The festive season is generally a time of overeating and weight gain. We consume too much alcohol and foods rich in sugar and fat. How can we combine pleasure and health during the festive season? What foods are best? Here are some dietary tips from
Energy drinks, sugary drinks and commercial fruit juices have become the main enemies of dentists. These professionals are warning about the excess of sweet and acidic drinks. If consumed regularly, they attack our tooth enamel and put it at risk...
Quality wagashi can be recognised not only by its appearance and taste, but also by the ingredients used in its preparation. Each wagashi should tell a story through its flavours and presentation, offering a unique and memorable eating experience.
In Togo, honey remains a foodstuff that is widely used for its various virtues. It is used for both therapeutic and dietary purposes. Given these diverse properties, honey is both a food and a highly prized medicine. However, for commercial and econo
French nutritionist Dr Pierre Dukan once wrote that ‘when a man puts on weight, it's mainly because he eats too much and stores his excess calories in the form of fat’. So what should you eat over the festive period, or how should you combine foods t
The NGO Research, Preventive Action, Addiction Support (RAPAA) presented, on Friday, December 13, 2024, in Lomé, the report of its activities conducted in observance of World AIDS Day (WAD). The presentation took place during a press conference...
More than 200 diseases are attributable to alcohol consumed in excess. Either directly, or because it is a risk factor.
«While as children we laugh up to 400 times a day, it is exceptional to do so only ten times as an adult», reports the French Federation of Cardiology. And yet all the studies show the benefits of laughter on physical and mental health, and particula
If you want to keep your liver healthy, enemy No. 1 is not alcohol, but fat. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), also known as ‘fatty liver’, has become the leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. Affecting a quarter of adults and al
In Togo, wagashi is an important source of animal protein, particularly for rural populations. It can make a valuable contribution to solving a protein deficit in diets. Unfortunately, wagashi is an ideal medium for the development of micro-organisms
People with high blood pressure are particularly at risk over the festive period because of the rich meals and excessive alcohol consumption. Here are a few tips for keeping your heart healthy.
The National Tuberculosis Control Programme (PNLT) in Togo is facing a worrying situation. The country is seeing an increase in relapses, patients lost to follow-up, deaths and treatment failures, leading to multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)