Thisday Tell:

Once upon a time in the land of the animals, there lived a lion and three zebra. The zebras were very close, they were very good friends. One day the lion was very hungry and couldn’t find something to eat, intention was to eat the zebras but because they were very close to each other, he could not eat them. The lion then prayed that the three friends might separate so that he could eat them. One day, the lion sat beside an iroko tree watching the three friends, wishing that they fight and separate. He admire them because they were fat fleshy. So one faithful day, the lion’s wish came to pass. The three friends fought each other. And after fighting, one of the zebra left. The remaining two also fought after sometime and also separated. What an interesting wish, the lion thought as he smile. And this made the lion very happy and he devoured the three zebras one after another.      

By Eve O. Schaub, Special to Everyday Health Once upon a time, I was healthy - at least I thought I was. Sure, I lacked enough energy to get me through the day, but with all the commercials on TV touting energy drinks for America's tired masses, I always assumed I wasn't the only one suffering. And sure, everyone in my family dreaded the coming cold and flu season, but again, I thought come January everyone develops some degree of germophobia. At least, that's what I thought until I heard some disturbing new information about the effects of sugar. According to several experts, sugar is the thing that is making so many Americans fat and sick. The more I thought about it the more this made sense to me - a lot of sense. One in seven Americans has metabolic syndrome . One in three Americans is obese. The rate of diabetes is skyrocketing and cardiovascular disease is America's number one killer. According to this theory, all of these maladies and more can be