The Best Detox Foods For…

Losing Weight:

Artichokes
Lemons
Pink Grapefruit
Pineapple
Celery
Chili Peppers

Radiant Skin:

Watermelon
Red Bell Peppers
Avocado
Dark Leafy Greens
Berries
Flaxseed

Fighting Bloating:

Papaya
Ginger
Sauerkraut and Fermented Foods

Strengthening Bones:

Dark Leafy Greens
Green Tea
Broccoli
Almonds
Sesame Seeds

We are truly what we eat. Lets start eating to live....

2011 African Journalist Awards

CNN International and MultiChoice have officially launched the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2011 Awards. The winners of these annual Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa in June 2011.



This year, the competition will recognise excellence in the following categories:

• Arts & Culture Award
• Digital Journalism Award
• Economics & Business Award
• Environment Award
• Free Press Africa Award
• The HIV/AIDS Reporting Award
• Mohamed Amin Photographic Award
• MSD Health & Medical Award
• Print General News Award
• Radio General News Award
• Sport Award
• Television Features Award
• Television News Bulletin Award
• Tourism Award
• Francophone General News Awards
• Portuguese Language General News Award

Yellow Fever Outbreak In Uganda

Yellow fever has killed over 40 people in the African country of Uganda and has many more around the country ill. The disease which is transmitted by infected mosquitoes has first detected in the nine northern districts of Uganda. Yellow fever vaccines are currently being imported into the country to try to contain the outbreak.

Dinner In Harlem With Nas [Video]

This week HIV/AIDS victims had Christmas dinner with Nas at the famous Melba's restaurant in Harlem, New York.

More Than Half of Benin Is Under Water

Tremendous rainfall has caused flooding throughout Central and West Africa. The West African nation of Benin has more than half of its country under water and has close to 50 people dead according to UN reports. The overall death toll from these rains is close to 400 and has affected over 1 millions and half people. In Benin the floods left around 100,000 people homeless, and 800 in the coastal city of Cotonou had contracted cholera because of the flooding.

War On Poverty Summit Continues In NYC

The 3 day summit has world leaders here in New York continuing the fight to end world wide poverty. This is the historic promise 189 world leaders made at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000 when they agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are an eight-point road map with measurable targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world’s poorest people. World leaders have agreed to achieve the MDGs by 2015. The 8 goals of this movement includes; ending hunger, universal education, gender equality, child healthcare, mental healthcare, slowing down spread of HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability, global partnership. To learn more about this campaign please go HERE.

Sub-Sahara Africa leads global decline in new HIV cases

The UN lastest numbers show that the countries in this area of Africa is leading in the overall decline in new HIV cases in the world. Read full story HERE.

First Lady Michelle Obama kicks off "Lets Move" Program

On February 9th, First lady Michelle Obama introduced here new nationwide program "Lets Move" which is intended to tackles childhood obesity.

YEBies Update : Myron Rolle

Former FSU player and current Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle talks about his football future and life after his football days are over. Its great to see that this brother has a great plan outside of football and that he wants to work as a doctor to benefit people of poor and undeveloped nations across the world.

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75 Most Powerful Women Of Color In Business

Black Enterprise (who was founded by Morgan State alum Earl G. Graves) recently came up with a amazing list of the most powerful black women in business today. They used a unique criteria to make sure they had the top of the top. When the list was all said and done they had a list which included CEOs, CFOs, Sr VPs, and Presidents of many of companies. The list however did not include any elected or appointed political representatives who currently hold national, state, or local office, including state treasurers, comptrollers, or commissioners who have oversight of corporations and industries. It also excluded educators, activists, and heads of nonprofit and civic organizations.

To see the entire list click HERE

President Obama Pledges Support for Haiti

R.I.P. Teddy Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010)

Theodore DeReese Pendergrass Sr will forever be one of the greatest soul singers ever. The Philadelphia native had a amazing career with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and even better one solo. His death from colon cancer should also be a sign to black men to go get test because we are the highest percent of new cases in America.

YEBies Birthday - Minnie Riperton

On this date in 1947 Minnie Julia Ripperton was born in Chicago, IL. Ripperton is perhaps best-known for her 1974 smash hit, "Loving You," and for her tremendous vocal range. In 1976 Riperton was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a modified radical mastectomy. Though she was given just six months to live, she continued recording and touring, and in 1977 she became spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. She passed away in her husband’s arms on July 12, 1979, at 31 years of age from complications from cancer.

Flooding In West Africa Is Affecting More Then 600,000 People

Rains and flooding that have been happening since June, are now affecting more than 600,000 people in up to 16 West African nations. The worst hit countries have been Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Niger. The UN is there but they have not been able to do much thus far. To read more on this story click here.

Still Going On Even On National TV

The woman who had the poster snatched and then was escorted out by 3 officers had this to say about the situation.

Chris Rock- Good Hair Movie Trailer.

What Does the Forth Mean To You?

So today marks another anniversary of Americas Independence. Many of us will be at cookouts and parties all day never once really thinking about what the 4th of July really is. It was the birth of the most powerful democracy in modern times which happened to be built on slave labor. A democracy where many of our ancestors who were here, couldn't get away with even a percentage of the things we get away with today in society. As much as I love America and all it has done for me and my family, every forth of July I'm reminded of all the injustice this country has had over the years and still has now. For many people who look like me, the colors red, white, and blue reminds them more about police brutality and racial profiling then America or its flag. The blue is for the uniform of the cops that harass and treat them as second class citizens. The red is for the blood that spills out every time we are wrongfully shot, beat, or even killed because we fit some dumb ass profile. And the white you already know what that's stands for.

We all know the story of how the new Americans fought together to get freedom from England for self rule, But have have you ever stopped to look at the actual facts? They left England, came to another already inhabited land and took it as if it was never walked upon because of what ever they were facing in Europe. Killed the natives, stole some black folks to build and take care of the land , and established the most powerful nation in the world. Its ironic that the same freedom they were fighting for was the same freedom they helped European nations take away from African and South American civilizations. When America became free on July 4th 1776, people who had any resemblance to me were anything but free. Blacks would spend more then the next 90 years trying to be become free in America. Even with the end of slavery due to the civil war, blacks were far from equal to whites. Many people think that race was only a problem in the south but you would be highly mistaken. Segregation was just the next step in the master plan of America for blacks. They never intended for us to be here and if we had to stay, we were never to feel welcomed.

For many of us, we are still not free. Its one thing to be free and then it’s another to have freedom. A lot of us thing we are free (and in many aspects of life we are here in America) but we still do not have freedom. When I say freedom I mean it’s in the sense that many black folks have been in the same predicament as they were generations ago and don't have the freedom to change it. Living paycheck to paycheck just to pay on over due bills does not seem like much freedom to me. Is there freedom of upward mobility???? For a few, but for most that is only a dream or wish which usually gets pasted to the next generation to try to achieve.

There are still two Americas in the country even if we don't want to believe it. So when you are out doing what ever you are doing tomorrow, take a second out and think about what America are you living in and are apart of.

This song by Trick Daddy.... Yesssss Trick Daddy, is one that expresses how it still is to be BLACK in America

Dr. Charles R. Drew aka The Blood Man...

On this date in 1904 Dr. Charles R. Drew was born in the District of Columbia. Dr. Drew is best known for how he researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge in developing large-scale blood banks. In 1943, Drew became the first black surgeon to serve as an examiner on the American Board of Surgery.

Somalia Facing Worst Drought in Decades...

Cattle have been dying from the lack of water, and this is contributing to nearly half the population suffering from malnutrition. Roughly 45% of the population is suffering from moderate malnutrition. Read the entire story at BBC.

Eat To Live...

TOP SEVEN FOODS FOR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY

*BLACK RASPBERRIES
*STRAWBERRIES
*BLUEBERRIES
*FLAX SEEDS
*GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES
*TOMATOES
*BROCCOLI SPROUTS

The healthy and nutritious foods are high antioxidant foods, primarily fruits and vegetables. I selected these healthy foods because they contain the most powerful phytochemicals and anthocyanins which illustrate strong inhibition of chemocarcinogens.
Other foods with high antioxidant and high anti-cancer potential include walnuts, sunflower seeds, pomegranates, beets, cabbage, peppers, and parsley. Make your diet strongly cancer-protective and longevity-favorable by including these highly beneficial, nutritious foods.
A good way to think about nutritious food: Produce is the most important health care your money can buy.
Food also has the potential to harm, and these are effective foods for those attempting to die younger. One of my daughters calls this list the Seven Foods of Death.


WORST SEVEN FOODS FOR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY

*BUTTER

*CHEESE

*POTATO CHIPS & FRENCH FRIES

*DOUGHNUTS

*SALT

*SAUSAGE, HOT DOGS

*PICKLED, SMOKED OR BARBECUED MEET

Foods high in saturated fat and trans fat are consistently associated with high cancer rates. Cheese and butter typically contain over ten times as much saturated fat as fish and white meat chicken and turkey.
Salt has been consistently linked to stomach cancer and stroke, even in populations that eat diets low in saturated fat.
Add the carcinogenic potential from heated and overcooked oils (usually trans containing) delivered in doughnuts and fries with the powerful cancer inducing properties of carbohydrates cooked at high heat (acrylamide formation) and you have a great cancer potion.
Needless to say, I advise people to avoid the foods on my “worst list” entirely.
The best foods to eat are the healthy, nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables. By making these antioxidant foods the major portion of your diet, you can protect yourself against cancer and other serious diseases. As you extend your youthful vigor into later years

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