Health
Detoxification of the body regularly has several benefits
Detoxification or ‘detox’ are short-term interventions designed to eliminate toxins from the body, promote health and assist with weight loss.
Over time, the body gets run down from activities that form a major part of our modern living. No matter how healthy ones diet or lifestyle may be, external factors still require the body to recharge.
There are 5 major sources of toxins: Food, Water, Environment, Beauty and personal care products, Stress and negative thinking.
The excess toxins cause physical and mental health issues like chronic fatigue, headaches, insomnia and diseases.
When the vital organs are placed under too much pressure and unable to work efficiently, illness and disease appear.
The body is constantly working to dispel toxins and unwanted matter from its various systems. Taking time to cleanse the body and nurture vital organs goes a long way in prevention, and also has immediate effects – greater energy, clearer skin, better digestion, mental clarity, to name a few.
The liver, kidneys, colon, lungs, skin and lymphatic system are especially useful and important when it comes to cleansing the body
Detox doesn’t need to mean going hungry or depriving yourself of the food you need to be nourished. But rather should be seen as a ‘reset’.
It should be incorporated into the annual rhythm as maintenance to help remove toxins from the body, reset our palette and help our body remove these toxins so we can be free from fatigue, stress, and disease.
Following are some of the signs to indicate the need to detox:
- Feel fatigued, stressed and overwhelmed
- Experience frequent headaches and/or lack of mental clarity
- Often have skin breakouts and blemishes and/or a tired, dull and lack-luster complexion
- Easily pick up colds, flu, bugs, and viruses easily and are often on medication
- Digestion is troublesome, uncomfortable and irregular
- Make less-healthy food choices and often have fried foods, processed meat, dairy, gluten, processed foods, refined sugar or fast food
- Frequently have coffee, alcohol, drugs (prescription or otherwise) or cigarettes
- Are exposed to common environmental toxins such as carbon emissions, cigarette smoke, herbicides, pesticides, artificial fragrances, and household chemicals
- Carry excess body weight
- Feel emotionally unstable, depressed, unmotivated and lacking energy and enthusiasm for life
- Breath and odour seem to have an alarming stink, no matter how much deodorant or toothpaste you use
Detoxification speeds up new cell regeneration and provides all of your internal organs with a much-needed cleanse. Detoxification helps re-balance the chemistry of your body.
It retrains your palate to enjoy healthier, more natural foods, speed up waste disposal, and bring fresh vitality to the entire body.
Following are essentials of detoxing:
- Be a turkey (a cold one) and take a drug holiday
Reset your body’s neurotransmitters and hormones. Stop all forms of sugar, all flour products and all artificial sweeteners.
- Power up the day with protein
It is the key to balancing blood sugar and insulin and cutting cravings. Use nuts, seeds, eggs, fish, chicken or grass-fed meat for protein at every meal. A serving size is 4-6 ounces or the size of your palm.
- Eat unlimited carbohydrates (the right ones)
Vegetables are carbohydratess and you get to eat as much as you want. Unlimited refills!
- Fight sugar with fat
Fat makes you full, balances your blood sugar and is necessary for fueling your cells. Along with protein, have good fats at every meal and snack including nuts and seeds, which also contain protein, extra virgin olive oil, coconut butter, avocados and omega-3 fats from fish.
- Use friend power, not willpower
Extraordinary new research shows that obesity is contagious. You are more likely to be overweight if your friends are overweight than if your parents or siblings are overweight. But health is contagious too. Find a friend or form a small group and do the detox together
Remember, a detox doesn’t have to be forever. Think of a clean-eating diet as a vacation for your body. When you go on a vacation, you sleep better, feel better, and come back with a whole better attitude and energy. It allows the liver to clean up the junk.
It allows your fat to dump toxins.” It allows your body to better handle stress, breaks down food, and keeps you energized for the year ahead. Following are some tips while you decide to detox yourself:
- Hydration: Aim to drink between 1-3 L of water per day.
- Exercise: Strengthen your lung capacity/ability.
- Real, Live FOOD: Specific foods assist with deactivating toxins and removing them from the body (specifically heavy metal build-up).
- Sleep: Aim to sleep 7-8 hours per night
- Get Outside:Breathe fresh air into your lungs; receive your daily dose of vitamin D and boost your mood.
Kiran Bahrus Chimnani
Healious Global Pvt Ltd
(Educational house that runs online courses for doctors and paraprofessionals. For details email us at healious.global@gmail.com)
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The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have received the first consignment of Measles vaccines, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccines and Oral Polio Vaccines.
The Ministry of Information in a statement said distribution to various regions and facilities was underway.
It noted that more vaccines are expected in Ghana in the coming weeks from multiple sources.
“More vaccines expected in Ghana in the coming weeks from multiple sources,” the Information Ministry added.
It shared pictures of the GHS receiving the vaccines at the airport noting that they have already begun distributing them to various regions and facilities.
The ministry also shared photos of regional cold vans picking their consignments of the Measles, BCG and Oral Polio vaccines received and its accompanying logistics at the National Cold Room in Accra.
Ghana ran out of essential BCG and OPV vaccines as a result of the Ministry of Health’s failure to secure procurement of these vaccines since the year began.
The BCG vaccine is primarily needed to prevent the occurrence of tuberculosis in babies, while the OPV is to prevent polio infections
Other essential vaccines to prevent diseases such as measles, whooping cough, etc. are also in short supply.
Answering to parliament on the shortages, Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu said that more than $6 million has been paid to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to deliver baby vaccines.
According to him, the government expects the shortage to end in the next three weeks when all the vaccines are delivered.
Whilst urging the Legislators to approve funds needed for vaccines, he assured that shortages will not reoccur
“The assurance I will give and I can give for the first time in the Chamber is that this will not happen again and I will advise that you help me in my advocacy to get adequate funding for vaccines even the health insurance budget,” he appealed.
- National honours conferred on COVID-19, ITLOS champions – 15 March 2023
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The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has assured parents of children who are yet to receive their scheduled vaccines due to the vaccine shortage currently being experienced in the country that the country will take delivery of these vaccines in the next few weeks.
He gave this assurance at an emergency press briefing organised to address the raging issue which has seen many worried parents moving from facility to facility in a desperate search for the crucial vaccines.
The Minister in his address stated that the nation is currently facing a shortage of some vaccines.
He said, “it is true we have had some vaccine shortages in the country since the last quarter of 2022. The vaccines in short supply are BCG, Measles-Rubella (MR), and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV). This shortage is nationwide.”
Agyemang-Manu however assured that “the Ministry of Health has been making efforts to ensure we secure adequate stocks of vaccines despite this global challenge.”
He went further to state that, “we have made all necessary efforts to ensure that despite these challenges we secure adequate stocks within the next few weeks.”
He disclosed that the country has not recorded deaths caused by measles outbreak in parts of the country.
The Health Minister indicated that there had been no recorded measles-related deaths in the country in the last 20 years, even though there have been sporadic outbreaks.
He further indicated that besides the shortage of vaccines, there had been a global decline in vaccinations with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019.
He said, “the recent shortage in vaccines for measles, as regrettable as it is, is symptomatic of the steady global decline in measles vaccination since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic.”
Agyemang-Manu however assures the citizenry that the nation’s vaccination coverage remains robust, with immunization performance coverage being among the best in the world.
According to him, “in 2021 we recorded 95% [vaccine] coverage.”
In recent months there has been a desperate scramble among worried parents of toddlers over the apparent shortage of vaccines for the six childhood killer diseases in the nation’s pharmacies and hospitals.
This coupled with an outbreak of the measles-rubella virus has left parents worrying about the safety of their children.
- National honours conferred on COVID-19, ITLOS champions – 15 March 2023
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Zipline, the world’s first and only national-scale drone delivery service has delivered some 14.8 million (14,809,463) units of lifesaving medical, vaccines and blood products to health facilities in Ghana as at the end of 2022
309,000 delivery flights
These items were delivered through 309,000 separate delivery flights.
4.4m units delivered
The total units delivered amounted to 4.4 million.
8.3m doses of childhood vaccines
Childhood vaccines top the list with the delivery of 8.3 million doses.
2.05m doses of COVID-19 vaccines
It is followed by COVID-19 vaccines which recorded 2.05 million doses.
48,588 doses of malaria vaccines
The company delivered 48,588 doses of malaria vaccines during the period
10,875 pints of blood
Some 10,875 blood units were also delivered during the period.
6 Zipline distribution centers
The six Zipline distribution centers delivers lifesaving medical, vaccines and blood products to over 2,500 health facilities.
Zipline introduced in April 2019
Ghana integrated Zipline’s medical drone delivery service into its health supply chain in April 2019 with an initial support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the UPS Foundation and other partners.
Instant access to health commodities
Zipline enables instant access to hundreds of health commodities for thousands of health facilities across the country.
Autonomous drones
This marked the first time in history that autonomous drones have been used to make regular long-range deliveries into densely populated urban areas.
Zipline reaches half the population
Zipline’s current network in Ghana can reach up to half the population.
Life-saving care
All too often, people requiring life-saving care do not get the medicine they need when they need it.
Reduce medical waste
To increase access and reduce medical waste, key stock of blood products, vaccines, and life-saving medications are stored at Zipline’s base for just-in-time delivery.
Health workers place orders
Health workers place orders by text message or call and promptly receive their deliveries in 30 minutes on average.
Drones deliver the orders
The drones take off from and land at Zipline’s base, requiring no additional infrastructure or manpower at the clinics they serve.
Each drone can carry 1.8 kilos of cargo
The drones fly autonomously and can carry 1.8 kilos of cargo, cruising at 110km an hour, and have a round trip range of 160km—even in high-speed winds and rain.
How Zipline works
Each week, a single Zipline distribution centre – a combination of medical fulfilment warehouse and drone airport – is capable of the on-demand delivery of more than two tonnes of temperature-controlled medicine to any point across an almost 8,000 square mile service area.
30 to 45 minutes deliveries
Each aircraft can fly 100 miles round trip, in strong winds and rain, day or night, to make on-demand deliveries in 30 to 45 minutes on average.
Zipline’s drones have flown more than five million autonomous miles to deliver more than 1.5 million doses of vaccines, units of blood, and critical and life-saving medications to more than a thousand health facilities serving more than 25 million people across three countries.
Zipline in United States
In the United States, Zipline has partnered with a leading healthcare system, Novant Health, on the country’s first drone logistics operation by a hospital system for pandemic response.
To date, Novant Health has utilised Zipline to make contactless drone distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to frontline medical teams around Charlotte, North Carolina.
Zipline operating in Kaduna and Cross River States in Nigeria
Zipline recently commenced medical delivery services in Kaduna and Cross River States in Nigeria as its footprint grows across Africa.
Set to begin commercial operations in Côte D’Ivoire and Kenya
The company is set to begin commercial operations in Côte D’Ivoire and Kenya this week bringing to five countries in Africa to have adopted the technology.
- National honours conferred on COVID-19, ITLOS champions – 15 March 2023
- Misinformation undermining democracy, eroding gains in Ghana – 14 March 2023
- Dr Akoto: With right investment in agric, Ghana will not need IMF – 14 March 2023
National honours conferred on COVID-19, ITLOS champions
Misinformation undermining democracy, eroding gains in Ghana
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National honours conferred on COVID-19, ITLOS champions
Misinformation undermining democracy, eroding gains in Ghana
Dr Akoto: With right investment in agric, Ghana will not need IMF
Police nab 6 in connection with killing of soldier in Ashaiman
National honours conferred on COVID-19, ITLOS champions
Misinformation undermining democracy, eroding gains in Ghana
Dr Akoto: With right investment in agric, Ghana will not need IMF
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