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Jenna Jameson was preaching the success of her keto diet following her pregnancy. But on Sunday, she revealed that she has re-gained all that weight after getting away from the diet in a post shared to her Instagram.

Confession. Ive gained 20 pounds. Ugh, she wrote. I decided to take a break from [keto] and live my best carby life. The weight came back fast and furious. I know a lot of people are quitting keto because its hard to maintain and after a year and a half I concur. Not sure if Im going to go back full force or just calorie count."

Many of her fans were commenting positive remarks about not letting the weight gain get her done as its a common thing among mothers.

"So brave of you to make the confession," one user responded. "I've gained 10 lbs back after adding carbs back. Makes me wonder how my body just adapts so quickly and starts storing it."

Back in September, the adult film star took to social media to open up to her followers about how she was able to shed off all the pounds that added up from her pregnancy.

It is absolutely possible to gain weight in your thighs and booty without getting a thick midsection," she wrote. "Lately Ive upped my calories just to run a test. I love how I look with thick thighs but despise feeling a muffin top. So I began eating a lot and not restricting my caloric intake. It absolutely worked. My thighs and hips have made themselves known. I avoided tummy bloat by not indulging in unneeded sugar, wasteful carbs and fast food.

In that same post, she also revealed some secrets in finding time to get some workouts in while being a mother. Her tip: I do sit-ups in bed! I have a bad back and I struggle doing normal crunches on the floor, so when Batel naps...I do leg raises and crunches in bed and it saves the pain on my sacrum and lower back! Moral of the story... super skinny isnt goals. Healthy well fed bodies are!

Jameson rose to prominence in the adult film industry in the mid '90s.

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2. Shuba (Russia)

While most countries celebrate Christmas on December 25th, Russia is one of the few countries that celebrates this holiday on January 7th in accordance with the Orthodox Julian calendar.

Colloquially known as "herring under a fur coat," shuba is a popular dish served during the holiday season in Russia. Its main ingredients include pickled herring, hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, and grated vegetables like carrots, beets, potatoes, and onions.

The dish gets its name from its top layer, which is usually made of mayonnaise or a beet dressing that resembles a warm winter coat.

While this may seem like an unconventional dish, it's an excellent source of protein, potassium, antioxidants, and vitamins A and B.

3. Yebeg Wot (Ethiopia)

Similarly to Ethiopia's national dish, doro wat (chicken stew), yebeg wot is a popular lamb stew served during the holiday season.

Weeks prior to the holidays, farmers feed lambs a high calorie diet. This leads to fatty, tender meat, which is added to a stew made of onions, tomatoes, garlic, kibbeh (Ethiopian butter), berbere spice mix, and various spices.

Many serve yebeg wot with injera, a popular flatbread.

This dish is a rich source of protein, carbs, and antioxidants.

4. Spiced Hot Chocolate (Peru)

If you think you know how to make the best hot chocolate, you may want to give Peru's spiced hot chocolate a try.

This creamy hot chocolate with a kick is made with chocolate, condensed or evaporated milk, and a combination of spices, such as cinnamon, chili powder, cloves, and nutmeg.

In fact, this beverage is so popular that it has its own event known as la Chocolatadas, during which people gather and serve spiced hot chocolate with a popular cake known as panetn.

5. Mince Pie (England)

Also known as mincemeat or Christmas pie, mince pie is a widely popular and historical holiday dessert.

Despite its name, most modern mincemeat pies are meatless. Traditionally, mince pies were made of shredded beef or mutton, suet, dried fruit, and spices.

However, most varieties today simply consist of pastry dough, dried apples and raisins, distilled spirits, vegetable shortening, and a spice mixture containing nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon.

Interestingly, the pies used to be oblongly shaped to represent a manger, although most mince pies served today are circular.

6. Bibingka (Philippines)

During the holiday season, bibingka is a common breakfast item in the Philippines.

Bibingka consists of rice flour or sticky rice, coconut milk, sugar, and water wrapped and cooked in banana leaves. Eggs, cheese, and coconut flakes are sometimes added as a garnish.

This dish is usually served for breakfast or after Simbng Gabi a nine-day series of Filipino Catholic masses leading up to Christmas.

In fact, it's common to have food stations set up outside of church for churchgoers to buy bibingka and other popular sweets, such as steamed rice cakes known as puto bumbong. Many enjoy these treats with a hot cup of tea or coffee.

7. Butter Tarts (Canada)

While a typical Canadian diet is similar to that of a typical U.S. diet, it has a few classic treats of its own.

Butter tarts are a Canadian dessert that's served during many holidays, but mostly during Thanksgiving and Christmas.

They're small pastries with a sweet filling made of butter, sugar, maple or corn syrup, eggs, and sometimes walnuts and raisins. Enjoy these tarts with a cup of coffee for the ultimate treat.

8. Latkes (Israel)

During Hanukkah, latkes are a delicious staple on most dinner plates. In Hebrew, the dish is known as levivot.

Fried in hot oil, latkes are symbolic of the oil that, according to a text that serves as the central source of Jewish religious law, lit the menorah for 8 days despite only having enough oil for 1 day.

Made of the simplest of ingredients, you can make latkes with shredded potato and onion, eggs, and breadcrumbs or matzo. Deep fry it in hot oil, and you have yourself some delicious latkes.

Other popular Hanukkah treats include sufganiyot (jelly donuts), challah (braided bread), and beef brisket.

9. Hangikjt (Iceland)

Served during Christmas, hangikjt is one of the most popular Icelandic holiday foods.

It translates to "hung meat" and involves smoked lamb or mutton. Its name originates from the traditional practice of hanging smoked meats in a smoking shed for weeks to develop a smoky, salty flavor.

Hangikjt is commonly served with green beans, potatoes that are coated in a white bchamel sauce, and side of pickled red cabbage.

10. Bahn Chung (Vietnam)

Bahn chung is a beloved rice cake enjoyed during Tt (Vietnamese New Year).

This dish is made using sticky rice, pork, mung beans, green onions, fish sauce, and spices like salt and pepper.

In addition to its great flavor, it's placed in front of family altars to pay tribute to ancestors and prayers for the upcoming year.

11. Pasteles (Puerto Rico)

Pasteles are a classic Christmas dish in Puerto Rico.

Making pasteles requires time and patience. The inner portion of the pasteles consists of a mixture of ground pork and an adobo blended spice sauce. The outer portion is made using a special masa dough made of grated green bananas, yauta, and spices.

After allowing the dough to sit for a few hours, the masa is placed on banana leaves, the pork filling is added, and it's wrapped.

Traditional Puertorican pasteles are boiled in hot water and served with rice, meat, fish, pigeon peas, and hot sauce for a delicious holiday feast.

12. Eggnog (United States)

Eggnog isn't a holiday treat around the world. In fact, it's mostly enjoyed in the United States and Canada.

This drink is made from milk, cream, whipped egg whites, egg yolks, and sugar, resulting in a creamy, smooth texture.

Most people enjoy eggnog as an alcoholic beverage by adding rum, bourbon, or brandy.

13. Kutia (Ukraine)

Kutia is a traditional Christmas Eve dish that is popular among members of the Ukranian Orthodox Church. As part of the Julian calendar, Christmas Eve falls on January 6th.

It's usually the first dish served as part of Sviata Vecheria a 12-dish vegetarian feast to commemorate the 12 apostles.

Made from cooked wheat berries, poppy seeds, dried fruit, and honey, this dish is packed with nutrition, which is an important focus of this Ukranian feast. In fact, this dish is so important to the meal that all guests are expected to have at least one spoonful.

However, it's customary to wait until the first star in the sky appears before digging in.

14. Janssons Frestelse (Sweden)

Also known as Jansson's Temptation, this casserole dish is made from potatoes, onions, heavy cream, breadcrumbs, and sprats a small, oily fish similar to sardines.

It's usually accompanied by a smorgasbord of food known as the "julbord," which translates to "Yule table" or "Christmas table." It's enjoyed with foods like baked ham, meatballs, fish, boiled potatoes, cheeses, and various cooked vegetables.

The origin of its name is controversial, though many believe it originated from a popular opera singer known as Pelle Janzon.

15. Christmas Cake (Global)

Christmas cake is a popular dessert around the world.

It's a type of fruit cake made of flour, eggs, sugar, spices, candied cherries, dried fruit, and brandy. Traditional Christmas cake is made at least 2 months ahead to allow adequate time to slowly "feed" the cake with brandy every 2 weeks. Finally, it's topped with a marzipan icing.

While it's mostly known as a British dessert, many countries serve Christmas cake during the holiday season. In fact, South Koreans are well-known for their beautiful, artistic Christmas cake decorations.

The Bottom Line

Many cultures celebrate the holiday season for different reasons. Whether it's Christmas, Hanukkah, or New Year, food plays a central role in celebrations around the world.

From savory main dishes to sweet desserts, each culture brings a unique twist to this jolly season.

With the holidays just around the corner, remember to enjoy all the delicious food and memories they will bring.

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Moughan is gathering research for a book to be published next year, which will explain the science behind weight loss and nutrient supply from foods in plain language. His aim is to free people from dieting hell and improve their health. Nutrition expert and endocrinologist Dr Robyn Toomath after 40 demoralising years of treating obesity in highly motivated clients concluded in her 2016 book Fat Science that yo-yo dieting ultimately just makes people fatter.

This is sadly true, but its not hopeless, says Moughan. What people need to do is forget about how much they weigh and instead concentrate on changing their body composition turning fat into muscle. That means consuming a higher proportion of protein in the diet and getting more exercise. You will feel fuller and more satisfied rather than deprived. The more muscle and lean body mass you have, the more you can eat without putting on weight. Muscle cells use energy provided you actually use them and are constantly being renewed, which uses even more energy, unlike fat cells, which are akin to inert storage units.

He is quick to add: I am certainly not recommending that you follow an Atkins-type diet of unlimited bacon and eggs to the exclusion of fruits, vegetables and grains. Just eat a higher proportion of good-quality protein, get lots of fibre, and do the right type of exercise regularly. Even half an hour of dedicated brisk walking three times a week is good. If you do that, you will probably automatically consume fewer fats, oils and refined [highly processed] carbohydrates. And dont worry if you weigh more in the short term. Muscle, on a per calorie basis, weighs more than fat.

Balance is important. We need fruits and vegetables to supply some of our vitamins [like vitamin C, E and K], fibre, carbohydrates and other components.

Counter-intuitively, vegetarian and vegan diets can be more calorific because you have to eat a much greater quantity to get the same amount of protein, and there is a tendency to consume more fats, oils and refined carbohydrates. This is especially true when aiming for higher protein intakes. Which is not to say that many vegetarians are not perfectly healthy, slim and fit, or that many meat eaters are not unhealthy and overweight.

However, it is not animal protein that has driven the obesity epidemic, according to Teresa Davis, professor of paediatrics-nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. While giving a public lecture in Palmerston North during a 2018 visit, she reported that in the US, average daily calorie intake by adults increased from 2060 calories in 1970 to 2630 in 2008 a whopping 570 extra calories. Davis showed the extra calories have come mainly from oils, fats, flours and cereals, and interestingly not very much at all from extra sugar, which was already quite high in 1970.

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She said in Western countries, people derive two-thirds of their protein from animal sources; in developing countries it is the other way around they get two-thirds from plant sources. It is projected that by 2050 the demand for animal proteins from the developing world will likely double, as their middle classes grow.

Lisa Te Morenga, senior lecturer in Mori health and nutrition at Victoria University, says with the increasing use of social media in the last 10 years, there has been a rise in conflicting messages about what we should or shouldnt be eating. First it was high-fat diets, then paleo and now vegan and plant-based diets are dominating headlines. I worry about the impact of all this conflicting messaging on New Zealanders diets, and how this might affect population health long-term. Unfortunately, we have little idea of what New Zealanders are eating right now as we havent had a national adult nutrition survey since 2008/2009, and the last childrens survey was in 2002. Given that the Global Burden of Disease project cites poor nutrition as the number one risk factor for early death, this really is an urgent priority. We need to monitor the effectiveness of food and nutrition policy and research in New Zealand.

McNabb has caveats about changing diets. Our digestive systems have not evolved much in the last few thousand years. A switch to getting all your proteins from plants is challenging; it is quite a different nutritional scenario.

Riddet Institute postdoctoral researcher Lakshmi Dave, a vegetarian by upbringing and now by choice, says her biggest concern with modern diets is ultra-processed foods and drinks, especially sugary ones, and processed red meats. Dave is a strong advocate of dairy foods and having lots of in-season fruits and vegetables on the plate, including those that are available but for whatever reason are not commonly cooked and eaten. Neglected or minor crops New Zealand native puha, for instance are important for sustainable and climate-resilient food systems as they help diversify food production. They are also nutritionally significant since they tend to be rich in key micronutrients. Unfortunately, these crops tend to be marginalised due to inadequate research, unsupportive agricultural policies, and modern dietary patterns that rely on a very limited number of major crops, says Dave.

Newbie vegetarians and vegans must be careful with things like pulses and legumes, such as red beans, which must be properly soaked, germinated and/or pressure-cooked to reduce the levels of anti-nutrients that can compromise their nutritional value and digestibility. Frozen vegetables and cans of cooked chickpeas, red beans, etc, in water dont count as ultra-processed in my book, but you should aim to have a dietary pattern in which meals prepared from minimally processed ingredients are the mainstay. And dont starve your gut microbiota get enough fibre!

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Your name is Marty McFly and you are a (semi-) professional time traveller. You have just ironed out the latest ethical wrinkle in the fabric of space-time and now arrived in a new era. You are Back from the Future.

You laboriously kick open the hulk of your battered DeLorean falcon-wing door and emerge with glazed wonder to take in another possible universe. So far, so good. As has become standard practice, you hunt for a discarded newspaper in a dustbin to establish todays date. But you cant find any. It seems whatever year this is, people no longer read. You try to ask a passerby with an aggressive undercut what year it is, but he has two ugly white snouts poking out of his ears and seems unshakeably absorbed.

You attempt to meet the gaze of a passing woman (dressed, it must be said, in the blatant fashion faux pas of a double denim ensemble), but her eyes remain locked on her mobile telephone. This happens again and again, as zombie commuters walk into each other, their faces buried in screens impossible to disturb. They look a lot like the mobile phones everyone was carrying in your last temporal stop off, 2009, only somehow worse bigger, flatter, uglier, and clearly worryingly more addictive. What could all these people be talking to each other about all the time?

Despondent, you head to that corner cafe or bar that seems to take on new clothes with every passing instalment of your era-hopping adventures. The sign outside says it is now a coffee curator and collective workspace. Good, caffeine always helps shake off the jitters of a time travel hangover.

You walk inside and survey what that familiar L-shaped room might hold today. Sadly, this might be among the dullest incarnations; the walls are a clinical white, the wood blonde, and all the air ducts and ceiling lights have lazily been left exposed. A stray bunch of sage hangs conspicuously over the counter. Curiously, one wall is devoted to a bright collage of out of focus Polaroid pictures of customers making stupid faces didnt digital photography kill film years back? while the menu is written on the kind of chalkboard last seen in 1990s classrooms. You scan the selection thirstily, yet nothing makes any immediate sense; there is the scary-sounding nitro coffee, cold brew, slow drip, and something dubbed bulletproof coffee. What happened to the trusty Americano?

You approach the man behind the counter, who looks suspiciously like a pirate; he has a long, stupid beard, which appears both combed and cluttered at the same time, while his hair appears to have been dragged through a bush deliberately, at least twice. His entire left arm is covered in tattoos, and he has a cluster of piercings in each cheek. Flummoxed, you turn away, and spot a jukebox in the corner, below a display of seven-inch rockabilly and surf singles, which look brand-new despite clearly having been left to collect dust since the 1950s.

All around you, people are sitting in silence, and seemingly alone, hunched over laptops that look far sleeker than the ones you remember, some branded with offensive stickers and nonsensical slogans. Keep calm and eat hummus, one ridiculous catchphrase demands.

Despite that, many customers are instead nursing an identical plate of garish green mush on toast, which you surmise must be deconstructed avocado, because its the only food item on the menu. It comes served with a side of avo-lime jam no one seems to know what to do with. Im on a keto diet, one girl nonsensically whispers to another, who is wearing what you later learn is known as a Korean face mask. Its the first time youve heard human speech in what can only be 2019.

Most of the men have their hair tied in a silly topknot (a man bun, you snigger), and all have excessive facial hair, even when their natural ability to grow a beard is questionable.

The women, meanwhile, are generally in patterned leggings or high-waisted jeans, paired with crop-tops. A few have gone to the effort of wearing a dress, only to undermine the effect by pairing it with bright, shiny new tennis shoes.

In the corner, you notice a device-free zone with a sign that orders get off your phone and have a conversation. It is entirely empty. Instead, everyone looks hard at work on, well, something, but these people cant all be scribbling screenplays that will never be read.

You strike up the nerve and approach a man in a tattered vintage Hawaiian shirt and neon bike shorts. I run a boutique social media consultancy agency, he says with a misplaced sense of pride. Im a digital nomad, replies another, clad in a boiler suit and what looks like prescription goggles. In what twisted schism of space time are these actual jobs, you wonder.

Yoo-hoo, were influencers, zaddy, chips in a voice annoyed it wasnt asked first. You turn to confront an alien-orange woman who has stuck-on lashes and huge eyebrows, her forehead frozen, not moving. When you dont immediately swoon in appreciation, she stands up, exhales Im baby loudly and marches towards the meditation zone.

Exasperated, you head outside, and spend a few minutes bemusedly deciphering the primitive graffiti (street art, apparently) covering the buildings exterior wall. Where are police at, you wonder. Across the road, you spot a group of tall men dressed in a uniform of deliberately mismatched workout gear, striding around the square with great intent, glancing at dorky digital watches at annoyingly regular intervals. Only 4,863 steps left to go, one shouts cryptically. Squad goals! everyone else yells back in unison.

Youre tired, and looking for a hotel chain called Airbnb, which is what the hipster barista recommended for a cheap bed. Yet his directions sucked. Get an Uber, he simply said, shrugging insouciantly.

After nearly being run over by someone wearing an offensive teal getup and driving a pathetic moped, apparently made by the unfamiliar brand Deliveroo, you stumble into a group of otherwise well-heeled office workers who must all share the same incompetent tailor. Each ones trousers are an embarrassing seven centimetres too short, lending a schoolboy air to group, not helped by the childish mini electronic shisha inhalers theyre each clenching contently.

Eventually, you reach the park, where a grown man in a vest patterned with cartoon fruit items and drop-crotch trousers appears to be playing with a remote-control car; yet his dorky trucker cap remains pointed towards the sky. Only then do you realise that the silent, military-grade mini helicopter hovering above you is somehow under this simpletons control.

Getting some great footage for my vlog, he cackles at his wife, who is dressed in an animal print jumpsuit and sprawled on a plastic picnic mat. A childish halo of flowers atop her head, she pouts while raising a can of what is apparently a seltzer. Like, water.

This is the final straw. Disgusted, disgruntled, and still in need of a good coffee, you give up, turn around, and head back to your grimy, dated DeLorean. Whatever was wrong with the past, youre not ever coming back to this future.

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An Australian woman has opened up about how being overweight ruined her sex life - and how she lost a staggering 63kg to change her life.

Kaitlyn Gonzalez, 27, from One Mile, NSW, developed an unhealthy relationship with food as a child - often skipping breakfast and eating regular McDonald's meals.

As an adult she tipped the scales at 145kg - a size 22 - and was often reduced to tears by her reflection.

Being 145kg was hard, but I was in denial about it. I honestly didnt realise how big I actually was," Kaitlyn said.

"Whenever I saw myself on security cameras or in windows walking past shops, I felt my stomach sink. I would look at myself and cry, feeling depressed and like I wasnt worth being treated right because I mistreated myself."

Explaining the toll her weight took on her life, Kaitlyn said it affected her in many ways.

I couldnt run, I wouldnt wear skirts as my thighs rubbed so badly they would bleed, I wouldnt go shopping with friends, I couldnt ride a rollercoaster and I even struggled putting on socks and shoes," she said.

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Although it didnt cause extreme issues in my love life I was limited to one position because other positions hurt my knees and I worried about my stomach touching them.

When I went to a uni day I remember standing there and a guy about ten metres away pointed at me and yelled oh my god, shes so fat! I cried but thankfully he did apologise after. Ive also had men tell me they would date me if I wasnt so big," she added.

I was always going out with my tiny and pretty friend and all the boys wanted her, I got no attention and felt out of place. I literally woke up one morning and said Im done with being fat and I booked an appointment with my doctor to see a surgeon."

In May 2017 Kaitlyn chose to have vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) surgery.

But knowing it wasn't a miracle cure, she put a large emphasis on fitness after that and worked out every day.

She also started eating more lean meats and lots of vegetables and within just one year she lost 68kg and now weighs just 77kg and wears a size eight.

Kaitlyn also struggled with excess skin and had two operations to have 3kg removed in February 2019 and a breast lift in October 2019.

Now Kaitlyn shares tips to her friends and family on how she managed to transform her body and life.

Losing weight has changed my life because if I hadnt have had the surgery to kick start me, Id probably have diabetes or be close to dead now. I can walk into any clothing store, pull something off the rack and it fits me. Im more active, people definitely respond to me better and I get more enjoyment out of every day, Kaitlyn continued.

I love how far Ive come I love how much effort Ive put in to coming this far. I do still look at myself sometimes and see the bigger girl however I now look in the mirror and be like damn, skinny!. Every day is different, but I know inside Ive done so well.

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People are shocked when I tell them how much Ive lost. They say wow thats a whole person I work in retail and get lots of regular customers who say I look amazing but that they didnt think I was that big before.

To those who dont know where to start, I really suggest thinking about where you want to be. Dont look at models but do look for people whose shape and fitness levels you like. Its not going to be about being skinny, but it is about being fit, strong and healthy."

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Syleena Johnson is one of R&Bs finest singers. The singer has a jazz tone to her voice, setting her apart from many others in the industry and earning her a role in the Soul category. Shes released almost 10 albums, all of which are critically acclaimed.

Johnson has found a new passion outside of music and her current job as a daytime talk show host. Shes a fitness buff who recently competed in her first fitness competition and shared how she lost 50 pounds to prepare for her place on stage.

Prior to being signed with Jive Records, Johnson released two albums independently while promoting her music in Chicago. She became a muse and protge or R. Kelly. He worked on her first two albums. Her debut album on Jive was released in May 2001. The album received much praise and was critically acclaimed. It debuted at number one on Billboards Heatseekers, but was not a commercial success.

Shes released almost ten albums since, each titled in chapters. She received mainstream recognition when she was featured on fellow Chicago native Kanye Wests single, All Falls Down, despite not appearing in the music video.

In 2012, she began appearing on the TV One reality series, R&B Divas: Atlanta. The show aired for three seasons before its cancellation. She currently hosts the TV One talk show, Sister Circle.

Johnson has been open about her struggles with her weight. She began working out regularly in her 20s but as she aged, she realized the importance of adding proper nutrition. Shes shared her journey on her social media pages as well as her diet and workout regimen, which include clean eating and trying different treatments and detoxes.Johnson is also a certified yoga instructor.

Noticing the changes in her body and wanting to help others reach their fitness goals, she earned a bachelors degree from Drake University in nutrition science in 2015, where she graduated summa cum laude. She also shares advice and knowledge, including not being obsessed with checking progress on the scale.

Fans have noticed her weight loss over the past few months but she recently revealed that she was preparing for a fitness competition. In a Facebook video, she revealed that she passed on one completion, The Lee Haney Games, because she wasnt ready. After sticking to a strict diet and exercise and losing 50 pounds, she was finally ready to compete.

Im just pursuing all of the dreams and desires and goals and wants that God puts in my belly, she said, Being a fitness competitor is one of them. I will continue to compete hopefully with the grace of God, but the first competition, I just want to get on the stage.

Her competition was on December 7 and she won a title. On another Instagram post with her two trainers, she revealed she spent the last eight months n training and focused on weight training and building muscle.

At 41, Johnson proves that getting into top shape is possible at any age!

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Lets get one thing straight. There are no bad foods. Foods arent bad.

Some food contains greater value in terms of vitamins, minerals, micro and macronutrients, yes. But there are no bad foods whatsoever.

There are, though, bad diets. You can have a slice of pizza. Or you can have a whole pizza.

Obviously, one contains a lot more calories than the other. But this doesnt make pizza bad. Especially if you love pizza like me.

This is why I also dislike diets that cut out or reduce a huge quantity of one particular macronutrient.

These are mainly either fats or carbohydrates. This can work for some people, but for me, personally, it takes the enjoyment out of food.

I feel we should control our calorie intake, but with a healthy balance of fats, protein, carbohydrates and micronutrients.

Combined with a regular exercise program, this is a winning situation.

What I also dislike with dieting is a massive calorie restriction.

By over restricting calorie intake, you are setting yourself up for failure.

This all or nothing approach is what makes yo-yo dieting and binge eating a problem with people trying to lose body fat.

Restricting yourself too much will leave you feeling drained and low energy levels.

This will lead to physical and mental fatigue and you are far more likely to smash a full packet of biscuits.

So instead of this, why not create a smaller, less dramatic deficit.

This way you will still feel energetic, and you can still allow yourself the odd treat (aka Mars bar) as long as it stays within your calorie goals.

This creates a far more sustainable flexible diet, which eliminates a lot of the stress surrounding dieting and will help you to reach your goals.

But think about the long term investment in yourself, not a quick fix.

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Emily Schuman is an OG blogger. In 2008, she started her fashion and lifestyle blog, Cupcakes and Cashmere, as a way to document the things she loved. She quickly became one of the most recognizable and influential personalities in the lifestyle blogosphere and quit her job in media to run her site full-time. In 2010, she designed a bag with Coach and now has a line at Nordstrom. She has written two coffee-table books and her website has a full-time staff of 10, besides Emily and her husband Geoff. In the golden age of blogging, she was an A-lister.

The online landscape is very different now than it was in 2008. Influencers are the new bloggers, and everything is on social media. While Emily and her blogging peers grew their audience through lengthy posts, sometimes multiple times a day, now all it takes is an iPhone and photos with captions to become a fashion influencer. The bar for entry is much lower, and the competition is much fiercer. Bloggers like Emily have had to convert their audiences to new platforms to remain relevant. Not that Emily has been unsuccessful in many ways she is the model example of this. She has more than half a million Instagram followers and her brand is chugging along just fine.

There are bound to be hiccups, though. And this week, Emily had a big one when she did an #ad for a new at-home company called P.volve. P.volve offers streaming classes and unique fitness equipment to go along with its low-impact training method. One piece of equipment is the p.ball, a rubber ball attached to a band that fits between your legs for glute and thigh work.

Last week, Emily uploaded a video of herself using the p.ball during a at-home workout. The caption read: Luckily wasn't feeling too intimidated when the only other members of my @pvolve workout class were my cats. #ad.

Emily immediately got completely read for filth by her followers for the ad, which you can watch here. They had two main gripes. The first is that Emily has many times written about how she doesnt really exercise. She has explained in blogs that she has a somewhat complicated relationship with fitness and has said she remains slim due to her naturally athletic build and a naturally fast metabolism, along with dabbling in intermittent fasting. So followers felt that Emily suddenly shilling an exercise product was extremely inauthentic, a mortal sin for bloggers and influencers.

Come on Emily!! Im sorry but this is SO ridiculous. It is soooooo off brand and unauthentic. It comes off like all you care about is making money, no matter the cost or how it comes off, wrote one.

The second gripe: They thought the video was just plain weird and awkward. Some of the commenters trolled her. (Maam this is the olive garden...lol.)

I see both sides here. On the one hand, I understand it can be frustrating to follow someone for years and watch them seemingly sell out with inauthentic ads for money. Fans highly value the authenticity of influencers: It builds the trust that allows their recommendations to be taken seriously. Also, I think this is a microcosm of a growing trend of frustration about how ridiculous some ads on Instagram are becoming.

On the other hand, it has to be incredibly difficult to build your brand around your life and maintain that brand authentically for more than a decade while simultaneously remaining relevant from a business standpoint. The competition for #ads is incredibly tough, and Id imagine it is hard to ensure sponcon is also perfectly on-brand all of the time. I bet it has been harder for Emily to jump from blogging to Instagram influencing than we think. We reached out to Emily for comment.

I think we can all agree, though, we are all lucky we have never had to film ourselves doing as awkward a workout as the p.ball machine, and then post it to 500,000+ people.

Stephanie

If social media helped convince people to go vegan, its now creating a bit of an identity crisis especially for the people who were at the forefront of pushing the cause.

In 2019, famous vegan bloggers have either been outed or have come forward to say theyre no longer vegan. And the fallout has been explosive and difficult for their followers. Many seem to understand that people can change their diets for health reasons, but others feel flat-out duped.

In the case of Yovana Rawvana Mendoza, earlier this year, she was caught eating meat in her private life as she was still proselytizing and profiting off a vegan diet on her YouTube channel. Her fans understandably had trouble with this.

For others, its more complicated. Alyse Parker is a lifestyle influencer who became well-known at one point for advocating an all-plant diet and making exercise videos. She recently came out not only as a meat-eater she announced that shes on an all-meat diet.

The Carnivore Diet first came into my awareness when a close friend shared with me all of the benefits that he was experiencing by eating this way, Alyse wrote. She also said she woke up the next morning feeling more mentally clear, focused, wholesome, and healthy than I had felt in years.

The responses to her newfound carnivore diet was a mess. Some fans congratulated her, told her she was brave, voiced their support, and others were...profoundly mad. And took it very personally.

When I reached out and DMd with two commenters who voiced their anger, they explained exactly what upset them so much about Alyses changed diet: Both of them said she directly influenced their own decisions to go vegan.

Nicole Zach, a 20-year-old who lives in Santiago, Chile, told me Alyse was an inspiration to her, and after watching her videos, she then started a successful vegan lifestyle.

When she announced she was eating meat again I couldnt believe it, Nicole said. She used to be so devoted to veganism.

Nicoles issue, as a fan or, er, former fan was how extreme Alyse seemed to have jumped from one ship to another. And that she fears because she was so effectively convinced to change her lifestyle, that this might influence others the same way.

She can do whatever she wants of course, I just hope this change of diet and lifestyle doesnt affect others. I would hate to see some of Alyses followers getting confused and considering eating animals again, she said.

Another fan named Haley told me shes been following the influencer since 2014. Up until [Alyses latest Instagram post] I would still reference her and be proud that she inspired me, said Haley. However, now I feel as though I listened to a hypocrite.

Haley said she grew skeptical about Alyses motivations after seeing her do a complete 180 about her lifestyle choices.

Considering much of her product and basis of her career is on health and helping the environment, I do not think she has a care for anything besides herself, Haley said.

Both Haley and Nicole said they remain vegan and are happy about their decisions theyre just let down by someone who they once saw as a heroic figure.

Ive reached out to Alyse, but did not immediately hear back.

Its always a sad reality to face when youre empowered by a message, but disappointed by the messenger. And someone you almost viewed as superhuman now continues to show you theyre...just human. And that they might loosely wield their power of influence. However, it sounds like going vegan is a decision Alyses followers are now actively making for themselves, independently, and thats pretty great.

Until next time plant yourself at home this weekend, or go meat someone out. Do whatever the hell you wanna do.

Tanya

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How Fans Are Handling Their Favorite Influencer Going From Vegan To An All-Carnivore Diet - BuzzFeed News

Dan Buettner, a continent-trekking cyclist and storyteller, figured out that the world consisted of at least five "Blue Zones," in the early 2000s. That's when he made the term, which was first coined by the European demographers Michel Poulain and Gianni Pes, a household phrase in a best-selling cover story for National Geographic.

In this handful of hidden corners scattered across the globe, he discovered that people were sailing past the 100-year mark with surprising frequency, and often avoiding dementia.

People residing in these Blue Zones are outliving us because they have figured out what others have not, according to Buettner. They consistently eat a healthful diet, and they also move around about every 20 minutes or so during each day.

But he says it took him years after that initial discovery to figure out exactly why the rest of us are getting the simple diet and exercise formula so wrong.

"People start thinking that the entrance way to a healthier lifestyle for most Americans is through their mouths," he told Insider. "But the core tenant of Blue Zones, and it took me about 10 years to realize what I'm about to tell you, none of them have better discipline, better diets, better individual responsibility, they don't have better genes than us."

Instead, "they live a long time because longevity happens to them," Buettner said.

An elderly troupe of singers and dancers from Kohama Island in Okinawa wearing traditional local costumes perform at a herb garden on Kohama Island. Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty Images

The homegrown, plant-based diets of the Blue Zones residents are only about half of the longevity equation, Buettner estimates. The rest is about making healthy choices the easiest ones by turning them into instinctual rituals of daily life that people don't have to think about or use willpower to fight for.

Namely, Blue Zones residents found in Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece; and Loma Linda, California move consistently through each day, live with purpose, and do it all with a little help from their friends.

Buettner has successfully trialed this holistic approach in cities and towns across the US, with stunning success. In 2009, he piloted his first "Blue Zones Project" in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The goal was to reverse-engineer it into a Midwestern Blue Zone.

"If you want to live longer and be healthier, don't try to change your behaviors, because that never lasts for the long run," he said. "Think about changing your environment."

For Albert Lea, that meant the town of roughly 18,000 people was pushed to do more daily movement, with citywide changes that turned healthful actions into the simplest choices.

The city added 10 miles of sidewalks and bike lanes for its residents, and local businesses made it easier to pick and eat healthy food. People started walking more and creating their own strolling groups that hit the streets together, collectively shedding 4 tons of weight (an average of 2.6 pounds per person). Smoking went down by 4% during the first five years of the program.

"When I started four years ago, I had high cholesterol and high blood pressure," Albert Lea City Council Member Al Brooks told MinnPost in 2015, saying he started walking 2.5 miles a day since the city turned into a Blue Zone. "My cholesterol is lower, my blood pressure is 116/70, and I lost 15 pounds."

Playa Santa Teresa, on the Nicoya peninsula in Costa Rica, is in one of Buettner's Blue Zones. Gerhard/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Buettner has now consulted with dozens of other "Blue Zone Project" cities around the US that are trying his "ecosystem approach" to health and longevity, and saving millions of dollars in health insurance costs in the process.

The city of Fort Worth, Texas, for example, reduced its smoking rate 6% after partnering with Buettner in 2013. Fort Worth now saves an estimated $268 million annually as a result of that one action alone.That figure doesn't even account for the tens of millions of dollars in other health care costs saved because of Blue Zone-inspired programs in the city.

Sheep shearing in Sardinia, Italy. Enrico Spanu / REDA & CO / Universal Images Group via Getty Images

But making it a habit to ditch smoking and move around throughout the day doesn't mean you should neglect eating the crunchy vegetables, beans, fresh herbs, and oils that are so popular in the Blue Zones. Instead, Buettner's eating advice aligns with what nutrition experts and dietitians consistently recommend.

He suggests formulating your diet around plants, including plenty of complex carbohydrates (like beans and whole grains) and making convenience snack foods, desserts, and trips to fast food joints the exception, not the norm.

"When it comes to longevity, there's no short term fix," Buettner said."There's no pill or supplement or hormone. If you're not going to do something for years or decades, don't even bother with it."

Buettner's new "Blue Zones Kitchen" cookbook is filled with vegetarian recipes from each of the five Blue Zones, but he says you don't have to buy his tome to try out the eating technique. Instead, find "five or 10 recipes that you love." Then make those foods, along with some consistent, regular movement at home, an integral part of your daily routine. You can even get lazy and skip the gym.

"The secret to eating for 100 is to find the plant-based foods, heavy with beans and grains and vegetables, and learn how to like 'em," he said.

Update: A previous version of this story mentioned Belgian professor Michel Poulainas the inventor of the phrase "Blue Zone." His work was done in partnership with Italian biochemist and demographer Gianni Pes, whose name we've now included.

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The man who unlocked the world's secret to living to age 100 says you can skip the gym - INSIDER

Coconut water and guava are considered great for managing high blood sugar.

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A good diet can make a world of difference in bringing relief from chronic health issues like diabetes. Diabetes occurs when the pancreas are unable to produce sufficient insulin, due to which, blood sugar is left unchecked and is unable to get stored in the cells. This may lead to sudden rise in the blood sugar level. Diabetes also poses the risk of other diseases, including cardiovascular problems and obesity. Medications and diet work in tandem to manage the condition effectively, hence, it is important to include diabetes-friendly foods and drinks in your diet. As we are now smack-dab into the winter season, it's even better to consume seasonal foods to get the most out of them till they last.

Coconut water is an all-seasons star drink that comes with a range of health benefits. This recipe adds the goodness of winter-special fruit guava to coconut water to make a delicious, healthy drink that may also help in managing diabetes.

This miracle water is considered great for people dealing with high blood sugar. It is revered for its high electrolytes content that supports the pH balance of the body and boosts its metabolic functioning. Coconut water is naturally sweet and packs a good amount of fibre and proteins. It is low-calorie, cholesterol-free and also hydrating.

(Also Read:Drink This 3-Ingredient Coconut Water Juice To Boost Your Immunity)

Coconut water is packed with electrolytes

Guava has a low glycaemic index (GI), which is a must-have quality in foods for a diabetes diet. The fruit is digested gradually, which avoids immediate spike in blood sugar. It is low in calories and sodium, and rich is fibre and potassium, making it perfect for regulating high blood sugar.

(Also Read:This Guava Salad May Help Keep Your Sugar Under Control)

Coconut water in itself is a delightful drink. Add to it, the mildly sweet and amazingly soft fruit of guava, and you get a naturally sweet, soul-stirring drink. You don't need to add any harmful refined sugar.Method of preparation:Grind guava to its pulp and pass it through a sieve to separate its seeds. Add the pulp to equal part or more of coconut water and give it a good stir. In one glass of coconut water and guava pulp drink, add juice of half a lemon and half teaspoon grated ginger. Also add 6-7 finely chopped basil leaves to add in a dash of herby freshness.This drink is so delicious that you might want to have it every day. But, since coconut water also contains some fructose, it would be better to consult your doctor before consuming too much of it. Nevertheless, you can always enjoy this lip-smacking coconut and guava drink in moderation on your diabetes diet.

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