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Health
“You’d be surprised how many students are hooked,” one student says, pulling back the curtain on a hidden crisis. “They can’t pay rent, but they’re high every day.”
Gas is a natural byproduct of digestion, but too much intestinal gas means your digestion is gone awry. While you can ingest gasses by swallowing air or drinking carbonated beverages, these gases mostly escape through belching before they reach your intestines. Gases in your intestines are mostly produced by gut bacteria digesting carbohydrates, in a process called fermentation.
At the start of the week, during the Sunday service on June 29th, the day’s preacher, Dr. Eve Nakabembe, defined health as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, social, and economic well being and not merely the absence of disease.
Uganda Christian University’s director of medical services, Dr. Geoffrey Mulindwa has advised students to respect their bodies as a temple of the Holy Spirit. He said this during the Uganda Christian University (UCU)’s annual Health Awareness Week which was held under the theme ‘My body, a temple of the Holy Spirit,’ on March 4-7.
n the heart of Uganda Christian University (UCU), amidst the bustling academic endeavors and vibrant Mukono campus life, the UCU Fitness Club emerged.
“For someone who cannot even afford transport to the hospital, how can they pay for medical care?”
“I thank God that He has brought us together for this noble cause of saving mothers, and we reduce maternal death,” said Nsubuga.
In our daily lives, one needs a healthy body and mind. This is to enable proper functioning and, therefore, fruitfulness. Fitness is very important in the life of an individual, for it is a lifesaver, following Darwin’s principle of survival for the fittest.
“I was reminded of my previous battle with Malaria 2+ when my body temperature rose just seven hours after having that tea. I was experiencing a lot of pain, chills, and extreme fatigue, as if I had run a steeplechase that morning.
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