All Entries Tagged With: "Health"
Should Women Carry Condoms?
I stumbled across a survey in Essence the other day. The survey asked men should women carry condoms or whether it was the male’s responsibility. While 71% of female readers felt it was their responsibility to bring a condom, I was amazed at the answers some men were giving. Many men considered a woman to [...]
The Worst Supermarket Foods You Can Buy!!
Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide, the brand-new follow-up to our national bestselling nutrition books that will help you cut through marketing mysteries and food-label lies in order to make the smart choices that lead to fast and permanent weight loss for you and your loved ones.
And there’s no better way to start slimming [...]
Negative Body Images: Road Blocks To Weight Loss
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall….who is the most unfit of them all? Do you have a negative body image? Do you ignore your figure in the mirror and say to yourself I really dislike what I see but do nothing about it? Are there parts of your body you wish you could change but you [...]
African Americans can all be overweight by 2048
I have seen this article several times on the net. So, I thought I would post the relevant parts for everyone here. Once again for you rationalizers out there….FIGURES DON’T LIE!!! HIT THE GYM TODAY!!
The Today Show reports If the trends of the past three decades continue, it’s possible that every American adult could be overweight [...]
Get The Body of an Olympic Athlete
Its time for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and instead of sitting your tail on the couch wishing you could look like Sean Crawford (Track and Field) or Sanya Richards (Track and Field) its time to get on that Olympic Workout Plan! Do you situps right, get your tummy tightened, time to get excited!!! (couldn’t [...]
The Black Health Disparity according to CNN: What Role Do You Play?
I was watching CNN’s Black in America tonight. Several things were disturbing to me in this documentary. However the most glaring, due to my writings for P.O.S.H., was the health disparity experienced by Blacks in America. There are several things I came to realize regarding African- Americans and being healthy like our white counter-parts. [...]
Listening to Music during your Workout Can Increase Weight Loss: My Play List
Studies show that listening to music has a positive effect on your work out. Those who listened to music while working out have increased motivation and are distracted from the fatigue that work outs bring.
Dr. Costas Karageorghis, an associate professor of sport psychology at Brunel University in England, has studied the effects music has [...]
Top 10 Weight Loss Myths
10. There is an easy way to lose weight- Nothing could be further from the truth. Fines have been levied against diet pills that claim to have the quick fix. There is no magic fix. Hit the gym and retrain your mind and eating habits.
9. If you stop exercising, your muscles will turn to fat- [...]
What’s in YOUR fridge?
In order to win a war, you must equip yourself with the necessary weapons. In order to lose weight, you must do the same. Go take a look in your kitchen….go ahead…..I’ll wait……………………………………………………..
Open the cabinet doors…..are those pop tarts??? What’s in the icebox…..a cheesecake? Now the fridge……..lord have mercy. You’re not even bringing a knife [...]
It’s a Whole Foods Thing
I despise grocery shopping. Seriously, I can get by on Cap N Crunch Crunch berries and Red Kool-Aid mixed with ginger ale for the rest of my life. However when I do go shopping I like to check out one spot…Whole Foods. As a single man, I must say that you will find the most [...]
Blood Pressure: The Silent Killer
Girl…whats your number. Brotha here’s my number…whats yours?
No P.O.S.H. isnt trying to holla, holla, holla atcha. We need to educate ourselves on the silent killer called blood pressure.
Blood pressure is how your blood is circulated through your blood vessels and is one of the principal vital signs. Your blood pressure is directly affected by [...]
Post 4th of July Dextoxing
You had a great time last night. Those martinis, or beers were on point!! You just woke up to Lil John screamin directly into your ear…Yeah!!! over and over….including some loud bass music like you are still in the club.
Its time for a healthy return to your normal life and detox.
Hangovers are a result of [...]
Bad Fast Food
Cocoa Diva hasn’t forgotten about you. Here is a little healthy food info to keep you hanging in there until my next wowzer of an article.
We know that fast food isn’t good for us. But some restaurants have simply gone overboard with the amount of fat, salt, calories, and carbs they’ve managed to pack into [...]
Healthy Balance
I grew up Seventh-day Adventist. A unique part of Adventist doctrine is the emphasis on health. We follow the Levitical laws concerning clean and unclean meats, while actually promoting a vegetarian diet. In fact, most American Adventist churches you visit won’t even serve meat. Adventists were among the first in America to come up with [...]
Portion Control: Retrain your mind
My mother always said leave some manners on your plate. Sometimes, that is a little hard to do because everything looks so good when you are hungry. Americans have increased portion sizes up to 2-3 times than what is really needed for digestion.
Here are some examples of what your portion size should really be.
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