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He Ain’t Heavy

by Tomika Anderson

After years of struggling with his weight, activist Al Sharpton leads the way to fitness
He may not have a washboard stomach or the pecs of an Adonis, but don’t be fooled—the Reverend Al Sharpton has spent many hours fine-tuning his physique. Having shed nearly 90 pounds and having maintained that weight loss over the past few years, America’s most visible civil rights leader is in fighting form for the first time ever.

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Obesity May Trigger Earlier Puberty for Girls

MONDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood obesity may lead to earlier onset of puberty for girls, a U.S. study concludes.

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AIs Your Colon Making You Sick?

by Tamekia Reece

Some experts claim that routine maintenance of your large intestine can help stave off serious disease
Like most men, Ed Bradley, a forty-something Decatur, Georgia, resident, was somewhat reluctant to get a colonic, a process that cleanses the colon by irrigating it with water. Yet he had heard of a connection between poor colon health and disease, especially colon cancer. So he gave it a try. “If garbage stays in your house, it rots,” he says. “So why wouldn’t colon ‘garbage’ in your body create problems?” He believes a colonic (also called colon hydrotherapy or colon cleaning) helps the body “take out the trash.”

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Americus Sumter County NAACP Branch #5160

31 Annual Freedom Fund Banquet 

            

Saturday April 21, 2007

South Georgia Technical College 

900 South Georgia Tech Pkwy. Americus GA, 31709

At the Hanger

Keynote Speaker

Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL)

Tickets and information call

229-924-0880