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NUTRI TION TRENDS FOR 2021 by Nakiah Thomas-Edwards One thing that the year 2020 has done, is to make Barbadians realise that they did not have food security, and that they need to plant more food to ensure they have enough to eat in a crisis. And because of the pandemic, people are realising more and more that a healthy diet keeps the immune system strong and more ready and able to

You know the liquid you usually drain off a can of chickpeas you’ve opened to make hummus? Well, it turns out that that liquid is actually a healthy substitute for egg whites! Good news for vegans, this is! And that liquid has a name: aquafaba. It’s a name also given to any liquid in which legumes are canned or were cooked in. According to the official aquafaba website www.aquafaba.com,

BUGGY NHA KENTE MAINTAINING GOOD HEALTH inLife If ever there was a time when attention should be paid to mental health, that time is now as we wrestle with a pandemic which has created a new normal. One of the top reggae artistes in Barbados, Buggy Nhakente, shared with Better Health how he managed during the lockdown, and how he is coping now that his livelihood through live performing

BREATHE DEEP by Nick Nunes In through the nose, out through the mouth. That’s the regular breathing technique promoted for yoga, meditation, exercise, and whatever else you might be doing that requires regulating your breathing. There’s been a special focus on the ability to breathe lately, obviously due to the pandemic of a virus that causes respiratory distress. Being unable

F EEL G OOD by Katrina Welch “ Hi? How are you?” In our society it is a norm to greet a friend with these words in passing, but take some time to think about it: how are feeling right now? Emotions are quite complicated. As human beings, we all feel them and they play a critical role in governing how we interact with other people and the world around us. Sometimes we

FOREVER LEARNING— COVID-19 by Nick Nunes “ Idon’t know.” That is the fundamental drive of science. Every human being that has ever existed has been faced with some perplexity that results in the unending “I don’t know”. Every era, undoubtedly, assumes, maybe correctly, that they exist in unprecedented times. Bob Dylan correctly sang, “The times they are a changing.”

The abuse of illegal and over-the-counter drugs is on the increase throughout the world. Organisations like the National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA) are fighting what appears to be a losing battle, but we cannot give up and walk away. Many individuals engage in substance use to experience the feel-good hormone ‘Dopamine’, and in so doing, they often seek new ways of getting high or

ALL ABOUT BL O OD by Every two seconds someone requires a blood transfusion. Worldwide, on average, one in seven people who visit the hospital require blood and the availability of the different types of blood donations can save innumerable lives. Firstly, there are four major human blood groups. These groups were first identified in 1901 by Dr Karl Landsteiner– A, B, AB and O.

USHERING IN TRANSFOR MATION FOR 2021 For many, if not all of us, we are grateful to see the end of 2020. It was an unprecedented year with the emergence and spread of the novel coronavirus sparking the declaration of a global pandemic. Practically all nonessential services ground to a halt which has and continues to have major fall-out on multiple levels. Job losses or pay reduction,

Dear Doc, It’s over a year now since the COVID-19 virus was discovered. What is the latest thing to be discovered about this virus that has caused a pandemic? Have people who have had it early fully recovered to good health, or does it have any lingering effects? - Charlene Dear Charlene, Information on COVID-19 is continually unfolding each day. COVID-19 is an abbreviation for SARS-COVID 19