health
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Viola Davis Only Lasting 2 Days of a 28-Day Cleanse Is All of Us
We are now firmly in the holiday season—or, as I like to call it, “food-pocalypse,” because it is the suspension of all rationale. Specifically, each Halloween to New Year’s Eve is the time of year that I, like most, give up trying to be virtuous and succumb to the lure of holiday parties, happy hours…
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What We’re Talking About This Weekend
Nothing is more important for your body than water. Saturday is National Hydration Day, so drink up! Keep a bottle of water by the bed and start sipping as soon as you wake up. It sets a good habit for the day. Have a glass of water before every meal. Drinking water can help reduce…
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I Seem to Have Developed Seasonal Allergies as an Adult. I Can’t Breathe Right Now. This Is Trash
Allergy season is upon us and it is the worst of times. People with allergies are buying up all of the stuffs in hopes of temporary relief from Mother Nature’s fury. I come from a family full of folks with allergies. My sisters, nieces and nephews, and even my dad are all afflicted with the…
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How Isolation, Stigma and Shame Are Killing Black Women Living With HIV
“Before I was diagnosed with HIV in 1994, I was a huge people person, but afterwards, I didn’t want to be bothered with the world,” Gina Brown, a community organizer for the Southern AIDS Coalition, told The Root. The New Orleans native added that not only was she hiding from herself, but she was also…
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For Your Healthiest Hydration: Get Off the Bottle!
I make it a habit not to drink designer water; I drink tap. After Tuesday’s post about stepping up my daily intake of water in 2018, I got some pushback—and rightly so—for using a stock photo of a model drinking water from a disposable plastic bottle. Personally, I try my hardest not to buy water…
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Body Politics: Transforming Your #TransformationTuesday
#TransformationTuesday, a popular hashtag that encourages people to share their fitness success stories, has collected more than 11 million tags on social platforms such as Instagram and Twitter. Like many, I’ve indulged in my share of posts showcasing my weight-loss journey and muscle gains. But though visuals can be inspiring, they can also haunt like…
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Walking on Water: Walk and Hydrate Your Way Into a Healthier 2018
It’s a new year, and none of my pants fit. You can still see the story of 2017 writ large on my hips and thighs: I stress-ate and binge-watched Netflix my way through the inauguration, a move to a new apartment, the loss of a father figure, seeing two of my four kids through both…
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Don’t Drop the Ball: Hangover-Proof Your New Year’s Eve
Anticipating some overindulgence this New Year’s Eve? Plan ahead: There’s a clever new anti-hangover vitamin supplement called Over EZ. It’s designed to help take some of the sting out of the morning after you’ve done too much drinking the night before. Granted, Over EZ won’t stop you from getting drunk, feeling the buzz or becoming…
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Formerly Fat: How Bariatric Surgery Helped Me Transform My Life
On a break while shopping for Black Friday deals, a friend and I sat down for lunch in the Detroit suburbs. My friend quickly observed how I only ate half of my burger and picked over my loaded baked potato. I shrugged. “Well, you know I had weight-loss surgery a couple years ago,” I said.…