Women and girls of African decent are engaged in a discussion over Natural Vs. Relaxed hair. Of course the battle goes deeper than hair, it’s about identity, history and everything that surrounds that. It also includes men and boys, though that’s rarely discussed. It’s far more than just aesthetics and as mentioned in this video […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dr. Mark Post, the head of physiology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, is planning to unveil a whole burger made from lab-grown meat this October. Dr. Post says that lab-grown meat will provide a necessary alternative to meat from livestock, as demand for meat is expected to double in the next 40 years. If […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve written about author Michael Pollan‘s important work in helping us understand our food politics and even covered the release of his book Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual when it came out. Now his book has been animated in stop motion by filmmakers Marija Jacimovic and Benoit Detalle. It took a little over 3 weeks […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an old but goody from TED.com featuring author Michael Pollan, whom we’ve covered regularly on SFSG. If you haven’t read The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals do it now! Your body, your conscious, the environment, and what you eat will thank you! Video below.
Description: “Food Stamped is an informative and humorous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. Through their adventures they consult with members of U.S. Congress, food justice organizations, nutrition experts, and people living on food stamps to take a deep look at America’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are many reasons to stop eating or eating less meat that we don’t need to get into right now because all of them are very unsexy. It’s Valentine’s Day and that may or may not mean anything to you but we believe that giving is green and love is a part of environmentalism so […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Health experts in the United States are proposing a new tax to combat the consumption of sugar and other sweeteners.
Here’s something to consider: All the stats show in study after study vegetarians and vegans (non-meat or animal product eaters) tend to be healthier than meat eaters, particularly when it comes to heart health.
McDonald’s has dropped the use of the beef additive ammonium hydroxide from their hamburger recipes. Often called by its less-than-appetizing descriptor “pink slime,” the additive comes from parts of the cow that most people wouldn’t eat. These parts are also the most likely to have bacteria or viruses that cause diseases. Even though pink slime […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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 Expert Jeff Halevy where the newly slimmed down Fat Joe came to speak to students about health and fitness. Fat Joe tells the students […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
