Boar’s Head meats and cheeses are sold everywhere from posh supermarkets to your local corner store. Deli meats and cheeses are notoriously high in salt and sodium. Most sodium in the American diet comes from processed foods like sandwich meats. A small amount is helps maintain the right balance of fluids in your body. A […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sure many of us have figured out eating fast food can make you sick, but here’s a little more info on how it makes you sick. This new study may have you taking a pass on that 2 slices and a large soda for $3 deal. A recent study in found 48% of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Author, columnist and food activist Michael Pollan was recently on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Pollan has written extensively about the food industry in the United States and he’s at it again with a new book called “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual”. I’ve featured some of his words before on this site so if […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Harlem rapper Charles Hamilton has resurfaced after being dropped from his label last year and of course after several public embarrassments and fails. He recently released what was called on one blog “a rather lengthy letter” to everyone on the internet. Yes, it is lengthy. Yes, it is very, very emo. [Read the letter HERE] […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Scientists have discovered the gene responsible for curly hair and they are developing a treatment to cure you of those awful curls from the inside out. Likewise the pill would also make curly hair straight. So maybe it’s human to see the grass as being greener on the other side. On graduation picture day in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The New York City Department of Health has released a 30 second video aimed at getting you to stop drinking soda so you can stop becoming obese. Yeah you. The anti soda ad features a man drinking fat. Some say the ads go too far and grossing people out is unnecessary. Seriously, how nasty is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What is the #1 cause of holiday stress? The answer is money or lack or money really. According to FranklinCovey Products’s fifth annual holiday stress survey of 1,000 U.S. adults. Did you see that one coming? Despite the current state of the economy 61% believe they spend too much during the holidays. Who is the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A new study in Spain claims regular consumption of alcohol (beer, wine, or hard liquor) reduces the risk of heart disease in men by a third or more. For this study, more than 41,000 men and women were evaluated for 10 years after being enrolled in the ongoing European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC) study. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Food Network TV star Rachael Ray wants to feed your kids. Because of a partnership between the celebrity “chef” and New York City’s Department of Education up to 600,000 New York City school children will be eating healthier foods from Rachael Ray’s recipes as their school lunch. New York City’s school program is said to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From left to right Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris According to fellow Boyz II Men group members Wanya Morris and Nathan Morris Shawn, Stockman has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus. Nathan Morris said: “We tour eight months out of the year, and we are always traveling around. It’s hectic for us always being […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
