Tag Archive: Health

National Fast Food Day

Let's face it, we live in a healthy obsessed, no gmo, gluten free, sustainable society now a days; which isn't bad at all. However, as the voice of "go greeners"  escalated, a war broke out on earth between them and fast food. Documentaries such as Super Size me and Food Inc. began to surface. People started doing experiments on fast food such as the "Big Mac" 30 day challenge. No I'm not talking about eating it, I'm talking about leaving it out for 30 days to watch it decompose, if it decomposed. Read more [...]

Houston Influencers Introduces First Ever Sister2Sister Dinner Party to Empower Young Women

HOUSTON TX- Sister2Sistah will introduce its first dinner party on Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 6:00-9:30 p.m. at a private location. This dinner party is aimed to advise and uplift young women who have encountered different struggles in their lifetime. Several expert guest speakers will be in attendance touching on topics such as financial responsibility, relationships, health and other hardships young women often encounter in today’s world. The evening’s benefactor will be The Dwight Read more [...]

Celebrate Spa Week by visiting Shrink Studios!

Today kicks off a celebration of 10 years of wellness with SPA WEEK! Spa’s nation wide is participating by bringing affordable $50 services to the masses for the week of Oct.20-26. Normally when you think of a spa service, you imagine facials, massages, & saunas. While these services bring relaxation and rejuvenation, these are not the only services that one can sample during spa week. It has been quoted by many that we live in the era of fitness. No, not the late 80’s where people wore fitness Read more [...]

Spa Week® Fall 2014 Event Commemorates 10 Years of Wellness

[Release] National Event’s affordable $50 services bring relaxation and rejuvenation to the masses New York, NY (September 15, 2014): Spa Week® is back and the buzz is bigger than ever because the Fall 2014 Event marks 10 years of wellness for the iconic brand.  From October 20th – 26th, just in time to get fresh for fall, you can enjoy $50 treatments at the most exclusive and luxurious spa and wellness facilities across the country. Spas, fitness studios, weight-loss and nutrition centers Read more [...]

S. Epatha Merkerson Challenges You to Know the ABCs of Diabetes

Numbers have and will always be an essential part of life. At an early age you learn how to count, and then you put into memory birth dates, phone numbers, etc. As you get older, some numbers become more important than others such as SSN, driver’s license or weight. Well there is another number you can commit to memory and that is your A1C. Do you know your A1C number? Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and 4-time NAACP Image Award winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson says that it is a very important number Read more [...]

Houston Goes 2 for 2 with New Reality Show: Houston Fit

On October 30, 2013 The Oprah Winfrey Network aired the first episode of Houston Beauty, launching Houston on the "Reality" TV scene. Now Houston goes for round 2 with a different approach: Houston Fit. Houston often gets a bad rep for being one of the fattest cities in America. MensFitness.com listed Houston on its 2014 Fattest Cities List as number 31. Houston Fit plans to combat that. Not just another reality show full of tears and weight-loss, the creators of the show really mean business! Read more [...]

Why call it My Black Is Beautiful?

A close friend of mine (of non-black decent) asked me; why isn't it titled ALL HUMANS ARE BEAUTIFUL? I paused at first, as I shared her same feelings. Then, unlike her, I began to think about the harshness and racism I experienced as a child and as an adult. Racism from people who are not black, and racism from people who ARE black. As much as I wanted to say racism and the color of ones skin is a thing of the past, I couldn't ignore the cries of help from a world sick with it. From the Donald Sterling situation, Read more [...]
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