The amount of salt in the average Nigerian diet is a ticking time bomb.
We are losing parents, aunties, and young people to sudden strokes and heart attacks, and "Maggi cubes" are quietly at the center of it.
Our food tastes amazing because we season it heavily. Between the salt, the bouillon cubes (Maggi, Knorr, Royco), and the processed spices, our daily sodium intake is through the roof.
The World Health Organization recommends LESS than 1 teaspoon of salt per day.
Most of us hit that limit before breakfast is even finished.
Here is what happens inside your body when you overdo the salt:
Sodium acts like a sponge. It holds onto water in your bloodstream. The more water in your blood vessels, the higher the pressure builds up against your artery walls.
This is Hypertension.
Think of your blood vessels like a garden hose. If you turn the tap on maximum, the hose stretches and strains.
Over time, that constant high pressure damages your heart, destroys your kidneys (leading to kidney failure), or ruptures a vessel in your brain.
That "sudden stroke" or "brief illness" you hear about? Itโs often just uncontrolled hypertension.
The biggest trap in Nigeria? We look at a person's appearance or how they "feel.
High blood pressure doesn't care if you look healthy or feel fine. It has no symptoms until it's too late. Thatโs why medical professionals call it the "Silent Killer."
You cannot "feel" your blood pressure. You have to measure it.
I am not telling you to start eating tasteless food. Thatโs not realistic. But we MUST make these 3 adjustments to save our lives:
1. The Seasoning Rule: If you use cubes, DO NOT add extra table salt. One single cube already contains roughly half of your recommended daily salt allowance. Choose one or the otherโnever both.
2. Embrace Natural Flavors: Lean heavily on locust beans (Iru/Ogiri), garlic, ginger, onions, scent leaf, and local peppers. They give that deep, rich traditional flavor without destroying your blood pressure.
3. Beware of Processed Foods: Instant noodles, canned foods, and fast-food snacks (like meat pies and sausage rolls) are packed with hidden sodium to keep them preserved. Limit them.
If you are over 30, please buy a simple digital BP monitor or walk into a pharmacy to get checked. Don't wait for a headache or dizziness.
Let's change the narrative around our health.
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20 MARRIED SEX Facts and Stats ... (a thread)
1 - Most married couples have sex a little over 5 times per month.
2 - Married women are more than twice as likely to have an orgasm as unmarried women.
3 - In 1 out of 4 marriages the wife has the higher sex-drive than the husband.
4 - Roughly 20% of married couples fall into the โsexless marriageโ category; defined as having sex less than 10 times per year. Which is totally fine as long as BOTH partners are okay with this. If one is not, that's not healthy.
5 - According to statistics, 75% of married women orgasm during sex. AND many married women don't measure sexual success by orgasms, (but it's definitely very important). Meaning women often still feel connected to their husband, and satisfied, when not achieving an orgasm every time.
6 - The length of a menโs orgasm is roughly 8 seconds long whereas a womanโs orgasm is on average, 20 seconds!
7 - The main goal of sex in marriage should be two fold: 1) To please each other, not seek self-satisfaction first. 2) Re-connection as husband and wife.
8 - God created a womanโs clitoris with 8000 nerve endings .... and its ONLY function is to bring pleasure. Married sex is obviously to be enjoyed for more than just procreation.
9 - Two of the biggest enemies of married sex are busyness and tiredness. So if you're struggling with sexual intimacy, maybe slow down and make it a priority.
10 - Statistically the couples with the best sex-lives are the couples willing to talk about it with one another.
11 - IMPORTANT: How often should a married couple have sex? As often as they both mutually agree to. Whether itโs 5 times a a week, 5 times a month, or 5 times a year, it should be mutual agreement. Neither the higher-drive spouse nor the lower sex-drive should NOT be the one that sets the amount of times when it comes to frequency.
12 - COMPLAINTS: Top complaint from MARRIED WOMEN when it comes to sex? They want their husband to pursue them in other ways than just sexually. Meaning, they don't want to feel like the only time their husband wants them is sexually. Top compliant from MARRIED MEN when it comes to sex? Theyโd like their wife to initiate more often so they donโt feel like theyโre begging. Nothing is worse than feeling like you're begging all the time.
13 - Most husbands feel very emotionally connected to their wife when they have sex with them. Most wives NEED to feel very emotionally connected to their husbands to want to have sex with them. Don't judge your spouse for being wired up different, try to see it from their vantage point and meet their needs their way.
14 - Married sex isn't just about having an orgasm. It's designed to connect and reconnect two people into one ... over and over. Married sex was created to be the purest form of intimacy ... where you touch one another physically, emotionally and spiritually. In fact, it's so good for your marriage, you should probably be having more of it.
15 - God created married sex for SO many reasons ...
* procreation.
* pleasure
* oneness
* comfort
* bonding
* intimate knowledge of one another
* connecting AND re-connecting with one another.
16 - Did you know that every time you have sex with your spouse, oxytocin is released into your bodies. Oxytocin is a hormone and neurotransmitter known as the "love hormone" or "cuddle hormone," produced in the hypothalamus and released by the pituitary gland, crucial for social bonding, trust, and attachment. Oxytocin is an incredible gift that connects you to your spouse. That's why many say sex is a glue in your marriage!
17 - Of course anyone can have sex; it only requires a few body parts. But making love requires intimacy, commitment and a deep loving relationship. Marriage and making love will always require more work, but it's definitely so much better! The world makes sex common, God made sex to be special.
18 - We believe if there is anything physical, mental or emotional keeping you from you from having your best sex life in your marriage, you need to see a doctor. They can help with so many things someone might be having issues with.
19 - Of course intimacy is not just experienced through sex. It's found in talking, spending time together, doing spiritual things together, and so on. All areas of intimacy are important.
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And, if you're ever in an area where we're doing one of our workshops, we talk about all these things on a much deeper scale in our workshops. Join us sometime.
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