You are eating your way to DEATH

source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

Do not live to eat, EAT to live!

In most cases a lot of people tend to eat their way to death. Most of them eat even though they are not hungry because you will find people who eat when they are sad, angry or upset, even when trying to relax they also eat for other numerous reasons. According to Daily Mail (Tuesday, March,20, 2012: By Emily Allen), There is a woman who dreams of becoming the world's fatest woman, she even revealed that she was marrying a chef. The 33 year old, Susan Eman revealed her controversial dream of reaching a target weight of over 115 stones last year, so that she could become the biggest human ever, now she currently weighs 54 stones. She was warned by doctors that she was putting her life in danger but she did not listen and felt that she had to fulfil her needs and make her dream come true.

People must take some time to learn about the dangers of obesity and the diseases one might get when obese. If you are overweight or obese you may be at risk for:

• Diabetes
• Coronary heart diseases
• Stroke
• Metabolic syndrome
• Certain types of cancer
• Sleep apnoea
• Osteoarthritis
• Gallbladder disease
• Fatty liver disease
• Pregnancy complications etc .

Weighing too much may increase your risk for developing many health problems, therefore you must avoid eating unnecessarily for example, when you are sad, rather find someone to talk to and avoid finding comfort in food. Educate yourself to eat healthier meals at least 6 days in a week, then you can eat junk food on a certain day maybe on Sundays but not always, drink lots of fluid, eat a maximum of 5 fruits per day, avoid unhealthy drinks, learn to exercise everyday (make time for it), read more about health, and if possible there are public relations campaigns sometimes about health, you can attend one to learn more about healthier ways of living.

 

 Rather eat or some of these healthy diets

  

Lobola: Do you think Lobola is paying for long term prostitution?

How far would you go?

How far would you go just to show him how much you care about him, how much you love and respect him? A lot of people tend to think marrieges are considered sacred in most societies, more especially in our more traditionally-steeped continent of Africa. Long ago, men used pay lobola with cows/ Cattle as cattles were a primary symbol of wealth in African societies. How ever, many morden urban couples have switched to using cash/ money (like the old saying: money talks). Men pay lobola to have their women legally, to show their in-laws that they can provide for their families or they can can take care of their wives and children

According to the Sowetan Live,15 February 2012, By: Zenoyise Modikwa, most African men  who were interviewed said lobola and the economic situation were the greatest discouragement for them to settle down. Mr Nkosi Mwelo Nonkonyana of Contasela, one of the interviewees of Sowetan Live, dismissed this as untrue. He said young men who feared responsibility always sighted lobola as a problem. He aslo said lobola should never be a deterrent in the African tradition as it was not about material good. Furthermore, most of the people think lobola is about uniting two families not about showing off material muscle.

According to the ancient Tradition of African cultures (mostly Africans: it can be the Nguni tribes: e.g. Zulus, Xhosas, and also the Batswana tribes, sotho and so on), men are the ones who are supposed to pay lobola for their women. Men/ other people pay lobola for the wrong reasons but some of them do it for  the good reasons, for example, after paying lobola men:

The wrong reasons

• Tend to think they own women/ their wives.
• Tent to abuse their wives since they "bought them'' (payed lobola)
• End up disrespecting their wives and sometimes end up saying the wife(s)  does not have a say (since he is the head of the family and they also tend to think they can make decisions on their own)
• Also think they can get sex every time and anytime they want, even though the wife does not feel like it.

The Good reasons

• Marry  women for their beauty
• Marry women for their character.
• Marry women for their personalities and so on. 

Since The Sowetan Live went as far as interviewing few people (mostly African men), what is the PR Communications point of view, is lobola sill relevant?


Source: http://Sowetan Live.co.za