Archive for Health & Fitness

3 Reasons Why Men Die Earlier Than Women

Jun 12, 2008 Comments Off by

3 REASONS WHY MEN DIE EARLIER THAN WOMEN By Makeisha Lee, Health and Nutritional Advisor If you are a guy, the only things that may be on your mind right now is the NBA Finals, your next meal or what gift your loved ones will be getting you this year. If so, you may want [...]

Health & Fitness Read more

Author Launches Children's Book Series About Autism

May 08, 2008 Comments Off by

Mrs. Williams-Hines and son, Joshua, hope to promote autism awareness and understanding through her No Small Victories book series in which Joshua plays the main character. Springfield, MA (BlackNews.com) – Author and autism awareness advocate, Jacqueline Williams-Hines, announces the release of her second children’s book in her No Small Victories book series, The Adventures of [...]

Health & Fitness Read more

4 Reasons to Kick Your Coffee Habit

Apr 03, 2008 Comments Off

4 REASONS TO KICK YOUR COFFEE HABIT By Makeisha Lee, Health and Nutritional Advisor Are you the guy or gal that has to stop at Starbucks every morning to get that liquid rush? Would you just have the most terrible day if you were running late for work and had to skip it? If you [...]

Read more

Campaign to End Black Aids

Apr 02, 2008 Comments Off

MAGIC JOHNSON INVITES AFRICAN AMERICANS TO SIGN UP ONLINE TO HELP FIGHT HIV New York, NY (BlackNews.com) – Since its 2006 launch, the "I Stand With Magic" program, a part of the "Campaign to End Black AIDS," has provided free HIV/AIDS testing to more than 21,000 Americans in 16 major cities with large African-American populations [...]

Read more

Diet-Itis: 5 Signs You Have It, 2 Steps To A Cure!

Mar 12, 2008 Comments Off

 By Makeisha Lee, Health and Nutritional Advisor Most people want to look in the mirror and be satisfied with seeing a well toned body staring back. According to a recent Consumer Report Survey, 41% of American adults are hoping to shed on an average of 37 pounds to achieve this satisfaction. Many in that figure [...]

Read more

Get Healthier: Easy as 1-2-3

Feb 28, 2008 Comments Off

GET HEALTHIER: EASY AS 1-2-3 By Makeisha Lee, Health and Nutritional Advisor Have you abandoned your New Year’s Resolution to get healthier? If you have, you are not alone. You are amongst millions of Americans who unfortunately by this time of year have not done as well. Don’t beat yourself up about it. Make the [...]

Read more

What's in Your Medicine Cabinet Can Kill You!

Feb 01, 2008 Comments Off

WHAT’S IN YOUR MEDICINE CABINET CAN KILL YOU! By Makeisha Lee, Health and Nutritional Advisor In lieu of recent celebrity deaths (Heath Ledger, Anna Nicole Smith, and others), there is one question that must be asked: Do you really know about all the dangers that lie in the drugs you have in your medicine cabinet?

Read more

The Truth About Abdominal Fat

Jan 25, 2008 Comments Off

THE TRUTH ABOUT ABDOMINAL FAT By Makeisha Lee, Health and Nutritional Advisor What your personal trainer has not told you about losing belly fat can leave you frustrated with less than average results. The label on the back of your latest diet pill guaranteed you flatter abs, but never told you that instead you can [...]

Read more