Category : Parenting/ Health

15 Smoothie Ingredients For Beautiful Hair, Skin & Nails

Even with a good and balanced diet, we lose nutrients when we cook food. Juicing and smoothies are a great way to pack in the nutrients and allow your body to absorb them quickly. Here are 15 ingredients to add to your smoothies for ultimate beauty...

Chaka Khan at 70: “A Change Is Coming”

(Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images) With songs like, “I Feel For You,” “Angel” and “Through The Fire,” living legend Chaka Khan is undoubtedly one of the best voices of our time. Through her over 40 years of enterta...

8 Tips For Relieving Back Strains and Sprains

We all ask a lot from our backs. We bend, we lift, we slouch — it’s enough to make a back complain. According to the Mayo Clinic, four out of five adults experience back pain at some point in their lives. Two times out of three, injuries...

Health in a Nutshell: 6 Ways Daily Nut Consumption Could Help Your Heart

One way to reduce the risk of heart disease: Eat more nuts and seeds, according to a new review of 60 studies. Scandinavian researchers found that eating nuts could reduce the risk of a heart attack. “If you eat a handful of nuts every day, th...

15 Surprising Health Benefits of Dates

Dates have long been a snack full of sweetness and significance. Cultivated for at least 6,000 years, the palm date tree plays a role in several religious faiths. Among Muslims, a taste of date is given to infants as a ceremonial first meal, and the...

9 Habits That Hurt Your Immune System

The most surprisingly basic and everyday habits can influence how well your body fends off colds, flu, and other infections, from not getting enough sleep to not keeping a pen in your bag. Here’s a list of little things you may be doing (or no...

5 Ways To End The BEEF

When you first enroll in college, some universities require that you must live on campus if you are classified as an undergraduate student. Never do you think that going into this that you could be dealing with a person who you may have to end beef...

10 Ways Castor Oil Can Give You Amazing Skin

Even before castor oil caught the attention of skincare and medical professionals, it was being used to treat a variety of conditions. Though a lot more research needs to be done, there is sufficient evidence that using this oil on your skin can yiel...

Rapper & Activist Breaks Down Heart Health in the Black Community”

Photo credit: Getty In 2021 alone, more than 930,000 deaths in the United States were due to cardiovascular disease, which equates to 1 in every 4 deaths. At the top of this list are Black adults, who continue to be disproportionately affected, accor...

Nearly One-Quarter of the World Will be Obese by 2045

Obesity If current trends continue, nearly one-quarter of the world’s population will be obese by 2045. And one in eight people will have type 2 diabetes, research suggests. Alongside those bulging waistlines, global rates of type 2 diabetes wi...

Tips For Staying Safe At College Parties

If you are a college student, you know better than anyone that college is a bundle of fun! You have met people from all over and encountered many fun moments and interesting things that make up for an amazing college experience. However, you also kn...

How To Spot The Differences Between Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn’s

Unfortunately, there are many illnesses in the world that can develop in a person’s body from birth or over time. In fact, there are so many different types of illnesses that some of them can look like one another because the symptoms are so s...

Quick-Weaves, Sew-Ins, Frontals, & More

Which Installs For Your Hair Is Doing The Most Damage? Have you ever wondered what type of installs for your hair is right for you? Have you ever been confused or worried over the loss of edges, balding, and even hair shedding after install? This a...

The Hidden Health Risks Of Loneliness

& According to the Labor Bureau of Statistics, for the first time since 1976, the number of singles is at 50.2 percent. Single people, for the first time, outnumber married people. People often associate loneliness with being single, but loneli...

Planning for a Pregnancy? Don’t Let Eczema, Psoriasis Get in the Way

If you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, you may need to consider different options for treating certain health issues. The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) offers some suggestions for pregnant women living with the common skin conditions e...