Health and Wellness
Food/Science: This Seaweed Tastes Just Like Bacon (Video)
August 7, 2017
Nope. Didn’t stutter. At all. But if this becomes real enough for me to taste it, I just might.
(Stutter. I just might stutter… Because, I’m DEFINITELY gonna taste the baco-weed if and when it hits the market! No ‘might’ about it.)
– @ojones1
Posted in Food, Health and Wellness, Human Interest, Science, Videos | 
Tags: algae, Dulse, Genetic Engineering, GMO, NowThis, NowThis Future, Seaweed, Seaweed Tastes Like Bacon | 
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Richard Overton Speaks On Living 109 Years… Well (Mini-Documentary)
July 31, 2017
How do you live 109 years? I am not sure any of us actually know the answer; not even Richard Overton. But I do believe that however long you live, it is on you to ensure that you LIVE your years. That’s gotta be the lesson of Mr. Overton’s life for us.
Meet Richard Overton, America’s oldest veteran. In this lively short film by Matt Cooper and Rocky Conly, hear the whiskey-drinking, cigar-smoking supercentenarian reveal his secrets to a long life.
– National Geographic
Celebrate life today. Raise a glass to Mr. Overton. And puff on a good cigar (or two or three, like Mr. Overton) if you got one!
– @ojones1
Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels Declares That Having Mental Health Problems Is Not Shameful (Video)
July 26, 2017
My brother, BoneBreaker Jones, and I are constantly talking about this. When you have a health problem, you should get help! Mental health is health, and your health is you wealth. Don’t lose your HEALTH! Mental health problems affect everyone, even the mighty King Of Rock, the Devastating Mic Controller, Darryl McDaniels aka DMC of Run DMC.
No shame. If you need help, admit it and get it! Don’t know where/how? Just start talking and asking people you care about. Ask them to help you get to the right professional. But don’t just ignore the situations you are going through like it’s all good #TalkToSomebody
– @ojones1
SWOLE: A Docu-Series On Bodybuilder Culture (Video)
July 4, 2017
SWOLE is a new series by VICE that will focus on bodybuilder culture.
Episode 1 (above) follows 40-year-old Greg Doucette pushing himself to see if can place high enough to continue competing after being away from contention for three years. Episode 2 of SWOLE follows bodybuilder Helle Trevino as she prepares for the Rising Phoenix competition, talks to eight-time Ms. Olympia Lenda Murray and others about how they push to keep competitive women’s bodybuilding alive as a sport. Episode 3 focuses on folks in the culture trying to get that ‘advantage’ as they pump while following Mike Bolkovic, a bodybuilder whose daily routine includes injecting testosterone.
Great series. Another incredible series from VICE Sports!
Posted in Health and Wellness, Investigation, Lifestyle, Series, Sports, Videos | Tags: bodybuilder, COMPETITION, Greg Doucette, Helle Trevino, injecting testosterone, Juiced Up, Lenda Murray, Mike Bolkovic, Ms. Olympia, performance enhancement, performance enhancing drugs, pro-bodybuilder, Rising Phoenix, SWOLE, testosterone, The 40-Year-Old Bodybuilder, The Consequences of Steroids, The Last of the Iron Sisters, The Wings of Strength, VICE, VICE Sports, Wings of Strength, women's bodybuilding | No Comments »
Eye Candy: Kristyn Alexis Presents A ‘Fitbit For The Va-Jay-Jay’ (Video)
June 28, 2017
Hmmm. This is like that Yoni Egg talk that Regina Hall was talking on Conan. So that’s two of my dreamiest dream girls who preach about working that ‘v’… Well, amen!
Watch. Kristyn Alexis with the product that provides benefits women on a whole hole ‘nother level (ha!)… and that gives women “points” for doing Kegels and keeping it tight!
MORE KRISTYN ALEXIS ON INSTAGRAM | ON JAYFORCE.COM
– @ojones1
Posted in Advice, Health and Wellness, Honeyz, Product, Videos | Tags: ELVIE, kegels, Kristyn Alexis | No Comments »
Deepak Chopra​ Give Tips For You To Get Your Best Night’s Sleep (Video)
June 27, 2017
You and boo should take a hot bath together after an early dinner. Don’t forget Jasmine (bonus if someone’s name is actually ‘Jasmine’) for the therapy. Then turn down for… BED! I would suggest putting on that C Brown “F*** You Back To Sleep” song but Deepak Chopra says that’s a sack time no-no. Soooo, y’all will just have to figure out your bedroom activity without music. You’ll figure it out *wink*
There’s not much worse than insomnia or a lousy nights sleep. Deepak Chopra, physician, educator and author of “You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters,” reveals the secrets to a restful nights sleep.
– Tech Insider
– @ojones1
Posted in Advice, Health and Wellness, Videos | Tags: 5 tips for good sleep, Deepak Chopra, sleep, sleep tips, Tech Insider | No Comments »
Politics: President Donald Trump Promised To Protect The Sick And Poor, To Give Them A ‘Better Deal’… And He Is Not… At All (Video)
June 22, 2017
Donald Trump ran promising to protect the sick and the poor. He's governing in ways that will seriously harm them. pic.twitter.com/ByWiTod0Ze
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 19, 2017
Wow. Still hard to believe that we elected a U.S. President in much the same way we elected a class president in grade school – the guy that promised spaghetti and pizza for lunch and two recesses every day won… because we bought the lies. But when we did not get more pizza and play time, we lived. This VOX clip illustrates how, with Donald Trump as the ‘head of the class’ as President, many of us might suffer and DIE.
So… What folks hate about Obamacare (The Affordable Care Act) is exactly what Trumpcare (The ‘Higher Cost Care’ Act) will allow MORE of??? That’s not what ANYONE voted for, is it? IS IT?!
Just watch. It’ll make you wanna say, “I can’t…” until you realize ‘you have to’ (because the ‘Yes We Can’ guy is gone).
Donald Trump ran promising to protect the sick and the poor. He's governing in ways that will seriously harm them. pic.twitter.com/ByWiTod0Ze
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 19, 2017
DJ CAVEM Moetavation – “I’m a Sunwarrior” (Prod. By Sticman) [Video]
March 25, 2017
You remember us talking about Ietef Vita aka DJ CAVEM on here, right? Well, the O.G. (Organic Gardener) is back with some more real talk… and granted, a bit of product promotion, in a dope visual presentation. Beautiful! In many ways. Just press play. You’ll see.
Produced by DJ CAVEM and Sticman of Dead Prez.
Posted in Activism, Food, Health and Wellness, Hip-Hop, Music, Product, Progressive, Videos | Tags: Dead Prez, DJ CAVEM, DJ Cavem Moetavation, I'm a Sunwarrior, Ietef Vita, SticMan, Sunwarrior | No Comments »
Out Cold: How Long Does It Take To Get Frostbite? (Video)
March 20, 2017
So wind chill DOES matter. For real! All these years, since bus stop forecasts on the evening news weather reports to just now, I was thinking that wind chill was just a matter of comfort; how long you could ‘chill’ in the wind, so to speak. But naaaaah son, it’s real in the field (AND at the bus stop). It turns out that extreme cold, in concert with wind chill, can freeze uncovered extremities within MINUTES. Introducing… frostbite!
Yeah, I used the word ‘concert’ – but think more ‘lose your fist’ than pumping your fist to ‘Lose Yourself’ if you find yourself in the middle of a windy winter in Detroit without gloves and gear. Just saying.
Frostbite is a serious condition. Cold temperatures can cause the skin and tissue to start freezing, killing the cells. But, wind-chill can drastically change how long you’ll last.
– Tech Insider
– @ojones1
Woman Loses 180 Pounds After Doctors Remove Extra Large Tumor (Video)
March 14, 2017
Mary Clancey, 71, over the years, had steadily gained weight to tip the scales at 360 pounds. She worked at a candy counter for the longest time, and short round women run in her family. Getting heavier was just a fact of her life she guessed… until she lost 180 pounds all of a sudden. Now, her diet and activity plans are simple and joyful.
“I can eat everything. I can do everything,†she said. “Life is good and everything is in place. But the story is absolutely insane.â€
The story? Oh, she had a 140-pound tumor and 40 pounds of extra skin removed.
(Yeah, you REALLY should watch that clip above.)
Raise Up: The World is Our Gym (Trailer)
March 13, 2017
You know the crazy pull-ups and push-ups, frontwards and reversed, with acrobatics and flair thrown in there, that you’ve seen them on movie screens and Internet spots? Well, those are street calisthenics… and they have become a movement and a movie. Check it.
An underground urban fitness movement risks losing its identity as a social tool as it rapidly becomes a new international sport.
– Rain Bennett
What you should take away: Parallels to Hip-Hop. Something else comes up from the streets, lives around the way, gets blown up and goes worldwide (good) and commercial (not so good in some ways); and the culture is worried that its true and best self (e.g. its essence) will be lost.
Watch the trailer.
Scientists Can Now 3D Print Functional Organs (Video)
February 7, 2017
You read the headline just like we did on the Tube. You probably blurted out some combination of ‘bullsh!t’ and ‘wow’ as a knee jerk response… But then you pressed play. And you thought, “Oh. Like for practice,” maybe feeling a bit disappointed that we were not at the print-a-new-liver level yet.
We’ll get there. But for now, think: The doctors of tomorrow are going to get some REALISTIC practice BEFORE they ever touch a REAL human. There’s your pound of gold. Surgeons will not be ‘practicing’ medicine on our loved ones anymore.
Dope right?
Posted in Health and Wellness, Science, Technology, Videos | Tags: 3D printing, artificial organs, Futurism, organs | No Comments »
A7FL’s Hard-Hitting Point: Tackle Football Without Pads Could Cut The Number Of Concussions (Video)
February 3, 2017
So, American 7s Football League says take the helmet off to reduce rates of concussion and CTE in full-contact football?? Simple, elegant, old-school solution. Okay. But…Daaaayuummm! Dudes are getting LIT the F*CK up!
Saying though, didn’t we have them putting on more and more protection? As the years passed in this American pastime aka the ultimate collision sport we all love, we have paid more and more; and made the sport more and more expensive to play. Perhaps this is a way to dial all that back a notch.
Maybe we should just make ’em play flag or two hand touch?
Naaaah (haha). Hit the link for more on the safety perspective. Hit play above to see some HITTING! Hit the jump to see more highlights from A7FL.
The L.O.X. Speak On New Album, Obama, Styles P’s Juice Bars, & Why He Hates Christmas (Video)
December 21, 2016
The L.O.X. interviews are always good ones, but Styles P speaking truth to power is the best!
Posted in Health and Wellness, Hip-Hop, Politics, Videos | Tags: JADAKISS, LOX, Sheek Louch, Styles P, The L.O.X., The LOX | No Comments »
Dr. Hadiyah Green Pioneers Groundbreaking Cancer Treatment
December 2, 2016
Another great segment checked in by Roland Martin. Dr. Hadiyah Green has me SPEECHLESS! BRILLIANCE! BEAUTY! She’s my new true crush. She is everything of the essence of Ernest Everett Just, Daniel Hale Williams, Charles Drew… all the pioneering geniuses of 20th Century medicine… carried into the 21st Century. I hope and pray that she, and folks like her, can continue to push through the b.s. and CURE CANCER NOW!
Watch her interview above. Follow her at @DrHadiyahGreen. Support the effort at Physics2Cancer.org
(Did you see the part where she got her treatment proposal ready, and “they” told her that no one would back her methods without including a drug??? ARE YOU $%&!ing SERIOUS??!! Maannnn… you MUST watch!)
– @ojones1
55-Year-Old Joe Thomas Sr. Became The Oldest College Football Player To Play In A D-1 Game (Video)
November 20, 2016
Breaking: 55-year-old Joe Thomas Sr becomes oldest DI football player after rushing for 3 yds for @SCStateAthletic. @wachfox pic.twitter.com/eyoSMpZDBK
— Mike Uva (@Mike_Uva) November 19, 2016
File this under most memorable football plays… Actually, South Carolina State’s Joe Thomas Sr. had a few of them Saturday. To make history, and put a happy ending to his story, all he needed was one. No spectacular break away plays, but I’ll tell you what he did break: any and all notions of what ‘old’ is supposed to look like.
Used to be the only way to see 55 playing football was on a player’s back. No more, thanks to Joe!
MORE: JOE THOMAS SR., THE OLDEST D1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER (BROBIBLE)
Turkeys Have Doubled In Size Since The 1940s (Video)
November 20, 2016
Okay, if you are planning on eating a big azz turkey for the holidays, you may not want to watch this. But, of course, now you feel like you HAVE to watch, right?
The Thanksgiving turkey on your table looks nothing like the one your grandparents ate as kids.
But bigger does not always mean better. When it comes to turkeys nowadays, it’s probably rarely going to mean better; especially when you learn the how and why your holiday turkey is so huge. Maybe spend a bit more to get a turkey raised the old-fashioned way. Maybe…
Posted in Health and Wellness, History, Investigation, Science, Videos | Tags: Frankenbird, Frankensteined, Frankenturkey, Holiday, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving turkey, TURKEY, turkeys have gotten bigger, Vox | No Comments »
How Do ‘Real’ Doctors Feel About Chiropractors? (Video)
November 9, 2016
Aha! Thought the doc was gonna take shots or throw shade, huh? Actually, there is something very much aligned (get it?) with Hip-Hop culture in what the doc expresses about chiropractors’ place in the spine care spectrum: As long as (1) you are seeing a TRAINED PROFESSIONAL that is (2) providing VALUE and/or relief, it’s all good. In the lingo, if they have nice skills and delivery it’s all good!
NYU Langone Spine Center Co-Director Dr. Anthony Frempong-Boadu sat down with Tech Insider to talk about spine health, and gave his honest opinion about working with chiropractors. As with choosing any doctor, it’s smart to do your research and find someone who can truly help you.
– @ojones1
Danish Travel Agency Promotes Getting Into The Babymaking Business (Video)
October 7, 2016
Hahaaa! Hey JayForce, you got friends over in Denmark, right? Why the f*ck aren’t they f*cking enough? Tell ’em to get to “work.” They got grandmas’ that need new babies on those knees over there (flashing back to my parents wanting to be grandparents back in the day…badly…shout to my brothers for handling the Jones babymaking biz)!
Denmark is struggling to keep their population at 5.6 million. The biggest cause for the decline: young couples aren’t having babies. One Danish travel agency, Spies Rejser, is urging young couples to go on vacation, where the chances of conceiving are higher.
Bottom line: Denmark dudes, take your lady on a vacay, and make a ‘babay’ (good for business AND pleasure)!
– @ojones1
Posted in Health and Wellness, Human Interest, Lifestyle, Recreation, Travel, Videos | Tags: baby making, babymaking, Denmark, encouraging population growth, People aren’t having babies in Denmark so they made this provocative ad, population decline, population growth, procreation, reproduction, Sex, sexcation, Spies Rejser, Tech Insider, travel agency, vacay and chill | No Comments »
Cornell University’s Dr. Alan Hedge Takes A Firm Stance On How You Should Sit (Video)
October 5, 2016
All these years, we are thinking that the best seated posture was feet flat on the ground, back straight at 90 degrees (perpendicular) to the chair base. Naaaaah, son! That not the science…
There’s a lot of false information about the proper posture you need to use when sitting at a desk. Cornell University ergonomics professor Dr. Alan Hedge sets out why the 90Ëš rule does more damage than good, and what the proper way to sit at your desk is.
Seems like office chairs, just like those outside work, are for chillin’ (like in Altwork’s The Station, which we posted on here). That makes for a productive worker.
– @ojones1
