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The beautiful Chiquis Rivera has changed her habits, she has been making it known through her social networks for a long time, but now she has prepared a gift for all her followers, to reveal one of her secrets, training.

The singer previously revealed part of her secrets by sharing her book of the Keto diet, with which he ensures he maintains his figure, but not only that, he also usually shares some of his meals and recipes on social networks.

Now, the famous will share an exercise routine with Sarah Kudozian live on the Instagram accounts of both.

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It was the same interpreter of Anmate and you will see who gave the news of the class so that her followers train with her and more in these moments of quarantine, what better way to take advantage of time at home.

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As Chiquis shared, the live will be held at 11:00 Pacific time and no special equipment is needed to train with them from home.

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Chiquis Rivera is not only proving her success as an entrepreneur, she continues to be strong in the music world where she recently released her single. The Destrampadas, along with two other greats of regional music.

Chiquis had previously shared images from the video where she got attention after being seen as a criminal taking photos after being arrested.

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You're trapped at home. The Coronaviruspandemic has the gym shut down, the Yoga studio closed and even the hiking trails are no fun if you have to wear a mask.

So you are stuck and while there may be a shortage of some items like disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizers, there seems to be no shortage of food. So we eat out of boredom and when this medical crises is over, there may be more of us to love than there was before.

So in planning for the diet we will all surely need in a month or so, I found this from the Daily Mail.

A new study finds fad diets may come and go but they only work for about a year. McMaster University researchers analyzed 121 studies on 14 fad diets, including the Atkins and Paleo diets. They found across all diets, people following them managed to keep off 2.2 to 4.4 pounds over the course of 12 months.

The only diet that appeared to help people stay healthier a year later was the Mediterranean diet.

Study authors say various types of diet can cause moderate weight loss, reduce blood pressure and lower bad cholesterol but that weight loss and the benefits for blood pressure and cholesterol disappeared after a year.

They call it "unfortunate, but thats life. Plan B?

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Websites are too damn big.

The average web page is about 2 megabytes, according to HTTP Archive, a site that tracks the performance of websites and the technologies they use. Sure you can download 2 megabytes in less than a second on a good 4G mobile connection. But todays web pages are problematic for people on slow connections or with small bandwidth caps. Not all that long ago, a complex game or software program fit on a 1.4-megabyte floppy disk.

There are many reasons todays web is so bloated, including the ads and tracking scripts that saddle so many pages. Another reason is that websites do much more than just display text and images. Many sites now look and feel like full-blown desktop applications.

To build these interactive sites, many web developers turn to open source packages that handle common tasks. These tools liberate programmers from a lot of grunt work, but they can add heft to a project. Facebook's popular open source React library for building user interfaces, for example, weighs in at 100 kilobytes. Throw in some other tools and graphics, and soon youre talking many megabytes.

The up and coming JavaScript framework Svelte, created by visual journalist and software developer Rich Harris, aims to make it easier to write faster, smaller interactive websites and applications. Web developer Shawn Wang says he cut the size of his personal website from 187 kilobytes to 9 kilobytes by switching from React to Svelte.

"It was a big 'wow' moment," Wang says. "I wasn't even trying to optimize for size and it just dropped."

Harris, a graphics editor for The New York Times, created and released the first version of Svelte in 2016 while working for The Guardian. Many of his projects involved interactive graphics and animations, but he worried that the graphics could take too long to load or would chew through users data limits.

Frameworks add heft to websites because they traditionally serve as a middle layer between an app's code and the user's browser. That means developers need to bundle the entire framework, in addition to their own code, with an app, even if they don't use all of the framework's features. Wang compares this to a rocket ship that needs massive fuel tanks to launch into space.

Harris took a different approach. Svelte performs its middle-layer work before a developer uploads code to a web server, well before a user ever downloads it. This makes it possible to remove unnecessary features, shrinking the resulting app. It also reduces the number of moving parts when a user runs the app, which can make Svelte apps faster and more efficient. Svelte is like a space elevator, Wang says. The framework was tricky to create, but advocates say it makes it easier for developers to build efficient apps.

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Wang says he likes to use Svelte for web pages, but he still uses React for larger applications, including his professional work. For one thing, the larger an app, the more likely a developer will use all of React's features. That makes it less wasteful. In fact, some Svelte apps are bigger than apps made with React or similar tools. And theres much greater demand for React developers than Svelte developers.

In the State of JavaScript 2019 survey of more than 21,000 developers, 88 percent of respondents who had used Svelte said they were satisfied with it, giving it the second-highest satisfaction rating in the survey, just behind Reacts 89 percent satisfaction rate. But only 7.8 percent of respondents had used Svelte, and 24.7 percent had never heard of it. Meanwhile, 80.3 percent had used React.

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As we all step away from our shopping routines, people want to know what to stock during the shutdown. If you can only shop once a week or every other week, what should you get?

How are we to know?

Eating habits are as personal as they get. Thats even before you get to vegetarian and vegan preferences, and diets that restrict gluten and dairy.

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Ive been reading plenty of pantry-stocking stories. Most of them are just not helpful. I just read one that said to get rid of out-of-season food.

Why?

I have cranberry sauce, the can that my husband craves for Thanksgiving, and a bag of herb stuffing and my emergency jar of Better Than Bouillon, Turkey Base. None of it has expired.

So I bought a turkey breast, and thats what Im making for Easter dinner.

The moral of the story is, to thy own self be true.

I dont care if CookingMatters.org says Fill your pantry with whole grain pasta, brown rice, barely, rolled oats and other favorites.

Those are not ingredients I use normally. Im not going to introduce them when the stress level is on the high side. The right thing for me and my family is comfort food, and by that I mean their favorite dishes.

My husband needs a protein, veggie and rice on every dinner plate. My daughter is a white eater. Chicken and potatoes, and more chicken and potatoes. I can eat goat cheese and charcuterie for dinner, or any kind of pasta.

I love to bake. Thats my entertainment at the end of the day.

The few times Ive gone shopping, I bought the items we eat (and Peeps, because Easter is coming). I got in and out in short time.

I saw people wandering aimlessly among the canned vegetables. If you dont buy them normally, then dont.

Me? I prefer frozen vegetables. So thats what I bought.

If you like beans and legumes, and cook with them, buy them. For me its yes to chickpeas, no to lentils. Yes to snacking nuts, no to granola bars.

Want to stock your pantry? Think of two weeks of meals you want to make. I know its hard, but once you sit with a pen and paper, you can do it.

Then think of staples such as coffee, eggs and breakfast items, soups for lunch, or sandwich ideas. Create a list of ingredients.

It can be that simple. I bet you are all doing this anyway.

Grocery stores are not going to close. They are restocking constantly to meet demand. Smile at all those heroes working to make that all happen. They look exhausted.

When you need to go shopping, put on your gloves and your homemade mask. Get in and get out.

Or do delivery if you want and if you can. If youve been reading The Journal food stories, you know there are many new local choices. I just got my box of chocolates from Sweenors in the mail.

We are going to get through the horrid economics, the togetherness, the dinner challenges and the dark days of sickness. We will come out the other side.

In the meantime, stop with the crazed pantry stories. Or you are liable to read things like this: Coconut water can be used as blood plasma.

Please, people -- just lets dont.

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Just because youre stuck inside these days doesnt mean you cant eat well. But coming up with healthy meal ideas daily and actually having the ingredients you need can be a challenge.

Thats where healthy meal delivery services come in. There are so many options out there right now that can you pick one that meets pretty much any dietary need. There are meal delivery services designed for overall healthy eating, as well as ones created for people following diets that are gluten-free, all organic, Paleo and even vegan.

Theres even variety with the meal delivery services themselves. Some offer meal kits with recipes and ingredients that are already portioned out; others will send you meals that are already created. Some even feature everything you need to make smoothies at home.

Of course, there are a lot of options out there to choose from. Not sure where to start? Check these healthy meal delivery services.

Sakara Life sends users 1oo percent plant-based, organic ready-to-eat meals. The company has a slew of different options, ranging from getting breakfast, lunch and dinner delivered two days a week for $169, up to five days a week for $420. Sakaras meals come from a set weekly menu that rotates weekly and seasonally. Dishes include things like a sweet potato Thai burger, strawberry maca shortcake and lentil bowl with beets and macadamia feta.

Freshly send you healthy meals that you can heat in two minutes. Freshly customers simply choose their lunch and/or dinner from the companys weekly menu offering, and its delivered on the day of your choosing. Meal options include herbed chicken romesco, super pesto and sausage fusilli and slow-cooked beef chili. Meals show up fully cooled and all you have to do is heat them up. Freshly service will cost you anywhere from $46 a week for four meals to $96 a week for 12 meals.

Hungryroot takes a slightly different spin on meal delivery services. The company lets you choose how much food you want to receive 11 items for $69, 16 items for $99 and 21 items for $129. Its basically like a really nice grocery service that gives you the tools you need to make delicious, healthy food. Items include things like shaved Brussels sprouts, rainbow veggie mix, Beyond burgers and ancient grain pancake mix.

Daily Harvest has a thing for stuff that comes in cups. The company focuses on serving up soups, smoothies, chia parfaits, oats, harvest bowls and lattes. Some dishes are gluten-free, vegan or keto-friendly, and Daily Harvest lets you pick and choose what will be delivered to your door. The company offers up both weekly and monthly plans that run from $48 for six cups to $168 for 24 cups.

Sun Basket serves up organic, non-GMO and sustainable meals that can meet the dietary needs of vegetarians, as well as those who are gluten-free or on a Paleo diet. the foods include things that have simple cooking instructions, as well as ones that you just have to heat up. Sample dishes include things like a southwestern turkey and sweet potato skillet, quinoa black bean tacos and butter chicken with basmati rice. The brand offers up different plan options, but four recipes a week for two servings each will cost about $88.

Factor75 sends prepped meals your way. All you have to do is heat them up in the microwave or oven. Dishes include Italian roasted pork, Paleo BBQ salmon and jerk jackfruit on coconut rice. Prices range from $60 for four meals a week to $198 for 18 meals a week.

Snap Kitchen sends you ready-to-eat meals that are healthy and delicious. Each meal comes in microwave- and oven-safe containers, so no need to dirty up dishes. Meals can be personalized to fit your dietary needs and include dishes like almond butter pancakes, cauliflower satay bowl, and chicken piccata. Plan options include your choice of six meals for $70 a week and 12 meals for $115 a week.

Cooking for kids can be a challenge, and thats where Yumble comes in. The meal delivery service is specifically geared toward kids (who are notoriously picky eaters) and serves up a range of fun, healthy meals that are fully cooked and ready to heat. Dishes include things like savory meatballs and veggies, pizza pockets with broccoli parmesan and gluten-free mac n cheese and veggie-packed nuggets. Prices range from $48 for six meals a week to $72 for 12 meals a week.

Veestros meals are 100 percent plant-based and organic, and theyre preservative-free. The meals arrive frozen just heat them up, and youre good to go. Entrees include options like carrot Osso Bucco, golden chickpea stew and Asian noodle salad. Plans include 10 meals for $117, 20 meals for $216 and 30 meals for $297.

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Weight loss at home or perhaps more accurately, avoiding weight gain at home is suddenly a big deal for a lot of us. A few weeks into self isolation and/or social distancing and you start noticing something peculiar: although you are not eating more, your favourite jogging pants feel a bit tighter than they used to. That's because you do less physical activity than before; but even that is the case, with our handy tips, you'll see that it is not all that difficult to avoid weight gain in isolation.

Managing your weight is beneficial for both your physical and mental wellbeing. With a few simple tricks and lifestyle adjustments, you can make sure the pounds stay off and who knows, you might even shed a few kilos in the process. The fact is, the best way to lose weight fast is to pay close attention to your diet. Not surprisingly, the best way to get a six pack is to eat right (and, to some degree, to work out).

The tips below can be used on their own or you can even combine them as you see fit. Very important, however, is not to overdo it and do vigorous exercising while not eating much at all. That is just plain dangerous and can get you injured in no time. Be sensible and if you had any issues with obesity before or are really unfit, consider talking to a health professional before you implement any drastic changes in your lifestyle.

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It's really not rocket science: if you don't want to out on weight, you have to stop eating more than your body needs. Even if before the mandatory isolation you have been living a relative sedentary lifestyle, being indoors for 99% of time means you are burning less calories than you used to. And this means you should eat less to adjust to this new lifestyle.

Of course, you can offset the lack of outdoor exercising with indoor exercising but there are other ways to keep the waist slim that doesn't involve gruelling physical activity. And the best of them all is to be more mindful about how and what you eat.

Without trying to convert anybody to mindfulness and being present, try stopping for a second anytime before you raid your cupboard for some food. Ask yourself the question: am I hungry or just bored? Was there anything I was supposed to do before I decided to eat? Something I had to deal with? Unhealthy eating habits often stem from procrastination and us not wanting to deal with the task at hand.

If you are a big fan of fried food, one obvious way to reduce calorie and fat intake is to get one a best air fryer. Air fried food isn't necessarily as delicious as deep- or even shallow-fried, but it does retain a fried/roasted taste and mouth-feel whilst using as little as a tenth of the fat of frying or roasting. We know they're in demand right now, cos they keep selling out.

Tefal Actifry Genius 2in1 Air Fryer | Sale price 270 | Was 300| Save 30 at AmazonThis air fryer is also a slow cooker and casserole/curry maker, with a robotic stirring paddle doing all the actual work for you while you work out. With a 1.2 kg capacity, it's very family friendly, and that dome on top is actually see-through, so you can view your dinner as it cooks.View Deal

Tefal Optigrill | Sale price 120 | Was 170 | Save 50 at VeryJust like a George Foreman grill, but without the George Foreman element, this has presets for cooking burgers, chicken, bacon, sausage, 'red meat' and fish, with a further setting for cooking food from frozen. There's 600 square centimetres of non-stick, die-cast aluminium cooking surface, and a large juice tray to catch all that fat you are now not consuming. Serves 2-4.View Deal

Another way to to eat less is to face how much we eat in general. Considering the amount of processed food we eat, it's easy to count the amount of caloriesand macronutrients (lipids[fat]/carbs/protein) we consume by using apps that scan barcodes of food items and does the adding up for us.

The best known of these apps is MyFitnessPal, but there are many other apps that can do the same thing. Garmin watches can integrate with it o you can see calories consumed vs calories burned on your wrist. Fitbit does a similar thing with its Fitbit Premium service. You can currently grab a free, three-month trial of Fitbit Premium, which should hopefully belong enough

By realising just how many calories are in certain food items we eat, we can make more educated decisions about snacking in the future. Can you eat a box of Jaffa cakes in one sitting? That's 450 'bad' calories consumed and to burn it off, you would have to do an hour of HIIT workouts. Which you probably won't.

Fitbit Versa 2 | Sale price 159.99 | Was 199.99 | Save 40 at AmazonThe Fitbit Versa 2 is always getting price cuts and is currently 40 off at Amazon UK. See below for the best prices in your country. The stylish Versa 2 features advanced cardio tracking as well as step and sleep tracking, and has Alexa built in. It's not got GPS but, of course, you don't need that indoors anywayView Deal

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Even if you don't want to swap out Mars bars for kale and broccoli, you can drastically reduce calorie consumption by only eating in a certain time-window a day. Probably the most popular way is to do intermittent fasting. There are two ways to go about it: either the 5:2 diet or the 16:8 fast diet.

With the 5:2 diet, you restrict calorie intake for two days a week, down to 700-800 calories, while for the rest of the weeks you eat normally. The 16:8 diet is a daily fast, where you eat only in an 8-hour window. With the latter, the most convenient way is to fast while you sleep: have your last meal at around 8 pm, and have the next one at 12 pm the next day. This way, you sleep through most of the fats, making it super easy to do so. Well, somewhat easier anyway.

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Drinking more water is beneficial for a lot of reasons and now that we are all grounded in our homes, people can't really use the usual excuse not to drink more, which is "I'll need to go to the toilet more often", since the loo is really always available at home (we hope so anyway).

Drinking plenty of water can help metabolism and, most importantly, it can also help you feel fuller for longer. The best combination is eating more fibrous food more vegetables, mainly and drinking plenty of water. Cold-pressed bars are okay as a snack too with lots of water, although they are by nature quite high in sugar.

Low-sugar protein bars and savoury snacks like beef or vegan jerky are a great alternative to chocolate bars as a mid-afternoon snack. Nuts are okay although they are very energy dense (high in good fats) so you should only eat a small portion at the time.

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Although we are stuck indoors, having a fitness tracker or running watch around your wrist can still be beneficial. One of the more casual feature of these fitness wearables is the 'movement reminder' that prompts you, once every hour, to get up and walk for a bit. Now, being in isolation doesn't help but getting off from the sofa periodically can be beneficial for your overall wellbeing nevertheless, even if it is just to have a stretch or to put away some washing.

Fitness trackers and running watches also measure calories burned so you it can adjust your calorie consumption to your calorie expenditure. These devices are not ultra precise but they will give you a good estimate nevertheless.

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Just like fitness trackers, bathroom scales the smart scale variety can also measure energy expenditure and tell you how many calories you burn, as well as other deets about your body, like bone/muscle mass and, most importantly, body fat percentage. They don't even cost the earth either: the Tanita BC-401 body composition monitor is less than 80 and measures 10 different body metrics. Cheaper than getting a Garmin Fenix 6 Pro, for sure, although the Tanita BC-401 won't be that much of a help when it comes to navigating forest trails, unlike the Garmin's offline topographic maps.

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HIIT workouts have never really gone out of fashion but they are definitely 'in' at the moment, mainly because they are an effective way to burn calories and can be done indoors, using your bodyweight only, a kettlebell, dumbbells, treadmills, exercise bikes, rowing machines and basically everything you can think off. We have seen a gym water bottle tabata workout before, too.

Should you be considering doing HIIT workouts, we have an article about why should you try HIIT and also an ever expanding list of free apps and online workouts that can help you get started. Or you can follow along Joe Wicks' daily HIIT workouts for kids on Youtube as well.

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Best way to motivate yourself to move more and therefore to burn more calories more efficiently is set up a challenge for yourself. Although you can't leave the house for leisure activities but you still have plenty of options. How about a 30-day push up challenge? Start with doing one on day one and adding one more every day and see if you can keep up with the pace.

Have you got a pull up bar? How about learning how to do pull ups properly? Or mastering chin ups. Don't know what the difference is? Here is a handy article on the subject: chin up vs pull up which one is better for you? If you have an ab wheel knocking about somewhere in the house, you can challenge yourself to actually learn how to use roller properly.

Maybe you can improve your mobility? Improving hamstring flexibility can be quite challenging for some but being more flexible can improve your general comfort levels significantly. Shoulder mobility is also a massive issue among the adult population: get some resistance bands and do two-arm shoulder circles.

How about making your feet more flexible? Having flexible toes can improve balance and alleviate some back problems too. There is an excellent article on the subject at Vivobarefoot: engage your feet with a spot of toega (as in toe-yoga). While you are at it, get a pair of their shoes too, they are light and super responsive too.

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Until recently, being catapulted into a health crisis was typically a solitary affair. Even if you had the privilege ofgreatsupport and help, you still got sick on your own. You searched for a treatment plan on your own. You kept all the other plates in your life spinning on your own. Now, of course, we're all a facingcatastrophicillness together, learning what it feels like when the ground gives way under our feet. Which is why we can learn a few things from those who've been there.

"The prologue is typical of women like me," author and musician Sarah Ramey writes in her new memoir. "A simple and innocuous medical event often with a gyro or gastro tilt that should have resolved simply, but didn't." Foryearsafter a seemingly minor infection and procedure for it,Ramey was living inside the identity of a chronically ill woman one for whom doctors had no answers, except that perhaps her symptoms were psychological in their roots.

"The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness"is Ramey's account of her quest for answers in a healthcare system that is often antagonistic to patients, especially female ones. She chronicles the wearying toll of pain andthe frustration of trying to get a test deemed "an indulgence."And she also explores the meteoric rise in "unnamed" conditions that affect millions of women searching for causes and possible solutions. Salon spoke to Ramey recently about her decade-long odyssey, and her hopes for the post-pandemic healthcare landscape.

Tell me about how you became a full-time patient.

The way it began with me was with a botched surgery that set off two major problems. One was a mechanical problem from the botching of the surgery. The other was the true mystery part of it: being extremely tired, muscles aching all the time, digestive system shutting down. I had been completely healthy and really active prior to this,and then all of a sudden just extremely sick for no clear reason.

My parents are both physicians, so for the firstyear I was ferried around to the best possible minds to evaluate what was going on. "Why is she in so much pain? Why is she sick all the time?" In the beginning, everybody took it quite seriously. A lot of them knew me. They knew that I wasa normal, active young lady, and all of a sudden I was very sick. Of course, something had to be very wrong.

But as they ran all the tests and looked foreverything any smart physician could think of and everything came back negative, a new diagnosis started to emerge. One urologist who had just performed this really horrible procedure took me into his office with my parents. Instead of talking to me, he looks at my parents and says, "You know, this test was negative. What I really think is going on here, like so many other young women her age, is this problem is psychological."

That was the first time that that happened. Then that would happen hundreds of times after that. In the absence of being able to understand what was going on, it became everyone's easiest way to think about it it must be some sort of psychosomatic issue. This is extremely common; I would say default.It's not that women come in and arealways dismissed out of hand. It's that when the tests come back negative, then the default in my experience and the hundreds of women that I've interviewed is, "If we can't figure it out with the tests that we have available, then it must be psychological."

This started for me in 2003. I was completely unaware thatwas a phenomenon. I really trusted medicine. I really felt very safe in the medical world. But then about two years into it I metsomebody like me.I callpeople like us WOMIs "a woman with a mysterious illness."

She was telling me the story of her experience in the medical world, and it was a carbon copy of mine. I felt like, this is a miracle.After that, I started to meet so many women. Thesymptoms are not always the same. But the story is exactly the same. Once they're not able to figure it out and usually it's in the same family of neuroendocrine immune problems then the assumption is that it's psychosomatic.

There's a phrase you use "the marginalization of mystery illness." It becomes, "We can't figure it out, so you're wrong. The disappointment is not on us, it's on you."

Yes. And this is such a strange moment to be talking aboutanything wrong with medicine or with doctors, because right now doctors are doing the thing that we all love and revere and respect about doctors. I really appreciate everything that doctors do. But there are some real problems in the system that I do think have to do with the unconscious biases a lot of physicians have towards,probably any marginalized person, but definitely women. I think both men and women, male and female physicians,learn that women are these nervous Nellies. It's important to understand that's a problem in the psyche of the physician; it's not a problem in the psyche of the patient. The power dynamic is so unbalanced. That's a really difficult position to be in, because you don't have the ability to make them not think that and make them treat you appropriately and make them fund the study of your disease.

The inherent patriarchal nature of medicine is certainly not new. Our American healthcare system was designed to treat male patients. The male body is the default. Yetnow there is this explosion of women reporting similarsymptoms. It isverymuch a younger female issue. What do you think isat the root of that?

The first thingis that nobody can say because so little research has been put into studying those problems. They don't get studied as physiologic, biomedical problems. There's no data. That's why they're mysterious. It's not because they are impossible to understand; it's because they haven't been studied almost at all.

I do think of the people that have been looking at this and have been taking this seriously for a long time, there are two camps that have a lot of overlap. Personally, I think the best theory is that we've made a lot of changes to our everyday lives. We have really changed our diets. We take so many antibiotics and then eat a diet that inherently imbalances our microbiome. We know that has real neuro inflammatory effects. It can inflame what's called the microglia, which is part of the central nervous system. They think that is part of what is driving some of these neuro and endocrine problems in people like me. But it's complicated.

It's sort of the opposite of a virus that comes in out of nowhere. It's instead what happens when you really disrupt the foundations of everyday, likewhen you disrupt the diet and how much you move around and how much social connection you have and how much you sleep. All things that we think of as soft and unimportant or whatever,actually really do have cumulative effects.

I talk about something called functional medicine. Functional medicine really talks about how we've changed our diet, the amount that we move around, our social connection, these things that really have an impact. Also the amount of chemicals that we use in an everyday way, and in an acute way.

Over the course of time, it does appear these things that we've changed measurably, radically in the last 60, 70 yearsare having an effect on our health. We can see it clearly with obesity, diabetes, heart disease, the metabolic diseases. That's much more visible. But over on what I would call the neuroendocrine immune branch of the chronic illness tree that we're growing autoimmunity, all these gut problems, irritable bowel, endocrine problems, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and all of the neuro inflammatory problems like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgiathose I think are also growing out into the same underlying problem of disrupting the microbiome, of changing the diet, etc.

These neuroendocrine immune problems, one theory is that it has so much to do with how all these things are stressing the body. And one major difference between the male body and the female body is the stress response. It's different. The female stress response is more sensitive to some of these more subtle changes in the environment, probably having to do with, if you're the body that has to carry new life into the world, you need to be sensitive to the environment around you. That's one theory about this, and you can't brush it all off because it's going toaffect this super fragile, new life in your body. The theory is that the female is sort of the canary in the coal mine here that's responding to all of these changes that we've made.

The problem is because the female is responding first and we don't study or particularly care about the female response, that it's just being ignored. It's allowing this huge problem to balloon. It's going completely unstudied and and dismissed, even though there are so many people that are suffering and dealing with all of these problems.

It's very clear that just in the past couple of years a community has arisen over these symptoms. Yet there is a lot of false information out there, a lot of misinformation,a lot of snake oil. There is hope for the medical community, but in the meantime, what would you say to women who are experiencing these mysterious illnesses?

This is a very imperfect suggestion, but there is almost no help for people like this in conventional medicine.You will just be treated really poorly if you try to go from doctor to doctor to doctor waiting for someone to take you seriously and help you. I wish it wasn't true, but thatreally is true. So what happens is you have to defect outside of conventional medicine into quote, "alternative medicine," which is just a jungle. [There are] so many differentmodalities, and everyone telling you that they can cure you and help you and heal you. So what I always recommend to people is at least starting with and reading aboutfunctional medicine.

The reason is that I think functional medicine is the group of practitioners in alternative medicine who have shifted through all the bulls**t, and have left the most evidence based and the most clinically evidentthings that peopleare seeing are working for the largest number of people. It's like a filter for all of the nonsense. It's not a perfect filter, but it's one filter. Functional medicine practitioners, I think, are offering currently some of the best therapies. Just asa baseline, they are going to look at what's going on in your gut, which I personally think is very important. They are going to help use what's available to modulate the gut microbiome, which is a diet and sometimes herbs and things like that.

It may be in a couple of years that conventional medicine is just going to give you a fecal transplant and that's it. But right now we don't have that. So you have some of these more quote "alternative" ways of manipulating the gut microbe, That's why I would start with functional medicine. If you have really severe chronic fatigue syndrome or really severe mystery illness or really severe Lyme, there are some centers like the Center for Complex Diseases, the Bateman Horne Center. Stanford has a myalgic encephalomyelitis, which is the other name for chronic fatigue syndrome, [initiative]. Those are also worth looking at.

It's just thatthere are millions of us. That's why I don't usually recommend like specific centers. Functional medicine is more widely available.The problem is you can't guarantee the quality of a functional medicine doctor. You don't know if they're going to be a Yahoo or not. I do think that this is like the best of a really imperfect, cobbled together system that is doing its best to try to help people like us. But it's better than being told that you're crazy and it's better than saying, "Oh you're severely ill. Let me just put some crystals on your forehead and I'll give you some lavender oil." That just drives me crazy, when somebody is really sick and somebody that's gone to a training over the weekend is advertising that they can help you. The reason I suggest functional medicine is, I think out of all of it, it's doing the best to sift through the wheat from the chaff.

What is it like for someone like you right now living through this pandemic? There isan increasingly large population of people who are going to get this virus. We certainly see here in New York city that thepeople who are becoming infected and becoming very sick are young. Surprisingly young. I am curious what it feels like to you and to the people that you've been talking to, watching this, and what you're doing to cope.

I am going to give you an honest answer here, which is that I think everybody in this community and people like me feels very similarly to everybody else. This isa catastrophe of unimaginable proportions in every direction. And it's just horrifying. A lot of people in the chronic illness community are doing wonderful things tohelp other people cope with being homebound suddenly and learning to live the way that we've done for a long time.I really admire that. But I feel that it is very difficult.

When I was homebound or bedridden for long periods of time, there were a lot of people in my life who said me, "You are so lucky. I wish I could work from home. It's just so hard being out in the world and being so busy all of the time. Lucky you." Or when I when I wasn't able to work, people would just say, "Oh, you'll find something. It's fine. Just look on the bright side. Everything will be fine."

To watch so many people struggling with being homebound, watching their job go up in smoke, suddenly feelingon the the brink of economic ruin and watching the government not doing enough, not having enough tests, having no tests, all of these things are the things that people in my community have been suffering with for decades, and being told that we're making it up, that it's just a hallucination. It's wild to watch suddenly everyone having almost a carbon copy experience of how horrifying it is. It's just what everybody is describing, as a tsunami that'sgenuinely threatening to sweep your whole life away, and how horrifying that is.

I hope this shared experience of how bad that actually iscan open up, after all of this is done, a better conversation about the lives of people in my community that have been dealing with a lot of these same components for a really long time. And maybe allow people to be a little bit more empathetic and helpful as we move forward.

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Brij Bhushan Goel is an insurance advisor who lives in Shalimargh Bagh, Delhi, in a family of seven. While his day job sees him advising people over the phone on insurance products, his passion is to talk naturopathy. Having got a diploma in naturopathy and yoga from the International Foundation of Health and Yoga, Delhi, in 1988, he has practised the oldest form of healing for 34 years. Through this time he has been on a raw diet.

What made you begin eating raw foods?

It was while formally studying naturopathy in 1986 that I first came across the concept of raw food. As an experiment, I stayed on raw foods for 10 days. I felt very good and that made me research further. Through my research, I discovered that raw foods can give one a balanced diet with proteins, carbohydrates, fats, fibres, vitamin and minerals. I also realised that raw foods have a lot of variety: fruits, seeds, dry fruits and also cover all tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent. Within 10 days I was able to see changes in my body.

What kind of changes did you notice?

Well, it wasnt like I was sick or had a particular disease, but I used to get tired after a days work. Within 10 days of switching to raw food, I saw my stamina and energy increase. I felt much lighter and less lethargic.

Wasnt it difficult initially?

Not really. I never forced myself. If I had a great urge to eat cooked food or a strong craving, I indulged in it. But I felt I was doing an experiment on myself, so I closely watched how my body felt after I ate cooked food. I could see the difference and within two to three months my cravings went away. I started discussing what I was learning in my naturopathy course with my wife. She too tried it. There has been no looking back since.

What about the rest of the household?

Initially the rest of the family members ate mostly cooked food. But slowly they moved to a 50-50 diet. Everyone eats at least one plate of fruits, one of salad, and drinks one glass of vegetable juice daily.

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How do you manage in social situations at a wedding or when youre invited to dinner, for instance?

Initially when I went to peoples houses, I would tell them I only eat raw foods. Relatives would often get hassled trying to find something to feed me and also feel bad if they couldnt. So I stared saying I am on a complete fast. That solved a lot of problems. My wife and I always try and eat before going for larger functions. Sometimes these functions have fruits laid out, but at times we dont find anything to eat. Over time I have seen people change. The same people who use to insist that I eat something cooked earlier, now serve fruits along with other items whenever there is a gathering in their homes.

What about the excessive pesticide use that we are witnessing today?

Pesticides are chemicals that will remain the same whether you cook or dont cook. The main thing is to wash and clean everything thoroughly. We wipe everything with a dry cloth after washing. Take the example of grapes: DDT is sprayed on them. That is why you will see white spots emerge on washed grapes. We just wipe the grapes with a clean cloth.

Are there any principles you follow?

I soak everything that is hard or very dry before eating -- not roast or heat, but soak. This includes dried fruits, nuts and seeds. To draw the benefit out of food, it must get properly digested. Hard or dry things, if not soaked adequately can cause more harm than good. I dont drink milk or tea of any kind. If I ever feel the need, I drink coconut water or honey and lemon water. I dont add salt to anything; most vegetables have their own salt. I only eat condiments that I can eat raw, like ginger, mint, coriander, and turmeric. While all grains can be sprouted, not all get soft enough to eat raw. Its difficult with beans like rajma, but sprouted wheat is soft. I eat that as well as raw sweet corn.

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World Health Day: The body needs around 1 gm of protein per kilo of body weight

World Health Day is observed on April 7. This global health campaign is an initiative of the World Health Organization in order to raise awareness about overall health and well-being of people across the world. As part of World Health Day 2020, we are going to talk about proteins and what happens if you do not consume sufficient protein in your diet. Protein is a macronutrient which is required by your body on a daily basis. Depending on your physical activity, diet and lifestyle, you need around 1 gm of protein per kg of your body weight.

From aiding weight loss to building muscles, proteins play multiple important roles in the body. Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar, in her book Don't Lose Your Mind Lose Your Weight, says that the primary function of protein is to build and repair your body.

"When we are deprived of a nutrient like protein, weight loss occurs because the body breaks down its muscle to make up for the resultant lack of amino acids. Your lipid profile, cholesterol and triglyceride levels can go up because in the absence of a primary nutrient like protein, the body experiences stress," she writes in the book.

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Diwekar says this with reference to one of her clients, who lost weight by being on a fruit-only diet. It helped him lose 20 kgs. At the same time, his haemoglobin levels reduced, his cholesterol levels increased and he also began to look much older.

His diet included no protein, but only carbs, that too in restricted amounts. Also, the diet gave him some fibre. Proteins and fats were being completely avoided.

"Haemoglobin is not just iron but iron (heam) + protein (globin)," she explains in the book.

According to Diwekar, the many preconceived notions about dieting-like dark circles, chopped nails, hair loss, frustration and anger-are all linked to protein deficiency.

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When it comes to weight loss and eating healthy, you need to consume proteins, carbs and fats all in a balanced way. Carbs and fats are needed to enable the proteins to work properly.

"Our protein requirement stands roughly at 1 gm per kilo of body weight. So if you are a 60 kilo individual, you will need 60 gms of protein in a day," Diwekar says.

This World Health Day, know that eating protein-rich foods are important for weight loss and multiple other functions in the body.

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Disclaimer: This content including advice provides generic information only. It is in no way a substitute for qualified medical opinion. Always consult a specialist or your own doctor for more information. NDTV does not claim responsibility for this information.

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Easily one of the fastest-growing dietary trends of recent times, the Keto diet has now taken a backflip. According toa new study, Ketogenic dietmay cause harm if followedfor long periods, youngsters tend to do. Published in an online journal called Nature Metabolism, the study by Vishwa Deep Dixit of Yale School of Medicine, US, was carried out on mice which were put on a Keto diet. At first, the mice showed a reduction in blood sugar levels and inflammation. After a week, they started becoming obese.

The research went on to highlight the interaction between metabolism and the immune system, how these coordinate and maintain the functioning of healthy tissues.It was found that a Keto diet expanded gamma-delta T-cells, which leads to weight loss. But if followed for long periods, the diet program increases protein, and subsequentlyfat. This is because protective gamma delta T-cells are lostin the fat and, therefore, metabolism suffers. According to experts, in a Keto diet body gets 99 percent calories from fats and one percent from carbs. In the absence of carbs, thebody's glucose level starts plummeting and the body begins burning fat to raise the energy level.

This process produces a chemical called ketone bodies, that work as an alternative source of fuel. In a Keto diet, the pathway of metabolism changes as a source of energy production and energy consumption of the body changes. It adopts alternate metabolic pathways and uses stored carbs and fats as energy sources and one starts reducing weight fast. But when people start consuming unhealthy processed fats instead of heathy ones like nuts, cheese, whole eggs, seeds and others, the body starts storing fat that leads to obesity, saysDr Priyanka Rohatgi,Chief Nutritionist, Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore.

According to recommendations of the Indian Council of Medical Research, one kg body weight requires one gram of protein. If someone is 50 kg then he/she needs 50 grams of protein daily.For growing children, we recommend one and a half grams. Similarly, for those who play sports we advice two grams. But in Keto diet, stones in the kidney can be formed if followed continuously and to absorb this access in protein, the kidney has to work very hard, thus harming the organ, says Dr Arvind Bagga, Paediatric Nephrologist, AIIMS, Delhi.

In addition to this, when fat starts burning in the body, too many ketones start getting stored. The condition is called ketoacidosis. Due to this, the blood becomes acidic and could lead to liver, kidney, and brain damage. Keto diet leads to a deficiency of minerals and vitamins in the body as a low-carb diet lacks key nutrients like magnesium, calcium, potassium among others. Deficiency of these leads to nausea, vomiting, and constipation. It also disturbs metabolism, says Dr Shreekant Sharma, Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine, Moolchand Hospital, Delhi, adding, Carbs are also essential for maintaining a healthy gut. They are a good source of fibre that promotes clean gut but most of the fibre rich foods such as banana, grapes, savoury beans, crunchy peas and others are excluded from the diet.Keto is completely discouraged for the elderly, diabetics, those with static lifestyles or ones suffering from any kindof kidney ailments.

The picture is not completely bleak. Keto has advantages too such as being healthy for children suffering from an epileptic seizure. Its also observed to work well for certain types of cancer as it stresses cancer cells. People with acne and PCOD may benefit as it reduces the production of hunger hormones. The bottom line is to choose wisely. Think about your bodys requirements and practise balance.

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Keto diet leads to a deficiency of minerals and vitamins in the body as a low-carb diet lacks key nutrients like magnesium, calcium, potassium among others. Deficiency of these leads to nausea, vomiting, and constipation. It also disturbs metabolism. Keto is discouraged for the elderly, diabetics, those with static lifestyles or ones suffering from kidney ailments.

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