Author: Shekari Philemon

It sits in nearly every wellness cabinet, gets stirred into morning lattes and shows up in supplement form with claims that range from reducing inflammation to supporting joint health. For millions of people, turmeric has become a daily ritual, and the assumption underlying all of it is that something natural must also be safe. That assumption, experts are now warning, deserves a serious second look. The concern is not with the spice itself when used in cooking. It is with the concentrated supplements that deliver far higher doses of curcumin, the active compound in turmeric, than anything that would appear…

Thursday’s episode of The View got off to an unexpectedly entertaining start before the first topic was even introduced. Whoopi Goldberg, barely through her opening welcome to the studio audience, was stopped in her tracks by a face in the crowd that gave her genuine pause. The man, seated among the live audience, bore a striking resemblance to former President Barack Obama. Goldberg spotted him almost immediately and could not move past it without saying something. She turned to her cohosts and drew their attention to the man, visibly caught off guard by the resemblance and clearly delighted by the…

There is catching a partner cheating and then there is being physically present when it happens. Khloe Kardashian knows the difference between those two experiences, and in a recent podcast appearance she walked through the latter in detail, describing a confrontation that left visible marks and a much longer lasting impression. Kardashian, now 41, married former NBA player Lamar Odom in 2009 in what quickly became one of the more high-profile celebrity unions of that era. The marriage, which played out partly on reality television, ended in 2016. But years before the formal conclusion, there was a night that Kardashian…

The Little Miss Drama Tour has barely cooled down and Cardi B is already thinking about getting back on the road. Less than a month after wrapping the 35-date North American run, the Grammy-winning rapper has signaled that a second leg could be coming as early as September, with a preference for finishing by November so she can take the final months of the year off for personal time. She has been deliberate about the timing. A fall window would allow her to step away from touring before the holiday season, a period she clearly wants to protect for herself…

On a grey April morning in Brooklyn, Zendaya is curled into a small beige couch at an art gallery and café, dressed in a pale yellow knit sweater, white trousers and a khaki trench coat, looking far more relaxed than her schedule has any right to allow. She has been in the middle of a relentless press tour for The Drama while simultaneously preparing for the final season of Euphoria, a summer release of The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Dune: Part Three arriving in December. It is, by any measure, a staggering year. She is the first to…

Coffee is what most people reach for first thing in the morning, drawn by what it does for their energy levels or their focus. Far fewer think about what it might be doing for their liver. But researchers who study metabolic and liver health have been paying close attention to this connection for years, and the picture that has emerged is surprisingly encouraging. Regular consumption appears to offer meaningful protection for one of the body’s most hardworking organs, and the evidence is becoming harder to ignore. The liver processes nutrients, filters toxins, and performs hundreds of functions that keep the…

For decades, weight loss has sat at the center of almost every conversation about diabetes prevention. The logic is straightforward enough. Excess body fat promotes inflammation and makes it harder for cells to respond to insulin, so reducing that fat should lower the risk. For many people, it does. But a growing body of evidence suggests the relationship between weight and metabolic health is far more layered than that simple equation implies. A new study published in the journal Diabetes followed adults at risk for type 2 diabetes through a structured two-year lifestyle intervention, then tracked them for roughly nine…

What started as an offhand post on social media has become something considerably more official. Flavor Flav, the 67-year-old rapper and co-founder of Public Enemy, proposed a multi-day celebration of female athletes to the Clark County commission in Las Vegas this week, and the body approved it without a single dissenting vote. The event, called SHE Weekend, is scheduled for July 16 through 19 and will include a parade and a concert. The proposal had been in the works since February, when Flavor Flav first floated the idea publicly following the U.S. women’s hockey team’s gold medal victory at the…

With the Iran conflict still unresolved and his foreign policy record under mounting scrutiny, President Donald Trump has turned his attention to Cuba, escalating pressure on the communist island in ways that have raised the specter of military action. The administration’s approach combines economic strangulation, legal maneuvers, and pointed threats, a formula that produced results in Venezuela but has so far failed to break Iran. At the center of this latest escalation is a federal indictment of 94-year-old former Cuban President Raúl Castro, unsealed on Cuban Independence Day, charging him with murder and conspiracy in connection with the 1996 downing…

Mindy Kaling has been open about many things over the years, but her weight loss journey has remained one of the more scrutinized chapters of her public life. In a recent interview, the actress and writer finally laid out the full picture, and the motivation turns out to have very little to do with Hollywood or appearance. It has everything to do with her three children and how long she intends to be around for them. Kaling, who is 46 and a mother to an eight-year-old daughter, a five-year-old son, and a two-year-old daughter, spoke candidly about wanting to be…