidden amid the thick palpable pollution.

Beneath the smog is where I met Lily. She owns a shop selling wigs and hair extensions in Guangzhou's enormous beauty exchange centre in an area known as Sanyuanli.
Here you can buy anything from nail polish and night cream to foot spas and foundation. The lower floor of the market however is dedicated to hair - terrifying mannequins sport wigs and weaves of every colour the rainbow has to offer.
Lily sits on a stool in her shop, bunching the recently delivered hair together into fringes, curls and metre-long straight extensions.
The hair is held together with labels which supposedly tell us their country of origin. Here, apparently, one can buy hair from Peru, India and Brazil.
There are no Chinese customers here though - every buyer seems to be from Africa. Nigerians, Ghanaians, Congolese, South Africans, Angolans and Ugandans scour the impressive hall for the best-priced hair extensions available. They tell me they can triple their money when they get home.
Towards the end of a busy day I ask shop owner Lily how her business is doing. "It's ok, we used to sell to Europe and America, but now nearly 100% of my clients are in Africa," she says.
Lily shows me a list of the nationalities of the traders she sells to - of the 39 countries on the list, 37 are in Africa, reflecting the large African community in this city.

"It's good business for me, but the problem is we pay more for the hair now, as living and production costs in China are higher now."
Lily then describes, how in order to make her business profitable, she has to use fake scales when weighing out hair to customers and buy a mixture of human hair and synthetic or goat hair to lower costs.
"We say it is Indian hair or Brazilian hair, but in fact it is normally Chinese hair or even goat hair. They never realise. This is the only way we can keep things cheap," she says, adding that her customers always drive a hard bargain.
Before we can finish our conversation Marie from Uganda comes in, demanding: "I want Brazilian hair, only Brazilian, give me your best quality and best price."
The negotiation goes on for hours under the watchful eyes of the wig-wearing, angry-looking mannequins. As the sun sinks and the moon begins to rise over Guangzhou's polluted skyline, Marie leaves empty-handed.
I run after her as she leaves the shop to ask if she knows that some of the hair isn't human. "Of course I know. The Chinese think we're stupid. I come all the way from Uganda and they think I don't know hair," she says.
Marie pauses and then lets out a huge, hearty laugh before coming close to whisper in my ear: "I laugh a lot when I go home and I know that the beautiful women of Kampala have goats on their heads."

Say What???Money Na Bastard: North West Rocks $50,000 Diamond Earrings

We've always known that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West like to provide "the good life" for their 1-year-old daughter, but the details of Nori's lavish lifestyle have gotten almost unbelievably ridiculous, even by Kimye standards.

According to Hollywood Gossip, The day-to-day life of Hollywood's most baller baby and, well...you may want to stop reading now, unless you're prepared to be jealous of a toddler!

The tabloid claims that the luxuries enjoyed by North include 200 pieces of designer clothing that she's never even worn, a $4,000 crib, an all-organic diet prepared by a private chef, multiple walk-in closets, and half-carat diamond earrings valued at more than $50,000.

Yes, Nori had walk-in closets before she could walk. It doesn't get much more extravagant than that!

Of course, all of that is just how she lives when she's at home. North's directional name couldn't be more appropriate, as she's already racked up more frequent flier miles than most adults.

And naturally, when she travels, she does it in style, with $1,000 strollers stashed at all the West family's homes away from home.

So yeah, when North attended Paris Fashion Week, she rolled up (literally) to the runway shows in a baby buggy more expensive than her mama's Manolos. 

Like we said, Nori is living proof that it's possible to envy someone who isn't potty trained.

Of course, she may soon be forced to share her parents' affection:

"Kim wants to be pregnant now," as source tells the magazine, adding that she's hoping for a boy because "[Kanye] wants an heir to his throne."

Yes, the Wests want a boy. Get ready for diamond-encrusted Ninja Turtles, world!

Denrele Stripes Down For ''No Bra Day'' -See Photo

 

The TV presenter who has been known for his controversial way of dressing, Denrele stripped down to his briefs to honour October 13 ''No Bra Day''. 

One would wonder if Denrele has now turn to a woman.......lol!

The  presenter posted the picture above in a campaign awareness for cancer, where women were asked not to put on a bra or push it very low. 

Do you like Denrele No Bra Pics? 

(Mimi Ubini)

OMG!!! What is Iyanya Doing With Life Snake In His Pant? See Photos

No wonder all the kurukere master wants is only the waist.

 

Iyanya’s dangerous snake tried to embarrass him during his performance in Manchester, his anaconda decided to penetrate through his pants to see the ladies whining their waist.

The singer did his best to control his joystick but it became obvious to the camera.

See Pictures below..

 
Culled from Ghanavibes