"I'm very much not african, but I've got curly hair. I use water to rinse my hair every day (due to workouts, I prefer to wait 2-3 days when I can) and then use a tiny bit of shea butter on the ends while wet and let it air dry. Sometimes I'll put…"

"You're not going to convince someone to change their mind by arguing about it. Hopefully she'll realize someday that she doesn't feel that good eating that way and start looking for alternatives.
Btw, debunking low carb is a "hobby" of mine, and I…"

"I got 4 boxes from them last year and I can confirm they have really amazing tasting dates. One of the boxes of Barhis we got were literally the biggest Barhis I've ever had and they were absolutely delicious."

"She's right about fructose WITHOUT FIBER (all the studies about fructose are done with fructose in solution, not with naturally occuring sources like fruit). With fiber, sugar is absorbed more slowly and the good gut bacteria flourish in soluble…"

"I use a very small amount, like the size of a pea or even less. You can always use more if you didn't get enough the first time, so start small. Before I put it in my hair, I rub it really well between my hands so that it's melted and pat it into my…"

"For a long time I just used a natural conditioner to wash my hair. I have curly hair and this is a pretty common routine for curly haired people because they need the extra moisture more than straight haired people do. You just take a big handful of…"

"You need to exercise and burn the extra calories you are eating. Obviously your body wants them if you can eat 2000 calories of dates in a sitting. Eat them in the form of dateorade if you worried about not enough water. If you are burning that…"

"The classic "starting to run" program is the Couch to 5k schedule: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml"

"If early humans were using fire to cook food, it was probably tubers, which were a good source of carbs and not exploited by other species.
That said, whatever evidence that early humans used fire in the relatively recent past, there is still the…"

"Hi Jennifer,
One tip that might be helpful...instead of sitting and eating popcorn or rice cakes, try washing a head or two of lettuce and munch on that in front of the TV. Lettuce is very low calorie as well, but it has important minerals and…"