VI Life & Style spoke with Don Carlos Hadaway about his passion for bodybuilding. Don Carlos is the owner of LIFT gym, a bodybuilder and personal trainer. How did you get into bodybuilding? At the age of fourteen, a family friend took me to the gym. This was my first time ever being in the […]
All of us are more than likely aware that we should live healthy lifestyles – eat right, exercise regularly, maintain average body weight, etc. But for whatever reason, that’s easier said than done for many of us. There is the desire to overeat, a lack of discipline to adopt an exercise routine and not to […]
Bougainvillea Clinic, located in Road Town, Tortola, continues to make significant advances in the medical industry with the successful completion of the first-ever kidney transplant in the Virgin Islands. On December 7th, 2019, one of the patients on dialysis in the Territory, Neville Salmon, took a leap of faith and to date, according to reports, […]
No one gave my fellow 60-year old Phillippe Leroy and I the memo that the BVI Triathlon Federation Steelman competition—a grueling Olympic distance event comprised of a 1500m swim at the foot of the airport, followed by a 40K bicycle and a 10K run on Beef Island—had been rescheduled from Nov 10 to 17. That […]
The Public Health Unit of the Government of the Virgin Islands is on a vigorous campaign to rid the Territory of a virus that is plaguing the islands, affecting mostly young children. Hand, Foot and Mouth is a contagious viral illness caused by different strains of the coxsackievirus. It manifests primarily in children under the […]
What is Arrowroot? Arrowroot is a food starch that has been cultivated for thousands of years. The Arawak who were native to the Caribbean originally named it aru-aru meaning the ‘meal of meals’. These native Caribbean islanders put the plant to great use in cooking and various other applications. The common name ‘Arrowroot’ is derived […]
by Marva Titley-Smith, Certified Life Coach I always had good intentions. But every year I’d make New Year’s resolutions, only to forget them by the end of January. Or maybe I got past the first couple of months but then, wham! Life happened. So, I stopped. Completely. No more resolutions for me. And for a […]
By Keiyia J. George The year has drawn to an end. You’ve met some health goals and as a result, achieved some weight loss goals, so it’s time to let your hair down! NOT! Unfortunately, the worst thing you could do right now is going back to what you have come from. ‘Why?’ you may […]
September was Menopause Awareness Month and October is World Menopause Month so we thought it would be a good opportunity to fight the taboo and talk menopause. This is a good time to raise awareness of the menopause and associated disorders and diseases. The menopause is a significant life event. It is a unique time […]
