Grow snails to strengthen naira

When you think of making big money, you probably think of a high-paying job, high yielding investment portfolio or a partnership to launch a product or service that will roll in millions. But what assurance do you have on getting adequate funds and market for these services or products? It’s a fact: demand for snail is increasing substantially every year, but there aren’t enough farmers breeding snails. Have you ever considered snail farming as a top business opportunity? Have you ever come across a snail farm? Where plots of lands and pens are used for breeding snails? Can you imagine the financial gains accruing to those men and women who deal in snail business at one stage or the other? Though snail meat may not be as cheap as chicken, beef or pork, there’s no doubt it’s a very nutritious.  Every year, tons of snail meat is consumed worldwide.

Your diet can weaken your immune system

If you have been falling ill lately, doctors suggest that you check the type of foods you have been eating in the last three months.

According to the physicians, what you eat can either boost or weaken your immunity level.

Agbaje, a consultant says, “Antibodies are cells that boost the immunity levels of the body. They help the body to ward off illnesses, including viruses and bacteria, and the more of them that you have in your body, the healthier you will be.Family health physician, Dr. Segun Agbaje, says that when people fall ill regularly and they do not feel as energised they used to, it is most often because of unhealthy habits or diets.

Want great skin? Dermatologists reveal which foods they swear by for a healthy glow - and those that never pass their lips

There is a direct link between the amount of sugar circulating in the blood, and how old a person looks. It found the higher the amount of sugar a person ate, the older they looked

Not only are skin specialists now convinced of the link between what we eat, and the look and feel of our skin – from acne to wrinkles, to sagging and even the skin’s own sun-protection – increasingly large scientific studies are also showing which foods do what to skin.

Hearteningly, this means that depressing old aged: ‘it’s in the genes’ isn’t the whole story, and there is plenty you can do to influence the state of your face. 

‘Only 20 per cent of the way you age is down to genetic factors,’ says leading celebrity dermatologist Dr Neetu Nirdosh, whose client list includes Kelly Brook and Frieda Pinto. 

‘The other 80 per cent is governed by lifestyle factors such as smoking and sun damage.

'A large part of that is diet, which can affect not only wrinkles and fine lines, but also hyper-pigmentation and acne’. 

WHAT NOT TO EAT 

It’s never too early to adopt a skin healthy diet geared towards anti-ageing, says Dr Stefanie Williams, dermatologist and founder of www.eudelo.com. 

In fact, a study published in the British Journal of Dermatology found that ageing effects the skin – such as collagen breakdown and skin thinning – typically begin around 35.

Healthiest at 30, best sex at 32 and happiest at 39: How age determines when YOU reach your peak

The poll of 2,000 men and women found that we are ultimately the happiest when we turn 39 in a detailed investigation into life's key milestones.

People were also identified as being most body confident at 31 but doing the best in their careers by the age of 38.

According to the study , other major moments in our lives include being the most content in our relationship at the age of 40 and earning our dream salary two years later at 42.

But when asked whether they would like scientific advances to allow us to live forever, only one in four (23 percent) said they would.