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What’s An Easter Basket Without Candy?
Photo Credit: Sea Turtle I guess the short answer is healthy. The longer answer is addressed in a list on about.com featuring 50 ways to fill an Easter basket and nowhere on this list is candy. It’s...
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Betty Botter, Butter and Your Health
Artwork by Madam Toussaint There are different versions of this tongue twister nursery rhyme but this is closest to the one I remember. Aren’t ingredients important? The wrong butter almost took...
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PETA Vs. KFC: The Double Down Chicken Sandwich Battle
The battle of the acronyms is on, this time it’s KFC vs. PETA. Kentucky Fried Chicken has recently released a new atomic chicken sandwich. This one may be more deadly than the ones dripping in melted...
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VIDEO: Homeboy Sandman Talks Hip Hop, New Albums & Green Smoothies
All I eat is mad green smoothies. I can’t stop making green smoothies. Like as soon as I drink one I wanna make another one. -Homeboy Sandman In an interview by the FADER Homeboy Sandman talks about...
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Kanye West Expands Fatburger Empire
The name of the store was my idea. I wanted to get across the idea of a big burger with everything on it . . . a meal in itself.” ~Lovie Yancey, founder of Fatburger Quincy Jones may think Kanye West...
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NY Health Department Releases More Disgusting “Pouring on the Pounds” Ads
If the sight of a man drinking what looks like human fat from a glass wasn’t enough to gross you out New York’s Health Department has released another installment of their “Pouring on the Pounds” ads...
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50 Tyson To Donate Percentage Of Album Sales To Autism Groups
In honor of National Autism Month rapper 50 Tyson will be donating 20% of the proceeds from his debut album to several autism groups to help fund autism research. “Releasing my album debut album is a...
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White Rice Linked To Increase Risk in Type 2 Diabetes
Photo Credit: “Frozen Rice” by Jules Harvard researchers recently reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine that white rice poses a diabetes threat due to the hikes it causes in blood sugar. In...
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Doctors Alarmed By Fukushima Radiation Levels
Photo Credit: “Fukushima children get to play outside for the first time in 5 months” by CBI Polymers, Inc. Japan is now facing ever increasing fear and concern due to the Tsunami ravaged Daiichi...
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New York Area McDonald’s To Automatically Offer Fruit In All Happy Meals
Starting today all McDonald’s in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will offer fruit automatically in their Happy Meals as a part of McDonald’s new “Commitments to Offer Improved Nutrition Choice”....
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Pears and Apples May Help Lower Stroke Risk
A new study conducted by the American Heart Association found that eating fruits with white flesh could help lower the risk of having a stroke. Some white flesh fruits are pears, apples, and bananas....
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5 Things You Need To Know About High-Fructose Corn Syrup
Cause you need to know… What is high-fructose corn syrup? High-fructose corn syrup is a mixture of fructose and glucose (both types of sugar) that is considerably sweeter than regular table sugar....
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VIDEO: Fat Joe Talks To The Kids About Health And Fitness
As a part of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative Newark’s Mayor Cory Booker launched Let’s Move! Newark: Our Power (LM!NOP). The program had an event created by Behavioral Health & Fitness...
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Experts Propose A Tax To Curb Sugar Consumption
Health experts in the United States are proposing a new tax to combat the consumption of sugar and other sweeteners. Taking a cue from countries such as France, which has implemented a tax on soft...
View ArticleVIDEO: Dr Mark Hyman- “The Blood Sugar Solution”
Bestselling author Dr. Mark Hyman had a special on PBS last night called “The Blood Sugar Solution” discussing the diabetes and obesity epidemic in this country. He points to what I’ve been pointing...
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