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People use the term keto crotch if they notice that their vaginal discharge and odor grow stronger while following the keto diet.

The keto diet advocates high fat and low carbohydrate consumption and began in the 1920s as a treatment for epilepsy. However, many people who do not have epilepsy follow the diet to lose weight.

In this article, we discuss whether keto crotch is real and what else it could be.

Some people notice that they have increased vaginal odor and discharge on the keto diet.

Keto crotch has not been the subject of scientific investigation yet. However, it is possible that keto crotch could be bacterial vaginosis (BV).

Bacteria known as lactobacilli are important in ensuring the acidic environment of the vagina, which helps to maintain the natural vaginal microbiome. BV occurs when the environment in the vagina changes, and other bacteria replace the lactobacilli.

The potential hydrogen (pH) scale measures how acidic or alkaline something is. The typical vaginal pH during reproductive years is around 4.5 pH.

According to an older 2007 study, a diet high in fat may cause a high vaginal pH. The study found that the participants who had a diet high in fat also had an average vaginal pH of 5.1. A vaginal pH of more than 4.5 may be an indicator of BV.

The study suggests that a diet high in fat may increase the risk of bacterial infections related to BV by increasing the risk of other bacterial growth.

A 2020 review reinforced the links between a diet high in fat and the occurrence of BV. However, it also noted that saturated fats may be a significant link.

As the keto diet consists of consuming large amounts of fats and small amounts of carbohydrates, there may be a link between the diet and BV.

A diet high in fats may change the vaginal pH, leading to an environment in which BV can occur.

The keto diet may cause a variety of side effects.

The keto diet has several short-term side effects, with one example being keto flu, which typically resolves within a few weeks.

Keto flu symptoms include:

Another side effect is keto breath.

People may describe keto breath as being fruity or smelling like nail polish remover. Keto breath occurs due to acetone exiting the lungs when someone is following the keto diet.

Long-term effects of the keto diet may include:

It may be that keto crotch is, as yet, an undiscovered side effect of the keto diet.

Keto crotch symptoms include strong smelling vaginal odor and white discharge. However, these symptoms may indicate BV.

BV is the most common cause of vaginal discharge in females between 1544 years old. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 21.2 million females between 1449 years of age in the United States have this condition.

The symptoms of BV include:

As the symptoms of BV and keto crotch are similar, some people on the keto diet may attribute these to the diet itself.

There is not enough research to determine whether keto crotch is a real side effect of the keto diet or if it is BV.

If keto crotch is a side effect of the keto diet, there is no known cause. However, BV may occur due to disruptions of the natural vaginal flora.

The following may cause a change in the typical vaginal pH:

BV is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI). However, new sexual partners may increase the risk of developing BV. Female sex partners can transfer BV to each other.

BV can sometimes go away by itself, or doctors may treat the condition if symptoms are present.

A person can treat BV with antibiotics, such as clindamycin or metronidazole. Both of these antibiotics are effective for more than 90% of people.

These antibiotics are in the form of cream, vaginal suppositories, or oral tablets. A course of antibiotics lasts between 17 days. However, the condition may persist despite the antibiotics, or reoccur.

BV can sometimes go away without treatment. However, it is important to seek treatment if symptoms occur because of the potential complications.

According to the CDC, BV may lead to health risks, such as:

The CDC suggest that practicing safe sex and avoiding douching the vagina may lower the chance of contracting BV.

However, if BV is a side effect of following the keto diet, a person can talk to a dietician about other diets that may be more beneficial.

Vaginal odors and the amount and appearance of discharge can change over time without an underlying medical condition. However, it is important to see a doctor if any changes are sudden, out of the ordinary, or worrying.

A doctor will examine the vagina for signs of discharge, and they may perform tests on a sample of vaginal fluid to diagnose BV.

The keto diet can cause a variety of side effects, such as keto flu and keto breath. It can also have long-term consequences, including kidney stones and vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Keto crotch is a condition that some people notice on the keto diet. Its symptoms are very similar to BV, including discharge and a strong odor.

There are links between diets high in fat, such as the keto diet, and BV, suggesting that a high fat diet may increase the likelihood of developing the infection.

BV may go away on its own, but it is important to see a doctor if any symptoms present. BV increases the risk of contracting and submitting HIV and other STIs and increases the likelihood of giving birth prematurely. A person can treat BV with antibiotics.

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TLCs docu-series My 600-lb Life and Dr. Now have worked miracles on some, while for others, the entire weight loss process has been nothing but drama and chaos. Each obese individual that comes on the show has just one goal get fit to live a long healthy life, but for a few, the will power and hard work required to actually reach a weight that would enable them to get the weight-loss assist surgery is not easy.

The season 7 episode 19 subject Angie J, full name Angela Marie Dunham-Johns weighed 643 lbs when she went to meet Dr. Now in Houston for the first time. Even though she had obstacles, she had a supportive husband by her side. I want to see her get better so she can have a life, and we can have a life together.

Of course, Angies backstory as to how she reached this far is as horrific as any other. When she was little girl, Angie was molested by a family friend, and when she tried to confide in her drug-addict mother, she just brushed it off. And again, at the age of thirteen, Angie went through the trauma of being raped by a 27-year-old, in what she referred to as her first relationship.

Angie got pregnant as a result of that rape and went through the entire pregnancy just to give her child away. Considering that she was a child herself, it had to be done. But, the whole experience made her turn to food as a coping mechanism, after which she quickly started gaining weight.

The then 39-year-old finally decided to turn her life around and went to Dr. Now in hopes of getting the life-saving weight-loss surgery she needed.

Angie was one of the most controversial and argumentative subjects of the series. She not only refused to follow the diet charts and exercises given to her but often got angry at others when they were trying to help her out. On quite a few occasions, she called Dr. Nows weight loss program bulls-t.

At one point on the show, Dr. Now said that he could tell that Angie was on drugs because of the way she was slurring her words. When he ordered a toxicology test, Angie tested positive for marijuana, revealing that she was heavily smoking during her time in the program.

In 8 months, Angie had lost only 49 lbs, nowhere near the required number for her to be approved for the surgery, and so, she was dismissed with the final weight of 594 lbs. However, Angies weight loss journey didnt end with her time on the program.

According to her Facebook public images, it does look like she has lost a significant amount of weight, especially from her face. Following her time on the show, she worked hard to lose weight on her own and was able to receive the weight loss assist surgery from somewhere else in September of 2019.

Now, she is able to function, walk, and do day-to-day tasks all by herself. Angie claims that she has lost more than half of her body weight since her peak of almost 650, and honestly, it shows. We do hope that she can continue on with her journey and reach the goals that she has set for herself.

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Queen Elizabeth II turned 94 on April 21. The queen has surpassed the average life expectancy for women in the United Kingdom by a decade. Not only is she UK's longest-reigning monarch but is also the oldest head of the states in the world. Queen Elizabeth is known to have a simple approach to food and nutrition. Here are some of her diet secrets that you can learn from:Portion controlQueen Elizabeth "eats to live" and doesn't "live to eat". She is very careful about portion control and sticks to small portion sizes. She prefers four light meals instead of three big meals a day. According to Unversity of Cambridge, having smaller portion sizes every day can help one cut their daily food consumption by 25 per cent. Thus, reducing portion size is one of the best ways to lose weight.Indulge in what you like and not everythingQueen Elizabeth loves chocolate cake. She eats a small piece of it every day. Studies show that treating yourself with what you like is an important part of a healthy and long-lasting diet. Depriving yourself of something you like, will only increase your cravings, which might make you end up eating much more. The Queen likes to have chocolate with 60 per cent or higher cocoa. She loves to eat dark chocolate. Dark chocolates are rich in flavonoids, which may protect one against heart disease and stroke. Eat seasonal foodsThe Queen eats a lot of strawberries during summer but doesn't eat them in winter. She absolutely sticks to eating seasonal. Out of season foods have to travel a lot of miles before hitting your shelves, which may compromise its nutritional value. Studies have found that tomatoes lose more than 50 per cent of their Vitamin C in eight days. Include more fishQueen Elizabeth loves to eat fish and often has salmon sandwiches with her tea in the noon and grilled fish for lunch/dinner. Fatty fish such as salmon have omega 3 and DHA, which lowers your risk of a heart attack. TeaQueen loves to have Earl Grey tea, which helps in lowering cholesterol due to the flavonoids in it. Other teas like black tea help in lowering the blood pressure, reduce one's risk of ovarian cancer and promote weight loss.

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A 2018 survey by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention found that in the United States, more than 100 million dogs and cats qualified as overweight or obese, up from 80 million in 2013.

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The most meaningful pet-relationship of my life has been with my cat Porthos, a Russian Blue-mix named after the most Rubenesque of the Three Musketeers. Porthos chub is what first caught my eye when I was looking for a kitten; he was so fat, and so cute, I knew Id love him forever and probably die for him.

I am hardly the only person with a soft spot for fat pets. Today, the internet has a thesaurus-entrys worth of affectionate, made-up words to celebrate hefty animals: chonky, floofy, thicc, round bois and absolute units, to start. For the past few years, a comedic feline bodyweight chart has bounced around Reddit and Twitter, illustrating the body mass gradations that take a cat from A Fine Boi to A Heckin Chonker to OH LAWD HE COMIN the latter a decidedly obese creature.

Most of this slang falls into its own genre of meme-speak called DoggoLingo, which can be applied to nearly any animal (dogs and cats are standard, but even the U.S. National Audubon Society website has an extremely important guide to understanding when a bird qualifies as a birb namely, when its very round).

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And, there are countless social media appreciation groups full of people using this language to express their love for fat animals. Reddits r/Chonkers is a gathering place for more than 300,000 chomnk lovers, and the Facebook group This Cat is C H O N K Y has more than 700,000 members, while Instagrams @chonkyanimals and @chonky_cats each have upwards of 100,000 and @weratechonks clocks in at nearly 80,000 members.

In short, chonks are a huge thing. But does all this body paws-itivity have any implications for the actual health of our pets?

Research shows that the majority of North American pets are getting heavier. A 2018 survey by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention found that in the United States, more than 100 million dogs and cats qualified as overweight or obese, up from 80 million in 2013. The former number represents 60 per cent of cats and more than 56 per cent of dogs.

Last year, a study by researchers at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph analyzed 54 million cat weight measurements collected over decades to discover that the mean weight of a neutered, eight-year-old domestic cat rose half a pound between 1995 and 2015. That doesnt sound like a lot, but it makes a considerable difference on a cats small frame and can contribute to health issues such as feline diabetes, osteoarthritis and heart disease.

We cant say for sure what the direct causes for this increase are, says Dr. Adam Campigotto, lead researcher on the study, but we suspect that its either a result of more cats living indoors and having less activity, or an increase in palatability of cat food or [meal size]. A lot of owners interact with their cats through feeding and giving pets food facilitates a sort of connection between owner and animal.

The online popularity of fat cats has not escaped Campigottos attention. One issue is a lot of overweight cats can be cute and cuddly, he says. Fat cats are something people want to post about online and when you see them online it becomes more normal.

Campigotto is right: Thanks to the internet, we can look at fat pets all day. Yet, those who run chonk-appreciation social media accounts argue that they are not glorifying pet obesity, rather, theyre trying to create spaces where people can share pictures of the pets they love without being harassed.

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I do feel like our stance has been a bit misunderstood, says Tori Diaz, founder of Facebooks This Cat is C H O N K Y, a group that forbids both fat shaming and the sharing of medical advice. Some people have twisted it into Oh, you dont want [pets] to lose weight, you want people to purposefully fatten up their animals, which is a not it at all, she says. The reason we dont do medical advice here is the vast majority of people are not experts and what works for one animal wont work for another. Unless its from your vet, you really shouldnt be following advice on the internet.

Diaz says that more often than not, the pets posted to her page are on slow, healthy, vet-monitored weight-loss journeys (rapid weight loss can be dangerous for pets). The owners dont want to feel pressured to constantly, preemptively state when they post Yes, were putting them on a diet and were making sure theyre losing weight. They just want to put up a lighthearted post and move on, she says.

Lauren Paris, whose cats Bruno and Carlo have 125,000 followers on their Instagram page, @TheeBrunoBartlett, also bristles at body shamers. That may sound silly or irrelevant because its just a cat but its representative of a bigger issue in society: bullying, she says. Still, Paris recognizes her own responsibility to emphasize her pets health on her account. Otherwise, I think [the chonk] gets glorified and people just want to adopt big cats because theyre cute and keep them that way. Bruno has lost seven pounds since being adopted at 25 pounds in 2018, alienating some of his fans. You see comments like, Oh, I miss his basketball belly. And I do feel its my job to say, Yeah, it was cute, but now hes going to live forever, Paris says.

Fortunately, according to Zazie Todd, a B.C.-based psychologist specializing in animal companions and author of the new book Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy, pet owners can rest assured that putting their cats or dogs on a diet neednt affect their relationship with them. Todd suggests replacing edible treats with bonding activities such as taking your pet for a walk, playing with it or cuddling.

Another upside to the popularity of online chonk is that it may encourage more people to adopt overweight animals, who are often overlooked in favour of more energetic shelter puppies and kittens. Fat pets may need a little extra care, but theres so much of them to love.

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The Hairy Bikers are a pair of popular chefs. Named Si King and Dave Myers, they followed a diet plan to lose seven stone between them.

Eating spicy food helped the chefs to slim down, they admitted.

"here are very few calories in spice. If youre clever with herbs and spices you can make fantastic dishes which have less calories," Si said.

Unlike a number of weight loss plans, The Hairy Bikers did not cut out carbohydrates.

Si went on: "You can have carbohydrates as long as youre careful because your body needs it carbs just shouldnt be the biggest portion on your plate.

"Its not rocket science, its just making sure that the food you eat is comforting, nutritious and is held back on the salts and sugars a bit."

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When Kate Kernan married her husband Justin two months ago, she didn't try to change her body before the big event.

The 26-year-old tells 9Honey she was already happy with how her body looked and felt.

"Even though usually people go crazy before their wedding and try to get to a certain number, I didn't because I was already comfortable," she adds.

"I love all my wedding photos. In all of them you can tell I felt comfortable and that I am happy and healthy. That's all that matters."

However, Kate hasn't always been so happy with her body, having struggled with body image issues since she was a child and trying her first diet shortly after leaving high school.

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"I always loved my food, especially chocolate. I have a massive sweet tooth."

Kate, who lives in Tasmania, didn't know anything about how to lose weight, so simply stopped eating.

"Then I'd end up eating chocolate and stuff like that. I tried diet shakes at one stage but they were disgusting," she says.

Working in a cafe didn't help, surrounded by food each day, and despite persevering with the shakes for almost a year, she remained the same size.

"I just wasn't happy with myself. I was unhappy at how I had let myself go," Kate recalls.

"Then I met my husband. I went to hospital when my nephew was born and he was visiting my nephew as well."

Justin, 36, was a friend of her brother's. It was truly meant to be.

"I still wanted to lose weight and I wanted to be happy with my body, but I never was," Kate adds.

"Justin always said he liked how I looked, that he was happy if I was happy."

Kate says she gained more weight, reaching her highest weight while pregnant with her daughter Alice.

A month away from giving birth, a friend introduced her to Healthy Mummy.

"I had put on a lot of weight and I was unhappy with how I looked," Kate recalls.

Her first few weeks and months as a mum weren't her happiest time, with Kate saying she didn't go out much.

"I didn't have depression but I was very uncomfortable and none of my clothes fit," she adds.

"I was at a point that I had to buy bigger clothes."

Kate had started the Healthy Mummy pregnancy program towards the end of her pregnancy, kicking her weight loss efforts up a gear once she was home with little Alice.

Not a big breakfast eater, Kate started having smoothies for breakfast and following the healthy recipes for the rest of the day.

"The smoothies were much better that the ones I used to have," she says.

"Each day I'd get out and walk with Alice, and the Healthy Mummy support group was really motivating."

During her pregnancy, Kate began experiencing pain in her feet but doctors could only attribute it to pregnancy and weight gain. It wasn't until she fell pregnant with her son that she was diagnosed with arthritis.

"I now take medication so I can work normally compared to how I was," she said.

The first time Kate weighed herself was just after having a daughter and then following her weight loss efforts. During her second pregnancy with son Arlo she maintained her health habits and quickly lost the pregnancy weight the second time around.

These days she avoids the scale, choosing to focus on how she feels instead of a number.

"I stopped weighing myself. Now I know when my body is at its healthiest."

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SYRACUSE A swarm of bees caught a northern Utah family by surprise when it buzzed in and set up shop in the yard in just minutes.

I just thought it was crazy, Joanna Plant laughed as she explained what happened.

The family was setting up a picnic when the bees set up for lunch.

We came back and the kids were just yelling, Mom!, Dad! Come here!' Plant said. We came to the back door, we looked in our backyard and it was swarming bees, everywhere!

She said the swarm swelled and within 30, 40 minutes they had all swarmed and made this big hive it was nuts!

Beekeeper Rodeny Marchant came to the rescue with a vacuum to suck up all the bees and so he can relocate them.

Theyll be in a hive. And if the hive gets too small for the amount of bees that are in there, the worker bees will actually stop feeding the queen so that shell be able to lose weight and be able to fly long distances," Marchant said, as he explained what likely caused the swarm.

Marchant is one of about 45 beekeepers in Davis County who shows up to collect swarming bees.

He said a quarter or more of the bees will leave to form a new hive, calling the trampoline a temporary staging area.

He said its a good thing the Plant family called for help quickly.

Hopefully we catch them at that stage, because if we dont catch them, thats when they move into the soffits of houses, or they move into walls, or they move into somebodys shed, he said.

He said if they move into one of those areas, its a lot tougher to get them out.

Not all the bees are gone. Some scout bees are still trying to play on the trampoline.

We do need to get a bigger trampoline, so we can get rid of it, Plant giggled.

Perfect excuse, her daughter Brooklyn agreed.

With so many kids stuck at home, a replacement may be hard to find.

For now, they will just have to stay patient and stay safe.

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Jane* first noticed her son looked thin when she met him for dinner in Manchester. Joseph*, then 14, was a full-time boarder after winning a scholarship at a ballet school, and as he stepped off the train at Manchester Piccadilly, Jane handed her son a doughnut she had bought him at the station. Joseph had never had issues with food, but that day he devoured the doughnut so quickly it was as though hed never seen food before.

If you think about anorexia specifically, often the girls who display it are hyper-smart.

That night, the family went for dinner at a pizza restaurant, but Joseph didnt seem himself. He didnt eat much at all, says Jane. I kept saying, are you eating? Youre getting very thin, darling.

What followed was a confession. Joseph broke down to his mother, telling her he had been restricting food in the belief that the less he ate, the better he would perform.

I have a very close relationship with Joseph, and I had no idea, says Jane. It was unbelievable really.

I hadnt noticed because he was eating at home and he was growing, so it was really difficult to spot.

Jane went to the school with her son that night to speak to the housemaster, but she says there wasnt much support.

The housemaster just said: Right, OK its just a case of you eating, Joseph. He was very young and not capable of looking after Joseph really. The problem with ballet schools is that they see eating disorders as a weakness in a dancer.

There wasnt a nutritionist on site, and there was no-one looking at what they were eating. I think his ballet teacher did have his suspicions, because Joseph told me hed questioned him about what he was eating. [The teacher] would never admit that, but he did.

As Jane started to realise what her son had been going through, there were more confessions from Joseph. Hed started getting ill. On one occasion hed turned blue in a ballet class and had to be taken to the schools medical centre, yet the school hadnt notified his parents. Joseph also told his mother hed started coming down with colds regularly and his hair had started falling out, yet the school had failed to pick up on the symptoms.

Jane sought help from private counsellors and a nutritionist, and Joseph was diagnosed with relative energy deficiency in sport also known as RED-S. Most common in athletes, the British Medical Journal describes RED-S as the result of insufficient caloric intake and/or excessive energy expenditure, with consequences affecting metabolism, menstrual function, bone health, immunity, protein synthesis, and cardiovascular and psychological health.

Thanks to a four-pronged approach including hypnotherapy and support from a private nutritionist, Joseph is now in recovery, but Jane says if it hadnt been for him acknowledging something was wrong and speaking to his mother when he did, he would most likely have been hospitalised.

Joseph is one of the lucky ones. Recent figures from NHS England show hospital admissions for eating disorders have risen by 37 per cent over the last two years. The most common age last year for patients with anorexia was 13 to 15, while a quarter of admissions in 2018-19 were for children aged 18 and under at 4,471. There were also 10 cases of anorexia among boys, and six among girls aged nine and under.

If theres one thing experts and those who are in recovery from eating disorders agree on, its that early intervention is key. Research by eating disorder charity Beat shows it takes nearly three and half years for someone to get treatment after first falling ill with an eating disorder, and the largest part of this delay almost two years is due to them not realising they have the eating disorder. There is often then a further wait of more than a year before they visit a GP. Then theres what happens when people do finally attempt to get help.

Rose Anne Evans first started showing symptoms of anorexia when she was 15. After starting to cut out food during school lunchtimes, Evans managed to hide her disordered eating for a while, but friends eventually noticed she had started to isolate herself and urged her to get help.

By the time Evans went to her GP, anorexia had her firmly in its grip. Her eating disorder was affecting her energy levels, mood and mental health. But when her GP told her to step on the scales, Evans was told her BMI was too high for her to be referred to other services.

My weight wasnt low enough in the GPs eyes and I was sent away, says Evans, who has now been in recovery for more than four years.

Evans says the GPs decision that day fuelled her eating disorder. Eventually she was hospitalised in an in-patient unit for eight months before being transferred to a day unit. When Evans went to university in York she became an outpatient, but she says spending so much time in hospital meant she had to learn to adapt to the outside world again once she was discharged. She now campaigns for early intervention.

The more we can support young people at home rather than having to go into an in-patient unit like me, and also the earlier we can get these young people treatment, the better chance they have of making a recovery and flourishing and being able to live their life without an eating disorder, she says. The problem with hospital is it can help to a certain extent but then when you come out youve got to learn to live in the outside world again.

Psychologist Natasha Tiwari agrees. Tiwari, who runs private education and wellness company the Veda Group, specialises in supporting children and adults with anxiety-related disorders including stress, phobias and past traumas. Most of the clients Tiwari sees with eating disorders are teenage girls, but she is noticing more younger children being referred for help, and says early intervention is everything.

As time goes on we are seeing it with younger and younger children, says Tiwari. We dont label it in the same way. We wouldnt describe a seven year old who is restricting her eating as having anorexia, but what we might notice is that we have a seven year old who has serious anxiety and it is manifesting in the fact that she is restricting her eating.

Social media might seem like an obvious place to point the finger, but Tiwari says eating disorders were an issue long before Instagram came on the scene in 2010. Instead, she says eating disorders, particularly in children and teenagers, are often triggered by factors that exist outside body image.

There are so many reasons why it is happening more now compared to 20 years ago, says Tiwari. I definitely think schooling [is linked]. Kids are so aware of the fact they are being assessed and that they are constantly competing against their peers for higher grades.

Theres also just a lot more toxicity in the environment. We are hit with information about food from all angles and its really hard to discern that which is good from that which is unhelpful.

The language around food has also changed. We say things like food is clean, food is dirty, or we will say things like: Im on a detox. A detox only means you are restricting your body from having most of the things that you need in the assumption that you are going to be starting from scratch. These messages are so confusing for adults, let alone kids, and these conversations are framed around wellness, which is also very manipulative.

But despite the external factors that can trigger eating disorders, Tiwari says the changing standards of beauty and the nature of the media cant be ignored.

Its age-old but they give all people a sense that the unachievable is possible. But the difference is that usually for an adult who is reasoned and know images are manipulated, they are able to regulate their emotions. We are able to say to ourselves: Yeah, I dont look like her, but she probably doesnt even look like her. But I would say even kids as old as 17to 18 arent able to process that.

Kids these days have only ever known the world with access to this kind of information. Youd have to be around25 or above at the moment to imagine or remember a time when celebrities looked like normal people when they didnt have plastic surgery, or had all the things you do to have a Jessica Rabbit-style body.

Eating disorder charity Beat offers training to school staff so they can help spot the signs of eating disorders in pupils and refer children and parents to local support. Recently rolled out in the North East and Yorkshire and Humber, the charity is aiming to eventually have one staff member in every high school across the country trained in this way.

Tom Quinn, Beats director of external affairs, says: My understanding is that levels of prevalence are pretty equivalent across the country. There is this stereotype that [eating disorders] only affect young, white girls who are middle class, but thats absolutely wrong. It can affect anyone from any background.

But Tiwari says successfully spotting the signs can be complex.

The challenge with eating disorders is that they are so deeply intertwined with anxiety. A lot of children with eating disorders dont always lose weight really fast, so its hard to know what you are looking at. People find it hard to distinguish between what is teen angst and what is somebody acting up because they are actually going through something psychologically and from a neuro perspective things are going a bit wrong.

Whats also key is that often the person who is suffering from eating disorders doesnt want to be found out. If you think about anorexia specifically, often the girls who display it are hyper-smart. They are really bright girls. If they dont want to be found out they are bright enough and able to manipulate the adults around them for as long as possible into believing that they are eating.

Evans admits her eating disorder was a secretive illness, but thanks to teachers tentatively asking about her welfare when they noticed things werent quite right, she felt she had somewhere to turn when she was ready.

Teachers did ask me if I was OK and they did say they were noticing certain things, but there are stages, and at the time I was in the denial stage.

What does help is those teachers coming to you and asking if youre OK. I know Beat use the term opening the door.

One message I always try to get out is that eating disorders are more of a state of mind than a state of body. You can still be whats classed as a healthy weight, but it is a mental illness so you can be mentally unwell with it.

Obviously if youre not able to open up the first time, just knowing that theres someone to go to when you are ready is really helpful. It often just takes a bit of time to be able to accept help.

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A new support group based in south Manchester aims to bring women in recovery from eating disorders together in a bid to share advice and reassurance.

Founded in January, Seeds of Hope invites women to meet once a week at Withington Fire Station.

Co-founder Helen Bourne was inspired to start the group with friend Eleanor Shiers after the pair lost a close friend to an eating disorder last September.

Bourne says: Obviously no two eating disorders are the same but there are common experiences. We meet once a week and its a chance to give and receive advice, share ideas, inspire and motivate each other, and offer reassurance and hope.

The main aim is to bring people together and provide a safe space where others understand. Theres something really affirming and reassuring when you say something and somebody nods as if to say yeah, I get that, and I can see that happening in the group.

Mental illnesses can be isolating and you can feel like youre the only person [going through it], so I can see it in the group when somebody says something and someone nods. It reduces that isolation a bit.

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Want to know how to lose belly fat fast? Well you can't. But there are ways to torch fat, shed the dreaded visceral fat and maybe even reveal your abs. During lockdown it's a problem a lot of us are facing but then again, its a problem a lot of us were facing before lockdown.

Contrary to what a lot of websites will tell you, directly targeting 'belly fat' is largely impossible outside of surgical procedures. It's more of a matter of knowing how to lose weight in general some of which will be around your belly. It can also be useful to work on your abdominal muscles, so that when the fat is finally gone, your stomach will be properly flat, not fat. Although there's no magic bullet to slay belly fat, there are ways to burn visceral fat or belly fat that are tried, trusted and true.

And, as you have probably guessed, we have a list of them. So if you want to burn belly fat and get fit, this is our 'six-pack' of tips, cheats, technologies and strategies. Oh and if you want to round it up to a lucky 7 tips, try this one blindingly obvious way to avoid lockdown weight gain.

Important note here, everyone: Belly fat these days is often referred to as visceral fat because that sounds scarier. If you really need to shed visceral fat because it's endangering your life, that is an area where you should probably be seeking medical advice, if that is at all possible. But while this guide is more about slimming down a bit, or avoiding ballooning during lockdown, belly fat loss also has an element of visceral fat loss.

Our lose belly fat tips aren't necessarily quick, and this is not about telling you how to get six pack abs although we have plenty of guides to that, too. No, this is just a 'six pack' do you see what we did, there? of tips to getting a healthier life and feeling comfortable with the girth of your mid-riff. We're not looking to fat shame anyone here or totally bro out, we're just offering advice.

We've got some great tips, a few cheeky shortcuts and key strategies to lose belly fat quickly, healthily and sustainably. As we just said, there are no quick fixes here; we want you to develop habits that ensure you'll stay trim for good.Weve also got the lowdown on the best exercises to lose belly fat, and all the gear youll need to get started although, of course, the most important 'gear' is the bit between your ears.

There's no hard-and-fast rule for slim-down success: the best way to lose belly fat is the way that works around your lifestyle. If you follow an unsustainable plan, you won't last: it's as simple as that. In this article we lay out six principles that are applicable to everyone, whether you're a total beginner starting your weight-loss journey or a seasoned pro who fell off the wagon over Christmas.

These guiding lights will keep you on the straight and narrow, even during a lockdown situation. Dont try to take on more than you can reasonably fit into one day. And, despite the name of this feature, don't fixate on 'belly fat'. It's important to reduce visceral fat, which does tend to lurk around the belly area, but that is best achieved by trying to slim down and tune up overall.

Here are six strategies to help you start losing weight.

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The short answer to the question of how to lose belly fat is to burn more calories than you consume on a regular basis. In the fitness world, this is known as achieving a "calorie deficit".

If this sounds like a waking nightmare, there's a trick to it: what you need to do is ensure youre eating the correct kind of food to make sure you feel full and sated, even when consuming fewer calories than you're burning off.

Certain foods are "empty calories" while others release energy slowly, keeping you fuller for longer. This is a big danger, especially while you're at home, with all your food within easy reach.

But before that, you'll need to find a good way to track your calories burned and calories taken in. The free MyFitnessPal app is one of the best ways to record your calorie intake, but to track your calories burned, you'll need a dedicated fitness tracker. If you already own a smartwatch, most will offer calorie tracking as standard, but for those yet to make the plunge, the Fitbit Versa Lite is the best activity tracker you can buy right now. Check out the deal below.

Oh, and staying hydrated is crucial, as well

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Intermittent fasting is becoming more and more popular. It involves significantly cutting calories or abstaining from food altogether for a portion of the day or week, and then cramming all your calories into a much shorter time window.

The best-known intermittent fasting plan is the 5:2 diet, where you eat as you normally would (although hopefully a bit healthier) for five days a week, then scoff no more than 600 calories two days a week.There are also variants of this diet where you consume almost no calories, two days per week. This is much more doable than it sounds, so long as you are in good general health, but it's not exactly fun.

However, for trainees who are serious but not that serious, there's the 16:8 diet. With this diet you have only 8 hours a day to fit all your meals in, but can only drink water (and maybe some black coffee, if you're feeling naughty) within a 16 hour fasting period outside of those 8 hours. Most choose to eat from 10am to 6pm, but as long as you stay within an eight hour window, you can start and finish at any time of the day. This isHugh Jackman's strategy, so if you have ever wanted to be in Wolverine shape

Why try fasting, though? Well, during the fasting period the body will run out of sugar to run on, and so will start eating up the bodys fat stores. The big negative is the adjustment period: if you're used to a big breakfast or an early dinner, a 16-hour fast feels tough at first, especially if you're exercising. You're going to get seriously cranky.

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Dead set on having chips? An air fryer can deliver a lot of the delicious taste with less of the not-quite-so-delicious oil

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If you eat fried food all the time, switching to an air fryer will definitely cause you to lose weight unless buying one causes you to start eating loads of chocolate because you've reduced your fat intake. No, it doesn't taste as delicious as proper fried food of course not but it turns out meals with a good fried/roasted taste, but with up to 80% lower fat content.

If you don't eat fried food all the time but like to treat yourself now and then, switching to an air fryer could still help with you to lose weight. Even with a solid balanced diet and a good workout ethic, there will come a time when your willpower will falter and you'll want to fall back on your old favourites, like fried chicken, fish, chips and all the other foods you love normally dripping with grease. If you schedule in cheat days and do this in a controlled way, it's good to know you're cooking these foods in a way that still helps you hit your goals.

Enter the air fryer. The best air fryers are revolutionary pieces of kit that use hot air combined with a teaspoon of oil (as opposed to the gallons of oil found in the deep-fat variety) to cook your crispy favourites. If kitchen space and budget is no object, you can cook a whole chicken in the Philips Airfryer XXL, but if you're after something a little more economical, Pro Breeze Airfryer 1400W is lightweight, versatile and cheaper, perfect for portion control. It also seems to usually be sold out all the time at present, so perhaps everyone has already taken our advice, here.

This is just one way to have your (fried) cake and eat it too. Swapping high-calorie pints of ice cream to the low-calorie versions like Halo Top or Oppo, or switching out cholesterol-laden butter for a healthier olive spread, are other easy ways you can make relatively simple lifestyle choices and still keep weight off.

Weight training is a great way to tip your muscle-fat ratio the right way

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There are two main types of exercise: cardio training and weights, otherwise known as resistance training.Although cardio burns a lot of calories while you do it, weight training builds muscle which burns more than fat as you go about your day. The more muscle mass you have, the more calories you'll burn even when not working out.

Resistance training may seem scary if you're doing it for the first time, especially in the gym when the area's dominated by serious lifters, but you dont have to start adding big plates to the bar right now. There's plenty of ways to get started at home with smaller weights such as dumbbells, kettlebells and even medicine balls.

Were not going to list every single lifting exercise, so why not pick the body part you want to start toning up and check out some of our muscle-building how-tos. One you've done that, grab one of the best dumbbell sets on the market. They're not just for arms: you can use a dumbbell to work your core, shoulders, and even your legs with combination movements.

The only issue you will find right now is that most of them are sold out, but this store still has home gym equipment for online delivery. By the time this lockdown ends, you'll be ready for the gym.

If everything for the home gym has sold out which happens a lot lately consider doing bodyweight exercises. If that idea makes you think of muscular men working out in prison, try our guide to the best bodyweight exercises for beginners and ease into it gently. Before you know it you'll be ready for the Navy SEAL workout. None of these require any specialist equipment.

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All of this aside, dont neglect cardio, as regular cardio workouts are important for fitness and stamina.

Electric Muscle Stimulation can help your muscles recover faster

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It may seem gimmicky when you unwrap your new six-pack vibrating belt, complete with a picture of Ronaldo on the box, but don't roll your eyes just yet. While you can't just sit there eating crisps and expect to get ripped, Electric Muscle Stimulators can help as part of a controlled dietary and exercise plan.

EMS can cause the muscles to contract, essentially tensing and untensing rapidly. During downtime post-workout, you can continue to encourage muscle growth with EMS, while the right bit of kit can also encourage faster recovery, allowing you to get back in the gym all the quicker. According to the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, EMS stimulates the muscle in the same way as a massage, prepping it for the next go-round.

It's not a bona fide shortcut to a six-pack, but it can speed up the muscle-building process with regular use.

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Planks are a tough abs workout and a great end-of-workout finisher

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As well doing both muscle-building and cardio exercises, if you want to lose belly fat its also important to switch up the pace of your workout.

Every time you workout, you should exercise using both steady state (working hard but not at max capacity, such as during brisk jog) and high intensity (going flat out, like sprinting) to torch your abdominal fat.

Steady state or aerobic exercises include cycling, running or uphill hiking.Its a crucial part of losing belly fat because it burns through your fat stores. However, it also uses your sugar stores for energy first, so you need to do steady-state for long enough to use up all that sugar before it eats into your fat reserves.

High intensity workouts use mainly sugar for fuel, so they don't hit the fat right away, but it does help in building muscle, which will help you torch fat even on days you're not exercising. Explosive weight lifting, sprinting and HIIT-friendly exercises like mountain climbers are all great high-intensity exercises.

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The most important thing to bear in mind is this: losing weight takes time. You'll have setbacks and slip-ups, but if you stay committed to your goal, you'll be fitter and healthier in 2020, building up great habits for many years ahead.

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How to lose belly fat fast in lockdown: try this six pack of tips - T3

If youve heard the term Optavia diet floating around recently, its because this method of eatingwhich is said to help your body enter a gentle fat-burningstate through eating small, frequent and nutrient-dense mealsis having a moment. But you might be wondering: what exactly is the Optavia diet, and how does it work? How much does the Optavia diet cost, and what can you eat on it?

We talked with with nutrition experts, healthcare professionals, and Optavia diets co-founder Dr. A to get all the questions around the Optavia diet answered.

The Optavia Diet has been around for almost four decades. Like programs such as NutriSystem and Jenny Craig, it relies on using pre-packed, proprietary meals, snacks and shakes along with a health coach and advice on how to develop new eating habits to promote weight loss. The Optavia website describes the service as an easy way to lose weight:

Optavia works because its simple and easy to follow. Five of your daily meals are Optavia Fuelings. Youll choose from more than 60 delicious, convenient, nutritionally interchangeable, scientifically-designed Fuelings. Your body will enter a gentle, but efficient fat-burning state, essential for losing weight. Each Fueling contains high-quality protein which helps retain lean muscle mass, and probiotic cultures, which help support digestive health, as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.

While Fuelings will provide the bulk of your daily calories (which comes out to between 800 and 1,000) on most plans, youll also make your own Lean & Green meals, which are comprised of lean protein, non-starchy veggies, and healthy fats.

The Optavia diet subscribes to the idea that eating several small meals or snacks every day leads to manageable and sustained weight loss, and ultimately habit change. The thinking is that instead of eating three huge meals every day, youll never get that hungry because youre eating six or seven small, filling and nutritious meals throughout the day.

While this may work well for some people, were all differentand there isnt a ton of convincing research to back this method up.An article published by Harvard Medical School investigated the efficacy of eating small meals and found that, ultimately, weight loss is directly related to restricting calories, and the timing and sizing of the meals themselves doesnt have a meaningful impact on weight loss.

Related: Khloe Kardashian Organizes Her Fridge to Eat Healthier (#Goals)Heres How You Can Do the Same

When it comes to successful long-term weight loss, experts seem to agree on one thing: The emotional and behavioral aspects of eatingnot just the specific meals youre eatingis incredibly important. They also stress the importance of looking at whole body wellness as a path to safe and sustainable weight loss.

The cost for a months supply of Optavia Fuelings is just over $400 on the 5&1 Plan, and just over $300 on the 3&3 Plan. A months worth of Optavia-approved fuelings (shakes, soups and snacks) accounts for between three and five of your daily meals depending on the chosen plan. Participants are expected to cook at least one healthy meal a day for themselves, too. While the cost of the Optavia diet is by no means cheap, its not outrageously expensive either f you tally up all those Starbucks and GrubHub charges you probably accumulate over the course of 30 days.

Optavia offers three plans, with each program addressing different weight loss goals. Each plan comes with access to a health coach and a range of resources to help with weight loss strategies and general lifestyle wellness advice, all focused on creating healthy habits around eating.

If you go for the popular Optavia diet 5&1 plan, this comes with a wide range of Fuelings which youll eat five times per day. These include items like protein bars, Flavors Of Home meals (beef stew and chicken meatball marinara make the list) along with snacks like popcorn and a box of antioxidant flavor diffusers.

The 1 part of the plan refers to the one lean and green meal youll make every day, which includes lean protein, non-starchy vegetables, and healthy fats like olive oil or avocado.

There are other versions of the Optavia diet plan in which the Fuelings comprise about half of what you eat (3&3 plan), which is also less expensive, but youll be cooking moreso it just depends on which plan works for you and your lifestyle.

The Optavia diet has an extensive list of approved salad dressings by popular brands like Annies Naturals, Hidden Valley, Kens, Kraft, Newmans Own and Wishbonebut youll want to keep dressing amounts between 1 and 2 tablespoons per meal. You can see a full list of every single Optavia diet-friendly dressingshere.

On the Optavia diet, its recommended that you drink 64 ounces of water per day, although its encouraged that you talk to your doctor about what qualifies as wateryou do get water from food sources as well. You can also have calorie and carbohydrate-free beverages, like black coffee or tea. Alcohol is not recommended on the Optavia diet.

A Lean and Green meal (these are the ones you make on your own) includes 5 to 7 ounces of lean protein, and youll also get a lot of protein from Fuelings. In total, youll get 72 grams of protein per day on the Optavia diet.

While healthy fats are a priority on the Optavia diet, youll get less than 30% of your total daily calories (which is between 800 and 1,000), from fat.

The Optavia diet and Atkins diet are similar in the sense that they prioritize high protein as a source of fuel and as a weight loss aid. Its worth noting, though, that the Optavia diet includes more processed and packaged food than the Atkins diet does.

Parade.comtalked with with the co-founder of the Optavia diet, Dr. Wayne Andersen, also known as Dr. A. If you want to succeed on the Optavia diet, he offered tips on the best ways to create small, manageable habits around the way you eat. Heres his advice:

Dr. A: Self-monitoring is critical for several reasons. Not only does it keep your goal top-of-mind as you encounter emotional and environmental challenges, but it allows you to recognize your progress, which creates confidence and, in turn, increases motivation to keep going. Consistently tracking progress also makes it easier to identify setbacks and get back on track. Journaling is a powerful tool that very few people use daily. Jotting down your thoughts, progress and challenges allows you to reflect on achievements and recognize weaknesses. In the Optavia program, clients are given a Lifebook, which is a tool that helps them discover what works for them as theyre learning to incorporate the Habits of Health into their lives. Journaling is a mindfulness exercise. Our modern lives are so busy that its easy to rush through the days, weeks and even years without pausing to contemplate where we are and where we want to go whether it be a health journey or any other life goal.

Dr. A: Everyone loves the tale of the person that pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and did it all on their own. However, any successful person will tell you it took a village when it came to accomplish their goals. So, get a workout buddy, a meal prep buddy, a lunchtime walking buddy, a personal trainer, a coach, a dietitian, a counselor or whomever you can to help you.

Dr. A: Since the key to habit formation is doing the action or routine consistently over time until its automatic, the key to instilling good habits is to make the action simple enough that you have the ability to do it every day. Start with the simplest, easiest goal imaginable. Make the threshold for success so low that you cant help but be successful and begin to establish the habit through repetition first.

Related: 110 Foods You Can Eat On The Mediterranean DietFrom Hummus to Beets to Octopus?

Dr. A: Focus on the people, places and things you surround yourself with, which create conditions that may make it easier for you to be successful. We have a tendency to blame the people, places and things we are exposed to when something goes wrong. While this may be problematic, its also true that our behavior is extremely dependent on our surroundings.

People:Our friends, family and co-workers influence how we act, from how we eat, move and sleep to how we handle stress and spend free time. When you associate with people who have the qualities you desire, youre more likely to develop those qualities yourself. Joining a healthy community, like a group fitness class, can help you meet and engage with people who prioritize their health.

Places:The places we live, work and play need to support our daily choices and make it easier to avoid temptations. For example, its better to pick a healthy restaurant in advance than try to eat healthy off a wide-ranging menu once youve entered the front door.

Things:Modern life has benefited us in many ways but its also increased environmental stressors. As environmental stressors go up, so does our personal stress. For example, digital technology allows us to be more connected than ever, but it can also be distracting and unhealthy if not used in moderation. Identify the things in your life that are kryptonite and throw you off. Then, create an infrastructure for success by modifying your surroundings so youre better able to make small improvements every day.

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Dr. A: You wont be successful one hundred percent of the time. You will fail and make mistakes. But when you do fail, reframe that experience as a learning opportunity and extend some self-compassion. At the same time, dont let yourself off the hook completely. Stay committed and get back on track. Any journey, especially when its health-related, is a series of ups and downs, not a straight line.

Dr. A: In order to achieve a goal, we need to identify both the why and the how. The why is, Why is this important to me? Why am I willing to experience this discomfort? The how is, How am I going to achieve this goal? Who can help me? Often, we fail because we only have one or the other. The mental aspect (why) is just as important as the tactical plan (how).

Want to get a clearer look at all the different types of diets out there? Check out this list of 100 diets.

Reporting by Rebecca Warren, Nicole Pajer and Leigh Weingus.

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