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Weight loss is easier said than done. In fact, on the click of a button many websites flashing weight loss plans and diet hacks will pop open at the click of a button. But be wary. Dont start following just any plan you come across without considering its pros and cons. Weight loss, or fat loss, can only be achieved by following a sustainable routine. A routine that can help you build your body as well. 31-year-old Chirag Mehta highlights the routine that worked for him here.

He tells us that hes a very self-motivated person. And once he decided to lose weight and build a ripped, modelesque physique, there was no stopping him! At my heaviest, I weighed 96 kg, however within five months of following the below weight loss plan I lost 14 kg and trimmed to 82 kg.

As my first steps towards weight loss:

1. I completely stopped eating sugar and deep fried food.

2. I started calculating my daily calorie intake to create a deficit. It helped me start eating right and clean.

3. I also followed a proper workout schedule comprising cardio, weight training and core exercises.

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A calorie deficit is a specific diet pattern that revolves around the number of calories you consume in a day. According to Healthline, the concept is based on the idea that as long as you eat fewer calories than you burn, youre bound to lose weight.

This diet pattern requires you to calculate the number of calories your body needs to consume to function smoothly without feeling hungry, and how much deficit you need to create without harming your health. Keep in mind that the number of calories required to create a deficit is different for different body types. You can calculate yours online via a calorie calculator.

I have been working out for a long time now and dont really need to calculate my calorie intake anymore. I have enough experience to understand how much to eat and from what sources to eat to keep the weight stagnant.

1. Fitness is a passion. Dont workout because others are doing it. Workout because you want to see yourself fit.

2. Make exercising as fun as possible and your weight loss journey will be a cake walk.

3. Lastly, remember the mind dictates, the body just follows!

Disclaimer: The fitness journey, diet and workout routines shared by the respondents are purely for inspirational purposes and in no way intend to propagate a specific body type. Please consult an authorised medical professional before following any specific diet or workout routine mentioned above.

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The TLC series My 600-lb Life was originally supposed to be a five-part miniseries, but because of its popularity, more and more episodes were filmed.Every episode in the series follows a different morbidly obese person, with a minimum weight of 600 lbs (270 kgs), and documents their life for a year as they try to reduce their weight to a healthier level. This is done in Houston with the help of Dr. Now (Dr. Younan Nowzaradan), a surgery, and a strict diet. Wondering what happens to the patients who have appeared on the show after their year is complete? Well, we have the answer for one such patient for you, read on!

When he first appeared in Season 7, Episode 7 of My 600-lb Life, Brendon had hoped that he weighed somewhere in the 600s, but unfortunately, his exact weight came out to be 718 lbs. The 33-year-old explained that it was his girlfriend, Tayler, who managed to finally inspire him to fight for his health, after which he headed to Housten to meet Dr. Now.

He explained that he wanted to get better now before things got so bad that his girlfriend would need to clean him up and added, I am ashamed at how out of control I have let my body getI just see a monster. He also admitted that his food addiction was so deep that he craved it at all times and said, Nothing has ever compared to the happiness I feel when I eat.

Brandon didnt have a stable childhood, so he found solace in food. His parents fought a lot when he was a kid, and even when they stopped, Brandon couldnt. His mothers remarks about his weight and lifestyle when he was a teenager seemed intruding to him instead of worrisome which, led to him resenting her. And when in college he had to kick his dad out for infidelity, he gave up on his music dream to go to Italy and become a soap opera singer but never gave up food.

At the age of 27, Brandon had crossed the 600 lb mark. And six years later, with 118 lbs more, he began his weight loss journey with the help of his girlfriend Tayler and moved from Columbus, Ohio to Houston, Texas.

During their first meeting, Dr. Now told Brandon that he must lose weight himself before he gets approved for the weight loss surgery as his size and lymphedema a swelling in his arms and legs caused by a lymphatic system blockage would make the surgery unsafe for him.

In two months, Brandon reached 577 lbs, losing a total of 114 lbs trough rigorous exercise and diet. Dr. Now, pleased with this result, scheduled the surgery, and Brandon was on his way to Houston for a year. Throughout this time, Brandon was able to lose 335 lbs making his final weight at the end 383 lbs. Whats even better is that Brandon was told that he should be losing around 30 pounds per month from then on and when he comes down from the 300 mark, he can be approved for the excess skin removal surgery.

To reach his ideal weight of 180, he said that hell do whatever it takes, adding: I know I still have a lot of work to do to hit my target goal. Its not going to be easy. Along with this, in the year that it took for him to lose this much weight, he relied on his guitar and music to get him through the tough times. He was heard saying, A year ago, I thought I would be dead soon. Now Im able to start pursuing my dreams again.

The fan-favorite is still losing weight and looking fit while he pursues a career in music. In Fact, he even has his own YouTube channel where you can find him continually uploading the covers he does of famous songs as well as some of his original work. And as far as his relationship with Tayler is concerned, the two got engaged in the summer of 2019. You can check out more about him on his Facebook page too. After everything that he has been through, we hope Brandon gets everything he wants in life and more.

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Nuts can offer you multiple micro-nutrients

Mornings can usually make or break your day, isn't it? How your morning unfolds tends to affect the rest of the day, hence it's important to start your mornings fresh, happy and healthy to have a good day. You might have heard so many times the importance of starting the day healthy with a good meal for breakfast. However, some of you don't feel like having a heavy meal the first thing in the morning and many are running with a hectic schedule and do not have the time for that sumptuous breakfast.

To cater to this, many health experts advise on having warm water and a fist full of nuts is an amazing way to start your day. This boosts up your body and allows it to function in the right way for the rest of the day.

The advantage with almonds and walnut is, when consumed on empty stomach it will not only give us protein but also helps to improve HDL levels.

While the advantages with Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, pine nuts, pistachios - consumed on empty stomach they increase the PH level of the stomach and few may have an allergic reaction. But this has good antioxidants, protein and vitamins. So better to consume in mid-morning or as evening snacks.

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Keeping aside the fact that nuts are tasty and nutritious here are few more reasons why nuts are a great way to start your day:

1. Nuts are filling, and even though they are high in calories they still help in preventing weight gain when consumed empty stomach, early in the morning.

2. Nuts are also very high in magnesium, potassium and heart-healthy monounsaturated fat.

3. They are also known to have many types of micronutrients like iron, vitamins, minerals, calcium, omega-3 fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids and many other micronutrients such as copper, manganese, magnesium, potassium, and zinc. Hence, they are also called power generating foods.

4. Studies have also shown that some of the highest antioxidant levels of all plant foods are found in nuts. Antioxidants are very important to fights inflammation as well as to avoid cell and tissue damage.

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5. Nuts are also high in beneficial fiber which helps you in feeling full and hence reduces your calorie intake.

6. Nuts are also rich in fiber, healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals.

7. Nuts are also known to have a remarkable impact on cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

8. Nuts have even been studied to reduce heart disease risk, insulin resistance, cancer, and inflammation.

9. They also improve blood-sugar control, hence also reduced the risk of diabetes.

10. Soaked almonds are full of necessary vitamins and minerals. When almonds are soaked, their nutrient value enhances.

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Nuts are, therefore, not just tasty but also very beneficial and convenient. You can eat them irrespective of your diet. However, since nuts are also high in fats, they are best consumed in the morning. If you have nuts at any other time of the day, it is advised to have them at different intervals.

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(Ms. Pavithra N Raj, Chief Dietician, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital Yeshwanthpur)

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NEW research has revealed that anorexia is on the rise with girls aged 12-16 most at risk.

Here, Harriet Knock, 22, and her mum Sarah open up about beating the eating disorder together.

Roy Riley

Standing in front of the mirror, I scrutinised my body. My collarbone wasnt as prominent as the #thinspo images I looked at online, and my thigh gap wasnt big enough.

The truth was, I weighed just 6st 11lb seriously underweight for my 5ft 5in frame. But anorexia had warped my image of myself and I vowed to be even stricter with what I ate, convinced the thinner I got, the happier Id be.

It was my mum who saved me from the grip of anorexia, and its only since becoming a mother myself that I can appreciate what she went through.

I was 14 when I began restricting what I ate. Three years before, in 2008, Id started secondary school. Id always been a fussy eater, but I dont remember feeling unhappy about how I looked. Aged 11, I was a size 8 and weighed around 8st.

Compared to some of the other girls, I was very quiet and shy they seemed so grown-up and mature to me. Over time, I began to feel deeply unhappy and as my self-esteem plummeted, I started to feel anxious, too. By my second year, Mum had to drive me to school because I couldnt face getting on the school bus, and Id sometimes feign illness to stay at home.

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Harriet Knock

Social media was taking off, and Tumblr, which is similar to Instagram, was popular with my fellow students. When I heard other girls talking about hashtags such as #thinspo and #thinspiration, I started looking at the images of extremely thin people associated with them.

I know it can be hard for other people to understand how you can become convinced your weight holds the key to happiness, but thats what I began to believe. I know now I was suffering from undiagnosed depression and anxiety, and those conditions fuelled my anorexia.

I started by reducing my portions. Within a couple of months, I began to skip meals altogether. Id deliberately be late in the morning so there wasnt time to eat breakfast, or find an excuse not to sit with my friends at school for lunch. I still had dinner with my mum and brother James, now 30, but would conceal the fact I was eating less by passing it off as me being picky. I weighed myself several times a day. Every time I lost a pound Id feel a buzz, but it was short-lived almost immediately Id feel the compulsion to lose another, and another.

I avoided social situations where Id have to eat, such as birthdays, and lied to Mum about having a big lunch at school so I could sometimes skip dinner. On days that I managed to eat nothing, I would feel proud.

Harriet Knock

Harriet Knock

Within a year Id lost 11/2st, dropping to 7st and a size 4. My hair was falling out in clumps in the shower, I was permanently cold and a couple of times I fainted in the bathroom though thankfully I never hurt myself. I knew Mum was worried, but when she asked me if I was trying to lose weight because she could see I was getting slimmer, Id insist I was fine and hide away in my bedroom.

In the spring of 2012, when I was 15, Mum found a tape measure in my bedroom. I admitted Id been measuring my thighs. She was shocked, and tried to make me see there was nothing wrong with my body, but I didnt want to listen. Around that time, I also started self-harming. I was looking for a release for all the negative emotions inside me, another way to feel in control, and so I cut my legs.

A few weeks later, a friend told Mum about my self-harming after shed spotted my scars. When I got home from school that day, I could see how upset Mum was. I was scared, because she was now involved. She said she was going to get me expert support, and I realised I was going to lose the control.

I started treatment in May 2012 under my local CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health service) team. I was weighed weekly, but I wasnt allowed to see the figures. I had CBT, as well as therapy with Mum, and she was given advice by a dietician on what to feed me. I was also put on antidepressants. I knew it was pointless trying to resist, because Mum was determined. At first, I was in such a dark place I didnt care if I got better or not. My therapist suggested other ways I could feel in control without having to self-harm, such as writing in a journal. I began to understand how all my mental health conditions were fuelling one another. Soon I was able to see how anorexia had isolated me and taken over my mind. I didnt want that any longer. Gradually, I began to eat more and feel positive.

Harriet Knock

I was fortunate my periods never stopped when I had anorexia, and I conceived my sons without any difficulty. It surprised me how much I loved watching my body change during pregnancy, although it became harder to accept myself after each one. I had stretch marks, went from a size 6 to a size 10, and my body was softer than it had ever been. I had to keep reminding myself that all the changes were worth it, as I didnt want to hate my body again.

I feel Im fully recovered from anorexia now. I still suffer from anxiety, but even on my low days I know that now Im a mum I can never risk my health again, and that motivates me. Its painful to think about what Mum went through. I cant feel guilty because it wasnt my fault I wasnt well. The thought of my children starving and harming themselves like I did makes me feel sick.

I owe so much to Mum. Even when I felt resentful about having treatment it was never directed at her, because in my heart I knew she was just trying to help me. Anorexia put a wall up between us for a while, and Ill always be grateful she helped me to tear it down.

Harriet Knock

1.6 million The number of people in the UK known to suffer from an eating disorder.*

75% of eating disorder sufferers are female.**

5%of anorexia sufferers will die from it.*

Sources:*Anorexia & Bulimia Care**NHS

For help and support visit Beateatingdisorders.org.uk

SARAH Knock, 60, is a private carer and PA. She lives in Hartland, north Devon.

I hit rock-bottom when a doctor told Harriet that if she didnt gain weight, shed have to be admitted to a residential unit miles from home. The idea of my daughter being taken away from me was horrific. As we sat in therapy together, her revelations about passing out from hunger and hating herself broke my heart. I kept asking myself: Have I done something wrong? Am I to blame?

Roy Riley

When Harriet hit her teens, I began to sense something wasnt right. She became withdrawn and anxious about school, her social life was non-existent and she became increasingly fussy about what she ate. I took her to the GP, but they dismissed it as a phase that would pass. I really wanted to believe that, but I just couldnt shake off my worry. I could see she was losing weight, but when I tried to talk to her shed shut down.

I knew Harriet needed expert help when I found her tape measure and her friend left me a note about her self-harming. I was terrified and felt totally out of my depth as a parent. Hearing the words anorexia, depression and anxiety blindsided me. To realise she was so unwell was shocking.

Harriets father and I separated when she was seven, so it was even tougher dealing with her condition on my own. While it was a relief to know experts were helping her, I had a role to play, too.

Id chop up food into bite-sized pieces, arranging it decoratively on a plate to try to tempt her to eat in a way I hadnt done since she was a toddler. Every day I felt like I was walking a tightrope. I knew if Harriet felt pressured to eat, she could rebel against it,but I was also desperate for her to gain weight.

Roy Riley

I tried to stay relaxed and positive, encouraging her gently even if she had just a few bites. But inside I was in turmoil and Id lie awake at night. Knowing shed been able to hide her anorexia and self-harm from me, I doubted myself and was worried Id miss something else with more serious consequences. I agreed to home-school Harriet during her recovery because her anxiety was still crippling, but leaving her to study for her GCSEs while I went to work was very difficult I was terrified shed take her own life.

I know anorexia can destroy relationships, but I was determined that wouldnt happen to us. Harriet is not only my daughter, but my best friend, and I refused to let this awful disease come between us.

We never argued and I was never angry with her, but I did feel overwhelmed with sadness. It was draining my own life was put on hold with all my time and energy devoted to helping her.

When I see Harriet today with my beautiful grandsons, I feel huge relief not only that we made it through such a dark, scary time, but that shes been able to forge a new life for herself and is so happy now. Sitting around the table with Harriet and her family enjoying a meal together, I feel incredibly proud of where shes got to.

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It was noticeable from the initial outbreak in Wuhan that Covid-19 was killing more men than women. By February, data from China, which involved 44,672 confirmed cases of the respiratory disease, revealed the death rate for men was 2.8%, compared to 1.7% among women. For past respiratory epidemics, including Sars, Mers and the 1918 Spanish flu, men were also at significantly greater risk. But why?

Much of the reason for the Covid-19 disparity was put down to mens riskier behaviours around half of Chinese men are smokers, compared with just 3% of women, for instance. But as the coronavirus has spread globally, its proved deadlier to men everywhere that data exists (the UK and US notably and questionably do not collect sex-disaggregated data). Italy, for instance, has had a case fatality rate of 10.6% for men, versus 6% for women, whereas the sex disparity for smoking (now a known risk factor) is smaller there than China 28% of men and 19% of women smoke. In Spain, twice as many men as women have died. Smoking, then, is unlikely to account for all of the sex disparity in Covid-19 deaths.

Age and co-morbidity (pre-existing health conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease or cancer) are the biggest risk factors, and that describes more older men than women. There may also be a sex difference in how people fight infection, due to immunological or hormonal differences oestrogen is shown to increase the antiviral response of immune cells.

If women are mounting a more effective immune response to Covid-19, it could be because many of the genes that regulate the immune system are encoded on the X chromosome. Everybody gets one X chromosome at conception from their mother. However, sex is determined (for the vast majority) by the chromosome received from their father: females get an additional X, whereas males do not (they receive a Y). According to The Better Half by American physician Sharon Moalem, having this second X chromosome gives women an immunological advantage. Every cell in a womans body has twice the number of X chromosomes as a mans, and so twice the number of genes that can be called upon to regulate her immune response, he says. Only one of the X chromosomes in each cell will be active at any time, but having that diversity of options gives women a better immunological toolbox to fight infections.

Moalem describes the possession of XX chromosomes as female genetic superiority. In the case of Covid-19, for instance, the virus uses its spike protein as a key to unlock a receptor protein on the outside of our human cells, called ACE-2, and gain entry. As the ACE-2 protein is on the X chromosome, men will have identical versions of ACE-2 on all their cells if the virus can unlock one, it can unlock all, he wrote recently in a Twitter thread. Women, though, have two different ACE-2 genes on their two X chromosomes, which may make it harder for the Covid-19 virus to break into all their cells, as it has to unlock two different proteins. Furthermore, once the ACE-2 is unlocked, it cannot perform its function, which, in the case of lung cells, is to clear fluid buildup during infection. So males, with all of their ACE-2 proteins affected, will suffer this more than females, he says. Moalem believes this may be the crucial advantage that XX-carrying women have over XY-carrying men in Covid-19 infection mortality.

Its an intriguing theory, and in his provocative book (written before the Covid-19 outbreak) Moalem expands the XX advantage to explain a whole range of life factors, from womens increased longevity to their lesser incidence of autism. It is incontrovertible that women are far less likely to suffer from X-linked genetic disorders, which include everything from Hunter syndrome to colour-blindness, because they usually have an unaffected X chromosome to fall back on. Indeed, in the case of colour vision, Moalem posits that having a second X chromosome can give some women a visual superpower, enabling them to see 100 times the usual colour range due to the extra diversity of receptors they carry on their multiple Xs.

It is striking that Moalem barely references environmental and social factors in a book about sex differences in health outcomes

However, the evidence for other of Moalems claims for the protective role of a second X chromosome, such as in autism spectrum disorders or behavioural traits, is less convincing. A broad range of genes play complex roles in the workings of the brain, and attributing a simple chromosomal relationship is brave. (It should be noted that Moalem authored the questionable The DNA Restart: Unlock Your Personal Genetic Code to Eat for Your Genes, Lose Weight, and Reverse Ageing in 2016.)

Outside of inherited genetic disorders, such as haemophilia, most conditions are attributable to a range of factors, including cultural norms, behaviours and social and environmental aspects as well as a host of biological factors. For Covid-19, for instance, gender-based norms around smoking and hand-washing, collective or individualistic mindsets that affect compliance with social-distance requests, how polluted your city is, whether you are a caregiver, and poverty and nutrition level all play a part in determining your infection risk and disease outcome. And, as weve seen, a range of co-morbidities increase risk are they too made more likely by absence of a second X chromosome? In many cases, such as cancers and lung disease, Moalem believes so a fascinating theory that surely deserves more study.

It is striking, though, that Moalem barely references environmental and social factors in a book about sex differences in health outcomes. This is particularly problematic when discussing sex differences in the brain, given the history of prejudicial research in this area. Much as this reviewer enjoys the rare pleasure of being described as the stronger, better, and superior sex certainly it is a change from being described as the weaker sex, as women have throughout history it is nevertheless an uncomfortable valuation. Claims for significant innate cognitive or behavioural advantages between the sexes have largely been debunked in the past few years by a range of influential books and research, and while there are differences, in most cases these are at least as great between individuals of each sex as between the sexes.

This is, however, a book that openly champions women, and it is most enjoyable when giving centre stage to female scientists, who have been too often overlooked. Moalems point is that, just as womens discoveries have been ignored, so too has the importance of their second X chromosome. Even today, medical and pharmaceutical research overwhelmingly favours male subjects, blinding us to knowledge that could lead to breakthroughs, and disadvantaging women who suffer inappropriate treatments and dosing. As men continue to fill the Covid-19 morgues faster than women, Moalem is on a quest to draw the worlds attention to a chromosomal tool we might just need.

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Taste study

The researchers found if they changed the diet of the fruit fly (increasing sugar, removing taste of sugar, increasing protein, changing sugar for complex carbohydrate), this drastically altered how well the fruit fly could taste subsequent sugar after a few days.

We found that when flies ate unsweetened food, this made sugary food taste much more intense, Professor Wang said.

Then we looked at all the proteins that changed in the fruit fly tongue in response to diet, and we investigated what was happening, Professor Neely said.

They found the sensation of taste is controlled by dopamine (the reward neuromodulator). The researchers then mapped the pathway and found the same pathways that are well established as controlling learning and memory or promoting long life also enhance taste sensation.

While this work was conducted in fruit flies, the molecules involved are conserved through to humans. We know humans also experience changes in taste perception in response to diet, so its possible the whole process is conserved; we will have to see, Professor Wang said.

The research published in Cell Reports, is a follow up study to Professors Neelys work testing the effects of artificial sweeteners. That research found artificial sweeteners activate a neuronal starvation pathway, and end up promoting increased food intake, especially when combined with a low-carb diet.

Our first studies were focused on how different food additives impact the brain, and from this we found taste changed in response to diet, so here we followed up that observation and describe how that works, Professor Neely said. Turns out the fly tongue itself is remembering what has come before, which is kind of neat.

Reference: PGC1a Controls Sucrose Taste Sensitization in Drosophila by Qiao-Ping Wang, Yong Qi Lin, Mei-Ling Lai, Zhiduan Su, Lisa J. Oyston, Teleri Clark, Scarlet J. Park, Thang M. Khuong, Man-Tat Lau, Victoria Shenton, Yan-Chuan Shi, David E. James, William W. Ja, Herbert Herzog, Stephen J. Simpson and G. Gregory Neely, 7 April 2020, Cell Reports.DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.03.044

This research was funded by a grant from the NHMRC

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To aid healing, get enough protein through healthy sources like beans and whole wheat. Jay Cross / Flickr

After liposuction, you should alter your diet a bit as you recover. For example, if you're given antibiotics after liposuction, start eating more probiotic-containing foods like yogurt to rebalance your gut biome.

Moreover, if you don't already follow a healthy diet, consider switching over now so that you can maintain the best results possible from your procedure, long-term. Some expert-recommended diets include the Mediterranean and DASH diet. In addition to a healthy diet, here's what you should focus on getting plenty of after liposuction.

Get enough protein. The main nutrient you want to consume after liposuction is protein. That's because your body has just been through a surgery, it needs to recover, and protein is essential to healing, says David Sieber, MD, a San Francisco based plastic surgeon who specializes in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.

Protein can help to heal post-surgical wounds and regenerate damaged skin and muscle tissue. Additionally, protein can help reduce the swelling that's very common after liposuction. Even if you're a vegetarian, you can still get enough protein.

Healthy sources of protein include:

Take a multivitamin. In general, you want to make sure you're consuming a well-balanced diet so you're getting all of the key vitamins and minerals to help you heal. Aim to eat food from all five food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods, and dairy.

Most people don't get enough nutrients in their diet, and thus don't have the right micronutrients and vitamins like magnesium,vitamin D, and vitamin B12 they need to heal optimally. "So I recommend people take a high-quality multivitamin," says Snyder.

Stay hydrated. You also want to focus on hydration. Sieber says you can drink sports drinks, but don't overdo it since these are often high in sugar. Instead, drink plenty of water and add a lemon or lime slice for flavor. Staying hydrated can help reduce post-op swelling. If you're dehydrated, your body is more likely to retain the little amount of water that it does have, resulting in swelling. Therefore, stay hydrated and you may even see your liposuction results a little sooner because the inflammation will go down more quickly.

Sieber recommends sticking to these dietary guidelines for at least two to four weeks after surgery, during the acute healing process.

However, if you got liposuction, chances are, you want to maintain a slimmer figure. Since the surgery won't make you have less of an appetite or affect your metabolism, the way certain weight-loss surgery may. It's up to you to keep up with healthy life choices.

"My patients who continue to exercise and have a healthy diet are having results that are way better than patients who had surgery and then relaxed a little bit and gained some weight after surgery," says Seiber.

So, for the best post-liposuction results, keep up with a healthy diet not just postoperatively in the two, or so, weeks after surgery.

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THE IRISH diet is too reliant on alcohol and animal protein, according to two new studiesTrinity College Dublins School of Natural Sciences.

Researchers are calling for major changes to the way we eat amid concerns over a dependence on animal protein and overspending on alcohol.

According toTrinity College Dublins School of Natural Sciences the typical Irish diet is hindering Irelands ability to address issues like global warming and nitrogen pollution.

This is due to the quantities offarmed products like fish, pork and lamb still being consumed by a large proportion of the population.

Many also remain heavily dependenton dairy and animal fats along with cereal, which all fuel the agriculture sector an industry accounting for 26 percent of all global warming.

There are also concerns over the alarming amount of alcohol consumption seen on average according to the research.

The Trinity College study found alcohol accounts for 7%of daily calorie intake on average but 25% of our daily nutritional cost.

Its this over-reliance that is leading to an increase in serious health concerns like obesity, diabetes, colon cancer and heart disease.

Researchers are calling for more people to adopt a Mediterranean-style diet comprising of more fruit, vegetables, whole grains and seafood.

Doing so would potentially reduce Irelands diet-associated Global Warming Potential by up to 57%.

Mike Williams, assistant professor in botany inTrinitys School of Natural Sciences and lead author on the study said: Global diets have become more westernised, less healthy and more damaging to the environment.

Effective change can be achieved only through education. Our research hopefully adds to the considerable database on sustainable foods, sustainable diets and informed dietary choice but from an Irish perspective, he added.

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Allison Janney has done it all. She's dazzled in all sorts of television and film roles (including in The West Wing, The Help, and Mom)and she's got a slew of awards (including seven Emmys and an Oscar) to prove it. With her latest project, the HBO film Bad Education, premiering on April 25th, she shows no signs of stopping.

Allison's not just known for her heart-wrenching performances, though. The 60-year-old actress seems to get glowier (and fitter) by the minuteand keeping up with her health and fitnessgiven her busy Hollywood schedulerequires plenty of quality fuel.

How does Allison make the magic happen, though? Just as she stays open to all sorts of on-screen roles, she also keeps an open mind and is flexible about her diet.

Here's what to know about Allison Janney's dietfrom her favorite Starbucks order, to her stance on low-carb eating, to how she handles tables of sweets on-set.

Allison's food philosophy is simple: "I eat what I want," she told Chicago Sun Times. (Not gonna argue with that!)

Though Allison doesn't get dogmatic about food, she does prefer to eat the good stuff. "I have the occasional triple grande nonfat latte from Starbucks, but other than that, I just love eating healthy stuff," she told Chicago Sun Times.

Like many people, though, Allison has taken the low-carb trend for a test runand seen results. The truth is, I lost weight years ago by cutting out carbs," she told Chicago Sun Times. "I feel great and have tons of energy, but I do my eating plan my way.

Though Allison doesn't seem to identify herself as low-carb these days, she does try to keep her eats simple. "On most days, I try to stick to the protein and veggies and skip the other stuff, she told the Chicago Sun Times.

Though Allison admits that her height (she's 6'0") helps her maintain a healthy weight, she's not immune to the calls of sweets and treats. I work on a TV set where there is an unbelievable craft services table I walk by all day long," she told Chicago Sun Times. "There are tons of cookies, cakes, and brownies. For lunch, there is homemade mac and cheese."

I really just try to put blinders on and not look at it, she says. Its not easy, but every day we make our choices. This week, I havent made it past the brownies every single day. I dont know why, but I decided I deserved a brownieor twoor three. I figure that Im working so hard that I must be burning the calories." (Same, Allison, same.)

When Allison does go for the brownies, she doesn't overthink it. Im not always successful at sticking to my eating plan, but I try, which is the important thing," she told Chicago Sun Times. "That means Im more successful than not. Its about adding up the good days.

If you slip up like me, you cant be mad at yourself," she added. "Just start again.

I still like a cocktail now and then, and I love chocolate," she told Chicago Sun Times. Martinis, in particular, seem to be a favebut Allison is a wine fan, too.

Allison shared her post-Emmy activities with Vanity Fair in a 2015 interview. "So we got some McDonalds on the way out of the Emmys . . . some French fries. There was a funny picture I tweeted of [boyfriend] Phil and I standing on the curb waiting for our car," she said. "It took like 45 minutes, so I sat on the Emmy . . . it was in box and I sat on it, and we ate some French fries and waited for the car and went home, and we just relaxed."

I mean, is that relatable content, or what?

When asked what she always keeps stocked in her refrigerator, Allison told Architecture Digest, "Eggs, ros, Cholula hot sauce, and dark chocolate." (Okay, yeah, she's officially my spirit animal.)

Craving chocolate now? These chocolate chip banana muffins are bomb:

Along with Chapstick, a book, her phone, and earbuds, Allison always keeps a bottle of water next to her bed, she told Architecture Digest. After all, no healthy diet is complete without a steady stream of H20!

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Kamden Glade is a 25-year-old graduate student at Bemidji State University who is in charge of gathering most of the diet data. The Minnesota DNR and Bemidji State University have a contract to complete the project, with Brian Herwig of the Bemidji DNR office and Jeff Reed of the Glenwood office leading the overall research.

The work is scheduled to look at 11 bodies of water in Minnesota. Seven of those lakes hold muskies, but northern pike, largemouth bass and walleyes are also a part of the study that is designed to do a wide-ranging diet overview of some of the states most popular predatory fish and see how the species are co-existing in Minnesota waters.

Were taking diets from muskies, northern pike, walleye and largemouth bass in all the lakes so that were able to compare diets between lakes and between seasons, Glade said. Then we have (four) reference lakes too to see if theres any kind of significant difference in walleye, pike and largemouth bass diets in lakes that do or dont have muskies in them.

Miltona, Little Boy (Longville), Bald Eagle (East Metro), Ten Mile (Hackensack) and South Center (Chisago) Lakes were sampled in 2019 during the spring, summer and fall seasons. Other muskie lakes that are scheduled to be sampled for the study include Bemidji and Shamineau (Little Falls) in 2020 and North Star (Grand Rapids) and Pelican (Fergus Falls) in 2021. Lakes without muskies in the study are Ten Mile, South Center, Grace and Deer (Bemidji).

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to stop spring sampling in 2020, but Glade said they are hopeful that sampling not done this year could be rescheduled to 2021. The work is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2021 with final publication of the results following that.

Glade has not analyzed all the numbers from every lake that was sampled in 2019 due to the study being ongoing, but he has taken a hard look at the data from Lake Miltona.

Most of the muskies that are sampled are captured through electrofishing at night. Researchers also looked at the diets of fish on Miltona by going along with crews from the Glenwood Area Fisheries department during netting surveys in 2019.

Kamden Glade watches as a muskie swims free on Lake Miltona after taking a diet sample from the fish in 2019. (Contributed photo)

Diet samples are taken from muskies by placing a small piece of clear tubing through the fishs mouth and into the back of its stomach. Water is then slowly pumped in before pressure builds enough to cause the fish to regurgitate any stomach contents. Some fish sampled had nothing in their stomachs due to not feeding recently.

Overall, we had a 67% full stomach rate on muskies throughout all seasons, which is actually quite a bit better than most of the other studies that Ive seen, Glade said.

From Miltona, 29 muskies were sampled with full stomachs in the spring, compared to two in the summer and 15 in the fall. The contents ranged from easily identifiable species that had just been eaten, down to matter that was nothing more than bones or a small piece of tissue.

Some of those you can identify the species based on the bone structure, Glade said. Beyond that, were working with Dr. Loren Miller from the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota DNR. Hes a geneticist. Hes able to take a little chunk of flesh from a diet and he can do genetic barcoding on that chunk of flesh and tell us what species it was.

The preliminary numbers on Lake Miltona showed that yellow perch made up the largest percentage of the muskies diet by numbers.

Largemouth bass were a fairly important diet item for them as well, Glade said. They had a decent amount of bullheads there, and also some crappie and bluegill. Then white suckers were also important for them.

Yellow perch came out to about 65% of the total diet items by number for Miltona muskies, but that is not the only thing researchers look at when assessing diet studies.

Percentage by mass, the total mass of one prey species divided by the total mass of all prey species present, is also an important factor. Yellow perch made up about 8% of the muskies diet by mass on Lake Miltona.

Thats because muskies will commonly feed on larger prey. One muskrat, one ring-billed gull, 11 northern leopard frogs and two northern pike were found in muskies on Miltona. A couple of bowfin, commonly known as dogfish, were also found.

Theyre not eating extremely frequently, but when they do eat theyre eating some fairly large diet items, Glade said. We had a couple muskies from Miltona that had white suckers in their stomach that were at or over 20 inches in length.

A total of three walleyes were found in muskies on Lake Miltona. That made up less than 1.5% of the muskies diet by number and less than 2% by mass.

Its definitely not like they were targeting walleyes, Glade said. We expected to see some. I was kind of surprised we didnt see more, just based on how often we saw muskies and walleyes in the same areas when we were sampling.

Kamden Glade holds up a Lake Miltona muskie. (Contributed photo)

Researchers for the study are using an overlap metric to analyze how the predator species are competing for limited resources within a lake. That overlap metric is accumulated by looking at each species diet as it relates to percentage by number and by mass.

It gives a number between zero and one. For muskies and walleye, that was about 0.23, so definitely low, Glade said. Anything below 0.4 is considered low overlap. So its definitely looking like at least on Miltona they are not competing for the same resources too much.

Yellow perch are an important prey species for all the game fish, but the low percentage by mass that perch accounted for in the muskies diet made for that low overlap with walleyes.

Northerns surveyed on Miltona had a diet of yellow perch that consisted of almost 70% by number and 40% by mass. Largemouth bass also had nearly 40% by mass of yellow perch, and walleyes relied on perch for their diet at 40% by number and about 60% by mass.

Walleyes, northern and bass exist in the lake at much higher densities. Miltona is managed as a trophy lake for muskies, and fingerlings are stocked at low numbers in order to create better opportunities for fish measuring 50-plus inches.

I havent really analyzed the numbers from a lot of the other lakes, but just from looking at Miltona, there was a lot higher chance of overlap between the other three species than muskies had on any of the other three species, Glade said. For instance, walleye had a relatively high overlap with both pike and largemouth bass. That was a little interesting to see, but not entirely unexpected. The muskies had relatively low overlap with all three of the other species.

Sampling is completed on Lake Miltona, with more lakes left to look at across Minnesota over the next two years. The end result should be some modern research that can help guide management decisions on Minnesota waters.

If there is a significant shift in diets when were stocking muskies, maybe that is something we need to look at a little closer, Glade said. If theres not, that also gives managers important information theyre able to continue stocking or increase stocking and have scientific data to back that up instead of anecdotal observations.

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