On your keyboards, on your pens, on your books, on your plate… get set: ready? Go! Back to school; the impact of nutrition on education: Diet, breakfast, lunch, snacks and academic performance in pupils and students at the heart of our editorial. This season, The Bridge Magazine advises readers worldwide on the amazing science of eating well for the cognitive.
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On your keyboards, on your pens, on your books, on your plate… get set: ready? Go! Back to school; the impact of nutrition on education: Diet, breakfast, lunch, snacks and academic performance in pupils and students at the heart of our editorial. This season, The Bridge Magazine advises readers worldwide on the amazing science of eating well for the cognitive.
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As the global economic crisis soars, household incomes plunge: food insecurity affects academic success, career goals and professional merit, making it urgent for parents worldwide to invest more in quality food to bring out the genius in their children.
As the world faces a cost of living catastrophe on an unprecedented scale, families are struggling to make ends meet, investing more in quality food is crucial for achieving academic excellence and professional merit.
When it comes to health, academia and climbing the career ladder at a steady pace, balanced meals matter and could make a huge difference amongst pupils, students and young adults.
Inflation is generally defined as the continued increase in the average prices of goods and services in a given region.
A Statista report On Global inflation rate from 2000 to 2022, with forecasts until 2028 shows that “[…] Inflation is currently high across many areas of the globe, even in regions that have not witnessed high inflation for several decades. A series of compounding issues such as rising energy and food prices, fiscal instability in the wake of the pandemic, and consumer insecurity have created a new global recession, and global inflation in 2023 is estimated to have reached 6.9 percent. This is the highest annual increase in inflation since 1996.”
Not to mention the rising cost of the housing market…
As the global economic crisis soars, household incomes plunge: food insecurity affects academic success, career goals and professional merit, making it urgent for parents worldwide to invest more in quality food to bring out the genius in their children.
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Statista is a global data and business intelligence platform with an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries.
It has been scientifically and medically proven that well-fed children have highest opportunities to excel in school.
The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s views on how crucial quality food is for babies, infant, toddlers, and the youth is unequivocal.
In one of WHO’s ScienceDirect Category articles entitled Why nutrition programs for children remain important, it reads:
“The initiation of healthy dietary practices, commencing with breastfeeding from an early age, not only fosters optimal physical growth but also plays a crucial role in enhancing cognitive development. This cognitive development is considered a pivotal aspect in ensuring the overall well-being of an individual as they mature. The significance of ensuring access to quality nutrition for children, who are future leaders, cannot be overemphasized. Therefore, guaranteeing their access to adequate nutrition emerges as a paramount factor within the realm of public health, as it directly shapes the vitality and potential of the upcoming generation.”
As the world faces a cost of living catastrophe on an unprecedented scale, families are struggling to make ends meet, investing more in quality food is crucial for achieving academic excellence and professional merit.
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Meanwhile, many studies have proved how parents from higher socio-economic backgrounds / status who are financially able to feed their children with freshly cooked meals with fresh ingredients, are more likely to grow children with a higher IQ.
In other words, the freshness and quality of food matters more than just being full, especially when children are young and still developing.
While society and schooling systems often focus on cognitive abilities and analytical skills our editorial also believes the foundation for any learning starts with ensuring that children are well nourished both physically and mentally.
When it comes to health, academia and climbing the career ladder at a steady pace, balanced meals matter and could make a huge difference amongst pupils, students and young adults.
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A recent UNICEF-World Bank analysis report on poverty send chills down the spine: “An estimated 333 million children globally are living in extreme poverty […]”.
These statistics show that millions of children are facing hunger and are surviving on extremely poor diets, which significantly impacts their educational performance and engagement.
Decades ago, who would have thought that eating a balanced meal would become a luxury?
Our editorial is aware that as a parent, you might need to treat yourself to a new car, a new house…. Either as a self-gift or to indirectly show off that you socially belong to the upper class.
As a parent, there is no shame if an economic crisis has forced you to park your car to trade quality food for your household with what you spent on petrol on a monthly basis.
![Decades ago, who would have thought eating a balanced meal would become a luxury? Inflation is generally defined as the continued increase in the average prices of goods and services in a given region. A Statista report On Global inflation rate from 2000 to 2022, with forecasts until 2028 shows that “[…] Inflation is currently high across many areas of the globe, even in regions that have not witnessed high inflation for several decades. A series of compounding issues such as rising energy and food prices, fiscal instability in the wake of the pandemic, and consumer insecurity have created a new global recession, and global inflation in 2023 is estimated to have reached 6.9 percent. This is the highest annual increase in inflation since 1996.” Not to mention the rising cost of the housing market… The Bridge MAG. Image](https://www.the-bridge-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/5-Money-billets-de-100-euro-100livres-100-dollars-100mille-CFs.png)
Decades ago, who would have thought eating a balanced meal would become a luxury?
Inflation is generally defined as the continued increase in the average prices of goods and services in a given region.
A Statista report On Global inflation rate from 2000 to 2022, with forecasts until 2028 shows that “[…] Inflation is currently high across many areas of the globe, even in regions that have not witnessed high inflation for several decades. A series of compounding issues such as rising energy and food prices, fiscal instability in the wake of the pandemic, and consumer insecurity have created a new global recession, and global inflation in 2023 is estimated to have reached 6.9 percent. This is the highest annual increase in inflation since 1996.”
Not to mention the rising cost of the housing market…
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Food insecurity compromises pupils and students’ grades, making any career goal unattainable and unachievable.
Balanced meals matter when it comes to great achievements from a tender age, throughout adulthood and beyond
Below are the reasons why as a parent you may put on hold personal projects to save your children from hunger and malnutrition.
You may put on hold a mortgage yet to be, a nice car, a nice pair of shoes and invest more on quality food.
As previously published in several of our successful articles and books: Mother Nature is the most talented artist of them all. Mother Nature remains the most talented artist. This is almost a leitmotif at The Bridge Magazine.
![It has been scientifically and medically proven that well-fed children have highest opportunities to excel in school. The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s views on how crucial quality food is for babies, infant, toddlers, and the youth is unequivocal. In one of WHOs’ ScienceDirect Category articles entitled Why nutrition programs for children remain important, it reads: “The initiation of healthy dietary practices, commencing with breastfeeding from an early age, not only fosters optimal physical growth but also plays a crucial role in enhancing cognitive development. This cognitive development is considered a pivotal aspect in ensuring the overall well-being of an individual as they mature […]” The Bridge MAG. Image](https://www.the-bridge-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/6-Breastfeeding-pics-all-in-one-with-the-little-girls-with-a-blue-pen-and-babies-doing-galipettes-as-well-as-toddlers-learning-from-the-floor-on-traditional-ardoises-.png)
It has been scientifically and medically proven that well-fed children have highest opportunities to excel in school.
The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s views on how crucial quality food is for babies, infant, toddlers, and the youth is unequivocal.
In one of WHOs’ ScienceDirect Category articles entitled Why nutrition programs for children remain important, it reads:
“The initiation of healthy dietary practices, commencing with breastfeeding from an early age, not only fosters optimal physical growth but also plays a crucial role in enhancing cognitive development. This cognitive development is considered a pivotal aspect in ensuring the overall well-being of an individual as they mature […]”
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Physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC) – back to whom the course of Western medicine can be traced– believed that diseases had natural causes and thus required natural cures: he used various plant-based remedies in his treatments.
Hence Hippocrates is known today as the Godfather of Western medicine, and it is of course from his name that the Hippocratic Oath, the medical pledge made by all doctors and medical practitioners, is derived.
Did you know? It has been medically proven that being unable to provide balanced meals to your child/children may affect their IQ.
The lack of nutritious meals impact children’s cognitive development because it has been associated with persistent stress and anxiety.
Research has found that nutritional deficiencies such as iron deficiency in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life can impact their cognitive, socio-emotional, motor, and physiological health, even changing the actual structure of their brain.
As modern mankind faces economic backlash, it becomes urgent to draw a parallel between diet (breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks…) and academic/ professional performances in humans.
While society and schooling systems often focus on cognitive abilities and analytical skills, our editorial also believes the foundation for any learning starts with ensuring that children are well nourished both physically and mentally.
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Including brain-boosting foods such as: berries, citrus fruits, dark chocolate, nuts, eggs, avocados, salmon, olive oil, beets, rosemary, bone broth, and turmeric into your diet enables your children to enhance their memory, their focus as well as their concentration.
According to nutritionists, the most efficient strategy is to follow a healthy diet that includes many fruits, vegetables, wholegrains and legumes. Feed your children with protein from plants, opt for healthy fats such as organic palm oil, sunflower oil, olive oil rather than saturated fats.
According to recent research from Harvard Health, some of “the best brain foods are the same ones that protect your heart and blood vessels, including the following”: Leafy Greens. Leafy greens like kale, spinach, collards, and broccoli boast brain-healthy nutrients such as vitamin K, lutein, folate, and beta carotene.
Green leafy vegetable
Salad greens, kale and spinach are rich in vitamins A, C, E and K, and broccoli, are also rich in many of the B-vitamins. These vegetables also contain an abundance of carotenoids-antioxidants that protect cells and play roles in blocking the early stages of cancer.
Our editorial is aware that as a parent, you might need to treat yourself to a new car, a new house…. Either as a self-gift or to indirectly show off that you socially belong to the upper class.
As a parent, you may put on hold personal projects to save your children from hunger and malnutrition. You may put on hold a mortgage yet to be, a nice car and invest more on quality food.
As a parent, there is no shame if an economic crisis has forced you to park your car to trade quality food for your household with what you spent on petrol on a monthly basis.
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Fatty fish
The American Heart Association recommends eating 2 servings of fish (particularly fatty fish) per week. A serving is 3 ounces cooked, or about ¾ cup of flaked fish. Fatty fish such as: sardines, tuna, mussels, mackerel, herring, salmon, oysters, anchovies are high in omega-3 fatty acids
Berries
Research shows that flavonoids are the natural plant pigments that give berries their brilliant hues and also help to improve memory
Tea and coffee
It is believed coffee and tea help to fight diseases which attack nerve cells in the human brain, making one hard to move. Studies suggest that caffein may ease Parkinson’s early symptoms while others show that drinking coffee and tea might help protect our brain from it to start with. A study also shows that drinking 3 to 5 cups of coffee daily may lower chances of contracting heart disease.
![A recent UNICEF-World Bank analysis report on poverty send chills down the spine: “An estimated 333 million children globally are living in extreme poverty […]”. These statistics show that millions of children are facing hunger and are surviving on extremely poor diets, which significantly impacts their educational performance and engagement. Did you know? Food insecurity compromises pupils and students’ grades, making any career goal unattainable and unachievable The Bridge MAG. Image](https://www.the-bridge-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/9-UNICEF-PIC--590x335.png)
A recent UNICEF-World Bank analysis report on poverty send chills down the spine: “An estimated 333 million children globally are living in extreme poverty […]”.
These statistics show that millions of children are facing hunger and are surviving on extremely poor diets, which significantly impacts their educational performance and engagement.
Did you know?
Food insecurity compromises pupils and students’ grades, making any career goal unattainable and unachievable
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For families of an ethic minority:
Did you know? it doesn’t make you or your children less human or less “civilised” if you include an ethnic recipe in your diet, especially if it has been proven healthy and or nutritious.
An ethnic diet may help you not only apprehend other cultures, but most importantly, gain the nutrients you or your children need to live a happier and healthier life. The critical nature of food should never be ignored when considering your quality of life.
As previously published in several of our successful articles and books:
Mother Nature is the most talented artist of them all. Mother Nature remains the most talented artist. This is almost a leitmotif at The Bridge Magazine.
Physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC) – back to whom the course of Western medicine can be traced– believed that diseases had natural causes and thus required natural cures: he used various plant-based remedies in his treatments.
Hence Hippocrates is known today as the Godfather of Western medicine, and it is of course from his name that the Hippocratic Oath, the medical pledge made by all doctors and medical practitioners, is derived.
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Below is the amount of vitamins that may be included in one single ethnic balanced meal
A semolina maizemeal porridge with fresh green okra, smoked chicken and fresh tiger prawns in a palm oil-based soup.
Semolina maizemeal nutritious properties:
Dry maize can be ground and used to make porridge. Research has proven that semolina maizemeal flour has healthy benefits: from digestive to heart health up to human longevity.
When ground into a flour, maize is known as semolina and used all over the world in porridge, snacks, … and has benefits of weight management, heart health, it promotes eye and digestive system health.
Corn is a healthy grain and source of fibre, vitamins and minerals. It is an important source of vitamin B1, B5, Vitamin C, and antioxidants.
Balanced meals matter when it comes to great achievements from a tender age, throughout adulthood and beyond.
Did you know? It has been medically proven that being unable to provide balanced meals to your child/children may affect their IQ.
Research has found that nutritional deficiencies such as iron deficiency in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life can impact their cognitive, socio-emotional, motor, and physiological health, even changing the actual structure of their brain.
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Semolina maizemeal prevents and Cures constipation: It’s richness in fibre and absence of starch and fat, make it a converted carbohydrates easy to digest accelerates the gastrointestinal peristalsis to help digestion.
Smoked chicken nutritious properties
Smoked chicken is a good source of lean protein, which is essential for muscle repair and overall health.
Another benefit of smoked chicken is that it is low in carbs (carbohydrates) thus making it suitable for seeking a low-carb diet within one’s meal.
Did you know?
Maize flour is enriched with a special carbohydrate in maize meal that enable us to burn the body fat more that we eat.
Healthy nutrition is a basic human right:
Equal opportunities must even start from the womb: From what you feed yourself from pregnancy to birth leading up to babies’ food and children’s plate.
Ensuring all children have the nutritious food they need to reach their full potential in the classroom must be one of parents’ priorities. If nutrition affects a child’s ability to learn, it is because poor nutrition usually impairs an individual’s memory, level of focus as well as alertness. Nutrition impacts brain development, memory and cognitive function, energy, attention and focus, which are key to excel academically.
Malnutrition continues to be a leading cause of death in children under the age of 5. Every child deserves to be well fed.
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Maize meal is said to be helpful in preventing cancer by its variety of anti-cancer vitamins such as: Magnesium, xanthophyl, and others.
The anti-cancer factors in maize meal can prevent the expansion of cancer cells.
It is also believed maize flour is packed with human longevity as well as beautiful skin properties.
Fresh green okra nutritious properties
Okra has an Impressive nutrient profile:
Biologically classified as a fruit, okra is generally packed with vitamins and used as a vegetable in cooking.
It originates from tropical, rain forest kind of Amazonian like countries. Used in Southern American cuisine and a popular addition to gumbo. Yet, it can have a slimy texture hence its digestive properties.
Organic palm oil nutritious properties
Unlike what you have been led to believe, there is palm oil in babies formula milk, as it plays a crucial role in meeting babies, infants and toddlers’ needs to support their physical growth their cognitive and neurological blossoming.
For families of an ethic minority:
Did you know? It doesn’t make you or your children less human or less “civilised” if you include an ethnic recipe in your diet, especially if it has been proven healthy and or nutritious.
Semolina maizemeal nutritious properties
Research has proven that semolina maizemeal flour has healthy benefits: from digestive to heart health up to human longevity. When ground into a flour, maize is known as semolina and used all over the world in porridge, snacks, … and has benefits of weight management, heart health, it promotes eye and digestive system health.
Did you know?
Maize flour is enriched with a special carbohydrate in maize meal that enable us to burn the body fat more that we eat.
Maize meal is said to be helpful in preventing cancer by its variety of anti-cancer vitamins such as: Magnesium, xanthophyl, and others.
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Did you know?
A moderate daily consumption of organic virgin palm oil would be essential for the protection of the membrane of all the cells of the body.
Palm oil is a precious resource of tropical forests, the oil is still at the heart of nutritional, public and political controversies and economic wars.
Toxic to the arteries for some, the oil is also responsible for massive deforestation and the disappearance of orangutans for others.
What you have not generally been told about palm oil is that it is the richest food ever in beta-carotene (provitamin A). It contains about 17 times more beta-carotene (provitamin A) than carrots.
Also known as red oil, palm oil is an excellent source of antioxidants rich in Tocotrienol: vitamin E with 4 variants which, once absorbed by our body, acts like a real shield and has the capacity to strengthen our immune system.
The percentage of palm oil used in medicine says it all. Palm oil is used to prevent and to treat vitamin A deficiency. It is also use to fight heart disease, malaria, cancer and a myriad of conditions.
For families of an ethic minority:
Did you know? It doesn’t make you or your children less human or less “civilised” if you include an ethnic recipe in your diet, especially if it has been proven healthy and or nutritious.
Okra has an Impressive nutrient profile. Biologically classified as a fruit, okra is generally packed with vitamins and used as a vegetable in cooking. It originates from tropical, rain forest kind of Amazonian like countries. Used in Southern American cuisine and a popular addition to gumbo. Yet, it can have a slimy texture hence its digestive properties.
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As, statistics reveal, palm oil is almost in everything nearly 50% of the packaged products we find in supermarkets, everything from pizza, doughnuts and chocolate, to deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste and lipstick.
No wonder there is an ongoing economic world war amongst Mainstream media propaganda, the drug industry, politicians and farmers on palm oil.
While awaiting an agreement, or a settlement on palm oil feud, do not forget to make good use of organic palm oil by including its consumption in your nutrition meals.
Fresh organic tiger prawns’ nutritious properties
Also known as aquatic crustacean or ‘shrimp’, covered with a thin exoskeleton, which is generally removed before consumption.
Organic palm oil nutritious properties:
Unlike what you have been led to believe, there is palm oil in babies formula milk, as it plays a crucial role in meeting babies, infants and toddlers’ needs to support their physical growth their cognitive and neurological blossoming.
Palm oil is:
• Essential for the protection of the membrane of all the cells of the body
• Still at the heart of nutritional, public and political controversies and economic wars.
• The richest food ever in beta-carotene (provitamin A)
• Contains about 17 times more beta-carotene (provitamin A) than carrots
• An excellent source of antioxidants rich in Tocotrienol: vitamin E with 4 variants which, once absorbed by our body, acts like a real shield and has the capacity to strengthen our immune system
• Used to prevent and to treat vitamin A deficiency
• Use to fight heart disease, malaria, cancer and a myriad of conditions
• Almost in everything nearly 50% of the packaged products we find in supermarkets…
• The percentage of palm oil used in medicine says it all. While awaiting an agreement, or a settlement on palm oil feud, do not forget to make good use of organic palm oil by including its consumption in your nutrition meals.
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Nutritional profile of fresh tiger prawns:
Below are the amounts of nutrients in a 100g of cooked prawns:
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70 kcal / 295 kg
• 15.4g protein
• 0.9g fat
• 1mg iron
• 1 mg zinc
• 30mcg selenium
• 13mcg iodine
• 1.47g salt
Below are few health benefits of prawns
Fresh prawns are a great source of the B group vitamins, including B12 and folate. These vitamins play an important role in energy production and red blood cells replenishment.
Prawns provide about 22 times the vitamin E levels of either chicken or beef. This fat-soluble vitamin acts as an antioxidant and may be protective against heart disease and cancer.
Also known as aquatic crustacean or ‘shrimp’, covered with a thin exoskeleton, which is generally removed before consumption. Prawns provide about 22 times the vitamin E levels of either chicken or beef.
Prawns are packed with protective antioxidants pink hue in prawns also known as astaxanthin, has anti-inflammatory properties and may reduce the risk of some chronic diseases, such as heart disease and cancer and may also improve skin heath.
BEWARE!
Crustaceans like prawns are categorised as one of the 14 common allergens in the world as such must be declared on food labels
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Prawns are a useful source of rare trace minerals, such as: iodine (correct function of the thyroid gland), zinc and selenium (crucial in strengthening our immune system).
Prawns are packed with protective antioxidants pink hue in prawns also known as astaxanthin, has anti-inflammatory properties and may reduce the risk of some chronic diseases, such as heart disease and cancer and may also improve skin heath.
Low in calories and fat, fresh prawns enable weight loss because they are an impressive source of easily digestible, high-quality protein.
BEWARE!
Crustaceans like prawns are categorised as one of the 14 common allergens in the world as such must be declared on food labels.
So as parents, if you have failed to do your homework by failing to put balanced food on the table for your children throughout the academic year, DO NOT be surprised if they rely for instance on clearance to land a place at university.
Remember! Elite universities entry grade requirements are ruthless and malnourished students CANNOT afford outstanding A Levels results. Which is a pity as only God knows how many gifted students come from disadvantaged background/circumstances.
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Cassava doughnut with sweet bananas or sweet plantain fried in organic palm oil
This is a stapple food that can be used as breakfast, a snack of a supper meal.
Palm oil nutritious properties have already been mentioned earlier in the article
Cassava nutritious properties
On top of being a nutritious vegetable that can contribute to a balanced diet, cassava is very high in carbohydrates and in calories. It’s a good source of potassium, folate, vitamin C, and several other nutrients.
The main health benefits of cassava are:
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Helping to manage diabetes
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Strengthening the immune system
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Preventing many types of cancer
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Improving digestion
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Improving good mood
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Contribute in weight loss
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Promoting skin, nail and hair health
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Preventing constipation
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May promote wound healing
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May prevent malnutrition
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May reduce blood pressure
For families of an ethic minority:
Did you know? It doesn’t make you or your children less human or less “civilised” if you include an ethnic recipe in your diet, especially if it has been proven healthy and or nutritious.
Cassava doughnut with sweet bananas or sweet plantain fried in organic palm oil.
This is a stapple food that can be used as breakfast, a snack of a supper meal.
Cassava nutritious properties
On top of being a nutritious vegetable that can contribute to a balanced diet, cassava is very high in carbohydrates and in calories. It’s a good source of potassium, folate, vitamin C, and several other nutrients….
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In a given amount of 100 g (3 tablespoons) of boiled cassava:
Energy 125 calories
Protein 0.6 g
Carbohydrates 30.1 g
Fat 0.3 g
Fibre 1.9 g
Vitamin C. 18.2 mg
Vitamin A 13 mcg
Carotenoids 13 mcg
Folic acid 24 mcg
Calcium 19 mg
Potassium 100 mg
Sweet bananas nutritious properties
Scientifically known as Musa acuminata, banana is classified as a fruit enriched with several benefits.
Bananas are a rich source of nutrients, such as fibre, potassium, magnesium, and vitamin B6.
Nutrients in bananas help the digestive system and heart health.
Bananas are rich in vitamin B6, which is essential for energy metabolism and brain health.
Bananas can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke
Bananas contain potassium, which helps manage blood pressure
Bananas are a rich source of nutrients, such as fibre, potassium, magnesium, and vitamin B6. Scientifically known as Musa acuminata, banana is classified as a fruit enriched with several benefits…
BEWARE!
Before eating bananas, ensure you or your children are not amongst the world population at risk of allergies.
Statistics show bananas are a source of allergy for 0.6% of the world population and 46% of people with asthma or atopic dermatitis.
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Other minerals and vitamins, particularly manganese, are found in bananas. Manganese is mostly known as a mineral involved in bone and immune health, reproduction, and blood clotting.
A given amount of a medium-sized of raw banana includes:
Calories: 112
Fat: 0.416 g
Sodium: 1.26 mg
Carbohydrates: 28.8 g
Fiber: 3.28 g
Added sugars: 0 g
Protein: 1.37 g
BEWARE!
Before eating bananas, ensure you or your children are not amongst the world population at risk of allergies.
Statistics show bananas are a source of allergy for 0.6% of the world population and 46% of people with asthma or atopic dermatitis.
Beyond all the steps surrounding a child’s academic success lies an ordinary or yet crucial aspect: well-fed children have higher opportunities to succeed.
How nutrition directly impacts a child’s education.
Researchers also revealed the negative impacts of hunger on children’s social-emotional skills.
It is hard to focus when humans are hungry. Hunger leads to a low attention span, behavioural issues such as: aggressiveness and disciplinary issues in the school, disrupting children’s future degrees , thus employment.
So as parents, if you have failed to do your homework by failing to put balanced food on the table for your children throughout the academic year, DO NOT be surprised if they rely for instance on clearance to land a place at university.
Remember! Elite universities entry grade requirements are ruthless and malnourished students CANNOT afford outstanding A Levels results. Which is a pity as only God knows how many gifted students come from disadvantaged background/circumstances.
Our editorial is saddened regarding the numerous children, students and parents from around the world, who have been robbed the right to education and parenthood, whether it be by being kidnapped, killed, abused or starved.
The number of pupils, students and parents snatched has recently hit the headlines in Mainstream Media and social networks. It is with a bruised heart that our editorial realizes that many pupils and students around the world will not attend their schools and universities. Just like these teachers and lecturers who suddenly lost their lives doing their job. Our editorial addresses a pious thought for all these souls.
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How does the lack of balanced meals affect learning abilities
Childhood famine has a domino effect on children’s and adults’ physical and mental well-being as well as on their academic experiences.
A lack of nutritious meals for children means an uncertain future. Famine is the source of health issues, and personal challenges. It has been scientifically proven that famine affects academic and professional performances.
Famine affects human focus, learning and or their training abilities: as in, their abilities to focus in the classroom, lecture room to learn new skills.
According to studies, over 88% of teachers and lecturers, acknowledge the negative impact of hunger on concentration.
Meanwhile, more than 77% of teachers and lecturers, noticed poor academic performance and behavioural issues in undernourished students.
Equal opportunities must even start from the womb: From what you feed yourself from pregnancy to birth leading up to babies’ food and children’s plate.
Ensuring all children have the nutritious food they need to reach their full potential in the classroom must be one of parents’ priorities.
As a follow up and update of The Bridge Magazine’s 12th Anniversary celebration announcement, Rachel Tcheungna has published 23 educational books in both English and French which are now ready for global distribution.
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If nutrition affects a child’s ability to learn, it is because poor nutrition usually impairs an individual’s memory, level of focus as well as alertness.
Nutrition impacts brain development, memory and cognitive function, energy, attention and focus, which are key to excel academically.
Malnutrition continues to be a leading cause of death in children under the age of 5. Every child deserves to be well fed.
Healthy nutrition is a basic human right:
The right to food is recognised in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights under the umbrella of the right to an adequate standard of living, treasured in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Investing in healthy food should be our priority. A healthy and balanced nutrition is of paramount importance, from conception till the end of life; it supports children and adults’ physical growth, development and upkeeps good health and wellbeing.
Our editorial addresses a pious thought for pupils, students, teachers, lecturers and parents … worldwide who have lost their lives.
Our editorial is saddened regarding the numerous children, students and parents from around the world, who have been robbed the right to education and parenthood, whether it be by being kidnapped, killed, abused or starved.
The number of pupils, students and parents snatched has recently hit the headlines in Mainstream Media and social networks. It is with a bruised heart that our editorial realizes that many pupils and students around the world will not attend their schools and universities. Just like these teachers and lecturers who suddenly lost their lives doing their job. Our editorial addresses a pious thought for all these souls.
As a follow up and update of The Bridge Magazine’s 12th Anniversary celebration announcement, Rachel Tcheungna has published 23 educational books in both English and French which are now ready for global distribution.
Follow the links below to purchase one or various of The Bridge Books.
1) Global News That Never Fades: From Britain’s News to World Exclusives
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Dear All,
On your keyboards, on your pens, on your books 📚, on your plate… get set: ready? Go! Back to school; the impact of nutrition on education: Diet, breakfast, lunch, snacks and academic performance in pupils and students at the heart of our editorial. This season, The Bridge Magazine 🗞️🌏 advises readers worldwide on the amazing science of eating well for the cognitive.
As the global economic crisis soars, household incomes plunge: food insecurity affects academic success, career goals and professional merit, making it urgent for parents worldwide to invest more in quality food to bring out the genius 🎓 in their children.
Decades ago, who would have thought that eating a balanced meal would become a luxury?
Our editorial is aware that as a parent, you might need to treat yourself to a new car, a new house…. Either as a self-gift or to indirectly show off that you socially belong to the upper class.
As a parent, there is no shame if an economic crisis has forced you to park your car to trade quality food for your household with what you spent on petrol on a monthly basis.
Kind Regards,
The Editor 🗞️🌏
Rachel Tcheungna
Chers tous, chères toutes,
Notre éditorial a pour objectif d’auréoler l’image du Journalisme Constructif dans le monde entier.
The Bridge Magazine est politiquement et religieusement neutre : la ligne éditoriale relie, concilie les cultures, les Nations, les continents, les idéologies du monde entier.
L’épanouissement et l’intérêt de l’Humanité est et reste au centre de mes préoccupations éditoriales.
Une avalanche de remerciements à tous les lecteurs qui nous ont permis de faire grandir ce journal.
Notre lectorat est la raison pour laquelle je continue à m’accrocher au stylo, au crayon et au clavier malgré la pression du travail et les difficultés du Journalisme.
Merci infiniment de m’avoir donné suffisamment d’espoir pour garder allumée la flamme de ma passion pour le métier.
Toute l’équipe de The Bridge Magazine 🗞️🌏 exprime sa profonde gratitude à tous les lecteurs du monde entier pour avoir contribué à notre succès.
Bien cordialement,
L’Éditrice 🗞️🌏
Rachel Tcheungna
Dear All,
It has been scientifically and medically proven that well-fed children have highest opportunities to excel in school.
The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s views on how crucial quality food is for babies, infant, toddlers, and the youth is unequivocal.
In one of WHO s’ ScienceDirect Category articles entitled Why nutrition programs for children remain important, it reads:
“The initiation of healthy dietary practices, commencing with breastfeeding from an early age, not only fosters optimal physical growth but also plays a crucial role in enhancing cognitive development. This cognitive development is considered a pivotal aspect in ensuring the overall well-being of an individual as they mature […]”
So as parents, if you have failed to do your homework by failing to put balanced food on the table for your children throughout the academic year, DO NOT be surprised if they rely for instance on clearance to land a place at university 📚.
Remember! Elite universities entry grade requirements are ruthless and malnourished students CANNOT afford outstanding A Levels result. Which is a pity as only God knows how many gifted students come from disadvantaged background/circumstances.
Kind Regards,
The Editor 🗞️🌏
Rachel Tcheungna
Dear All,
For families of an ethic minority:
Did you know? It doesn’t make you or your children less human or less “civilised” if you include an ethnic recipe in your diet, especially if it has been proven healthy and or nutritious.
Organic palm oil nutritious properties:
Unlike what you have been led to believe, there is palm oil in babies formula milk, as it plays a crucial role in meeting babies, infants and toddlers’ needs to support their physical growth their cognitive and neurological blossoming.
Palm oil is:
• Essential for the protection of the membrane of all the cells of the body
• Still at the heart of nutritional, public and political controversies and economic wars.
• The richest food ever in beta-carotene (provitamin A)
• Contains about 17 times more beta-carotene (provitamin A) than carrots
• An excellent source of antioxidants rich in Tocotrienol: vitamin E with 4 variants which, once absorbed by our body, acts like a real shield and has the capacity to strengthen our immune system
• Used to prevent and to treat vitamin A deficiency
• Use to fight heart disease, malaria, cancer and a myriad of conditions
• Almost in everything nearly 50% of the packaged products we find in supermarkets…
• The percentage of palm oil used in medicine says it all. While awaiting an agreement, or a settlement on palm oil feud, do not forget to make good use of organic palm oil by including its consumption in your nutrition meals.
Kind Regards,
The Editor 🗞️🌏
Rachel Tcheungna
Dear All,
A massive thank you for all your comments and words of encouragement that I receive on a daily basis regarding my articles.
Just to note: if I do not reply to your comments individually it is because there is an overload of comments in my dashboard but I do see all your feedback and comments and we, the team at The Bridge Magazine 🗞️🌏 are eternally grateful.
Kind Regards,
The Editor 🗞️🌏
Rachel Tcheungna
Dear All,
Our editorial addresses a pious thought for pupils, students, teachers, lecturers 📚 and parents … worldwide who have lost their lives. .🕊️🕯️
Our editorial is saddened regarding the numerous children, students and parents from around the world, who have been robbed the right to education and parenthood, whether it be by being kidnapped, killed, abused or starved.🕊️🕯️
The number of pupils, students and parents snatched has recently hit the headlines in Mainstream Media and social networks. It is with a bruised heart that our editorial realizes that many pupils and students around the world will not attend their schools and universities. Just like these teachers and lecturers who suddenly lost their lives doing their job. Our editorial 🗞️🌏 addresses a pious thought for all these souls. .🕊️🕯️
Kind Regards,
The Editor 🗞️🌏
Rachel Tcheungna
Chers tous, chères toutes,
C’est l’étincelle dans l’âme, le sourire d’une oreille à l’autre que je lis toutes vos mises à jour et tous vos commentaires c’est fort apprécié.
Un immense merci pour tous vos mots d’encouragement que je reçois tous les jours concernant mes articles.
Juste pour vous dire : si je ne réponds pas à vos commentaires individuellement, c’est parce qu’il y a une avalanche de milliers de commentaires au quotidien dans mon tableau de bord.
Je vous rassure que je vois toutes vos mises à jour et tous vos commentaires et nous, l’équipe de The Bridge Magazine 🗞️🌏 vous en sommes éternellement reconnaissants.
Bien cordialement,
L’Éditrice 🗞️🌏
Rachel Tcheungna