Are Latinos Doomed to be Diabetic?
Diet & Nutrition, Health
Are Latinos doomed to be diabetic? As quickly as the U.S. Census numbers for the Hispanic population rise, so do the percentages of Latinos being diagnosed with diabetes. The National Diabetes Education Program reports that 10.4 percent…
When To Start Your Spring Cleaning
Empowerment, Health
I love a hot mess of a closet. Well, not the hot mess itself, but I do love taking on a hot mess of a closet. Once, when my sister was moving, I tackled her closet with particular zeal. In the midst of making my sister whittle her coat pile…
5 Super Bowl Party Snacks To Prep in 5 Minutes
Health, Sides & Sauces
No matter what team you’re rooting for this Super Bowl Sunday or whether you like to watch just for the commercials, you want to be in front of the big screen and enjoying the party with your friends. Who wants to spend all of their time…
3 Healthy Alternatives to Any Party Food
Diet & Nutrition, Health
Chips, Dips, Pizza, Subs, Hot Dogs, Cupcakes....HELP! What's a woman trying to keep her food and health game in check supposed to do on one of the biggest junk food days of the year? That’s right, Super Bowl Sunday can be tempting to fall…
Recognizing a Mother's Pride in Her Kids
Health
Mami says that she’s proud of me, but I don’t always believe her. It could be because I’m an Aries. (Aries are known to be tough on the outside, yet our ruler Mars makes us secretly insecure.) Or maybe it’s the limited ways in which…
Big Babies: A Roly-Poly Roundup of Giant-Sized Newborns
Family Health, Health
Iowa mom Kendall Stewardson is no lightweight—and neither is her newborn son, Asher. Kendall recently gave birth to baby Asher naturally—no surgery, no epidural—after six hours of labor. That’s an admirable feat in and of itself,…
How to Be a Good Enough Mother
Empowerment, Health
“I feel I need to be perfect. I was like this pre-baby, but something about having a child makes you go into overdrive on the perfection.”
“I want so badly to be everything to my child. I feel like I should take her out every day and…
The Queen of Lean: 7 Questions for Zumba ® Celebrity Instructor, Kass Martin
Health
The very word—Zumba!—makes me want to pop my pelvis, unhinge my hips and expose my midriff. There’s just no getting around it: besides being a dynamic and all-encompassing workout, this exercise craze that has traveled ‘round the globe,…
Keeping Your Child Safe from Predators
Empowerment, Health
It’s a sickening and enraging thought that my tween son and teenage niece are considered fair game in the sexual exploits of predators. But as disturbing as the thought of a sexual predator is, the truth is child molesters lurk all around…