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Meet Majorie Arthur: a DJ cum Banker as we celebrate Women

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Majorie ArthurAs the world celebrates International Women’s Day on Tuesday March 8, 2016, I take a close look at Majorie Marcel Arthur a.ka DJ MJ, a banker by profession who was born and bred in Takoradi.

Also known as the ‘Unpredictable’, Majorie had her basic education at the Archbishop Porters Secondary and proceeded to Takoradi Polytechnic before pursuing Business and Accounting at Wisconsin International University.

But there is an interesting twist to the story of this young banker who believes there is more to a woman than just spending over eight hours at work on a daily basis.

Majorie is also a professional DJ and sound engineer. According to her, she developed the vibe for DJing during her days at secondary school where she used to have a teacher who was a Dj at that time.

“Growing up, I had always wanted to be a DJ and I had been DJing for a long time until things became serious after I was given a chance to play at a party by a friend called Adze from Mentor as well as Uncle Ebo and Dj Dkay at Tarven (2131) lounge”.

She recalled, “I have also had some radio experience with XFM, radio Gold and Montie fm and also played at some top night clubs like Tantra night club, Devino (DnD), Aphrodisiac, Django, Hollywood night club, Kahuna, Tarven amongst others”.

“I would say my family, team and fans have been my inspiration and I am always motivated by my passion for music and my dream of achieving greater heights,” She told TV3.

“I was given the name ‘Yaa Asantewaa’ because I was always found in competitions with my male colleagues which is always an interesting battle I really do enjoy,” she said with a smile.

She added, “My message for women out there is that they should always believe in themselves and their dreams because determination and hard work with the help of God is the key to success because the sky is never the limit”.

Majorie Arthur recently took part in the Hitz FM’s Hottest DJ competition and BPM national DJ where she placed 2nd and 4th respectively. She was also nominated for Ghana DJ awards in Discovery DJ and Best Female DJ awards of the year as well as best female DJ of the Year.

 

Source: | tv3network.com

ISD workers in crunch meeting over Ghana@59 brochures

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ISD workers in crunch meeting over Ghana@59 brochures

Among the numerous errors in the brochure was the tagging of Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta as President of Ghana

Staff of the Information Services Department (ISD) are in a crunch meeting in an attempt to clear the air over the brochures for the 59th independence anniversary celebrations.

Though an apology has been rendered by the Department in a statement issued by Acting Director Francis Kwarteng Arthur, staff say they want to let Ghanaians know that they were not responsible for this year’s brochures.

“We have been printing it since time immemorial but this year’s one we did not print it,” a worker told TV3’s Daniel Lartey on Tuesday, March 8.

The brochures were strewn with factual and grammatical errors most conspicuously being the designation of Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta, who was the Special Guest, as the President of the Republic of Ghana.

Many Ghanaians have called for the head of those responsible for the embarassment and blame is being directed at the Department.

The member of staff debunked reports that his colleagues seethed with anger at the meeting.

“Not that we are angry but we are confused.”

Source: tv3network.com|Ghana

Ex-US missionary jailed for abusing Kenyan orphans

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Ex-US missionary jailed for abusing Kenyan orphans

Matthew Lane DurhamA former US missionary has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya.

Matthew Lane Durham, 21, had committed “heinous crimes on the most vulnerable victims”, the US court said.

Durham targeted orphans while working as a volunteer at the Upendo Children’s Home in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, between April and June 2014.

He is the latest charity worker in Kenya to be convicted of sex crimes.

The BBC’s Abdinoor Aden in Nairobi says that Upendo Children’s Home, where Durham was accused of abusing more than 10 children – some as young as four years, has welcomed the sentence by an Oklahoma court.

It has put up a video on YouTube with the headline: “Upendo Children Celebrate Justice!!”, showing the orphanage’s founder telling her colleagues in Nairobi about the sentencing, which she had attended.

“It is a new beginning for them,” Eunice Menja said.

In court, Ms Menja fought back tears as she read a statement, saying that the sexual abuse carried out by Durham was “not only a betrayal of the Upendo mission but of the trust Upendo placed in him”, the Associated Press news agency reports.

“Matthew Durham defiled the children. Matthew has no remorse. After he got caught, he still denied [the charges],” she is quoted as saying.

‘Worst nightmare’

Although Durham said he was innocent of the charges, he added that he was sorry that the accusations against him had damaged the orphanage.

“The Upendo kids do not deserve this,” Durham said, AP reports.

Judge David Russell said Durham, who appeared in court in a prison-issued orange jumpsuit, was the abused children’s “worst nightmare come true”, it reported.

The court also ordered the former charity worker, who was arrested in 2014 at the home of his parents in the US after fleeing Kenya, to pay restitution of $15,863 (£11,000).

Last year, UK charity boss Simon Harris was jailed for more than 17 years by a UK court for abusing street children between 1996 and 2013 in the agricultural town of Gilgil in Kenya’s Rift Valley.

Last week, British Airways agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to children who were sexually abused by one of its pilots, Simon Wood, in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Wood took his own life in 2013.

Source: BBC

JJ goes to Ghana’s rescue as State Protocol flops

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JJ goes to Ghana’s rescue as State Protocol flops

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One of the biggest flops at this year’s independence celebration was at the close of the event.

After the departure of President John Dramani Mahama, the visiting presidents – Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta and Guinea-Bissau’s Jose Mario Vaz – were left standing in the scorching sun for over 15 minutes waiting for their vehicles.

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings noticing the mishap walked to President Kenyatta to keep him company as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hannah Tetteh, run around to salvage the situation.

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President Kenyatta waited over 15 minutes for his vehicle

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Guinea-Bissau’s Jose Mario Vaz stood in the scorching sun for minutes

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Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh anxious

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The look on President Kenyatta’s face was a clear sign of displeasure until Former President Rawlings walked to him.

This gross display of indiscipline, lack of responsibility and negligence of duty must not go unpunished.

Where was the protocol team at that time?

 

By Ayerkie Narnor|tv3network.com|Ghana

Mahama cuts sod for project to boost technical education in Ghana

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Mahama cuts sod for project to boost technical education in Ghana

The chiefs and people of Ada joined in the sod-cutting ceremonyPresident John Dramani Mahama was at the Ada Technical Institute on Monday, March 7 to cut sod for the construction facilities to boost technical and vocational training across the country.

Under the Development of Skills for Industry Project (DSIP), the construction will benefit 10 technical institutes, two polytechnics and one university namely College of Technology Education, Kumasi.

Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony, President Mahama said the main aim of the project is “to enhance the quality of technical and vocational education with a view to giving our young people lower and middle level skills in order to prepare them for the world of work”.

He emphasised that the project falls in line with his vision to rebrand technical and vocational training by making it the first option instead of the last resort.

The nationwide project will be undertaken by the government in partnership with the African Development Bank.

While the Bank is contributing $124 million, the government is committing $15 million for the project.

So far, some achievements have been made under the project, the president disclosed at Ada.

About 1,550 students have been awarded bursaries to get formal training while 2,000 have gotten bursaries in the informal sector.

Twnety-five PhD and Masters scholarships have also been awarded faculties to upgrade their capacities.

Source: tv3network.com|Ghana

JJ goes to the rescue as State Protocol flops

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President Of Kenya and former president Rawlings

One of the biggest flops at this year’s independence celebration was at the close of the event.

After the departure of President John Dramani Mahama, the visiting presidents – Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta and Guinea-Bissau’s Jose Mario Vaz – were left standing in the scorching sun for over 15 minutes waiting for their vehicles.

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings noticing the mishap walked to President Kenyatta to keep him company as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hannah Tetteh, run around to salvage the situation.

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President Kenyatta waited over 15 minutes for his vehicle

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Guinea-Bissau’s Jose Mario Vaz stood in the scorching sun for minutes

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Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh anxious

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The look on President Kenyatta’s face was a clear sign of displeasure until Former President Rawlings walked to him.

This gross display of indiscipline, lack of responsibility and negligence of duty must not go unpunished.

Where was the protocol team at that time?

Source: tv3network.com/Ghana

Horrific! ‘Surgical negligence’ leaves 8-yr old bedridden with gaping hole [Graphic Images]

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Horrific! ‘Surgical negligence’ leaves 8-yr old bedridden with gaping hole [Graphic Images]

The girlAn alleged surgical negligence by medical doctors at the Sunyani Regional Hospital has left an eight-year-old girl bedridden with a gaping hole in her intestines.

Doctors at the Hospital who operated the primary two pupil last November of appendicitis, reportedly failed to properly stitch the young girl causing her stomach to swell.

The doctors were said to have used a tube to drain water that filled the swollen stomach after which they asked her parents to give her food; something that caused the stomach to be reddened and later developed into a sore causing the surgical stitches to open.

The once healthy looking girl, Priscilla Pomaa of the Chiraa Model Primary School in the Brong Ahafo Region has now lost weight and become what could best be described as a skeleton.

Four other surgeries that sought to correct what the mother of the girl claim were negligence on the part of the doctors failed, and the doctors are said to have declared they have “exhausted the level of their professional knowledge” on the girl’s condition.

She’s currently battling for her life. Sleepless nights arising out of pain, passing excreta through the gaping hole in her stomach through the opened intestines has become the agony of the girl and her mother.  She’s now a sad spectacle.

Her mother, Mary Adumaa narrated to TV3 Online how it all started, saying her daughter returned from school one day complaining of headache so she gave her paracetamol as first aid but that did not help.

Old picture of the girlShe said she took her to a private clinic at Chiraa where she was given an injection but that could also not get her child to feel better, hence she took her another private hospital, Karmo at Chiraa.

The young girl was hospitalised for three days “but still the condition of my daughter wasn’t improving so the Karmo hospital transferred her to the Sunyani Regional Hospital” where she was diagnosed of appendicitis, the mother told TV3 Online.

A day later, her mother said, doctors performed first surgery on the girl, noting “after the successful operation, we noticed that her stomach has swollen and the doctors said it was water, so the doctors pass NG tube to drain the water in the stomach and we were asked to give her food to eat, while eating, the stomach continued to reddened and developed into a sore and the operation place opened”

She said the doctors then performed a second surgery successfully about  and four days later,  “the operated hole opened again with human excreta coming from the place.”

“The doctors told me that during the second operation, some of the intestines were having holes on them but they managed to stitch. My daughter was sent for the third operation and the doctors said what will help the girl was to be given a fistula by the side, but still the third operation was not successful,” she told TV3 Online.

The girl's current condition

“They took her again to the theatre for the fourth operation and was given another fistula by the side to allow the human excreta to pass, but some of the excreta also passes through the operated wound. I was promised again that they will come and take her for the fifth time and that is going to be the last operation on her, so I agreed as the mother,” she continued.

“After the fifth operation, everything was normal until three days later the operated wound open again with the excreta coming from the wound. I then called the attention of the doctors and asked them about the opening of the operation and they told me that for now they can’t do anything again to my daughter,” she said in despair.

For Madam Adumaa, what she needs for her daughter now is God’s divine intervention and support from benevolent individuals and organisations, after which she hopes to seek justice.

Source: tv3network.com|Ghana

US air strike ‘kills 150 Somali militants’

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US air strike ‘kills 150 Somali militants’

Al-Shabab was pushed out of Mogadishu but continues to launch attacks in the regionA US air strike has killed more than 150 al-Shabab militants in Somalia, the Pentagon says.

Spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said the strike hit a training camp where a “large-scale” attack was being planned.

“We know they were going to be departing the camp and they posed an imminent threat to US and [African Union] forces,” Captain Davis said.

“Initial assessments are that more than 150 terrorist fighters were eliminated,” he added.

Mr Davis said the strike, by both drones and manned aircraft, took place on Saturday and targeted Raso Camp, a training facility about 120 miles (195km) north of the capital, Mogadishu.

The camp had been under surveillance for some time, according to Mr Davis. “There was a sense that the operational phase was about to happen,” he said.

He said the group had neared the completion of specialist training to conduct “offensive operations”, but did not give any details about the alleged plans.

Al-Shabab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda, was pushed out of Mogadishu by African Union peacekeeping forces in 2011 but has continued to launch frequent attacks in its bid to overthrow the Western-backed government.

The group has said it carried out a string of recent attacks including a twin bombing at a busy restaurant in the Somali city of Baidoa last month.

Also on Monday, the Australian navy said it had seized a huge cache of weapons on a fishing boat off the coast of Oman that was apparently heading for Somalia.

Grenade launchers, machine guns, and 2,000 assault rifles were concealed under fishing nets, a Navy spokesman said.

Source: BBC

Tipper truck saga: Journalists must demand their pound of flesh- GJA bares teeth

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Tipper truck saga: Journalists must demand their pound of flesh- GJA bares teeth

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The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is challenging media practitioners to demand their pound of flesh when it comes to their work.

According to the GJA, what transpired at the Ghana’s Independence Day Parade where some photo journalists were conveyed in the bucket of a tipper truck to enable them cover the event “was obviously a bad treatment. It was an eyesore”.

The General Secretary of the GJA, David Agbenu was reacting on Onua FM’s Yen Sempa hosted by Kwame Karikari on Tuesday.

“We now have to deal with the issue collectively as a group,” he stated.

He said, “our members should have protested during the press briefing. It shouldn’t have happened. They shouldn’t have gone on the truck”.

Mr. Agbenu further stated, “if we continue to allow ourselves to be treated this way, how are we going to fight. Why can’t we say no to these things?”

The GJA Secretary charged, “it is inhumane to see a woman climbing on the ladder to take pictures”, adding, “we need the stories but we must stand up for our own right”.

He explained that journalists “are not fighting enough for ourselves and it is time for us to demand respect because if we don’t do that, we will allow ourselves to be treated so shabbily”.

Meanwhile, the GJA is expected to meet today to discuss the issue and will take a position in a statement later.
Source: Onua FM |tv3network.com

Ghana Premier League: 5-star WAFA beat Hasaacas, Kotoko yet to win

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Ghana Premier League: 5-star WAFA beat Hasaacas, Kotoko yet to win

Asante kotokoA hat trick from Samuel Tetteh and two goals from Charles Boateng and Gideon Waja gave West African Football Academy (WAFA) a 5-0 win over Sekondi Hasaacas on Match-Day 3 of the Ghana Premier League.

The Westerners had gone into Sunday’s match with three points from a six-goal thriller with Techiman City but the Sogakope Park served them a worse dose than what they suffered on the opening day at Wa All Stars.

Champions Ashanti Gold were held to a goalless drawn game by Chelseaon Saturday while Hearts of Oak’s unbeaten run to the start of the season stayed intact after a goalless drawn game at Ebusua Dwarfs.

Asante Kotoko are yet to win a game this season after being held to a 2-2 draw by Medeama SC.

Find Week 3 results below:

AshGold 0-0 Berekum Chelsea

Bechem Utd 1-0 New Edubiase

Inter Allies 2-2 Dreams FC

Techiman City 1-0 Aduana Stars

Dwarfs 0-0 Hearts of Oak

Kotoko 2-2 Medeama SC

Wa All Stars 0-0 Liberty Pro

WAFA 5-0 Sekondi Hasaacas

Source: tv3nework.com|Ghana

Dr Bawumia fulfills promise; delivers 500 dual desks to Kperis Primary

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Dr Bawumia fulfills promise; delivers 500 dual desks to Kperis Primary

Dr Bawumia fulfills promise; delivers 500 dual desksVice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Friday delivered 500 dual desk to the pupils of Kperisi Primary School in the Wa Municipality of Upper West Region.

The delivery of the desk was in fulfillment of a promise made by Dr Bawumia last week when he visited the school following media reports that lack of furniture has forced pupils to lie on bare floors to take lessons.

However, three days after Dr Bawumia ordered the desks to be supplied, the Wa Municipal Assembly, which was said to have ignored several pleas from the school, finally presented 200 desks to the school in what many have described as a “face-saving” response.

Notwithstanding,  the Upper West Regional Chairman of the Party, Alhaj Abdul Rahaman Abubakari at a short ceremony Friday,  presented the furniture on behalf Bawumia to the headmaster of the school.

 

Source: tv3network.com|Ghana

‘Don’t be discouraged by the criticism’ – Veep tells Abraham Attah

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‘Don’t be discouraged by the criticism’ – Veep tells Abraham Attah

Mr Amissah-Arthur and Master Attah at the Flagstaff House

Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Armissah-Arthur has hailed internationally acclaimed Ghanaian child actor, Abraham Attah, for his feat and urged him to view the criticisms directed at him as something to spur him on to greater heights

“I know that once you become a star, people will like to bring you down and I hope that it will not discourage you because when they criticize you, they mean for you to even do better so don’t take the criticism as something to bring you down take the criticism as something that is helping you to go forward to excel to even do better than what you have done,” Mr Amissah-Arthur advised.

The Vice President gave the advise when he hosted the Beast of No Nation star at the Flagstaff House in Accra Friday afternoon upon his return from the United States where he presented an award at last Sunday’s Academy Awards.

Master Attah was mocked and criticized for what his critics say, was his poorly constructed tenses in delivering a short speech at the 2016 Independent Spirit Awards in the United States at the weekend when he won the Best Male Lead actor for his role in Beast of No Nation.

Many Ghanaians jumped to the defence of the actor  who has now entered Hollywood, and condemned his critics for their actions.

But Vice President Amissah-Arthur who was excited about the achievement of Master Attah within this short time, asked him not to see the criticism as something to ruin his budding movie career but as something to encourage him to achieve the best.

Mr Amissah-Arthur further urged him not to allow the stardom and the international recognition distract his education which, he explained, would give him an added impetus to his acting career to achieving greater heights.

“I know that all the other children in Ghana are waiting to be like you, and therefore,  you’ve become a role model. Look at your simplicity, your modest lifestyle, you don’t now start showing off because you are a global star,” he advised him.

He said Ghana was proud of him, saying “We congratulate you for what you have done but this is not the end, it’s just the beginning.You have to nurture that talent and the best way to nurturing the natural talent is to go to school.”

Responding, Master Attah thanked Ghanaians for the overwhelming support given him so far in his movie career, especially his parents.

He said he was not moved by the criticism and that he “felt normal”. Touching on how he felt meeting top Hollywood movie stars at the Oscars, he said: “I was shy”.

Source:  tv3network.com|Ghana

‘Don’t be discouraged by the criticism’ – Veep tells Abraham Attah

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Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Armissah-Arthur has hailed internationally acclaimed Ghanaian child actor, Abraham Attah, for his feat and urged him to view the criticisms directed at him as something to spur him on to greater heights

“I know that once you become a star, people will like to bring you down and I hope that it will not discourage you because when they criticize you, they mean for you to even do better so don’t take the criticism as something to bring you down take the criticism as something that is helping you to go forward to excel to even do better than what you have done,” Mr Amissah-Arthur advised.

The Vice President gave the advise when he hosted the Beast of No Nation star at the Flagstaff House in Accra Friday afternoon upon his return from the United States where he presented an award at last Sunday’s Academy Awards.

Master Attah was mocked and criticized for what his critics say, was his poorly constructed tenses in delivering a short speech at the 2016 Independent Spirit Awards in the United States at the weekend when he won the Best Male Lead actor for his role in Beast of No Nation.

Many Ghanaians jumped to the defence of the actor  who has now entered Hollywood, and condemned his critics for their actions.

But Vice President Mahama who was excited about the achievement of Master Attah within this short time, asked him not to see the criticism as something to ruin his budding movie career but as something to encourage him to achieve the best.

Mr Amissah-Arthur further urged him not to allow the stardom and the international recognition distract his education which, he explained, would give him an added impetus to his acting career to achieving greater heights.

“I know that all the other children in Ghana are waiting to be like you, and therefore,  you’ve become a role model. Look at your simplicity, your modest lifestyle, you don’t now start showing off because you are a global star,” he advised him.

He said Ghana was proud of him, saying “We congratulate you for what you have done but this is not the end, it’s just the beginning.You have to nurture that talent and the best way to nurturing the natural talent is to go to school.”

Responding, Master Attah thanked Ghanaians for the overwhelming support given him so far in his movie career, especially his parents.

He said he was not moved by the criticism and that he “felt normal”. Touching on how he felt meeting top Hollywood movie stars at the Oscars, he said: “I was shy”.

 

By Stephen Kwabena Effah|tv3network.com|Ghana

Twitter @steviekgh

Heaven helps those who help themselves – Kufuor counsels NPP

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Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has unequivocally told the New Patriotic Party to banish bickering in the party if it really wants to form the next government in 2017.

Winning the general elections would not fall like manna, he suggested, adding that the party would have to put in more efforts to attain power.

In an exclusive interview on Onua 95.1FM’s morning show, Yen Sempa Friday, Mr. Kufuor prayed that the NPP, the party on whose ticket he rode to presidency, would emerge victorious in the November polls.

However, the former president reminded his party members of the popular catchphrase, “heaven helps those who help themselves.”

The entire interview was in the local language, Akan, and touched on various issues including his experience as a boy during the era of Ghana’s first president Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, his presidency between 2000 and 2008 and the current state of affairs in the country.

The New Patriotic Party is yet to completely come out of the turmoil which culminated into the dismissal of three national executives of the party, including the chairman and general secretary late 2015.

Former President Kufuor via Onua FM made a clarion call on the leadership of the NPP to go into the 2016 elections with a united front.

He emphasized that the country has not been well managed by the NDC-led government to explain why the country needs a change in the forthcoming elections.

With the poor performance of the government, the NPP is a better option to run the country’s affairs, he pointed out.

However, he cautioned, if the NPP does not unite, victory would elude the party and that would be a big disappointment to Ghanaians.
Source: Isaac Essel | tv3network.com |Ghana

Why you MUST drink honey water daily

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Why you MUST drink honey water daily

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Water is good for you, we all know that. We hear no end that we should be drinking more and more water. After all, water is a vital component for our bodies, let’s not forget that we’re made up of 80% water! Which is actually a very strange thought when you overthink it.

Water basically maintains all of our everyday bodily functions from transporting vital nutrients and oxygen to helping with our day-to-day digestion of food. So we’ve successfully established we NEED it.

But fancy making your water even more helpful to your system? Just add honey, yes honey! I know what you’re thinking.

It’s full of sugar.

But it’s so sweet?

How can honey be healthy?

Fear not friends, honey is actually pretty damn good for you. Drinking a glass of warm honey water everyday can increase your health and even prevent against disease. Yep you heard right, THIS is what will happen if you start drinking honey everyday…

Your Gas Will Reduce

I know, I said gas *eww*. But seriously, if you suffer from bloat or feel gassy on the regular then a mug of warm honey water will help to neutralise the gas in your system. You’ll feel half a stone lighter in no time.

You Will Boost Your Immune System

Honey owns some pretty impressive immune system boosting properties. Be sure to buy raw, organic honey to gain maximum benefit from the bacteria killing assets! It’s full of enzymes, vitamins and minerals that will protect you against any nasty bacteria.

You Will Flush Out Toxins

Honey and warm water is one of the best combinations to flushing out waste from your system. Say goodbye to toxins and hello to a detox. Oh and a quick tip – adding lemon will improve this even further by helping to increase urination. Just saying.

Your Skin Will Become Clearer

Yep! Honey is a natural anti-oxidant which means it helps to flush away any waste and thanks to antibacterial properties it helps to keep your skin clean and clearer than ever. This infographic gives a pretty good overview as to why and how you can get better skin by using honey, anyone up for a DIY honey exfoliator?

You Will Lose Weight

So your first thought is probably BUT SUGAR. Yes there is sugar in honey but it’s totally different to white sugar, its natural sugar! These natural sugars will help to satisfy your everyday sweet cravings for naughty treats such as cake, sweets, chocolate and cola. In fact if you swap your sweetener packed drinks for honey water you’ll be saving up to 64% more calories!

Your Sore Throat Will Improve

There’s a reason warm honey water is a winter favourite, it can help to soothe a sore throat and warm you up in the colder months. Honey is a natural remedy for respiratory infections and the common cough, so next time you have a pesky winter cold, reach for the honey (raw and organic though of course).

Your Blood Sugar Levels Will Regulate

As we’ve discussed, whilst honey does contain a fair amount of sugar, it’s not the same as white sugar – the combination of fructose and glucose actually helps the body to regulate your blood sugar levels, it’s also said to lower cholesterol too. Not bad.

You’ll Be Preventing Risk Of Heart Disease

And that’s got to be pretty good right? The flavonoids and anti-oxidants in honey are also pretty handy at helping to prevent and reduce your risk of heart disease. Research has shown that honey slowed down the oxidation process of bad cholesterol in human blood – which can have a harmful effect on your heart leading to attacks and even a stroke.

So what are you waiting for? Grab that honey and boil that kettle!

Source: Lifehack

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