HEALTH: Bad Food For Children

Yogurt, bread, whole grain cereal, fruit juice– these sound like staples of a healthy child’s diet, right? However, these wholesome sounding foods may really be full of fat, sugar, sodium, and unnecessary additives or have little nutritional value at all. Read on to learn how to decipher food labels and make healthier choices for your kids.

 Soda drinks

Though many parents know that sugary drinks pose a lot of dangers for kids, yet they keep rewarding or bribing them  with sodas and fizzy drinks when they want them to do their homework or a house chore. A can of soda is not 1 serving. A 12-ounce can of soda is actually 1 1/2 servings. Whether you drink the whole can or not, it’s not a great choice for anyone, especially your kids. A can of cola, for example, has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, more than in a brownie. Sports drinks and juices also have sugar your kids don’t need.

Water is a better option and kids can drink as much as they want. Low-fat milk is another great choice.

Pastries

Meat pies and sausages are no longer occasional treats for children. Experts say pastries contain processed and less nutritious ingredients like sugar and butter which do children no good.

Snacks should be served with fruits and lots of water to help them digest the pastries quickly and to also add healthy vitamins that they may have lost by eating junks.

PHOTOS: Comedian AY Donates Toyota Car To Charity

Enterprising comedian AY recently donated a Toyota Solara to Project27 Africa - a rural child NGO based in Lagos. Receiving the keys to the car, Uncle Speed (President of Project27 Africa) said:

“We can’t express our deepest appreciation enough to AY for his thoughtful generosity. With his donation, AY has demonstrated a deep commitment to the happiness of kids in rural Africa the category of children Project27 Africa caters for. And there’s just no way to fully express our gratitude. We only hope going all out to more rural areas and making much more rural kids very happy would help us communicate our very big thanks to him.”

The Vision of Project27 Africa is a Rural Africa populated with happy educated children. The Project takes children in rural Africa (27 at a time) on free Education and Fun Tours to places they would not otherwise be able to attend especially because financial difficulties.

How Tiwa Savage Caused The Feud Between Don Jazzy And Wande Coal

There is a new twist to the Don Jazzy versus Wande Coal saga as new reports allege that Tiwa Savage, the first lady of Mavin records is the source of the whole trouble.

Some hours ago, Don Jazzy accused former label mate Wande Coal for allegedly stealing one of his songs titled ‘Baby face’.

According to report, Tiwa and Don Jazzy were rejoicing over the positive responses from fans over the success of their recently released 'Eminado' video when she brought his attention to the released 'Baby Face' track.

A reliable source said, "Tiwa and Wande Coal haven't always been friends, and she was the one that brought Don Jazzy's attention to the baby face song. When Don Jazzy saw and heard the song, he was angry and had resolved to giving Wande Coal a call but Tiwa insisted that he should make it public."

Tiwa allegedly said, "He can not continue to steal from you, he should at least be respectful enough to credit you, if you don't do this, he will continue to steal your works, if you put it out on twitter, he'll know you are serious. It's wrong to always take people for granted."

Meanwhile, Tiwa Savage is known for always attacking anyone who offends on twitter.

She recently attacked editors of TW on twitter for a publication rather than calling them privately to settle whatever misunderstanding they had.
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HEALTH: Suprising Ways To Loose Weight

Hit the dance floor

Get into the groove by dancing for 20 minutes at a moderate pace. For an added kick, choose up-tempo music—you’ll get your heart racing without even realizing it.

The great outdoors

Give your flower beds some love and burn off last night’s dessert by gardening for 30 minutes. Weeding and planting seeds are particularly good ways to break a sweat.

Head outside

After the pretty leaves of autumn have fallen, tidy up the lawn by spending 40 minutes raking them up. Once you’re done, bag the piles and bring them to the curb for extra strength training.

Man Sentenced To 12 Strokes Of Whip For Stealing Fowl

A Minna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced one Abubakar Abdullahi to 12 strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to a charge of stealing a fowl.

Magistrate Hassan Mohammed gave the accused an option of N5,000 fine.

The police prosecutor, Sgt. Gunduma Ibrahim, had told the court that police men on patrol at Mobile Roundabout, Minna, arrested the convict with a fowl suspected to be stolen on Nov. 2. Ibrahim said the convict could not give a satisfactory account of how he got the animal, valued at N1,500.

He said the offence was contrary to the Penal Code of Niger.

When the charge was read to the convict, he pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency.
The prosecutor had urged the court to try him summarily in line the Criminal Procedure Code, based on his plea.
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