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Why you should eat more almonds

May 20, 2013

Almonds are one of the healthiest nuts you can get, even though they are technically not nuts but actually the seeds of the fruit of the almond tree. ...

Eating healthy food lowers your risk of cancer and other disease. Aubrey Brewer, City Times.

Some superfoods to add to your diet

May 20, 2013

Imagine foods, not drugs, that are powerful enough to help lower your cholesterol, reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer, and for an added bonus, ma...

The detox-diet scam

Faduma Muhidin

May 1, 2013

Recently, singer, songwriter and actress Beyoncé Knowles reintroduced the Master Cleanse Diet on the "Oprah Show," on which she claims to have lost 20 pounds for her movie role in "Dream Girls." The diet consisted of consuming nothing but water and a concoction of lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper for 10 days in conjunction with mild laxatives both in the mornin...

A Healthier Tomorrow

Faduma Muhidin

April 3, 2013

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), more than a quarter of adults are not just overweight, but obese; about 10 percent of them have diabetes on the eastern half of the U.S. It is also suggested that the projected lifespan of the next generation will be shorter than their parents’. Other nations experience far better health rates than the U.S. The U.S. o...

Kenya’s quest for life

Faduma Muhidin

March 12, 2013

Did you know that a certain someone, namely President Barack Obama’s father, belonged to the Luo tribe of Kenya? For many Kenyans struggling in their race for stability and globalization, an important key to this quest is herding animals for hides to make leather and fur products.This and much more was discussed in a presentation held in City's Career Transfer Center V ...