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Diet Soda Linked To Depression
When you order that extra value meal with a large Diet Coke or Coke Zero, you may just want to stick with a regular Coke. A new study by LiveScience, shows that diet soda is linked to an increased...
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How to Eat Well at Fast Food Restaurants
Nowadays fast-food doesn’t always have to mean fatty. When you’re on the run, either from taking a quick lunch break, or a road trip, there are times when fast-food is your only option. But that...
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4 Foods That Suppress Your Appetite
We all know there’s no “magic diet.” The best secret to weight loss is cutting back on calories. But there are foods that can help curb your appetite which will aid in shedding those unwanted pounds....
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Top Embarrassing Work-Out Moments
Even though some of life’s funniest moments occur while working-out, exercise ain’t no joke. But just like life outside the walls of the health club, moments of an awkward or embarrassing nature are...
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Bad Sleeping Habits May Be Causing Stress
I used to pride myself on my great sleeping habits. Asleep by 9pm, up by 7 am. Yes, 9pm is a bit early for an adult, but I did what my body told me. Nowadays, I would give anything to get to sleep by...
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Eve Shows Off Her Toned Body on Vacay in the Maldives
Eve was spotted on vacation in the Maldives. Rocking a neon bandeau and leopard bikini bottom. According to the Huffington Post, the queen of hip-hop has been hard at work. In May, she released the...
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Sanya Richards-Ross Covers Women’s Fitness Mag, says She Wears Makeup while...
Sanya Richards-Ross covers the August issue of Women’s Running. The reigning 400-meter Olympic gold medalist revealed what her plans are on track and promoted her new reality show on WE TV, Sanya’s...
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Angela Simmons Rocks Lululemon while Boxing; Yandy Smith Hits Streets of NYC...
Angela Simmons knows what it will take to stay on the minds of impressionable boys: a curvy body and toothy smile. The sometimes host of BET’s 106 & Park posted a few pics of her workout last...
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Scientists Discover Rituals May Make Diet Food Taste Better
No one really enjoys being on a diet. Most of the time, the diet is highly restrictive and the food sucks. No matter how much fanfare comes in the package, your diet food really is just jazzed-up...
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10 Refreshing SuperFoods for Summer Picnics
Superfoods are nutrient dense goodies that are mostly loaded with essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals. They also get a lot of buzz for boosting the immune system. Each region of the world has...
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Extreme Makeover Contestant Loses over 150 Pounds: Half of Her Body Weight!
Chantell Johnson competed on the reality franchise Extreme Makeover: Weightloss Edition, losing a whole person in the process. When it was all said and done, Chantell lost 159 pounds in a year, which...
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Elle Varner Box Jumps; Drew Sidora Works her Glutes; and Bambi has a “Body...
Crossfit is all the rage after another successful Games last week. But Crossfit does have its share of controversy surrounding some of its loose trainer certification standards and its prevalence to...
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Lululemon Doesn’t Cater to Overweight Women
A little over a year after Zara said it could careless if fat women shopped at its stores, the Huffington Post reported that the uber-popular Canadian brand Lululemon Athletica displays the same...
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Zoe Saldana Jokes about Skipping Meals to Stay Thin … or Was She?
Zoe Saldana is one of the hottest actresses in the world. She not only stars in dramas like the upcoming Nina Simone biopic, Nina, but the 35-year-old New Jersey-native kicks ass in action films such...
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Naomi Campbell Shows Us How 43-year-old Models do Yoga
Ladies, Naomi Campbell is 43 YEARS OLD! How many 43-year-olds can do a backbend on the hood of a boat and not get throw their back out in the process! Ok, maybe Jada Pinkett Smith or Nicole Murphy but...
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Tongue Patch Diet: Doctor Punishes Your Tongue for Being an Enabler
Being overweight can lead one’s mind to the depths of psychological depravity. Lots of folks report wanting to end their lives than rather going on as fat people, while some take on a battle to find...
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So Selfish Morning Tea: Amar’e Stoudemire
Recently married Amar’e Stoudemire posted a picture of his chiseled frame on Instagram. The New York Knicks power forward was in his religious home of Jerusalem, working out and gaining more...
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So Selfish Style: Would You Rock, Body by Rosa Acosta?
Model Rosa Acosta has, arguably, one of the best bodies in cyberspace. She earns lots of respect from other butt models for what appears to be a real rump that stands at attention. But the Dominican...
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Research Suggests Sugar May Cause & Help Spur Cancer Growth
America was bought and sold off the profits from the Trans Atlantic sugar trade. No wonder though, have you had a hit of sucrose lately. Everyone loves sugar primarily because so many bodily functions...
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LeToya Luckett’s Core Fitness is Amazing!
LeToya Luckett is a beast. The former Destiny’s Child member showed off her rock hard core when she posted a video on Instagram. Training at the track with her trainer, @omgfitness, the Treme actress...
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So Selfish Workout Playlist w/ Corresponding Exercises
Is anyone reading this old enough to remember when Tuesday mornings meant there would be new music released. Now almost everyone downloads the albums before they come out, and, clearly a sign of the...
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Cell Phone App Calls Women “Fatty” to Motivate them to Lose Weight
It’s hard enough to not hate on yourself when trying to lose a few extra pounds, but now a iPhone app will apparently help stick the dagger in your back? According to the Daily Mail, the “Nenshou” app...
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Kerry Washington Credits her Mental Health for Success
Kerry Washington explains the secret to her success is achieving balance between her career and her personal well-being. The 36-year-old actress has a string of career successes under her belt. She is...
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Kelly Rowland teams up with Celeb Trainer Jeanette Jenkins for 2nd Fitness DVD
After advertising their first workout DVD on the TheYBF for a while, celebrity trainer Jeanette Jenkins and Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland talked with the uber-popular gossip blog exclusively...
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Michelle Obama’s New Music Video To Fight Obesity
In an effort to motivate children to become more active, Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!”program is appealing to the masses through music. In a collaboration with the Partnership for a Healthier America...
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Beyoncè Bikes to Final Performance in Brooklyn
Beyoncè showed her Instagram followers how cool and down to earth she can be after being upstaged in the rootedness category by her little sister Solange for as long as I can remember. The 31-year-old...
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The Bullshit Inherent to “Squat Challenges”
Butts and breasts have been commodified for years. In other words, men and women have been selling ass and tits for years. I can vividly remember watching Wreckx-N-Effect’s video for their hit “Rump...
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5 Ways to Appreciate the Body You Have
You know what sucks about diet culture? It propagates this idea that people who aren’t thin aren’t actually living. And then that idea promotes the necessary disconnection with your body required to...
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Five Bean and Black-Eyed Pea Recipes to Try Before the End of Summer
Traditionally savored around the holidays, green beans and black-eye peas are at their peak during the summer months. Before summer ends, if possible, try these recipes using freshly picked and...
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Fitness Hairdo: Beyoncè’s Pixie Cut Makes Her Perform Harder
Did you ever want to go thru a “big chop” so that you could workout a little harder. Probably not, but, according to choreographer Chris Grant, Beyoncè’s recent Instagram “chop-seen-round-the-world”...
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Are You Tired of Jennifer Hudson’s Weight-Loss Singing? Advertisers Think You...
Almost anyone who has watched any female-focused television show in the past twenty years has seen a weight-loss program commercial with a celebrity endorsing said program. From Jennifer Hudson...
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Lose Weight With A Healthy Date
Dating can become monotonous. How many times have you had the same dinner and movie routine? Or how many times have you ended up at your local watering hole for a date? Dating can also become a burden...
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Basketball Wives: L.A. star Malaysia Pargo posted a video on her Instagram page, detailing her workout at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, also known as the Culver City stairs. Captioning her video...
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So Selfish Sneaks: Gucci Coda Neon Pink Leather Sneaker
Jordin Sparks’ body is amazing. I just wanted to get that out the way before I continue. She destroyed the cover of SHAPE, and in all her music videos, not only can the girl vocalize out this world,...
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Addicted To Coffee? Try These Alternatives
I once had a coworker that survived on only coffee during the day. A day didn’t go by when she didn’t have at least 6 cups before she left work. This coworker said she couldn’t function properly...
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Damn, Can I Work Out in Peace?
Why is it so rare to see two young women working out in the inner city? When is the last time you’ve taken an early morning drive and seen troops of female fitness goers traversing their local...
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Cool or Creepy? Plastic Surgeon Transforms His Wife Into the ‘Perfect Woman’
Dr. David Matlock knows a thing or two about creating the perfect body. A world-renowned surgeon, Dr. Matlock is best known for his vaginal rejuvenation and Hi-Def liposuction procedures. While he has...
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Melanie Fiona Has Setback While on the Running Trail
Canadian songstress Melanie Fiona works hard on the trail in order to maintain her curvaceous figure. For last several months, the Grammy Award-winning artist shared her running progress on Instagram....
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Sophia Young, WNBA All-Star, Publicly Opposes Same-Sex Marriage
Contrary to popular belief, not all WNBA players are gay. Even in writing about WNBA players coming out of the closet, the comment section is rife with comments like, “well like that’s news” or “well...
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California Yoga Studio Faces Criticism Over “Ghetto” Themed Class
Remember when N.W.A stood for “N*ggas With Attitude”? Well a California yoga studio came up with a novel idea and took N.W.A to a whole different level. Namaste. With. Attitude. As part of it’s...
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Chobani Greek Yogurt Has a Secret Ingredient: Mold
Packed calcium and bacterial cultures along with a tangier and creamier taste, Greek yogurt is the exotic counterpart to regular yogurt. But recently, the popular yogurt brand Chobani was inundated...
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Life with Fibroids … Again
I heard my gynecologist’s words. I’m just not sure I understood them then. “Wait a year before trying to get pregnant,” he said. It was either before or after – I no longer remember – my laparascopic...
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Black Girls Run, Black Girls Bike, But Do Black Girls Crossfit?
A few summers ago I walked past an open air gym in D.C. and stopped dead in my tracks. There were men and women swinging from ropes, throwing around weights, and puking in buckets. Yes, everyone had...
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Boris Kodjoe Says You’re Not “Keeping It Sexy” If You Gain Weight During A...
As part of the “Baggage Claim” press junket, CocoaFab had a chance to catch up with two stars of the movie, Boris Kodjoe and Derek Luke*. Kodjoe, with his fine self, has never shied away from giving...
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Sexy & Fit: Kelly Rowland Shows Off Her Bikini Body for SHAPE Magazine
Kelly Rowland is vocal about her love for fitness, and the industry is finally taking notice. The singer, who has a fitness DVD alongside celebrity trainer Jeanette Jenkins, landed the cover of Shape...
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3 Sure-Fire Ways to See Your Abs
Everyone wants to see her abs. Those muscles are associated with peak physical fitness, and they make life so much easier, from clothing options to walking around in your birthday suit. But since it’s...
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Vera Wang Upgrades Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders
If it looked like New York Fashion Week on the sidelines of yesterday’s Philadelphia Eagles game, it was for a good reason. Vera Wang’s designs were in full display at Eagles’ home opener against the...
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American Tennis Star Sloane Stephens Opens Up on Tennis, Beef with Serena, &...
Will Sloane Stephens be able to step into ginormous show left by the Williams Sisters? Can she improve on an already dream tennis season? These questions will have to answered if we are to see...
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Miss America Nina Davuluri Lost 70 Pounds to Capture Crown
If you didn’t have any other reason to lose the pounds, look no further than new Miss America Nina Davuluri. America loves a successful weight-loss story, and we will reward hard work, so there is no...
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Michelle Obama Urges Food Companies to Promote Healthier Foods to Kids
While delivering her opening remarks at the Food Marketing Summit held at the White House, Michelle Obama said she wants food makers and entertainment companies to do better. She urged them to focus...
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