Rapper and boyfriend to Kim Kardashian, Kanye West recently took to the stage of popular Saturday Night Live with a controversial song, Black Skinhead from his forthcoming cd called Yeezus. The title suggests as much as the drama thats been circling around the troubled star. Is he genius or is he spiralling out if control, we ask?
Welcome to another edition of the Wellness Report! As summer approaches, some of you may be looking forward to taking a dip in your local public swimming pool. Before you take the plunge, I suggest you take heed.
The Center For Disease Control reportedly collected some pool water from outdoor and indoor public pools in Atlanta, GA in the middle of 2012′s busy season for swimming and performed some tests. The test results showed that 58% of the pool water samples contained high percentages of E.Coli bacteria found in the human digestive system.
What that means is those pool water samples had been contaminated with human feces. Those bacteria can cause infections, rashes, and diarrhea. In rare cases, they could cause death.
So, what’s one to do if they want to hit the pools? Here are some safety protocols:
The CDC did not test private pools or water theme parks. The water theme parks, since they are used by the public, could be contaminated to varying degrees.
Swimming is one of the best exercises for physical activity and I encourage you to consider this as a viable part an overall fitness program. Just make sure you exercise some discretion before you take a dip.
Until next time,
J Hinds
Recently, we were fortunate enough to welcome into the STEEL Magazine Family, a very talented, incredible AND gorgeous writer by the name of Alana Munro. Since then she’s been off and running with the debut of her 1st novel, Women Behaving Badly, a no holds barred account and insight into female friendships that don’t always work. Below is her interview with an Australian radio station, ABC Live that you will love along with her accent.
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Welcome to another addition to The Wellness Report. Yes, you read that headline correctly. Being a newborn in the good ‘ole USA is not as great as you might expect.
In fact, according to a report done by Save The Children, roughly 11,000 US newborns die every year. That figure is worse than Egypt, Peru, and Turkey. America has the dubious distinction of having the highest first-day death rates in the industrialized world.
The group claims that with a couple of fairly inexpensive steps taken, most of these newborn deaths could be prevented.
So why all the newborn deaths? Well, the group claims that there are a number of factors. Poverty, stress, poor prenatal care, and racism are factors that contribute to the first day deaths. In addition to that, the group states that unplanned pregnancies are also a factor because mothers to be are less likely to be good caregivers of their unborn fetuses.
Furthermore, the report claims that the US newborn death rate is tied to a country’s politics. In our nation’s congress, only 18% of the seats are occupied by women. When compared to Sweden and Finland, who have the lowest newborn deaths, the equivalent of congress in those countries have over 40% of their seats held by women. Is that a coincidence? Probably not..
The group believes that access to four products could have a dramatic impact on reducing newborn deaths. Those products are:
With some proper planning and appropriate interventions, US families could make great strides in lowering deaths of newborns.
In Health,
J Hinds
After failing to pay $2 million in taxes, Grammy award winning singer/rapper, Lauryn Hill was sentenced to 3 months in prison this week. Hill had incredible success in the late 90′s with her chart topping cd, the ‘Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’. She went on to marry and have children with one of Reggae legend, Bob Marley’s son. Her singing career never returned to its shine. Ms. Hill, we wish you well.
Talks of the Nassau Collesium’s renovations and a much needed boost of income recently grabbed the attention of investors and a bidding war ensued. Amongst those bidders was none other than Sean “Jay Z” Carter and the investment group that just a few years ago gave birth to the incredible Barclay Center in Brooklyn, NY. Time will tell if the rapper and his team is fit to repeat what they’ve done in Brooklyn.
After all the hype about his health and weight problems, NJ Governor, Chris Christie made the decision to undergo surgery to install the much talked about “lap band”, a device that curbs your diet by shrinking your stomach. At press time, Christie wished for his decision, his weight loss aspirations and his pending desires to run for President in 2012 to be non-issues.
Lindsay Lohan doesn’t want to go to rehab…ever. Recently when asked of her drug usage, troubled actress, Lindsay Lohan stated that drugs aren’t her problem and that she’s only indulged in cocaine just 5 times. Well, Ms. Lohan, we now have to wonder what’s got you coloring outside the lines.
Welcome back to this week’s edition of the Wellness Report. Today we are going to discuss a topic of a human nature (RIP Michael Jackson) When it comes to human species, things may not be so well after all.
Although it applies to you city slickers, it can apply to people in the suburbs too. Recently, Gerald Crabtree, who leads up the genetics lab at Stanford University wrote a two-part segment in Trends in Genetics. His segment basically stated that humans have been in decline as far back as when cities were created and agriculture developed.
His rationale is that back in the day when we were hunter-gatherer types, we had to utilize critical thinking and acting skills just to survive. In today’s age of convenience, those skills have become dulled through lack of use. In fact, in some environments, such as Wall Street as an example, mistakes may be rewarded with bonuses.
As you can imagine, Mr. Crabtree has receive lots of attacks for his theory. His opponents site the technological and scientific advances that have been made. Those arguments may have some merit.
On the other hand, people who are classified as ADHD today may have been greater at survival during the hunter-gatherer stages. Back then, you had to be alert, always analyzing one’s surroundings. Some research suggests that this is indeed the case.
A study was done by researchers at Northwestern University where they examined two tribes from Kenya. They found that those men in the tribes who could be classified as ADHD were better nourished then those who weren’t.
If you think about that for a second, some of the most successful entrepreneur’s and business people show ADHD like symptoms. They always seem to be plotting their next move and get bored easily. 50 cent is someone who immediately comes to mind.
So, what’s the bottom line.? Make sure you regularly get some fresh air and continually challenge yourself to become better and more skilled. Also, make sure you take the time to read. If you live by these habits you can overcome the ‘dumbing down’ that is taking place today.
Good Luck,
J Hinds
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