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Not all public health experts say you must cut out diet sodas completely, however. In response to the recent Stroke study, Rachel K. Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., past chair of the American Heart Associations Nutrition Committee and professor of nutrition at the University of Vermont, said that limiting sugars is still important for health, and until we know more, people should use artificially-sweetened drinks cautiously.

In a statement following the Stroke study, The Calorie Council, an organization representing the diet food and beverage industry, said theres no reason to give up your diet soda habit just yet, because artificial sweeteners have been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration and are deemed safe, and that evidence of their health impacts is still limited.

In the end, the occasional sodawith sugar or artificial sweetenersis probably fine. But your best bet the vast majority of the time, says Avitzur, is to stick with water, plain or sparkling. If you find unflavored water boring, add a splash of bitters with a slice of lemon or lime.

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Spring is in the air, and so are new diet plans. Everyone wants that certain body type or to get rid of a few extra pounds before its time to pull out that summer wardrobe, and there are hundreds of diets out there promising results.

Most focus on weight loss, but weight loss alone isnt always an indicator of health. And diets that call for extreme eating changes arent always healthy or palatable long-term. You may be able to eat only cabbage soup for a week, but not for the rest of your life!

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And often the fast weight loss these diets promise is gained back just as quickly, a phenomenon thats well-documented andmay be the result of diets that are too restrictive.

It might be time for something new on the diet scene. U.S. News and World Report has released its diet rankings for 2017, and a diet youve never heard of has taken the fourthslot in the overall rankings, is thirdin heart-healthy diets, and ranks 18thin weight loss. Its called the TLC diet, and its initials stand for Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes. It doesnt sound trendy, and thats because its not.

Though weight loss is often a byproduct of the diet, it doesnt promise a supermodel body or results within a certain time frame. It was developed to combat heart disease the number-one killer of Americans by tackling high blood cholesterol with healthy lifestyle changes, but by adjusting your caloric goals you can target healthy weight loss, too.

Cut saturated fat to less than 7 percent of your calorie intake. For a 1,500-calorie diet, thats less than 10 grams of saturated fat.

Theres a lot of flexibility within the diet that allows people to eat things they enjoy. Like most effective plans for weight loss, the TLC diet involves counting calories and staying close to the range recommended for your height, weight, and activity level. You might have to get out your calculator for the first few weeks, but the guidelines are simple and quickly become habit.

Cut saturated fat to less than 7 percent of your calorie intake. For a 1,500-calorie diet, thats less than 10 grams of saturated fat, which often means less full-fat dairy and fatty meats. Trans fat, found mostly as hydrogenated oils, in products such asmargarine and packaged foods, should be avoided if at all possible and is one of very few ingredients the TLC diet tries to cut out entirely. Theres no limit on unsaturated fats, but keep in mind that foods high in fat tend to be high in calories, so keep that calorie limit in mind when choosing foods that are high in healthy fats.

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Saturated fat actually has a bigger impact on blood cholesterol levels than dietary cholesterol, but cholesterol should still be kept under 200 mg a day. Full-fat dairy products, shrimp, egg yolks, and organ meats are all high in cholesterol. These foods arent forbidden, though. A 3.5-ounce serving of shrimp contains 189 mg of cholesterol. Just ditch the cream sauce and opt for olive oil and herbs instead to stay under your cholesterol limit.

The TLC diet also recommends getting a lot of soluble fiber, at least five to 10grams a day but preferably 10to25 grams a day. While insoluble fiber passes through the digestive tract pretty much undigested (giving your colon a nice workout), soluble fiber dissolves into a substance that actually coats the walls of your intestines and keeps them from absorbing dietary fat and cholesterol. Cereal grains such asoatmeal, whole fruits, and beans are all good sources of soluble fiber.

Because of research that shows heart benefits for omega-3 fatty acids, the diet recommends two fish meals a week. It also recommends avoiding foods high in sodium and restricting alcohol intake to one drink a day for women and two a day for men.

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The last key part of the TLC diet is an important one get 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity most days of the week, preferably every day. Gardening, golfing (without a cart), playing tennis, biking, and brisk walking are all examples of moderate-intensity activities, and its important to pick something you enjoy. Join a group, class or club to stay motivated!

Always check with your doctor before starting a new diet, and you can check out the complete guide to the TLC diethere.

Dr. Manny Alvarez serves as Fox News Channels senior managing health editor. He also serves as chairman of the department of obstetrics/gynecology and reproductive science at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey.This Fox News article is used with permission; it first appeared on AskDrManny.com.

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Susan Morgan, age 5, holds a bunch of bananas in Ponchatoula, La., in 1955. Susan was diagnosed with celiac disease and was prescribed a diet of 200 bananas weekly. AP hide caption

Susan Morgan, age 5, holds a bunch of bananas in Ponchatoula, La., in 1955. Susan was diagnosed with celiac disease and was prescribed a diet of 200 bananas weekly.

The year was 1945, and 2-year-old Lindy Thomson had been given a few weeks to live. She suffered from diarrhea and projectile vomiting, and she was so thin and weak, she could no longer walk. Her parents had taken her from doctor to doctor. Finally, Dr. Douglas Arnold in Buffalo, N.Y., offered a most unusual prescription: She was to eat bananas.

"At least seven bananas a day," recalls the patient, who now goes by her married name, Lindy Redmond.

"To whom it may concern," the doctor wrote on a prescription pad that Lindy still has as a keepsake. Lindy Thomson "has celiac disease (a nutritional disorder)."

The unusual prescription that Lindy Thomson (now Lindy Redmond) received from Dr. Douglas Arnold when she was 2 to treat her celiac disease: It recommended moving to clean mountain air and following a high-calorie, banana-based diet. Courtesy of Lindy Redmond hide caption

The unusual prescription that Lindy Thomson (now Lindy Redmond) received from Dr. Douglas Arnold when she was 2 to treat her celiac disease: It recommended moving to clean mountain air and following a high-calorie, banana-based diet.

Arnold recommended that Lindy move to the clean mountain air in California and follow a high-calorie, banana-based diet invented by Dr. Sidney Haas in 1924. The diet forbade starches but included numerous daily bananas, along with milk, cottage cheese, meat and vegetables. It was so effective in patients with celiac disease that in the 1930s, the University of Maryland endorsed the diet, according to pediatric gastroenterologist Alessio Fasano, chair of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a specialist in celiac disease.

"At that time, around 30 percent of children with celiac died. Parents were instructed to drop their children off at the hospital for six months," says Fasano. If the children survived and thrived on the banana-based diet, the parents could then "pick them up and take them home."

We now know that celiac is an autoimmune disorder that strikes genetically predisposed people. It's triggered by gluten in grains such as wheat, barley and rye. In the presence of gluten, the immune system of people with celiac disease attacks the small intestine, damaging the precious, fingerlike projections called villi that line it. This damage can lead to malnutrition, as well as a panoply of problems from gas and bloating to fatigue, anemia, osteoporosis and an increased risk of certain cancers. The disease is estimated to affect 1 in 100 people worldwide.

A childhood photo of Lindy Redmond, who was told she had two weeks to live before being diagnosed with celiac disease. Doctors treated her with a diet that eliminated starches but included daily bananas, dairy, meat and vegetables. She thought she was cured. Decades later, she found out she wasn't. Courtesy of Lindy Redmond hide caption

A childhood photo of Lindy Redmond, who was told she had two weeks to live before being diagnosed with celiac disease. Doctors treated her with a diet that eliminated starches but included daily bananas, dairy, meat and vegetables. She thought she was cured. Decades later, she found out she wasn't.

But in 1924, decades before gluten was discovered to be the culprit, celiac disease was a black box of mystery.

"The diet was unintentionally gluten-free and also incredibly high in calories," explains Tricia Thompson, founder of Gluten Free Watchdog. "It is incredible what the mothers and fathers did, going down to the docks to meet the ships and buy multiple bananas hanging on branches. So many people were so very grateful to him," she says of Haas. "He saved their lives."

Haas arrived at his banana diet through an honest error one that, unfortunately, had serious repercussions for people with celiac disease. In his 1924 paper, he wrote of a town in Puerto Rico where "dwellers who eat much bread suffer from [celiac] sprue while the farmers who live largely on bananas never."

Haas skipped over the role of wheat and focused instead on the exotic bananas, which he thought held curative powers. (Not unlike the esteem in which exotic "superfruits" such as mangosteen and acai berry are held today.) "Dr. Haas' approach," says Fasano, "was based on the fact that bananas had the best characteristics to counterbalance the purging diarrhea that was the typical clinical presentation of celiac disease at that time."

Parents and children came to Haas from all over the U.S. He eventually treated over 600 people who had celiac disease. One of his "banana babies" wrote down her memories for Gluten Free Watchdog's site, recalling how Haas' "office was filled with children of all ages and many I remember looked like they came from the concentration camps ... with their sunken eyes and swollen stomachs." Once on the diet, the children recovered.

For a time, belief in the healing properties of the banana was widespread and extended beyond celiac disease. Mothers were told to feed their infants bananas starting at 4 weeks. And at Johns Hopkins University, a doctor named George Harrop tried a version of the banana diet on people with diabetes and found that it helped them lose weight.

"The public went bananas," says Alan Levinovitz, a religion professor at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., and author of The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What You Eat.

But Haas' honest error led to serious consequences. As the children recovered, wheat was reintroduced.

"All my life I have told doctors I had celiac as a child," says Lindy Redmond, "and that I grew out of it. And all my life I have eaten wheat." It was only when she was 66 that her doctor gave her a test and took seven intestinal biopsies.

"My intestine was very damaged," she reports. "My doctor said she didn't know if it would ever recover."

It was then that Redmond wondered about the possible connection between lifelong, untreated celiac disease and her two miscarriages, frequent bouts of colds and bronchitis, and interminable constipation. Now 74 and off gluten, Redmond says the colds and constipation are gone.

It was a Dutch pediatrician, Willem Karel Dicke, who first realized that wheat might be linked to celiac disease. He noticed that in the last few years of World War II, when bread was unavailable in the Netherlands, the mortality rate from celiac disease dropped to zero. In 1952, Dicke and his colleagues identified gluten as the trigger for celiac disease, and the gluten-free diet was born.

But Haas railed against the gluten-free diet and went on promoting his banana-based cure, according to Levinovitz.

"Haas saw these miraculous reversals," explains Levinovitz, "and didn't want to give up his status as a trailblazing savior."

Only the banana diet, Haas claimed, could achieve "a cure which is permanent."

As a result, says Levinovitz, celiac disease was taken more seriously in Europe and continued to be "massively underdiagnosed here in the U.S."

Jill Neimark is an award-winning science journalist and an author of adult and children's books.

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With summer right around the corner, now just might be thetime to give in to the program everyone has been talkingabout Whole30.

The purpose of the dietis not specifically to lose weight, but rather to reset your relationship with your health and with food, according to the co-creator and the Whole30 Cookbook author Melissa Hartwig.

For 30 days, you eliminate foods deemed problematic by researchsuch as additives, sugar and refined carbs then you slowly reintroduce those foods to track changes in how you feel.

The program has taken the social media world by storm, withpeople posting their recipes, tips and encouraging each other to stick to it for the whole month.

If you havent jumped on board just yet, here are a days worth ofrecipes to help get you started. As youll notice, the key to sticking to the diet whilestaying full is hearty proteins (yes, even bacon) balanced with large portions of fruits and veggies.

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2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1 medium-size sweet potato, peeled and cut into 8 (-in.-thick) rounds tsp. table salt, divided tsp. black pepper, divided 2 tsp. white vinegar 4 large eggs 1 garlic clove, minced 4 oz. baby spinach 4 Whole30-compliant bacon slices (such as Wellshire), cooked crisp and broken in half Whole30-compliant hot sauce (such as Tabasco)

1. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium. Add sweet potatoes in a single layer, and cook until fork-tender and browned on both sides, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate, and sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon each salt and pepper.

2. Fill a wide saucepan with 3 inches of water. Add vinegar, and bring to a boil over high. Crack each egg into a separate small bowl. Gently slide each egg into boiling water. Remove pan from heat, cover, and let stand 3 minutes for soft yolks or 5 minutes for firm yolks. Using a slotted spoon, remove eggs from pan, and place on a plate lined with paper towels.

3. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in skillet over medium. Add garlic, and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in spinach, and cook, stirring, until wilted, about 1 minute. Stir in remaining 1/8 teaspoon each salt and pepper.

4. Stack 2 sweet-potato rounds, and top evenly with spinach, bacon and poached egg. Top with a dash of hot sauce.

Serves: 2 Active time: 5 minutes Total time: 25 minutes

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3 tbsp. white wine vinegar 1 tsp. Whole30-compliant Dijon mustard (such as Annies) 10 pitted kalamata olives, finely chopped 1 anchovy fillet, minced 1 garlic clove, minced 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil tsp. black pepper 4 small Yukon Gold potatoes 1 tsp. table salt 6-8 fresh asparagus stalks, trimmed 8 oz. baby arugula 2 (5-oz.) cans water-packed wild albacore tuna, drained and flaked 2 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and quartered 1 large tomato, cut into wedges Small fresh basil leaves (optional)

1. Whisk together vinegar, mustard, olives, anchovy and garlic in a small bowl. Slowly drizzle oil into bowl, whisking constantly until emulsified. Sprinkle with pepper.

2. Cover potatoes with water in a large saucepan over high; add salt. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer, uncovered, just until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain potatoes, reserving 1 inch of water in pan. Transfer potatoes to a small bowl, cut in half, and drizzle with 2 tablespoons vinaigrette. Bring reserved water to simmer over medium. Add asparagus to pan; cook until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Immediately place in ice water to cool. Drain.

3. Divide arugula between 2 plates. Divide tuna, eggs, tomato, potatoes and asparagus evenly between servings. Drizzle with remaining vinaigrette; sprinkle with basil if desired.

Serves: 2 Active time: 20 minutes Total time: 30 minutes

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2 tsp. chili powder tsp. table salt, divided 3/8 tsp. black pepper, divided 3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided 3 tbsp. fresh lime juice, divided 4 (1-in.-thick) boneless pork loin chops (about 6 oz. each) 4 cups cubed seedless watermelon, chilled cup thinly sliced red onion 2 tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro, plus more for serving Lime wedges

1. Preheat a grill to medium (350 to 400). Combine chili powder, tsp. salt and tsp. pepper in a small bowl. Whisk in 2 tbsp. each of the olive oil and lime juice. Brush both sides of pork chops with oil mixture. Grill chops on oiled grates, uncovered, turning once, until internal temperature reaches 145, 7 to 9 minutes. Let rest 3 to 5 minutes.

2. For the salad, combine watermelon, onion and cilantro in a medium bowl. Drizzle with remaining 1 tbsp. each olive oil and lime juice. Sprinkle with tsp. salt and 1/8 tsp. pepper; toss gently to coat.

3. Serve pork chops with watermelon salad. Serve with lime wedges, and sprinkle with additional cilantro.

Serves: 4 Active time: 15 minutes Total time: 25 minutes

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Jinder Mahal stunned WWE fans worldwide Sunday night at Backlash in Chicago, where he defeated Randy Orton to become the new WWE World Champion.

Mahal'srise to the top of the SmackDown Live roster has occurred seemingly overnight,and his victory over Orton was historic. He became the first Indian WWE Champion, a decade afterThe Great Khali held the World Heavyweight Championship.

Prior to his first appearance on SmackDown as a champion Tuesday night, Mahal spoke to Fox Sports about the reaction to Backlash, his relationship with Vince McMahon, and his workout regimen.

Via WWE.com

Jinder Mahal: Very crazy, you know, Ive just been so busy. I havent taken the time to really let it sink in. Im sure when I go home tomorrow itll all sink in. But right after I won I was in the gym the next day training, [had] a live event yesterday, trained again today and Im on SmackDown.

That moment when I won and when I came back through Gorilla the best thing thats ever happened to me. 15 years Ive put in work, hard work to get to this point. Obviously I went through being released from WWE being signed at a young age to debut when I was 24. So, you know, its been quite the roller coaster but at that moment it was all worth it. I look forward to once I get home and have a minute to reflect and some alone time.

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Jinder Mahal: I think the response has been great from the rest of the boys. You know, Im an example that in the WWE there are opportunities for people who work hard, improve constantly. I think its great for morale, too, for guys who are lower on the card. Sometimes you get unhappy with your position. I was there with them. I was in the opening match, losing to El Torito in the opening match in 30 seconds - and now Im WWE Champion just through coming back every week and being relentless and wanting to improve everything. My promos, my look, my physique. I think, all in all, its a great change in WWE it showed theyre willing to reward hard work.

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Jinder Mahal: He was very happy, shook my hand. He was standing up when I came back through Gorilla. I get a lot of advice from Vince. I believe hes a genius, so a lot of promos and everything the last couple weeks after a match or a promo, Vince is the first person that I come to talk to. He was very happy, he could see that I was improving, and Vince is one of those guys if you care, he cares about you. I have a great relationship with Vince now, which is one of those things I never had before, because I would kind of avoid him. But now I come back and Vince is the first person that I see every week.

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Jinder Mahal: That building, just the way the acoustics are its a taller arena, but it gathers a large capacity. It is one of the rowdiest crowds.

Leading up to this match, I had no idea what the reaction was going to be. Whether they were going to be silent, whether they were going to boo me or cheer, its just so unpredictable. Chicagos one of those places where truly dont know, but once I was out there the reaction was great.

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Jinder Mahal: He is right. I was 23, I was right out of college, and then I debuted, I was on the SmackDown roster when I was 24. So it was a little bit too much too soon. Ill be the first to admit that I wasnt quite ready for the responsibility inside the ring and outside the ring. I got sidetracked.

Now, looking back, being released was one of the best things that ever happened to me because I developed so much as a performer and as a person outside the ring. Inside of the ring, I got my confidence back. I had lost my confidence just working short matches, losing in like three minutes. I had to wrestle in these 20-minute long matches, main-event style matches, and I got my confidence back. So that was very important.

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Jinder Mahal: Everybody here aspires to be world champion. Its like all football players aspire to win the Super Bowl.

Yeah, at a certain point I had kind of maybe given up on the dream. Maybe it wont happen. But I saw when I got back, as soon as I started caring, as soon as I started putting in more effort, things just started happening in a positive way, so it just motivated me to work even harder. Writing down my goals is one of the things I started to do about a year ago. Every day I write down [goals], I have my organizer.

I messed up, I didnt write become WWE Champion, I would write become a champion in WWE.

Its one of those things that I put it out there and I worked at it and now Im WWE Champion.

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Jinder Mahal: Maharaja means the grand king. Maha means grand, and raja, is king.

Fox Sports: What does it mean for you personally to refer to yourself as the Maharaja?

Jinder Mahal: Its just an attitude that I have I believe in my mind that Im one of the best in WWE, and now I have the WWE Championship, so it kind of cements it. If you believe it, you can achieve it.

If I aspire to be the king of WWE, one day if I keep working at it, I will be the king of WWE.

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Jinder Mahal: That moment actually came before I signed back with WWE. I was kind of in a slump and I was eating junk food every day, drinking too much, and I actually weighed about 260. Just kind of real soft.

So one day I just decided that enoughs enough. I stopped drinking, I still dont drink. Its been almost a year now, itll be a year next week. I just ordered [from] a meal prep company called Nutrition Solutions, I ordered a meal prep and thats virtually all I ate. And I started training again, and just, you know, caring about myself. Two months later I was signed back to WWE. Whereas I sat out for two years, nobody called me, nobody cared about me. As soon as I started caring, two months later I was signed back to WWE. It just sparked something in me, if I keep working If I care, they care. And doors start to open.

I havent eaten a cheat meal in months, but Im not even tempted to because I see the results that Im getting and its giving me confidence, which in return [makes] me more aggressive in the ring, and helps make me more believable as a superstar. Its motivating me even more. Diet hard, train hard.

After the world championship, no cheating, just had chicken and rice and I was in the gym the next day early in the morning. Im going to keep working hard, and hopefully this is just the beginning.

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Jinder Mahal: Its not hard, you just have to make it a priority.

So, first thing I do when I wake up in a hotel room or at home is I do empty-stomach cardio. Sometimes 45 minutes, sometimes 20 minutes, sometimes half and hour, just before I eat. I drink some water and I just do the elliptical trainer. So that kind of puts me in a fat-burning state for the rest of the day.

What I do normally is I do the cardio, then Ill eat - protein shake, oatmeal, banana - then Ill hit the gym, and Ill be in the gym for two hours.

Ill train for about an hour and a half, stretch for 30 minutes, and thats it for exercise. Cardio, stretch and train six days a week, one day rest day.

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Jinder Mahal: Hes a powerhouse. You could see he whipped me so far back my head hit the rope. Hes strong, hes a big boy. If WWE is something that he wants to pursue, Im sure he could easily do it. He could become a great WWE superstar.

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Sarah Goodenough used to love cheeseburgers, oftenchowing down on three a day. But after ditching them for a plant-based, vegan diet, the mom of two has lost 141 lbs.

As a nursing student in 2009, Goodenough weighed 299 lbs., and struggled to keep up with her job in the critical care unit.

Any physical activity for me was difficult, and as a nurse youre never sitting down, Goodenough, 30, tells PEOPLE. Youre constantly on your feet for 12-plus hours a shift. I would have knee problems, ankle pain, back pain. I developed severe asthma later in life, to the point where I was taking steroids everyday, I was getting pneumonia all the time so I was sick a lot, and I had to use an inhaler several times a day. I kind of just thought that that was the norm for me for the rest of my life.

And then a trip to the doctor showed that her body was in even worse shape than she realized.

I was having some weird symptoms, with a lot of nausea and vomiting. They did an ultrasound and told me I had fatty liver disease, Goodenough says. My doctor said thats something that only happens at least in middle age. My health was completely gone and I was only 22 years old.

The diagnosis pushed Goodenough to make a change, and she started by reading The China Study, about a plant-based diet.

The evidence in it was so profound that I decided to change my diet and my lifestyle, she says. I started by first cutting out dairy and processed meat, like sausage, red meats and burgers. From there I started incorporating more beans, legumes, fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and I would experiment with cooking. It was a challenge at first, but then it became fun because we were just trying new different recipes and everything tasted different so it was cool and fun.

Learn more about Sarahand the five other women who lost 100 lbs. in the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands now.

Within a year, just from a vegan diet, Goodenough lost around 100 lbs., and decided to change her career to focus on healthy eating.

I decided at that point that I wanted to do something more hands-on, something that would be more direct to consumer. I started a whole food, plant-based meal delivery company in Rochester, New York named Kitchen Verde, she says, adding that shewas even able towork with the author of The China Study to promote the program. Weve had amazing results!

Now Goodenough who still picks up nursing shifts creates vegan meals for her customers just like the ones that helped her lose and maintain her 141 lb. weight loss like breakfast parfaits with oats, chia seeds and homemade jams; whole wheat pizzas; kale quinoa bowls and bean burgers to replace those cheeseburgers of the past.

And shes upped her fitness, running five to seven miles almost every day, with her first half-marathon coming up in the spring.

I have more confidence than ever, she says. It has everything to do with how much strength and determination it took to get to where I am.

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Young Mets outfielder Michael Conforto takes a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.

Q: It is so rare for one guy to have his entire career in New York Derek Jeter had it. Is that something youve thought of, spending your entire career as a Met? A: If it all works out that way, absolutely. I dont see why not. But a lot of things have to happen in order for that to happen that way. Derek was very fortunate to be able to do that. I definitely wouldnt be against it. Id love to be here for my career. But well worry about that when it comes time to make those decisions.

Q: Why do you enjoy playing in New York? A: I love the city. It does get overwhelming at times, but I love the energy in the city, the passionate fans. You dont get that everywhere. And when you travel to places that dont have the fans that we have, or just the energy of New York, its a different feeling. It would be much harder to come out and play every single day without that buzz in the stadium. Although right now has been a tough time for our team, our fans still show up and they still are passionate, and they still make it fun to come out and play every single day.

Q: Do you set career goals? A: I definitely have an idea of where I want to end up, thats for sure.

Q: Tell me about that idea. A: Its really something that I keep to myself probably. I think everyone knows that as a competitive person I want to be the best that I can be. But I dont feel like that needs to be out there for everyone to know.

Q: Except you once told me you wanted to be a Hall of Famer. A: If youre not shooting high, what are you doing playing the game, you know? So why not shoot as high as you can? I definitely have my expectations, I guess.

Q: What is it about your game that gives you the confidence that you can aspire to have those expectations? A: I think I can do a lot of things. I think I can hit to all fields. Im confident in my approach at the plate, and I think Im still learning as far as growing as a hitter. Im very confident in the way that I can play the outfield. And I think, like I said, Im just continuing to grow as a player, so I dont see a ceiling for myself as far as who Ican be as a player.

Q: The scouting reports early on were that you were an average defender. Did that motivate you to prove that wrong? A: Yeah, definitely. I didnt feel like that was accurate. Every time I would hear that, it would motivate me to get better. It didnt make me angry, but it definitely motivated me to show that that wasnt true.

Q: How comforting is it to know that youre here to stay whereas as recently as spring training you might have had to worry about that? A: Its a good feeling. I definitely have experience with that not being the case, like you said. Spring training, the position was definitely not for certain, and that was definitely in my mind coming to the field every day, I was working towards just being on the team, as opposed to the year before I kind of had the starting job already there for me.

Q: How much was your pride stung when you were sent down to Triple-A Las Vegas last August? A: I dont know about my pride being stung. I think it was just a learning experience for me. Its definitely an example of the way that baseball can humble you, bring you back down to earth a little bit. And definitely a motivating experience. So I wouldnt say my pride was stung or it really put me in a bad place. I think what it really did was motivated me and just kind of opened my eyes a little bit. I took a step back and reflected on what I could do to make myself better, and made sure that I stuck to that.

Q: Did you feel like you were getting complacent maybe? A: I think its a combination of a lot of things. I think I had some very high expectations for myself. Maybe they were unrealistic. Maybe I was looking too far ahead, of getting away from the present moment worrying about what I needed to do that day. I was young, I think I needed that experience just to grow up a little bit. So I think having been through that, I definitely have a different perspective on how I come out and go about my business.

Q: Well, how high were your expectations at that point? A: I just wanted to continue to go on that steady incline. I came up at 22, I went to the World Series, everything was good had a great month of April, and figured that everything would just continue to kind of go on that steady incline, when baseball is a game of ups and downs, and being able to deal with the downs 70 percent of the time as opposed to just the ups 30 percent of the time if youre a Hall of Famer. I got into a tough stretch, and I think I just tried to do too much.

Q: And you feel different? A: Just not as, I guess, tired coming to the park, tired during games. Not to say that I was exhausted the second month of the season, but I think you can feel those little differences, just being a little bit more healthy, I think it goes a long way. It shows up on the field obviously.

Q: Where is your confidence on a scale of 1-10, as opposed to where it was the day you were sent down? A: I dont want to say my confidence was shot just because I was getting sent down. I knew I was a great player. Obviously I went down and tore it up in Triple-A, so I had all the confidence in the world. Obviously youre gonna be a little upset getting sent down, and right now Im playing well, so Im feeling pretty good. I think my confidence is always there, so its tough for me to compare those two situations, but Id say my confidence is at a 10. Back then it was at a 10 it was just a tough situation back then.

Q: What would you say was the low point? A: If I had to pick a point, it would probably be when I got sent down, probably the second time last year. But like I said, I dont look at it now as a negative thing, I look at it as something that I grew from, and I wanted to make sure that I didnt look back at it as a negative thing more looking at it as the best thing that could have happened to me.

Q: A quote from you: I changed the way I was living. Can you elaborate on that? A: I wanted to have discipline in all areas of my life, whether that was what I was eating. Was I staying disciplined in my workouts? My family, making sure that Im seeing them, seeing my grandparents, my aunts and my uncles, my sister, everybody in my family. Just kind of in all areas of my life I wanted to have the discipline to be the person that I wanted to be.

Q: In what way did you change your diet? A: Stopped getting fast food, started making my own food for myself. Just a whole lot of chicken breast and broccoli and riceand avocado. Make my own breakfast in the morning kind of like prep my meals for the week. Id cook a bunch of food on a Sunday, and put it in Tupperware and stuff just to make sure I had meals for right after my workouts and stuff. In the past I would go to Chipotle, or I would go to a restaurant, grab some food, takeout, for after my workouts or whatever. I just never really paid attention to what I was eating, what I was putting in my body, and this offseason was a big change from that, just paying a little bit more attention to what I was fueling myself with.At the end I was [7 pounds] lighter, but I definitely lost a lot of fat, put on some muscle.

Q: You admire Tom Brady. A: Hes got a very strict diet, kind of shows how you can perform at a level that he does at his age.

Q: What was the most impactful text your mother sent you after you were sent down? A: I cant remember exactly what she said, but she told me to not let it get me down, to use it as a driving force to tear it up in the minor leagues, do everything I need to do to get back, and then go from there.

Q: What makes Kevin Long a good hitting coach? A: Other than just the fact that he knows hitting, hes worked with a lot of great hitters, what sets him apart is the energy that he brings on a daily basis. Ive never been around a guy who just kind of overflows with positive energy.

Q: If you could pick the brain of one hitter in history, who would it be? A: Ted Williams. I havent read his book, but Ive read some things that hes said talking about hitting, talking about the ideal swing being slightly upward on the plane with the pitch. It seems like he was kind of ahead of his time with all the launch-angle-type stuff going on now, guys trying to get the ball in the air and its just incredible to think about hitting .400 over the course of the season.

Q: Why are you off Twitter now? A: I just backed off of social media just tried to focus on stuff in the real world, and focus on baseball and just things that I felt like were more important my relationships with my team, my family, my friends, all that stuff.

Q: What is your best Mets moment? A: Its gotta be the two home runs in the World Series [2015, Game 4 against the Royals].

Q: How badly do you feel for David Wright? A: I was a fan of his growing up, watching him play. Its definitely tough to watch [him sidelined with a right shoulder impingement]. But just from talking to him, he doesnt want you to feel sorry for him. Hell tell you that hes had a great career, hes done all the things that he wants to and that hes still working towards being able to play. Knowing him and knowing the type of guy he is and what he means for this team, it is tough to watch, but I know that he wants the best for us, to keep doing what were doing and continue to grind on.

Q: What is your worst fear? A: If Im being completely honest, I hate heights. I like to stay on the ground. Being on my balcony, Im a little uncomfortable to be honest.

Q: You still live on the Upper East side but no longer with Noah Syndergaard? A: I guess its partially because of the uncertainty of whether or not Id be here to start the year. Really, I feel like Im never there, you know? (chuckle) Spend so much time here at the field.

Q: What do you like about that area? A: I guess its a little quieter than a lot of places in Manhattan. Its definitely kind of a neighborhood area, lots of families, lots of dogs everywhere. Its got everything though, youre definitely in the middle of Manhattan, but I have some peace and quiet a little bit.

Q: But you must be recognized all the time. A: Not as much as you think. I think I was recognized more when I first came up.

Q: Favorite NYC restaurants? A: Campagnola, Scalinatella. I love the New York Italian spots.

Q: What is it like being Michael Conforto? A: I dont feel like I live a glamorous lifestyle or any of that. I get to wake up every day and do what I love. I just want to play baseball and win.

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Try "Potomac Poutine" with tater tots, half smoke gravy, cheese curds, and bacon.

Laura HayesUpdate: At the time WCP reported and wrote this story, Diet Starts Monday had pulled a highly controversial item from its menu, a cocktail called "The Pill Cosby." We were not aware that the drink existed because the most current menus we viewed are the ones at the bottom of the story.

Diet Starts Monday is the perfect name for a restaurant that cranks out crinkle-cut fries and bacon-wrapped, foot-long hot dogs. But before it was a 14th Street NW bar, restaurant, and retail store, Diet Starts Monday was a clothing brand founded by Davin Gentry and John Geiger.

We named this on procrastination," Gentry says. "How many people put things off? And diet is the thing people procrastinate the most on. Sometimes that Monday never comes."

A self-proclaimed "foodie," Gentry says the idea of opening a restaurant has always been a distant dream, but when Eric and Ian Hilton approached him about taking over the space that formerly held The BBQ Joint, he jumped at the opportunity. A third partner, Scooty Hallums signed on and they hired Chef Jourdan "Red Beard" Davis to run the kitchen.

The name Diet Starts Monday foreshadows that the menu is full of fat-boy finesse. There's fried chicken served on a glazed donut bun ($13), a Chinatown cheesesteak that's part Philly classic, part banh mi sandwich ($15), and "Potomac Poutine" with tater tots, half smoke gravy, cheese curds, and bacon ($13). The menu is concise, but Gentry says they're still making changes. (Find the full food menu below.)

Cocktails include the "Marion Barry" with tequila, burnt maple syrup, and bitters ($14) and the "Dave Chapelle" with tequila, ginger beer, cucumber jalapeno syrup, lime, and triple sec ($14).

Diet Starts Monday is currently open Thursdays and Fridays from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. (kitchen closes at 11 p.m.), Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. (kitchen closes at 11 p.m.), and Sundays from 2-10 p.m. They don't take reservations.

"Our seating is a little different than a traditional restaurant because we still have that boutique SoHo vibe to the layout of the space," Gentry says. "Its almost like an art gallery but with limited seating." There are chairs for about 20 people, plus bleachers in the back.

"Its an eat, drink, shop, dance kind of place," Gentry says.

Diet Starts Monday,2005 14th St. NW;dietstartsmonday.us

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Raising animals for food is inefficient and misappropriates precious and increasingly scarce natural resources, including land, water and fossil fuels to grow and harvest grains and other crops to feed farm animals.

Raising animals for food is inefficient and misappropriates...

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is to be commended for promoting climate-friendly diets and discouraging the consumption of meat as part of its plan to lighten our ecological footprint. Our animal-based food system is one of the greatest contributors to climate change, and it demands our attention.

The United Nations warns that animal agriculture contributes more to climate change than the entire transportation industry and is responsible for the widespread destruction of natural ecosystems and the loss of biodiversity. Raising animals for food is inefficient and misappropriates precious and increasingly scarce natural resources, including land, water and fossil fuels to grow and harvest grains and other crops to feed farm animals. We could produce more food, and feed more people with fewer resources, by eating plants.

The Bay Area has an opportunity to create a more just, healthful and ecologically sound food system. Our food can empower and nourish us, or it can make us sick. In the United States, we suffer from heart disease, obesity, diabetes and other preventable diet-related illnesses. Experts estimate that we could save 70 percent on health care costs by shifting to a whole-foods, plant-based diet.

Some years ago, journalist Michael Pollan suggested that we: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. This remains cogent advice, especially because global meat consumption is increasing along with the human population. In economically ascendant countries such as China and India, where food systems historically have been largely plant-based, animal agriculture is becoming more prevalent. This is not sustainable, and the United Nations is urging people across the globe to curtail intake of animal foods. The Chinese government agrees and is taking steps to limit meat consumption among its populace.

For decades, U.S. consumers have ingested diets rich in meat, dairy and eggs, and we are now suffering the consequences. Excess waste from fertilizer and animal manure contaminates surface and groundwater, and runs into the Gulf of Mexico where it destroys sea life and creates dead zones. Californias Tulare County leads the nation in dairy production. It is named after Tulare Lake, once the largest fresh water lake in the western U.S., now empty, sucked dry by agriculture. The Colorado River has been exploited to the point that it doesnt even reach the ocean anymore.

California is the most populous and influential state in the United States, and the largest agricultural state. It is also the front-runner in organic production and home to innovative food businesses and entrepreneurs. Linked to climate change, health hazards, and other serious threats, our food system is emerging as one of the most important topics of our day. Bay Area residents can play a vital role in raising awareness and improving our broken food system.

Many problems in this world are outside of our power to change, but we each have control over what we choose to eat every day, and our food choices have wide-reaching impacts. By including food in its efforts to reduce the ecological harm that human beings are causing on Earth, and encouraging residents to eat plants instead of animals, the Bay Areas pollution control district has also opened up opportunities to improve citizens personal health and well-being, and to support a food system that empowers healthy communities. By changing and improving our food, we can change and improve the world.

Gene Baur is president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, a farm animal protection organization.

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What you eat can have a big impact on your body. In fact, many classic American comfort foods can actually increase the inflammation that leads to chronic disease, Sue Ryskamp, a senior dietitian at Michigan Medicines Frankel Cardiovascular Center, told Fox News.

And that inflammation can in turn mess with your hormones: Ryskamp notes that Barry Sears book The Anti-Inflammatory Zone outlines how certain inflammatory foods usually those high in saturated fat and simple carbohydrates can cause the overproduction of two key hormones in your body, pro-inflammatory eicosanoids and insulin. High levels of these hormones can then cause the body to produce more cortisol (a stress hormone), Ryskamp said, which leads to further inflammation.

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That doesn't mean you have to give up comfort food altogether, though: Instead, Ryskamp recommends that her clients swap pro-inflammatory foods for anti-inflammatory foods. Here are some of the worst offenders, and how to make them a bit healthier:

1. Macaroni and cheese Foods that are high in saturated fats, like macaroni and cheese, can contribute to inflammation, Ryskamp said, and in turn affect your hormones. Try having a small portion of this comfort food with a side of kale salad, she recommended, as vegetables contain thousands of phytonutrients (plant hormones) that have a hormone-balancing effect in the body, Ryskamp said.

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2. Soda Soda contains a lot of sugar, often in the form of high-fructose corn syrup, Liz Weinandy, a registered dietitian at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, told Fox News. And high-fructose corn syrup can affect our insulin levels even more than plain table sugar, she said, which is important given that insulin is an essential hormone that helps our body use energy in food.

Instead of soda, try a sparkling beverage with a little fruit juice, or some water infused with a few cut-up pieces of fruits like pineapples and strawberries.

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3. Hotdogs Processed meat such as hotdogs can be another big offender when it comes to stress and inflammation, Ryskamp said. Their high saturated fat content can contribute to inflammation, which in turn can create a hormonal imbalance.

Indulge only once in awhile, and if you can, try to go for a less-processed version, such as an organic hotdog or one made from grass-fed versus corn-fed beef, she recommended.

4. Candy Refined starches and sugars even healthier sugars like agave and honey can also contribute to inflammation, Weinandy said. They can alter our hunger hormones, especially insulin, she noted. Try limiting sweets and desserts as much as possible.

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