(Akiit.com) Most people would agree that improving their health and fitness levels in 2017 is a wide move. It’s easy to let things slip and eat too much during the festive period. So, the month of January is often the most popular time to make a change. There are lots of ...
(Akiit.com) Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz reminded us that “there’s no place like home.” By that, she was implying that there was a place that was safe and far away from the danger she was experiencing in the land of Oz at the hands of the Wicked Witch of the ...
(Akiit.com) Aging is something that we all have to come to terms with at one point or another. It’s a fact of life that we can’t avoid. Eventually, time will catch up with you. Yes, it’s true, some people age fast while others seem to have a picture in their attic, ...
(Akiit.com) I desperately called on my dear mother. Across the chasm of her death nearly 20 years ago, she reminded me of what she said to me and to her many children nearly sixty years ago. I felt her spirit moving within me. I was strengthened. Now, I can go on. ...
(Akiit.com) With new infection rates and AIDS-related deaths on a decline globally, it seems we are finally gaining ground in the fight to end the epidemic. However, an alarming world trend in new HIV infections suggests that Black people have been left by the wayside. In an open letter to the ...
(Akiit.com) The definition of a chronic illness is one that has been continuing for more than six months. It does not mean the illness is going to result in death – that would be a terminal illness – but is instead going to continue to impair the sufferer’s life. It is ...
(Akiit.com) Hair has historically always been a contentious issue of beauty and self-identity. From the covering of hair for religious reasons, to the expression of rebellion through the hairstyles of the youth, to the infamous ‘pencil test’ despicably used all those years ago, by the Apartheid regime in South Africa to ...
(Akiit.com) America, as you’ve probably noticed already, has a pretty serious drinking problem, and by the looks of things it isn’t going to disappear any time soon. A study from 2015 found that 32 million Americans, that’s nearly one in seven adults, had struggled with a serious drinking problem at some ...
(Akiit.com) We are now in a kind of political no-man’s-land between an administration on its way out and a new administration taking shape. Predictions are always risky – and nowhere more so than in times like these. What we can do, however, is assess where we are, and what some of ...
(Akiit.com) But, but, but Planned Parenthood offers all these other services! That’s the battle cry from “pro-choice” activists across the nation in desperate attempts to redefine what Planned Parenthood clearly is—a business that profits, predominantly, from the killing of over 320,000 human beings a year. What about those “other services” at ...
(Akiit.com) There are many people out there that share the same goals; to be fit and healthy. You try your hardest to go to the gym and exercise as much as possible. Even if you don’t have access to a gym, you can still get a good workout in anywhere you ...
(Akiit.com) When you experience an injury, you might start to worry about how it’s going to impact your health. But there are other concerns too. You need to consider whether it will change your quality of life or how it could alter your career path. You may need to look at ...