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Whether its your cheat day or you just have a sweet tooth, here are some spots around Tampa Bay to check out this March for some tasty treats!

1. Pretty Baked Location: 6607 N. Florida Ave, Tampa

Operated out of King of the Coop, Pretty Baked has some of the gooiest cookies youll ever try. Baked fresh daily, you can sample flavors like Cookies & Cream Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Snickers and, my personal favorite, Netflix and Chipa chocolate chip and M&M cookie topped with salt and vinegar potato chips to give you that perfect salty-sweet combo.

Pretty Baked cookies, brownies and cookie cakes can also be ordered online by emailing PrettyBaked352@gmail.com. To check out what items are available, click here.

2. The Mint Fox Location: 483 Mandalay Ave #114, Clearwater

Beach. Cookies. Ice Cream. Thats what you can expect from The Mint Fox near Clearwater Beach! The cookies are baked fresh throughout the day in a variety of flavorsthey are roughly the size of your head and worth every calorie. The Mint Fox also offers a few Not So Serious options, which are only a little bigger than your average cookie.

In addition to brownies, milkshakes and coffee, you can combine your love for giant cookies and ice cream into a Serious Cookie Sundae, made up of a pound homemade cookie, two scoops of your favorite ice cream flavor and topped with hot fudge and whipped creamdelicious!

Click here to check out the full cookie and ice cream menu.

3. La Creperia Cafe Location: 1729 E 7th Ave, Tampa

Right in the heart of Ybor, La Creperia Cafe has served up delicious sweet and savory crepes for more than 15 years! Try the Madame Suzette Crepe, with caramelized sugar, butter, lemon juice, orange juice and flambed with Grand Marnier liqueur. Or sample the Romeo y Julieta Crepe, with fresh strawberries, bananas and Nutella.

There are a wide array of sweet crepe flavors, from raspberry to Baileys Irish Cream to brie cheese; you can even order your crepe a la mode with vanilla ice cream. Enjoy one with wine, beer, coffee or a frozen drink. Check out the diverse savory and sweet menu.

4. Churroland Sweets Location: TBD

This is the food truck to find if youre in the mood for some fresh churros! Churroland pops up in many areas across Tampa Bay, serving up traditional churros, which tend to be thinner than most American ones. Get them with chocolate or caramel dipping sauce, or opt for a churro sundaechurros topped with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, sprinkles, nuts, M&Ms, whipped cream and more churros!

To see where Churroland Sweets is going to be next, follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

5. Astro Craft Ice Cream Location: 1910 N Ola Ave, Tampa

Located in Armature works, Astro Craft Ice Cream is changing the game. Between chocolate shots, waffle wedges and unique flavor profiles, ice cream has never tasted so good. Pick a classic or choose from flavors like Brown Sugar Whiskey Cookie Dough, Ybor Rum Toasted Coconut Meringue Pie, Tampa Guava Cream Cheese and much more. Add a flavor shot syringe filled with chocolate, honey or caramel and top it off with a wedge of waffle cone.

And dont forget to check out their signature creations, like the Campfire Smorestwo scoops of cinnamon snickerdoodle marshmallow ice cream topped with torched marshmallows, Hershey chocolate squares, graham crackers and finished off with a chocolate flavor shot! The Cuban Ice Cream Sandwich is also a must-try, made with La Segunda Cuban Bread. Choose your favorite ice cream or follow Astro Craft Ice Creams recommendation: Tampa Guava Cream Cheese or Crme Brulee Caf Con Leche.

Check out the variety of ice cream flavors and the best creations.

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When the Chesapeake Bays pollution diet was adopted in 2010, a lawsuit was not far behind.

The American Farm Bureau Federation and a host of farm organizations sued the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming EPA had gone too far by setting not simply a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), or overall limit for sediment and nutrients entering the Bay, but by allocating Bay pollutants such as sediment and nutrients among different sectors in the multistate watershed, including agriculture and forest and urban lands.

The lawsuit failed, first in federal district court in Pennsylvania, then in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, and finally when the Supreme Court rejected AFBFs petition in 2016, despite the groups claiming the TMDL steps squarely into areas that Congress expressly reserved for the states.

Now, after years of implementation and some notable achievements and setbacks, more litigation might be on the way, this time with one of the states in the Bay watershed being targeted for failing to meet its goals. The jurisdictions that are part of the agreement are Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, New York, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland has directed his attorney general to prepare lawsuits against Pennsylvania and the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to meet pollution targets.

Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md.

Theyre not alone in thinking about going to the courts. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, whose lawsuit against EPA in 2009 led to negotiations resulting in the TMDL, says it is preparing a notice of intent to sue.

The controversy started bubbling last year when Pennsylvania released its Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) containing pollution reduction targets for 2025. While Pennsylvania said it would meet its phosphorus goal, it would fall short on nitrogen, meeting only 75% of the goal close to a 10-million-pound shortfall.

The states plan does not explain how or when additional reductions from county action plans will be incorporated into the broader plan to achieve the nitrogen planning target, EPA said in its review. Nor did the state provide specific numeric targets for implementation of best management practices such as soil and water conservation plans or prescribed grazing.

EPA asked for more details on many aspects of the plan, including funding and legislation, which are the province of a Pennsylvania legislature that has consistently underfunded Bay restoration efforts. Pennsylvanias plan said the state has been receiving about $197 million per year for the Bay, but added that the state needs a total investment in public and private funding of $521 million per year an annual gap of $324 million.

EPA made recommendations to Pennsylvania but did not threaten any action against it as provided for in the TMDLs accountability framework that includes the implementation plans and milestones for achieving the goals.

Under that framework, EPA can expand coverage of water discharge permits to unregulated areas, increase its oversight of those permits, expand enforcement efforts, and even place conditions on, or redirect, grant money.

But EPA appears to be backing away from using any of those levers to force Pennsylvania to adopt more stringent measures. The real trigger for the threatened lawsuits came when Dana Aunkst, director of EPAs Chesapeake Bay Program, told a meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Commission on Jan. 3 that the TMDL is not enforceable, but merely an aspiration.

Maryland Democratic Sens.Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, along with other lawmakers from Bay states, fired off a letter to EPA asking for clarification.The agency responded by citing the governments response to AFBFs November 2015 Supreme Court petition.

The question of whether theTMDLitself is enforceable by a court was answered by the previous administration in court filings defending the BayTMDL, EPA Regional Administrator Cosmo Servidio said in a Jan. 28 letter. In 2016, the Obama Administration told the U.S. Supreme Court that aTMDLis an informational tool that does not impose any binding implementation requirements on the states, and that the BayTMDLdoes not directly regulate any sources or require any permits. The Trump Administrationagrees with these statements.

Nevertheless, Servidio said EPA will continue to use its existing authorities under the Clean Water Act to ensure that all six Bay states and the District of Columbia are accountable for implementing their share of the Bay TMDL's nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment reductions.

Van Hollen said the response ducks the main question we asked: do they plan to enforce the pollution reduction targets in the Bay Agreement? And the CBF said the question of accountability had been settled by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals when that court upheld the cleanup plans and held EPA responsible to ensure that the state plans had a reasonable assurance of success.

Even Pennsylvanias WIP lays out the repercussions of failing to meet its pollution targets. EPA may increase federal enforcement and compliance efforts, the state said, by using authorities already included in the Clean Water Act, such as setting new nitrogen and phosphorus numeric water quality standards for streams and rivers in Pennsylvania and requiring more animal feeding operations, industrial and municipal stormwater sources, and urban areas to obtain Clean Water Act permits.

And EPA, when responding to comments on the TMDL back in 2010, said it was "committed to using any necessary enforcement action at its disposal to assure that the Bay watershed jurisdictions successfully implement the Bay TMDL."

Asked whether the TMDL is informational or enforceable, longtime Vermont Law School professor and former EPA regional counsel official Patrick Parenteau said in an email that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. The TMDL itself is not self-enforcing but EPA has a number of enforcementtools against a recalcitrant state (like Pennsylvania) if it wants to use them.

The problem is those options, including taking away grant money and beefing up enforcement of discharge permits, are not very attractive, he said, characterizing them as cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Parenteau said he thinks any lawsuit would have to be in the nature of a contract claim or perhaps unjust enrichment, when one party provides a benefit to another party but does not receive compensation. Parenteau called those potential legal avenues a stretch.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.

But Van Hollen and CBF point to Section 117(g) of the Clean Water Act setting up the Bay program, which requires EPA to ensure that management plans are developed and implementation is begun by signatories to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement to achieve and maintain the agreements nutrient and water quality goals.

I think 117(g) presses EPA into a different place than other TMDLs in other places, Jon Mueller, CBFs vice president for litigation, told the Bay Journal.

In Pennsylvania, no one wants a lawsuit. Mark ONeill, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, said a suit would kind of go against much of the goodwill built up over the last few years.

We think it sends the wrong message, he said. Lets give this the opportunity to work.

ONeill also echoed Pennsylvanias WIP in saying farmers in the state are not getting credit for all of their on-farm conservation practices. Results of a Penn State survey demonstrated overwhelmingly that many farmers have, and will continue to, install (best management practices) without state and federal financial support, the WIP said.

The states Department of Environmental Protection, which prepared the WIP, said it and our many partners are fully committed to meeting Pennsylvanias goals for water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and locally in our part of the watershed, spokesperson Elizabeth Rementer said.

On the resources shortfall, she said DEP and partners are exploring every possible option for funding, mentioning a proposed $1 million increase in the budget to pay for 10 additional employees.

At a budget hearing last week, DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell said the staff will be working with county conservation districts to identify the most cost-effective conservation practices like streamside buffers, manure storage, and wetland restoration, while at the same time helping to secure funding for those needs.

Nevertheless, he said there is still a tremendous need for resources.

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Eating can be a vibrant and therapeutic experiencewhen it isnt bogged down by a checklist of limitations. The most effective alternative to popular restrictive fads is The Volumetrics Dieta weight loss plan that operates best in the space between cravings and hunger.

When we adopt a regimen to address a specific health goal it becomes increasingly difficult to ward off temptations once said goal is achieved. Moreover, research has shown that abstaining from foods on principle typically increases our appetite for them.

No food groups are excluded in The Volumetrics Diet and even junk food is permitted a place on the table within reason. The diet works by maximizing calorie intake gained from healthy foods and negotiating trade-offs to allow for the not so healthy ones.All you need to properly adhere to the regimen is a journal and time designated for physical activity.

Developed by health experts at Pennsylvania State University, this diet stresses thinking of new, fun ways to eat more fruits and vegetables, and upping how much water you consume without thinking about it. Since its based on the volume of your meals, people often feel like theyre eating quite a lot, which is good fordieters who cant fight hunger pangs, nutrition reporter, Zee Krstic recently wrote of the regimen.

The Volumetrics Diet is made up of four distinctgroups ordered by energy density. Foods belonging to the lowest end can be consumed in excess while foods belonging to the highest end require moderating.

Group 1 is comprised of foods very low in energy that are able to be consumed at any time. Think non-starchy fruits and vegetables, nonfat milk and broth-based soups.

Group 2denotes foods that are calorically denser than those in group one which means moderate portion control needs to be employed. This group encompasses starchy fruits and vegetables, grains, breakfast cereal, low-fat meat, legumes, and low-fat assorted dishes

Group 3 refers tofoods that can be consumed if calorie trade-offs and exercise are enacted in kind. These foods include meat, cheese, pizza, French fries, salad dressing, bread, pretzels, ice cream, and cake, etc.

Group 4 is very similar to group 3 except they offer even less nutritional benefits and are typically higher in calories.

The goal of the diet is to ensure subscribers feel full after every meal. Many of the foods in groups one and two are high in water content which enables them to fill us up with very few calories. Water-rich produce can be consumed in excess with very little health drawbacks.

With the help of a food journal assign a daily calorie threshold based upon your BMI and age. If you are nearing the threshold consider either cutting elements from a meal later on in the day or set aside time for moderate to vigorous exercise.

By emphasizing whole foods and personalization of the diet rather than cutting out entire food groups or placing strict rules on food consumption, the Volumetrics diet is likely to be a more sustainable eating pattern than popular, quick-fix fad diets,The International Food Information Council reports. In addition to the food component, the Volumetrics diet provides specific plans for increasing exercise to at least 30 minutes per day most days of the week, an amount supported by the2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.

Not only did Stefani Sassos, MS, RD, CDN, a registered dietitianfrom the Good Housekeeping Institute, rank the Volumetrics diet as one of the best to try in 2020, previously conducted literature has identified the regimen as a preventive measure against Type 2 diabetes, obesity, breast cancer, and many cardiovascular diseases.

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New research shows that adults who have low fruit and vegetable intakes have a higher likelihood of being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. This finding helps to explain the discovery of an association or correlation between body composition and anxiety disorders.

Anxiety disorders include social anxiety; generalized anxiety in which a person feels anxious on most days, worrying about lots of different things, for a period of six months or more; some specific phobias; panic disorder; obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD); and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Canadian researchers analyzed data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and discovered that individuals who consume less than 3 sources of fruits and vegetables daily, presented at least at 24 percent higher odds of anxiety disorder diagnosis. The study was led by Dr. Karen Davison, a health science faculty member and nutrition informatics lab director at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), in British Columbia.

This may also partly explain the findings associated with body composition measures. As levels of total body fat increased beyond 36 percent, the likelihood of anxiety disorder was increased by more than 70 percent, said co-author Jose Mora-Almanza.

Increased body fat may be linked to greater inflammation. Emerging research suggests that some anxiety disorders can be linked to inflammation, Davison said.

Researchers found that in addition to diet and body composition measures, the prevalence of anxiety disorders differed by gender, marital status, income, immigrant status and several health issues.

Gender also appears to play a role as one in nine women had an anxiety disorder compared to one in fifteen men.

Our findings are in keeping with previous research which has also indicated that women are more vulnerable to anxiety disorders than men, said co-author Dr. Karen Kobayashi, Professor in the Department of Sociology and a Research Affiliate at the Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health at the University of Victoria.

The prevalence of anxiety disorders among those who had always been single (13.9 percent) was much higher than among those who were living with a partner (7.8 percent). Approximately one in five respondents with household incomes under $20,000 per year had anxiety disorders, more than double the prevalence of their richer peers.

We were not surprised to find that those in poverty had such a high prevalence of anxiety disorders; struggling to afford basics such as food and housing causes relentless stress and is inherently anxiety inducing, says co-author Hongmei Tong, Assistant Professor of Social Work at MacEwan University in Edmonton.

Individuals with three or more health conditions had fivefold the prevalence of anxiety disorders in comparison to those with no chronic conditions (16.4 percent vs 3 percent). Those in chronic pain had double the prevalence of anxiety disorders in comparisons to those who were free of pain.

Chronic pain and multiple health conditions make life very unpredictable and can be anxiety producing. One never knows whether health problems will interfere with work or family responsibilities and many activities become more challenging and time consuming, said co-author Shen (Lamson) Lin, a doctoral student at the University of Toronto.

Perhaps as a surprise, immigrants to Canada had a lower prevalence of anxiety disorders compared to their peers born in Canada (6.4 % vs. 9.3%).

Immigrants may face a myriad of challenges associated with resettling in a new country, including language barriers, poverty, difficulties in getting qualifications recognized, and limited social support, so it seems counterintuitive that they should have a lower likelihood of anxiety disorders than those born in Canada.

It may be that potential immigrants with anxiety disorders would find the challenges of relocation too anxiety-inducing and would therefore not choose to immigrate, so there is a self-selection for those with lower anxiety, said senior author Dr. Esme Fuller-Thomson, a professor at FIFSW and director of the Institute for Life Course & Aging.

The longitudinal study on aging included 26,991 men and women between the ages of 45 and 85. Findings appear in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Researchers note that an important limitation of the study was that the assessment of anxiety disorders was based upon self-reporting of a medical diagnosis.

To adjust for this, authors conducted multivariate analyses taking into account the use of a family physician in the past year to address the possibility of under-reporting of anxiety disorders among those who rarely visited health professionals.

This adjustment was not found to substantially change the associations discussed above.

It is estimated that 10 percent of the global population will suffer from anxiety disorders which are a leading cause of disability, said Davison.

Our findings suggest that comprehensive approaches that target health behaviors, including diet, as well as social factors, such as economic status, may help to minimize the burden of anxiety disorders among middle-aged and older adults, including immigrants.

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Pets suffering with too much weight is a problem that stretches beyond the four-legged kind, a leading vet has revealed.

Daniella Dos Santos, President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA), said that she saw a large number of pet snakes with obesity issues whilst working as a small animal and exotics vet.

Daniella believes that this can be caused by a lack of space to exercise coupled with overfeeding.

Her concerns chime with a recent BVA survey of the profession which showed that vets estimated that almost half of exotic pets brought into their practice were not having their five animal welfare needs met.

The need for a suitable environment was the most common with 89% saying that that this was the most common need that was lacking.

Daniella said: Obesity in pet snakes can have a serious impact on their health and welfare, including leading to issues such as liver problems.

The perfect size of a snake enclosure will depend on the species but all pet snakes should have enough space to roam as well as a place to hide.

They also really benefit from enclosures with appropriate enrichment.

Accepted research and husbandry practice says that snakes should have enough room for physical activity.

An inability to maintain an appropriate body temperature means that snake enclosures should also be large enough to provide an appropriate environmental heat level.

Other research talks about the necessity for snakes to be able to stretch.

One such study, published in Vet Record followed some 2018 guidance issued by Defra on selling pet animals and the care of snakes.

A draft version contained an acknowledgement that all snakes should ideally be allowed enough space to stretch out in full.

However, this passage was later removed before final publication and remains controversial for some veterinary professionals.

Snakes are carnivorous, and their perfect diet will depend on the size and species of the snake.

Daniella added: Getting the diet right for a pet snake is essential in making sure that they are healthy, as well as ensuring an appropriate environment is provided.

It is worth bearing in mind that most types of common captive snakes can live to a minimum of 15 years.

The royal python can live up to 30 years and the corn snake, 20 years, so keeping them as pets is a long-term commitment.

I would urge anyone considering getting an exotic pet of any kind to really do their research around the animals needs and think carefully about whether they can realistically provide for these.

Your vet will be happy to help if you have any questions.

BVA recently published an action plan for vets to support them in tackling obesity in companion animals and says that obesity and overfeeding of pets was among their most pressing animal welfare concerns.

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For Thomas DeLauer, living a healthy lifestyle is second nature. The YouTube trainer has made a career out of documenting his various fitness challenges and workouts for his more than 2 million followers. This week, he's at it again, experimenting with a low-fat version of the keto diet.

In previous videos, DeLauer has already demonstrated how he uses keto in conjunction with intermittent fasting to maintain his ripped physique. In the new video, DeLauer outlines a few additional restrictions that he followed:

The most interesting part of this experiment? He only did this two times a week for a total of three weeks (and yeshes aware that the timeframe is too short for it to be a complete experiment. He was just trying it out). Part of the reason he hoped to try it was to see a) what would happen to a persons ketones if protein intake was increased, b) fasting during the day would have a positive impact on the keto diet.

Once the experiment concluded, DeLauer was surprised to see that not only did his sugar levels stay the same (despite higher intake of proteins throughout the week), but all the extra protein he ingested didn't throw him out of ketosis. In fact, he found that after his workouts, his ketone levels were higher than they were when not.

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DeLauer shares a theory as to why this might be happening. When your body is in gluconeogenesis (in simple termsits the process of proteins or extra fats in the body converting into sugar), only 10 percent of the process occurs with proteins. Since he was doubling his protein intake and decreasing his fat intake, DeLauer posits that that the protein was being sent to the muscles to be converted into sugar molecules, called glycogen. Therefore, he may have been burning off the glycogen in his body made from the proteins, and not from the stored fats.

And the results? Well, lets just say that the low fat keto experiment over the course of three weeks caused a 1% drop in body fat and 2 pound muscle gain.

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NHS guidelines on diet say that young children benefit from the calories and essential vitamins in milk. But they add: "For older children and adults, it's a good idea to go for lower-fat milks because having too much fat in your diet can result in you becoming overweight."

In a new review, researchers summarised the results from 29 studies in young people aged 2 to 18 years looking at how full-fat or reduced-fat milk or dairy products affect children's weight. They also considered effects on markers of heart disease and diabetes risk, such as cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar.

The researchers found no studies that linked drinking full-fat milk with higher weight, or that showed swapping to lower-fat (skimmed or semi-skimmed) milk could reduce weight. The picture was more complex for cholesterol, but any overall effect was likely to be small.

The researchers suggest that some children who have reduced-fat milk might eat more of other types of food to compensate for the lower calories in milk. Depending on what they eat or drink instead, this could explain some of the findings on weight.

The observational nature of the studies makes it difficult to assess the direct effect that dairy has on weight. The findings suggest that some older children may be able to continue to enjoy full-fat dairy as part of a wider balanced diet, which does not contain excessive saturated fat.

Milk and dairy products are part of a healthy, balanced diet.

Find out more about what to feed young children.

The researchers who carried out the study were from Edith Cowan University in Australia, and Fred Hutchinson Research Centre and University of Washington in the US. The study was partly funded by the US National Institutes for Health. All 3 researchers had previously accepted research grants from dairy-related organisations, which could represent a potential conflict of interest. The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Advances in Nutrition.

Both the Daily Telegraph and the Mail Online headlines said that the research proved that full-fat dairy "will not" make children overweight. However, the study does not conclusively prove that full-fat dairy products do not make children overweight.

They found no evidence that they did, but the studies have limitations that mean we cannot be sure there was no effect.

The Mail Online reported that the researchers said "giving your child anything but full-fat milk could make them feel hungry", which is not true. The researchers said it was possible that children felt less full after low-fat milk.

This was a systematic review of observational and interventional research studies into the effect of dairy fat on weight and cardiovascular risk.

Systematic reviews are good ways to summarise the state of research in a particular field. However, the strength and quality of the findings can only be as good as the underlying studies.

As was the case with this review, most studies assessing diet tend to be observational as it's unfeasible (and potentially unethical if there is a possibility of causing harm) to randomise people to follow a dietary pattern for a long period of time to look at health outcomes.

As such you cannot be sure that other health and lifestyle factors are not influencing the links. So the results need to be interpreted with some caution.

Researchers looked for any published studies including children aged 2 to 18 that looked at links between whole-fat or reduced-fat dairy and measures of weight or body fat. They also looked at markers of cardiovascular risk, such as cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar.

They found only 1 randomised controlled trial (RCT), which is the best type of study for seeing the direct effects of interventions. In this case, the trial compared what happened when families swapped full-fat for reduced-fat milk for their children for 12 weeks. 1 study was a non-randomised controlled trial. 27 studies were observational cohort studies.

Some of the cohorts were prospective, where researchers ask people about their regular diet, then follow them up to see what happens to measures like body mass index and cholesterol over time. However, most were cross-sectional studies, where researchers ask people about their regular diet and then look at measures such as body mass index and cholesterol levels at the time of the diet questionnaire.

Because of differences in methods between the studies and the outcomes they recorded, the researchers did not pool the results. Instead, they described the studies they found and their overall conclusions from them.

None of the 29 studies found that drinking full-fat milk or eating full-fat dairy products increased children's weight.

The single RCT found no difference in any measure of body weight after 12 weeks of reduced-fat instead of full-fat dairy products, in 145 children.

5 prospective cohort studies found that children who ate or drank full-fat dairy were less likely to have a higher body weight. The studies found that eating or drinking reduced-fat dairy products either made no difference to weight, or increased weight.

The picture was less clear for cholesterol. Some studies found that so-called "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol was lower with reduced-fat dairy products, while others found that the ratio between total cholesterol and so-called "good" high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was not affected.

Of the 4 studies looking at blood pressure, 3 found no difference between reduced-fat and full-fat dairy, while 1 found that blood pressure was lower with full-fat dairy. There was little information about measures of inflammation or blood sugar control relating to whole fat versus reduced-fat dairy.

The researchers said: "Our review suggests that dietary recommendations to limit consumption of whole-fat dairy products in children are not supported by existing, relatively limited evidence." They added: "The current body of evidence on this topic has many limitations, including a lack of good-quality randomised controlled trials."

The main conclusion from this summary of the research is that there is little high-quality evidence available to tell us whether full-fat or reduced-fat dairy products are best for children's health.

The studies included were mostly cross-sectional observational studies. This means they look at a snapshot in time and it is difficult to assess cause and effect.

For example, children who are overweight might be switched by their parents to reduced-fat dairy products to try to help them lose weight. The study results would then show a link between reduced-fat dairy and being overweight, but this does not mean that low-fat dairy has caused the child's current weight status.

Then various other health and lifestyle factors notably the rest of the child's diet and their physical activity levels could also be influencing the links. Such factors were not always taken into account, but even when they are it's difficult to fully remove their effect.

The only RCT was quite small and limited to 12 weeks, which might be too short to show a change in weight. There were problems with other trials, which used different formulations of milk and did not randomly assign who got which type of milk.

The included studies were mainly from the US, with others from a wide range of countries including Central and South America, the UK, Europe and Australia. One limitation is that these countries vary in how milk is produced, with the US producing most milk from grain-fed cattle, while more milk in the UK is from grass-fed cattle. It's difficult to know the effect that this could have.

However, it is interesting that none of the studies included showed any link between weight and type of dairy products consumed. You might expect people eating lower-calorie products to have a lower weight, but as the researchers suggest, we do not know what other foods they may have been eating alongside the low-fat dairy.

Eating a balanced diet overall and doing regular physical activity is likely to be the best way to keep to a healthy weight. Looking at one element, such as dairy products, in isolation may not give the whole answer. It may be possible to include higher-fat dairy in the diet, provided that the individual's total saturated fat intake does not exceed recommended limits.

Find out more about dairy in your diet.

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The ways to protect yourself from contracting the coronavirus are simple and boring: wash your hands, avoid contact with people who might be sick ... you know the drill. Some advocates of particular diets are saying you also need to eat a certain way, or take supplements, to which our best knowledge is: no.

Heres a carnivore arguing that the vitamins in meat are essential for the immune system. Heres an entrepreneur with #KETO in their twitter bio making a somewhat convoluted argument about metabolic syndrome and mortality rates. Somehow, people who were already promoting a certain dietwhichever diet that may have beenhave concluded that their favorite diet gives special protection against COVID-19.

Meanwhile, actual doctors and scientists are making no such claims. Let me refer you once again to the World Health Organizations instructions on protecting yourself, which include washing your hands and staying away from sick people. Not eating a specific diet.

They do mention, in a document on managing stress, maintaining proper diet, sleep, exercise, and social contacts. That matches the other general advice that youve probably seen for protecting yourself against colds and seasonal flu every year. Take care of yourself, physically and mentally, because it sure cant hurt.

This Harvard Health article goes into a bit more depth, if youd like extra reassurance. It mainly ends up debunking the whole idea of boosting your immune system with diet, because you cant. Eat diet high in fruits and vegetables, they say, and consider a multivitamin if youre still worried about it. Heres their summary of the state of research:

Scientists have long recognized that people who live in poverty and are malnourished are more vulnerable to infectious diseases. Whether the increased rate of disease is caused by malnutritions effect on the immune system, however, is not certain. There are still relatively few studies of the effects of nutrition on the immune system of humans, and even fewer studies that tie the effects of nutrition directly to the development (versus the treatment) of diseases.

Bottom line, if you eat a particularly bad dietlike if youre under-eating or if you are routinely missing out on vitaminsits possible that could slightly weaken your immune system. This doesnt mean you need to eat keto or anything else. It only means that if youve been getting by on a few cups of ramen a day, you should probably branch out and make sure youre eating like a normal human being.

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A SARINA mother's world was turned upside down when she found out her daughter was living with a rare genetic condition.

But the diagnosis was a blessing in disguise, after years of failed treatments, stress and heartache.

Growing up with constant seizures, what mum Kerrie Odger thought was her daughter's epilepsy, turned out to be GLUT1.

Sarina mother Kerrie Odger with her daughter Katie Paidley. Picture: contributed.

The rare disorder stops a person absorbing glucose, effectively starving the brain of fuel.

The only known solution - the keto diet.

Highly criticised by some while loved by others, the controversial diet is the only thing that "cured" little Katie Paidley, her mum said.

Ms Odger said within two weeks of being on the diet, her 11-year-old daughter's seizures had almost completely stopped.

Within a couple of months, she said her daughter could go back to school full-time and within a year she was hitting milestones she had never reached before, like riding a bike.

The condition was diagnosed by Brisbane doctors in October 2018 after months of begging for Katie to be tested.

Sarina girl Katie Paidley, 11, will be on the keto diet for life, after being diagnosed with GLUT1 in 2018. Picture: Rainee Shepperson.

"We always thought Katie had epilepsy, but despite taking medication her seizures just kept getting worse," Ms Odger said.

"She would sleep half the day, and her seizures were constant and at times would completely paralyse her.

"We were told about GLUT1 from a friend and asked doctors to test for it but were told it was too rare a condition to be the problem.

"It was only after Katie was flown to Brisbane because she was so sick, that doctors finally did the test.

"Katie's results came back positive and within a week she was on the keto diet."

Ms Odger, who owns Beach Road Fitness in Sarina with her partner Dennis Paidley, is sharing her daughter's story to create awareness about GLUT1, and the positive effects of the keto diet.

Despite constant backlash the diet receives, she said it was the only thing that could save her daughter's life.

Katie's meals are now structured around high amounts of fats, protein, vegetables and small portions of fruit.

Katie's typical keto-friendly lunch box. Picture: Contributed.

She can only eat 16g of carbs a day, less than a piece of bread, but her brain is finally receiving the fuel it needs to function normally.

"She was sleeping half the day, it was like she was a zombie," Ms Odger said.

"People see her now and they can't believe it is the same kid.

"I think some people are misinformed about the keto diet but it's like anything, if you follow it correctly it will work."

Many children with GLUT1 have such severe muscle wastage that they have to be in a wheelchair, but Katie is one of the lucky ones; swimming, running and even enjoying gymnastics.

Only 500 cases have been reported worldwide since the disorder was first identified in 1991.

Ms Odger encouraged parents to always trust their gut, even if doctors disagreed.

She said children with epilepsy often had incredible results on the keto diet and suggested trying it if medication was not working.

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Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), occurs when too much bacteria, usually coliforms, grow in the small intestine. Coliform bacteria ferment carbohydrates, which often leads to symptoms like excess gas, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. So the idea behind the SIBO diet is to maintain gut health by eating foods that are less likely to ferment in the intestine and feed coliform bacteria.

While SIBO is initially treated with antibiotics, "we think that the diet will prevent the bacteria from coming back," says Mark Pimentel, MD, director of the Medically Associated Science and Technology program and associate professor of gastroenterology at Cedars-Sinai health organization.

There has been relatively little research conducted on the SIBO diet, but it has many overlaps with the low-FODMAP diet, which has more scientific backing as a treatment for gastrointestinal issues. Here's what you need to know about the risk of developing SIBO and how the SIBO diet can help.

Many people assume that SIBO is caused by "bad bacteria" in the gut, but the issue is not the type of bacteria, but rather the amount. It is normal to have a lot of bacteria in the colon, where digestion moves more slowly, but an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine causes problems like gas and bloating or more concerning symptoms, like diarrhea and constipation.

Age. There isn't enough research to determine how many young people have SIBO. However, among older adults, SIBO is fairly common around 15% of older people have the condition. Older adults are more susceptible to SIBO because they are more likely to have slow digestion and to get gastrointestinal surgeries, which can disrupt the balance of gut bacteria.

IBS and other diseases. There's also a huge overlap in symptoms between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and SIBO and some estimates calculate that one-third of IBS patients have SIBO. You may be at greater risk of developing SIBO if you have a disease that slows digestion like Parkinson's disease, hypothyroidism, or diabetes.

Bowel obstruction. Having a bowel obstruction or deformity in your intestine caused by surgery can also put you at greater risk of developing SIBO.

Proton-pump inhibitors. If you have a condition like acid reflux for which you take proton-pump inhibitors like omeprazole, this will decrease your levels of stomach acid. Stomach acid is important because it prevents an overgrowth of bacteria in the upper small intestine, so without it, you're more likely to develop SIBO.

While the low-FODMAP diet was originally designed to treat IBS, it is often prescribed to treat SIBO as well. Like the low-FODMAP diet, the SIBO diet aims to reduce foods that can ferment in your intestines this means cutting out foods that normally digest more slowly like fiber and certain sugars like lactose.

The main difference between the SIBO diet and the low-FODMAP diet is the level of restriction, says Pimentel. For example, the low-FODMAP diet cuts out most fruits and some root vegetables like onions and garlic, while the SIBO diet is more lenient.

On the SIBO diet, you should not eat:

Foods that break down quickly into simple sugars are good for SIBO, because they give you nutrition without feeding the bacteria in your lower intestines. SIBO diet-friendly foods include:

A day on the SIBO diet might look like:

Though there's less published scientific evidence for the SIBO diet's effectiveness compared to the low-FODMAP diet, Pimentel recommends that SIBO patients should choose the SIBO diet after taking antibiotics.

"The FODMAP diet is studied a lot more, but has some risks because of the restrictive nature," Pimentel says, adding that staying on the low-FODMAP diet for more than 3 months can put you at risk for malnutrition.

Pimentel advises that people should not try to follow the diet on their own, and should always work with a doctor. While people with conditions like IBS or SIBO often feel better when eating highly-restrictive diets, they may harm their overall health in their effort to avoid symptoms. "Being under the guidance of a dietician is the proper way to do it so that you don't fall into the traps of the diets," says Pimentel.

If one round of antibiotics and the SIBO diet don't work to get rid of SIBO symptoms, you may need to do multiple courses of antibiotics, Pimentel says. If there is an underlying condition like diabetes or an obstructed bowel causing SIBO, you may develop recurrent SIBO and you will need to treat the larger problem or regularly take courses of antibiotics.

There are promising results for low-fermentation diets treating gut diseases like IBS, but there is no evidence yet proving this type of diet will have the same effect for SIBO. No matter what diet you choose to follow, make sure that you are always under the supervision of a medical provider.

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