If there is one thing you do this week, please take ten minutes to watch the following video. It is very powerful, very inspiring, very beautiful. After you watch it, I ask you take a few minutes to reflect on what you see. If you find it appropriate, leave your comments below.
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Health & Wellness
HLife is an excellent source of information on holistic well-being. Started in October 2009, sisters Silvie and Maryl Celiz maintain a bilingual (English/Spanish) webzine dedicated to sustainable living. They cover a wide range of topics including nutrition, spirituality, the body, relationships, and conscious living among other things. I first found out about HLife while reading an article about them in the Café Latino Lifestyle Magazine. In the magazine, when asked about the inspiration behind their website, Maryl replied:
You have websites about green living and you have websites about traditional medicine or…about nutrition, but we just had to put it all together because we didn’t find one place where you can find mind, body, spirit, planet, everything. We think it’s all connected.
Besides their website, both very active on Twitter and provide informational tidbits, recipes, and inspiration on a regular basis. I’m definitely a fan of what they’ve done thus far. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy it too.
Resources:
HLife Website: http://www.hlifemedia.com
HLife Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HLifetweets
Maryl Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MarylTweets
Silvie Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SilvieCeliz
Café Magazine: http://www.cafemagazine.com
It’s no secret that obesity is a major problem. Diabetes, heart disease, and other life-threatening ailments are occurring much more frequently as a result of of the increased prevalence of obesity. There are many root causes perpetuating the problem: lack of school funding leading school administrations to seek money from fast food restaurants and corporate sponsors, lack of physical activities, changes in tastes and preferences, the desire to eat more, lack of safe places to play, long workdays, etc.
To effectively fight obesity will take a combined effort among many disciplines as well as personal responsibility. Several states are trying to put in place a “soda tax” to thwart the consumption of beverages. I do feel that things need to be done to help educate the public about sodas and their place in an overall balanced diet, but I don’t think that taxing it is a way to solve the obesity problem. What do you think? Below are two articles about taxing sodas. One is for. One is against.