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…
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. As is suggested by the name, HFCS usually contains more fructose than glucose, and can overwhelm the body’s ability to process it. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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. White flesh fruits have two key ingredients that reduce the likelihood of having a stroke. One is fiber, Be Sociable, Share! […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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”. The initiative is supposed to “help” customers make more nutrition minded choices but I’d say if you chose to go to McDonald’s the first […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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 nuclear plant. The amount of radiation released within 5 months is equivalent to more than 29 “Hiroshima-type atomic bombs’ and the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
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. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
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 to convince New Yorkers to drink less soda. Be Sociable, Share!
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 is “just a rapper” West doesn’t see himself that way. He sees himself as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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 plans for 2 new albums, his new method for getting variety in his work and his new found […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
