A different prespective to Life

I watched this program aired on Channel 4 on last Tuesday, 7th of June, 2016 with my mouth opened. I was just surprised that children could have a totally different set of priorities, desires, and wants from what I could see as the average Nigerian. They have a lifestyle of privilege, opulence and wealth. I did not have any against the children as they were naive and have been brought up that way since they were born. They have always had servants waiting over them, carrying their luggage, washing their clothes and bowing down to them. If they do not have it then it becomes abnormal and things have truly deteriorated. The children had the opportunity to go to expensive private schools, meet royalty, politicians, and celebrities. So their view of the real world is distorted and biased. The Otedolas and the Mbadiwes, either in Oil and Gas or being in the government, seem to have made millions, I am not saying that it is corrupt money, but there are a lot of “commas” and “questi...

As I was listening to the news yesterday morning, I just heard a new item that almost shocked me. That having a high cholesterol blood level may be healthy after all. I have given talks and speeches on controlling cholesterol levels to people and talked extensively on “good fat” and “bad fat” to almost everybody that I had met. I went immediately to check the BBC website and could not find it, but found an article on today’s Telegraph. Which directed me to an article in the BMJ which said that 92% of people with a high cholesterol lived longer. What was said that “Lowering cholesterol with medication is a total waste of time” in those aged over 60 and the “benefits from statins treatment have been exaggerated”. However, the paper did not say having a high cholesterol is good but what it did say is lowering it by using medication is the waste of time. Of course going back to good diet is still on the cards and the article did not seem to say much about it. Although there was co...