29 Aug
Image via: CBC News Hemp isn’t only TreeHugger approved. It’s won this green yogini over in the health department with its number of nutritional benefits. It’s an animal-free source of essential fatty acid omegas, proteins and amino acids–all-important for heart, brain and skin health. Who knew that a spoonful of hemp powder wouldn’t only find its wa…Read the full story on TreeHugger
28 Aug
When I first saw this story, I was hoping it was some spoof from The Onion. Sadly, it’s not. Here’s the gist of things: A “heath-conscious” woman offered Stephens College, a women’s college in Columbia, Missouri (and her alma mater), a million bucks if the staff collectively loses 250 pounds by midnight on January first. Oh, and this potential donor will throw in an extra $100,000 if the school’s president loses 25 pounds.
I’m sure the donor means well — the Chronicle of Higher Education says she’s an 87-year-old woman who is “fit and fond of organic food.” It also says that she is incredibly proud that she weighs 117 pounds, the same weight as when she married her husband, which I’m just going to have to guess was a long time ago.
Admittedly, obesity is a huge problem in our country — almost 65 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. However, weight-loss challenges like this one address Americans’ growing waistlines in the wrong way. Obesity is such an epidemic because of a host of complex, interrelated issues like our dysfunctional food system, poor health care, food deserts, junk food marketing, an increasingly sedentary culture — the list goes on and on.
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