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Tania Grgurich, Clinical Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imagining, places a human skull, seen here covered by a cloth, into position in preparation of a CT Scan at Quinnipiac Universitys School of Health Science, in North Haven on Jan. 3. Quinnipiac is taking diagnostic imaging of the skeletal remains of three humans found recently buried during the renovation of an 18th century house in Ridgefield.

Tania Grgurich, Clinical Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imagining, places a human skull, seen here covered by a cloth, into position in preparation of a CT Scan at Quinnipiac Universitys School of Health

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Tania Grgurich, Clinical Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imagining, places a human skull, seen here covered by a cloth, into position in preparation of a CT Scan at Quinnipiac Universitys School of Health Science, in North Haven on Jan. 3. Quinnipiac is taking diagnostic imaging of the skeletal remains of three humans found recently buried during the renovation of an 18th century house in Ridgefield.

Tania Grgurich, Clinical Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imagining, places a human skull, seen here covered by a cloth, into position in preparation of a CT Scan at Quinnipiac Universitys School of Health

Skeletons from a Ridgefield basement wait to tell their story

As American independence is celebrated on the Fourth of July, unearthed remains believed to be four soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War sit awaiting studies suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic that may determine which side they fought on.

The four skeletons were discovered late in 2019 during work in the basement of a house in an area of Ridgefield where colonial militia and British troops fought on April 27, 1777. The British were retreating from the burning of Danbury to ships waiting in Long Island Sound off what is now Compo Beach in Westport.

Nicholas Bellantoni, state archaeologist emeritus, oversaw the recovery of the skeletons from their shallow, seemingly hastily dug grave in a Ridgefield basement. The study of the skeletons has been paused by the closure of laboratories at the University of Connecticut and Yale University, where theyd been sent along with some 40 buttons found in the burial site.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the laboratories at all the universities have been closed, Bellantoni said in a statement on Ridgefield Historical Societys website. ...The remains and the buttons are all in the laboratories and we are waiting for more work to be done.

"Hopefully the university labs will be able to reopen before too long and their research can continue, said Sara Champion, president of the Ridgefield Historical Society. Mr. Bellantoni affirmed that the skeletons will be returned to Ridgefield for reburial when the lab work is completed."

The discovery of the skeletons, announced back in December 2019, prompted a lot of speculation that they might be of historical interest.

Four adult men, lying in a common grave, Bellantoni said.

...Kind of thrown in, he said. ...They were very quickly buried it was a shallow grave even at that time.

The 40 buttons are believed to have been on clothing from two the four individuals who were buried at the site.

The buttons were being cleaned, and there had been speculation that some regimental insignia or other identification on them might help reveal the identities of the long-buried men. But this hasnt happened.

Regarding the buttons they have been unable to discover any insignia on them, Sara Champion, the historicla socieyt president, said. Apparently British forces had introduced insignia on their uniform buttons in 1776. However it is possible such buttons had not reached the troops in the Americas. Also the buttons appear to have been cloth covered.

The discovery of the skeletons led to the Ridgefield Historical Society being awarded a National Park Service: American Battlefield Protection Program grant of $50,150, to finance a two-year study project designed to develop a deeper understanding of the 1777 Battle of Ridgefield and its place in the history of the American Revolution.

We are thrilled that the National Park Service has recognized our efforts to preserve the history of the Battle of Ridgefield and, of course, we are anxious to know as much as possible about our skeletons, Historical Society President Sara Champion said when the grant was received.

Sharon Dunphy, first vice president of the historical society, is looking forward to starting the work on the grant.

Its going to be a fascinating project, she said.

Researchers are fairly confident and hopeful that the skeletons will prove to have histories that run back to the Revolution.

We came to realize very quickly these may very well be victims of the Battle of Ridgefield, which occurred in April 1777, Bellantoni said.

The questions raised are tantalizing to historians and archeologists.

Were they American militia, farmers coming off the fields to defend the town? Bellantoni said.

Or were they British soldiers coming from Danbury trying to pass through Ridgefield on their way back to the waiting ships in Long Island Sound?

Bellantoni believes there is a great deal yet to be learned about the battle, both from continuing studies of the skeletons and associated materials, as well as from the work supported by the Battlefield grant that the historical society has gotten to study the entire area where the battle took place.

There are many questions to look into.

Were the skeletons those of Patriots, or Loyalist colonials, or British troops? How did non-combatant Ridgefielders interact with the soldiers on the two sides of the battle? Who buried casualties from the battle? Where are the other soldiers that died in the battle buried?

Were hoping the bones themselves will tell us a great deal about these men, Bellantoni said.

This might include what he described as their degree of muscularity and approximate ages.

Carbon isotope analysis will help us understand the diets of these men, Bellantoni said. And what theyd eaten in their early lives, he said, could suggest whether they came from Europe or were American born and bred.

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Eating healthy while working from home: Here are 5 tips to help you reduce consumption of junk food  |  Photo Credit: iStock Images

New Delhi: Work from home became common practice all around the world owing to the coronavirus pandemic as social distancing and staying at home became essential to reduce the spread of the virus. We saw people embrace the new normal by trying out new dishes in their kitchens and do things a little differently than they always have. However, as restaurants and takeaway joints were closed and people expected rise in healthy eating, the contrary actually became true. While people did eat home-cooked food, it involved junk, oily and fast food, manufactured in their own kitchen.

As months of the lockdown passed and as the majority of the workforce in the country continues to work from home, people realised that such eating habits may not be sustainable, and are leading to weight gain and other adverse health effects. However, as much as they try, they cannot give up unhealthy but tasty junk food. Therefore, here are some tips and tricks to help you reduce your consumption of junk food as you work from home.

Disclaimer: Tips and suggestions mentioned in the article are for general information purposes only and should not be construed as professional medical advice. Always consult your doctor or a professional healthcare provider if you have any specific questions about any medical matter.

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Juice detoxes, water fasting, and soup diets are often credited for stimulating healthy weight loss and cleansing toxins from muscle tissuesbut what about tumor suppression?

Preclinical evidence suggests that short-term fasting and diets that mimic fasting can protect healthy cells against chemotherapy, while simultaneously rendering cancer cells more vulnerable to the treatment. However, clinical research evaluating the potential of short-term fasting in patients with cancer is still in its infancy.

This was shown in a new paper published last week in Nature: Communications by Dutch scientists from Leiden who looked at fasting-mimicking diets in patients undergoing chemotherapy for the most common form of breast cancer.

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In the trial conducted by Dr. Judith Kroep and colleagues, 129 patients with HER2-negative stage II/III breast cancer followed either a fasting-mimicking diet or their regular diet for 3 days prior to and during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (treatment given as a first step to shrink a tumor before surgery).

Of all breast cancer patients, around 80-85% have the HER2-negative variety, but according to Dr. Kroep, animal studies suggest fasting-mimicking diets could also be effective for other forms of cancer.

The logic, without having a PhD in biology, is two-fold. Cancer cells thrive on carbohydratesand meat, particularly red meat, is rich in amino acids that increase the expression of insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1), one of the bodys primary growth-hormone signals for muscle and tissue growth.

An individual with cancerous or precancerous cells who eats a diet containing a large amount of meat without incorporating an exercise regimen involving sufficient hormetic stress (i.e. the breakdown of muscle fibers) is theoretically at risk of providing IGF-1 to precancerous cells, allowing them to live past normal cell-cycle checkpoints and possibly become malignant.

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Pioneered by Italian biologist Dr. Valter Longo, who is also the director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California and author of The Longevity Diet, the study authors examined the fasting-mimicking diet. The diet has been shown to spur the body into behaving as if it is calorie-restricted, a metabolic state known to be good for preventing cancer, but doesnt involve properly fasting.

The culmination of 25 years of global research on aging, nutrition, and disease, this unique combination [is] an easy-to-follow everyday diet and short periods of fasting-mimicking diet, reads Dr. Longos website.

The [randomized controlled phase 2] trial has been the only one to date in dietary cancer management with efficacy as an endpoint, Dr. Kroep told World at Large.

The fasting-mimicking diet used in the study was a plant-based, low amino-acid substitution diet, consisting of soups, broths, liquids and tea. Macronutrient ratios and amounts were fixed and not personalized, and a micronutrient supplement was added.

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Although no difference in toxicity was observed between the treatment and control groups, the effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on tumor response were reinforced in patients in the fasting-mimicking diet group.

One potential drawback is that the 129 individuals in the trial and those in other studies were relatively fit and that unfit patients, or those with metastatic disease who are less-fit to lose weight, may have different outcomes.

However, the results of this study suggest that cycles of a fasting-mimicking diet are safe and effective as a supplement to chemotherapy in women with early breast cancer. These findings, together with preclinical data, encourage further exploration of the benefits of fasting combined with cancer therapy.

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This study is a stepping stone in cancer dietary management. More studies are needed to confirm our finding and extend them to other cancer types, says Kroep. We plan to do some of that work.

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After announcing on Instagram that 2020 would be her "Year of Health," actress Rebel Wilson is reportedly using the Mayr diet along with workouts and frequent walks to reach her goal weight of 165 pounds.

The Mayr diet has existed, in some form, for nearly 100 years. Initially developed by Franz Xaver Mayr in Austria in the 1920s, the diet focuses on gut health and mindfulness while eating.

Dr. Maximilian Schubert, the medical director of VivaMayr, an Austrian wellness facility that promotes the diet, said that while there have been some changes made in the past century, the Mayr diet still adheres to its roots.

"The main idea behind this if people have a healthy gut system and healthy digestive system, then they are going to have a holistic approach of health," Schubert explained.

Typically, people start the regimen by visiting the VivaMayr resort in Austria (there are two locations, the main center is in the Austrian Alps), where they meet with a doctor for an initial examination and a conversation about a patient's goals. However, those initial consults require travel to Austria and cost over $200; overnight stays at the resort, which are recommended, are even pricier.

"We have to find really an individual solution for everybody and that's the major approach at VivaMayr," Schubert said.

If you're looking to get started at home, Schubert recommends starting with some mild fasting.

"In general, the first step is always a monotone and restricted diet, to really calm down the body system, food-wise," he explained.

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The diet also involves doing a cleanse, and taking vitamins or supplements to prevent side effects associated with what Schubert called the "detoxification process." Potential side effects included headaches, nausea, stomach cramps and fatigue.

"Quite often, people will still have some headaches and mood changes in the first three or four days. Afterwards, they recover very well again," Schubert said.

Kirkpatrick warned that the cleanse is likely unnecessary, and should only be taken under medical supervision.

"The (VivaMyar detox) is in the medical facility, it's probably safe, but if you just look at the data, over a decade, we don't have research showing that those types of things detoxify the body," she said. "The body has this amazing organ called the liver, and one of the main purposes of the liver is to cleanse anything that comes in the body ... This whole concept of detoxifying is not really bound in science."

The diet starts with some fasting for a few days to help the body adjust. Once the fasting ends, Schubert said that the diet emphasizes not consuming cow's dairy, but using substitutes like vegetable creams or alternative milks. Otherwise, there are not many restrictions on what kinds of food can be eaten.

"It seems to be pretty healthy," said Kirkpatrick said of the diet plan. "It's not like you have to give up carbs or you can't eat certain amounts of food."

The diet also recommends eating foods that have a high alkaline content, like vegetables and fish.

Kirkpatrick said that there's little to no scientific evidence that shows high alkaline foods make a significant change in health or weight loss, but said that they are unlikely to do any harm.

"As long as the food is nutrient dense and healthy, go for it," she said.

Schubert said that one thing the diet avoids is focusing too much on calories, something Kirkpatrick also supported.

"We are not a big fan of measuring calories," he said. "I can give you a teaspoon or tablespoon of linseed oil, which is rich in omega-3 oils but has lots of calories, but you will never get fat out of that oil. Calories are not the ideal measurement for increasing or decreasing weight."

The diet also has a huge focus on lifestyle and behavior surrounding meals. One major feature is chewing a piece of food between 40 to 60 times before swallowing, and at VivaMayr, Schubert said staff use chewing trainers, a piece of slightly stale bread, to get people used to the practice.

Kirkpatrick said that there is some research that shows chewing a single bite multiple times can help with weight loss.

"I like the fact that it is tapping into this more intuitive eating approach, where you're being more mindful, where you're really kind of taking an extra step to number one appreciate food, but number two, to kind of slow down the rate of eating," she said. "I think that's important... I know from a weight loss perspective we actually have seen studies in the past decade that actually shows that kind of habit seems to work."

Other habits emphasized in the Mayr diet include "stopping when you are satisfied, drinking between meals and not with meals, (and) not eating after 4 or 5 p.m.," according to Schubert. He also said it's important to leave "four to five hours" between meals so you can "fully digest" your food.

Schubert also emphasized the role of exercise in the diet.

"Without exercise, you can't achieve any health goal," he said.

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The majority of nutritional advice is general, out of necessity, and some of it does apply to everyonelike eating more vegetables and drinking enough water.

But when it comes to more specific strategieslike how much to eat in order to lose or maintain weight and what you should be eating to achieve thatit can get tricky. New research suggests the issue is complicated because individuals can have different reactions to the amount and type of food compared to others eating the same quantity and meals.

In a small study published in the journal Nature Food, researchers served 19 volunteers four different types of meals comprised of foods ranging from heavy on fruits and vegetables to those typical of a fast food dinner. The people ate these meals over four three-day inpatient periods, which means compliance was closely monitored.

After analyzing urine through molecular profiling technology, researchers found different patterns of chemical composition, suggesting unique responses to the food based on how it was being metabolized. Also, even though everyone ate the same amount of calories, some people excreted more calories through their urine than others, researchers found.

This is because of the way each persons metabolic pathways are activated, a process often called metabolic flexibility, said study coauthor Jeremy Nicholson, Ph.D., professor and pro-vice chancellor of health sciences at Murdoch University in Australia.

Most nutritional advice is general, but we know that one size does not fit all, he told Bicycling. In the future, it will be normal to have individualized diets, but these will be informed by metabolism, not genetics. Thats because through your life, your dynamic phenotype [characteristics that change over time] is influenced not just by genes but also by lifestyle, diet, exercise, gut microbes, medications, and other factors.

In the same way that long-term health risks can be pinpointed through factors like these, it may be possible to tailor healthy eating advice in the same way, using molecular technology to understand an individuals metabolic flexibilityand tweak nutrition plans based on that, Nicholson said.

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Until the day comes when insights like those become commonplace in a way thats commercially available, it may be helpful to understand that even with healthy foods, you may have a different response than someone else eating the exact same amount and diet.

And, as Nicholson noted, there are metabolic game changers like exercise and gut health that can change how you're reacting to foods, so making healthy changes to those could switch up your metabolic flexibility in the long run.

The bottom line? Its worth noting how you react to different foods, and realizing that everyone is differentwhat works for other people might not work for you. Meeting with a sports dietitian to get a plan thats tailored to you could be a good first step toward eating in a way that benefits your body specifically.

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By the end of the weekend, the Instagram post was gone, with no explanation to the accounts two million followers. On Twitter, where DP has just under 9,000 followers, they posted an apology: The irony of a call out account getting called out. All the shade is well deserved. In a screenshot, they stated that our intention was to open up a conversation about what it means for a huge fashion corporation like Gap to be aligning with a figure like Kanye, whose divisive politics often take center stage, but that our intentions of using satire to do so fell flat. They said that they had missed the announcement of Ogunlesis appointment, which was not mentioned in Gaps initial announcement, and apologized to her.

In an email interview with GQ, Schuyler and Liu wrote, Were still trying to think of a more meaningful way to address it on our Instagram. We all know how the typical Instagram apologies go theyre pretty worthless to an audience thats already made up their mind. Theres a tendency for people and brands to be too reactionary in their apologies and we could all benefit from taking the time to process and learn.

For many industry insiders and observers, the Twitter apology was not enoughand Diet Pradas stumbling coverage of the news about West, Clemens, and Ogunlesi was representative of a larger, longer-term issue with the callout-and-cancel approach to fashion and pop culture that the account helped pioneer in the first place. Some fashion insiders say that, in searching for the inflammatory angle instead of working towards a cohesive platform for a reformed fashion industry, the account often misses the mark. As Sabino wrote to GQ by email earlier this week, They [have] especially talked about Kanye and Virgil Abloh in ways that at times felt like they were overdoing it a little, adding that although West remains a controversial figure for his support of Donald Trump, putting a budding young, black, female designer at the head of a massive collaboration is a big deal no matter who pulls it off. Gregory wrote to GQ that Diet Prada is no longer relevant: We've moved past Diet Prada because no one holds Diet Prada accountable. DP is able to have Black Lives Matter in their bio and at the same time uphold tokenism in the industry. You cant do both. Where is the credibility in that? A handful of other fashion industry insiders told me that they dont follow Diet Prada: I pay them no mind, one said. Their militant and uncompromising tone can seem out of step with the industrys current mores: Abolish the police also means diet prada, joked (or not!) another person on Twitter.

So has the great canceler become the canceled? The answer isnt quite so simple.

Fashion, it seems, is moving towards a more nuanced court of public opinion, where consumers and employees are pushing for systemic change at every level instead of the mere removal of figureheads. Cancelling people doesnt give them the opportunity to fix what they did wrong; it deprives someone of full accountability, says fashion influencer Bryan Yambao, aka Bryanboy. And new industry efforts to challenge racism in fashion that have emerged over the past several weeks push that idea into actionable territory. Aurora Jamess Fifteen Percent Pledge is an initiative to diversify consumers spending habits. After the Council of Fashion Designers of America announced a new slate of diversity actions, the Kelly Initiative formed to demand more radical systemic change. Last week, Teen Vogue editor Lindsay Peoples Wagner and publicist Sandrine Charles announced the Black In Fashion Council, an organization of more than 400 fashion professionals that will create a Quality Index Score to work with emerging and established fashion brands and media organizations to diversify staff and provide mentorship and support. In an interview with the Business of Fashion, Peoples Wagner said that she wanted to move away from cancel culture towards accountability culture, adding, We want to allow people to rise to the occasion of changing.

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A few years ago, Jenni Murray was out walking with her son and dogs when she saw a potential vision of her future. While she was strolling painfully around the park, stopping to rest at benches where she could, a woman not much larger than Murray passed them on a mobility scooter, her own dogs leads attached to the handlebars. If Murray at 24 stone (152kg) didnt do something about her weight, her concerned son said, that might be her before long. How did she feel about herself at that point?

Extremely obese, she says. I was not the fit, active person that I wanted to be. I just lumbered everywhere. Id had breast cancer and a double hip replacement in my 50s, but it was the obesity that was going to kill me. It was the final push Murray needed, after a lifetime of dieting, and a warning from her doctor that she was on the way to developing type 2 diabetes. I thought, Ive got to do something about it, Im 64 and Im not going to make it to 70. She adds, triumph in her voice, And I did make it to 70! She reached the milestone birthday in May.

In 2014, Murray had bariatric surgery and lost eight stone in a year. The broadcaster has written about her lifelong attempts, and failures, to keep her weight to a healthier level in a new book, Fat Cow, Fat Chance. The punchy title was deliberate she says, on the phone from her home in London, with the washing machine whirring in the background. Her warm voice if you have listened to her for much of the 33 years she has been presenting Womans Hour on Radio 4 is perhaps as familiar to you as your mothers.

Ive been angry most of my life about having to deal with this weight problem, she says and about dealing with the fat-shaming that comes with it. When she went to a conference and heard a young doctor speaking, it was the moment the lightbulb goes on in your head. [He said:] Isnt it curious that so many things are included in hate crime, but whats the one thing thats not? Obesity. And I thought, God, the number of times when Ive been sitting in my car about to pull away at the lights, or Ive been out on my bike, or walking my dog, and some bloke its always a bloke just walked past and said: Fat cow. Or another C-word. So many of us will have had that expression thrown at us and yet nobody thinks its hateful. Fat-shaming should, she says, be classed as hate speech.

I want young women who are brave about their obesity to understand what its like in your 60s when you cant get around

Murray knows the narrative around people who have reached the stage of obesity. Were considered to be lazy, lacking in moral fibre, we eat too much, we dont exercise enough. Its so much more complicated and it just makes me so mad that the whole thing is so grossly misunderstood. Her book takes in research in genetics, our gut microbiome, hormones, the environment, the food industry and psychology. And how, once you reach a certain weight, the idea that you can simply eat less and move more and that you can be shamed into doing this is simply not true for a lot of people. I do call obesity a disease and were only now beginning to understand how wide the number of reasons are for it.

She thinks about her two obese grandmothers and a genetic propensity for weight gain that stretches back long before them, and the fraught relationship with her mother, who was both horrified that her daughter could become fat but also insistent that she always finish everything on her plate.

Murray grew up in Barnsley, the only child of Win, who had given up her job in the civil service once she became a mother, and Alvin, an electrical engineer. Food was central from the potatoes and raspberries grown on her grandfathers allotment to her grandmothers fry-up, cooked on an open fire, and her mothers apple pie. They had come out of wartime rationing, and suddenly, Oh my goodness, we can create pleasure again. Because thats the other important thing food is not just about sustenance, its about pleasure. My granny and my mother were suddenly in a position to make beautiful chocolate cakes, wonderful treacle sponge puddings, fantastic pies. It was an expression of their love. And, of course, to refuse it was an insult.

When Murray put on weight while at the University of Hull she was the first of her family to go to university, where she studied French and drama, with the ambition of becoming an actor her mother told her she looked like a baby elephant. Murray was determined that the next time she saw her mother, she would have lost weight. A university doctor prescribed pills, which turned out to be amphetamines. Her tutor, worried about her diminishing appearance and strange behaviour, intervened. She went from 11 to seven stone, mainly by eating one boiled egg and a tomato for every meal a diet she had read about in a magazine. I didnt feel good about myself, she says. I felt ill.

For a while her weight was fairly stable she joined the BBC in her 20s, first as a local radio assistant on BBC Bristol, then wangling her way in front of the microphone, and later becoming a presenter on Womans Hour, Radio 4s long-running programme, in 1987 (she was made a dame in 2011). But in the mid-90s, with her weight going up, she embarked on the eating regime that was popular then the Atkins diet.

You do it and you lose loads of weight and you think, Oh well, Ive done that, I can start eating normally again now, and you are ravenously hungry. What you dont understand when you go on a diet like that is your hormonal system is responding by sending messages to your brain saying, Whoa, shes losing too much weight, shes starving, make her eat. More diets followed, as well as trying antidepressants, CBT and therapy and there were the half-hearted attempts at the cabbage-soup diet, and the Atkins-like Dukan diet. Why did she keep falling for them? I have asked myself that question over and over again, she says with a laugh. You just think every time, Maybe this is the answer. Instead, the crash-dieting wreaked havoc on her metabolism.

Since she was her familys main earner, Murray would spend four days a week in London for work, while her husband David looked after their two sons in the countryside. Unhappy at being away from her family, while also trying to look after her two elderly parents, Murray lived on takeaways, microwaved ready meals and too much wine. She ate for comfort.

She writes that she tried to be happy with her shape but that her cheeriness was an Oscar-winning performance put on in public, but in private I lived with a growing sense of fear and misery. What does she make of the body-positive movement, where (mostly) women, sick of being criticised for their size, choose to celebrate it instead? I wish I could be completely supportive of them, because I hate fat-shaming, she says. But I know in the long run how dangerous being desperately obese can be. I want those young women who are very brave about their obesity to understand what its like when you get to your early 60s and you cant get around, and you get type 2 diabetes.

But she also writes that she wonders whether becoming fatter was an expression of her feminism and two fingers up to a society that expects women to be thin. It was an idea she got from the psychotherapist Susie Orbachs book, Fat Is a Feminist Issue, though she says now: I dont think in my case that was it, because I hated being fat.

Will thinness ever not be the goal for women? Instead of one physical ideal, she says she wishes we could get to a point where we accept that healthy body shapes can vary she likes to draw the parallel with her three chihuahuas, all different sizes. And she is scathing about the diet industry. I hate it, she says. Its caused me more misery than any other part of my life. Yes, some people will be successful on a strict diet, but it will become a daily obsession. They will somehow cope with hormones going up to the brain saying, Youre starving, youre hungry, eat, eat, eat.

It was after presenting Womans Hour one morning that she asked one of her guests, a doctor specialising in childhood obesity, what she could finally do about her weight. He suggested bariatric surgery, and recommended she see the surgeon and renowned diabetes researcher Francesco Rubino. The minute I met him, and I began to understand what the gastric sleeve would do for me, I couldnt get there fast enough, she says.

Rubino did not blame her for her size. I cant begin to tell you how my spirits were lifted by this warm, gentle, knowledgeable scientist telling me I was not greedy or lazy, but I had a problem with my metabolism, Murray writes. She says she knows some people will think she took the easy option, but bariatric surgery (Murray, like her surgeon, prefers to call it metabolic surgery) never sounded easy with 80% of her stomach removed, it is irreversible and will restrict what she can eat for the rest of her life. She says she was deeply excited at the thought that it might work in the way that I wanted it to but also absolutely terrified. For her, it was life-changing. I can eat whatever I like, but I only eat when Im hungry, which was certainly not the case in the past, and when Im full, I stop, she says.

Has it brought her peace with her body? Ill never have peace with my body, she shoots back with a laugh, as if its a ridiculous concept. Of course not. Am I happy with my body? I cant say that. Maybe Im just not a happy sort of person. I dont know. She doesnt want to lose any more weight, at least.

During this focus on looks, I ask what has disappointed her in terms of feminisms progress. I have so many friends who have daughters who are posting themselves up on Instagram or Twitter or wherever and want to look like She reaches for the words. Porn stars? Kardashians? I look at them and think, Come on, go and do your homework, for goodness sake. Im not sure if she means homework in an academic and career-minded sense, or the history of feminism probably both. In so many ways, we seem to have gone backwards and I can only blame social media for that. I get really sad when I see how much pain is caused by the way we look.

Many women dont really get what feminism is all about until they have their first baby, and then they get it big time

A few years ago, Murray was cheered by how fervently younger women had embraced feminism, but she sounds more downbeat now. I still think were at a stage where many women dont really get what feminism is all about until they have their first baby, and then they get it big time, she says.

As for the current divisions in feminism over transgender issues, Murray is not going there whenever the subject comes up on Womans Hour, as it did a couple of weeks ago in light of the row over JK Rowlings comments, Murray is conspicuously absent. In 2017, she wrote an article, calling for a debate about, among other things, trans womens access to single-sex spaces, which brought a wave of protest (and some support) and a warning about impartiality from the BBC. But with the fault lines so deep, where does feminism go from here? She speaks very carefully. There has to be, at some point, a sensible, thoughtful, considerate discussion about it so that people understand each other. We all need to be able to talk about these things. What I hate is the idea that debate is shut down.

Murray should have been going on a speaking tour to promote her book, but it had to be cancelled because of the pandemic. She remained in London during the lockdown and only recently met up with her husband, who lives in their house on the south coast, for the first time since March. Lockdown wasnt too bad, she says being an only child, and knowing how to entertain herself, had prepared her for it. There was a practice run recording Womans Hour from her kitchen table but it didnt work, and the BBC allowed her to keep going to the studio, she says, with a smile in her voice, even though she turned 70 during lockdown. Its hard to imagine her anywhere else. Retirement, she says, as far as Im concerned is an extremely dirty word.

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Jenni Murray: I hate the diet industry. Its caused me misery - The Guardian

Thirty years ago, nutrition science looked very different. Today we exult healthy fats like avocado and olive oil, but in the 1980s, the war on dietary fat resulted in the proliferation of low-fat products on supermarket shelves. By the end of the 1990s, low-carb diets were in vogue as carbohydrates fell out of favour.

Clare Collins, a professor in nutrition and dietetics at the University of Newcastle, has had a long career in nutrition science. She says the average Australian diet has changed markedly since she graduated from university in 1982. Back then, fast food was a luxury and supermarkets stocked far fewer products.

Today, she says, "people eat a lot more crap." Highly processed food is ubiquitous, and portion sizes have increased. You need never cook again, yet we're not more healthy," says Collins. "We can find too many kilojoules too quickly."

CLARE COLLINS ON STAYING HEALTHY

Despite the easy access to unhealthy food, if you want to eat well in 2020, there's a vast amount of information out there about what constitutes a good diet. In the recently revised and updated edition of Nutrition for Life(Hardie Grant, $34.99), a pioneering book about nutrition and diet first published in 1986, dietitian Catherine Saxelby examines the new trends to emerge in nutrition science over the last three decades, from ancient grains to raw foods.

So, what have been the significant changes in nutrition science over this time?

One of the most exciting frontiers of nutrition science is the microbiome the collective term for the colonies of bacteria that populate our digestive system and pro- and prebiotics, or the foods we eat to keep it healthy.

A healthy microbiome is associated with overall good health. It fends off unwelcome pathogens, reduces inflammation, enhances the body's immune response, aids digestions, reduces symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and bowel disease, keeps the bowel healthy and reduces the likelihood of developing colorectal cancer.

Our gut health is also closely associated with our mental wellbeing. More than 100 million neurons in the gut form the enteric system, explains Saxelby in Nutrition for Life. "These neurons 'communicate' with the microbiome, which can then affect your behaviour and feelings, including eating habits, cravings and moods." There is also evidence, she adds, that making a positive change to the microbiome may reduce anxiety and depression.

We can nourish our microbiome by consuming probiotics (live bacteria found in food and drinks such as yoghurt, fermented vegetables including sauerkraut and kimchi, and kombucha) and prebiotics (non-digestible components of food such as resistant starch, found in cold potatoes, that feed friendly bacteria in the gut).

According to Collins, one of the biggest changes in nutrition science in recent decades is the shift from focusing on individual macro- and micronutrients towards looking at overall dietary patterns. We have a greater understanding of the way food and its component elements work as a bundle, she says.

An important part of the picture is phytonutrients, the chemicals found in food once referred to as antioxidants that protect against cancer and heart disease. As Saxelby explains in Nutrition for Life, we now know these substances do more than prevent oxidation. Beta-carotene inhibits the early stages of tumour development, Vitamin C reduces cancers of the digestive tract, and selenium enhances the body's immune response.

Not all phytochemicals have a positive effect on the body. Some are anti-nutrients, such as lectin, a phytochemical found in tomatoes, beans and lentils that can inhibit the absorption of other nutrients when eaten raw.

The best way to boost your phytochemical intake is to eat a colourful array of fruit and vegetables, use herbs and spices such as rosemary, turmeric and ginger liberally, and drink red wine instead of white and tea instead of coffee.

In Nutrition for Life, Saxelby explains why she is "a big fan" of omega-3 fatty acids: they keep your heart and blood healthy, assist in maintaining brain power and healthy eyesight, help manage mental health and diabetes, and decrease inflammation.

Omega-3s play a particularly vital role in neural development. "Babies need omega-3s for their brain to grow properlyso pregnant and breastfeeding mums must get a steady supply of omega-3s for the sake of their baby's health," Saxelby writes.

"Babies need omega-3s for their brain to grow properly."

We should all eat around 500 milligrams a day of long-chain omega-3s found in oily fish such as salmon and mackerel and 1000 milligrams of plant-sourced omega-3s found in chia seeds, linseed, pecans and walnuts.

Increased access to information has revolutionised nutrition science, says Collins. "Thirty years ago, I still had to go to the library and get a CD-ROM to look up old journal articles or look in paper-based journals. Now, I can do that at my desk."

Digitisation means that "we now synthesise and critique information in much more powerful ways than we ever could before through systematic reviews and meta-analyses", she says. "As a health professional, I can get better information, which means I'm better able to advise people."

However, there is a downside to the explosion of information found online: the rise of the "self-styled guru". A large part of Collins's job today is to "connect people to the best available information and interpret it for them," she says. "It's why I'm more passionate about science communication than ever. I've written 90-plus articles for The Conversation, and I draw heavily on information from systematic reviews or good studies."

In an age of misinformation, it's vital to draw information from reputable sources like trusted news organisations and credentialled experts, says Collins, rather than celebrities who follow the latest fad diet.

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Defending her diet! Two days after announcing she was going back on the keto diet, Kourtney Kardashian responded to claims that the popular eating regimen is unhealthy.

The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 41, took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday, July 2, to address her social media followers, some of whom apparently dont approve of the restrictive eating plan. To the one who said I should let you know that I am not a dietitian, you are correct. Sorry if anyone thought that was my profession, she quipped alongside a photo of her ketone meter as it was reading a test strip.

And diabetes does run in my family and my dr. also has me check my glucose levels while doing keto for those questioning that too , she noted. Thank you all for your concern.

The Poosh founder added: And to all of you saying keto is unhealthy, my dr. has me do it for brief periods to help detox metals or toxins.

Kardashian also took this opportunity to state that those considering giving the keto diet a try should first consult a medical professional. So I would not recommend this without checking with your dr. first, she explained. But my dr. I trust puts me on it and I personally love it.

The California native, who noted that her ketone levels go crazy, concluded her clapback by telling her followers to HAVE A HAPPY DAY.

Kardashians staunch defense of keto came a day after she shared a photo of herself testing her blood via a finger prick. Morning keytone [sic] and glucose level check , she wrote in an Instagram Story of the blood test at the time. and after two days of eating keto I am in ketosis (.5).

The goal of the diet, which forbids foods such as grains, beans and juice, is to enter a state of ketosis through fat metabolism. Once in a ketogenic state, the body then primarily uses fat for energy instead of carbohydrates; with low levels of carbohydrate, fats can be converted into ketones to fuel the body. Additionally, when a person is in ketosis, they will have blood ketone levels of 0.53 millimoles per liter.

As Kardashians results on Wednesday, July 1, showed, her body is now burning fat for energy, which leads to weight loss. May the fat burning begin, she added. Her Thursday results were also in the ketosis range.

The E! personality, who has been on the keto diet twice before, announced she was starting the eating regimen yet again on Monday, June 29. Keto starts today , she wrote on her Instagram Stories at the time over a salad made with lettuce, sliced avocado, carrot ribbons, lean turkey and some cheese.

After her test on Wednesday, Kardashian enjoyed an avocado smoothie one of her go-to healthy drinks. On Thursday, she also included a link to a previously published Poosh article detailing her go-to keto hacks in her Instagram Stories.

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Kourtney Kardashian Slams Claims the Keto Diet Is Unhealthy: I Personally Love It - Us Weekly

Rebel Wilson is an Australian-born comedian, best known for her roles in raucous comedies like Pitch Perfect. Wilson is popular with fans for her brash, unfiltered attitude and outspoken personality. Still, Wilson is making headlines for a whole new reason these days her devotion to a healthy lifestyle. Recently, a well-known doctor opened about the plan that Wilson has been following and why it can seriously help to improve digestive health.

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Rebel Wilson was born in Australia in 1980. Raised by a mother who worked as a professional dog handler, Wilson has three siblings, with whom she has worked on occasional projects.

Wilson was very academically-inclined and did well in school. She even briefly considered pursuing a career in mathematics. As a young woman, Wilson went on a school trip to South Africa, where she contracted malaria.

While in the grips of the disease, Wilson got hallucinations. In one of her vivid hallucinations, Wilson saw herself becoming a successful actress and receiving an award.

Following this event, Wilson began studying theater. However, her natural affinity for comedy led her to pursue comedy, and she developed quite a name for herself in local clubs in Australia.

Eventually, Wilson made the move to Hollywood, where she began acting in movies such as What to Expect When Youre Expecting and Bachelorette. She is perhaps best known for the role of Fat Amy in the Pitch Perfect film series however, in real life, Wilson has undergone a drastic slim down.

In early 2020, Wilson shocked fans when she posted a series of photos to her Instagram, debuting a trim figure and a happy smile. Fans were quick to notice the change in Wilson.

Still, as the actress revealed, her new look can be attributed to a new devotion to a healthy lifestyle, rather than a fad diet. Wilson claimed that, for her, 2020 was going to be the Year of Health. She stated that she has been working out hard in the gym, hydrating, and actively avoiding junk food and excessive sugar.

The actress revealed that she initially lost a great deal of weight while filming the musical Cats, but was so inspired by the positive changes that she saw, that she wanted to keep the ball rolling.

For months, fans have been wondering how exactly Wilson has been managing to maintain her healthy lifestyle and how she got started on that track in the first place. According to sources, Wilson first got inspired to get healthy when she visited a luxury medical detox and wellness center called VivaMayr. While there, Wilson was introduced to the Mayr Method, a specialized diet plan that allowed Wilson to see some truly incredible results.

The Mayr Method, according to the assistant medical director of VivaMayr, Dr. Christine Stossier, completely revamps peoples diets in order to eliminate snacking, reduce gluten and dairy intake and change how people chew their food. Whole foods are the central focus of the diet, with devotees consuming foods like fresh fish, lots of vegetables, and yogurt.

It isnt just the food that matters, either on the Mayr Method, people are instructed to chew very slowly, often counting chews. This approach is said to aid digestion and reduce inflammation.

While this specialized diet might not work for everyone, it certainly has worked for Rebel Wilson. The comedian is looking happier and healthier than ever on her social media pages, and her career is on fire.

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Rebel Wilson Weight Loss Secret Is the Mayr Method, But What Is It? - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

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