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World Sleep Day 2022

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😴😴😴😴😴😴😴 Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhh it's World Sleep Day and NO, its not ridiculous😝 Sleep is essential for our well-being, it affects our performance during the day, if someone is deprived of quality sleep then their productivity is zilch🀷‍♀️. Poor sleep negatively impacts people who are hypertensive  The theme for this year is "Quality Sleep, Sound Mind, Happy World" Its that simple, if we get quality sleep then we'll most likely have sound minds and our world will be happy πŸ˜πŸ˜ŠπŸ™‚ The quantity and the quality of sleep are both equally important  π‘΅π’†π’˜π’ƒπ’π’“π’π’” (0-3 π’Žπ’π’π’•π’‰π’”):14-17 hours/day 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 (4-12 π’Žπ’π’π’•π’‰π’”): 12-16 hours/day 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 (1-2 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“π’”): 12-14 hours/day 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 (3-5 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“π’”):10-13 hours/day 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍-π’‚π’ˆπ’† π’Œπ’Šπ’…π’”(6-12 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“π’”):9-12 hours/day π‘»π’†π’†π’π’‚π’ˆπ’†π’“π’”(13-18 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“π’”) :8-10 hours/day 𝑨𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔 (18-64 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“π’”) :7-9 hours/night 𝑨𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔 (65+ π’šπ’†π’‚...

Salt Awareness Week 2022

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Salt basically helps bring out the flavour in certain foods and it does have preservative properties  However, an excessive use of salt has dire consequences on our health. Too much salt badly affects our blood pressures and thisexposes one to stroke and heart diseases  This year the theme is " Shake the Habit". Simply put, we are being encouraged to shske of our salt habits to preserve our health  Some snacks and foods we consume are really super salted, sometimes when we eat out, the meals are super salted, some people just love to add more salts to their food! We should be careful on the amount of salt we consum, especially when we are not in charge of the food preparation process  π‘«π’‚π’Šπ’π’š 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒕 π‘°π’π’•π’‚π’Œπ’† π‘Ήπ’†π’„π’π’Žπ’Žπ’†π’π’…π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” For kids 1-3 years...no more than 2g of salt per day For kids 4-6 years...no more than 3g of salt per day For kids 7-10 years...no more than 5g of salt per day For 11 years and above...no more than 6g of salt pe...