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Protein Intake – How Much Protein Should You Eat Per Day?

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Few nutrients are as important as protein. If you don't get enough through your diet, your health and body composition suffer. However, there are vastly different opinions on how much protein people actually need. Most official nutrition organizations recommend a fairly modest protein intake. The DRI (Dietary Reference Intake) is 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight, or 0.36 grams per pound. This amounts to: 56 grams per day for the average sedentary man. 46 grams per day for the average sedentary woman. Though this meager amount may be enough to prevent downright deficiency, studies show that it’s far from sufficient to ensure optimal health and body composition. It turns out that the right amount of protein for any one individual depends on many factors, including their activity level, age, muscle mass, physique goals and current state of health. This article takes a look at optimal amounts of protein and how lifestyle factors like weight loss, musc...
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Nigeria Has Some Of The Worst Health Indices In The World- Obasanjo

Nigeria has some of the worst health indices in the world- Obasanjo …lists underfunding, professionals brain drain as major threat Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigerian health sector as one of the worst health indices in the world, lamenting that the sector is underfunded by the government. Obasanjo decried poor budget allocation to the sector, claiming that majority of budgeted amount were spent on personnel salaries and emolument. Former President while speaking at the Launching/Endowment for expansion of new site for the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta disclosed that the poor state of health has made the country lose almost N175billion annually on medical tourism. He said, “By the end of this Year(2018) the cumulative budget of the federal government spent for 10 years would be N55.19 trillion. Of this amount, health has only been allocated N2.51 trillion, which is 4.55 per cent; a percentage below the WHO 13 per cent and African Union 15 per cent recommendation...
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AIDS Vaccine Passes Key Early Test

Scientists have announced that a candidate AIDS vaccine which triggered an immune response in humans and shielded monkeys from infection, has passed its key early test. The AIDS vaccine which is an output of a 40-year quest for an AIDS cure, proved to be safe in humans and has now advanced to the next phase of the pre-approval trial process. It will now be tested in 2,600 women in southern Africa to see whether it prevents HIV infection. Though the trials so far has been encouraging, the research team and outside experts warn there are no guarantees it will actually work in the next trial phase dubbed HVTN705 or “Imbokodo” — the isiZulu word for “rock”. “Although these data are promising, we need to remain cautious,” study leader Dan Barouch, a Harvard Medical School professor, told AFP. Just because it protected two-thirds of monkeys in a lab trial doesn’t mean the drug will protect humans, “and thus we need to await the results of the… study before we know whet...
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