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‘My doctor told me I needed to lose weight. 10 months later, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer’ – 9Honey
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Clare, a compliance manager for a financial group, was fatigued, run down, fighting off a cough and bloated when she went to the doctor desperate for relief. First, she was told to lose weight. Then she was handed a pamphlet on viruses and told to get some rest.
It wasn't until 10 months later that Clare was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer and told she may have just 12 months to live. Desperate to spread awareness among young women, students studying medicine and the wider public, the 51-year-old Western Australian woman is sharing her experience.
This is Clare's story in her own words.
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I'm generally a workaholic, and I always have been, but four years ago something changed. I had terrible fatigue, I was run down, had a cough, bloating and really painful periods.
I went to my GP and he basically noted there was a lot of swelling in my abdomen. He suggested I lose weight. He wasn't interested in the other symptoms. He just focused on that one area, and said, "You'll feel better if you lose weight."
A month later, my cough and the fatigue were getting worse, so I went back twice. On the third occasion, I asked him if he could conduct a blood test. He said no, told me I had a virus and that a virus can take a long time to clear.
His words were, "You just need to be patient." He gave me a print-out from his computer that said, "You have a virus: take lots of fluids, get lots of rest, keep warm, take Panadol and Nurofen if needed, a cough suppressant and a small spoonful of honey."
I was at the point where I thought, 'He thinks I'm a hypochondriac, so maybe I am.' But the pain was getting worse, and a few months later I thought a female GP might be more understanding, so I went to one in the same practice.
This was the first time the focus wasn't on my weight; she sent me for an ultrasound, which suggested there could be an ovarian cyst. She asked me to come back in six to 10 weeks' time to check to see the cyst had dispersed, but during that period, I had to go back home to Scotland because my dad was dying of cancer.
While I was in Scotland, I was looking as if I were nine months pregnant. I had a terrible cough, indigestion and was urinating all the time.
When I got back to Australia, my friend who's a doctor (radiologist) looked at the size of my bump and scanned me. She found tumours in my chest, near my heart, in my abdomen, liver, stomach, omentum, pelvis and ovary. I was riddled with tumours.
I was so frustrated, remembering being in my former GP's office crying twice telling him I wasn't there about my weight.
After that, everything happened so quickly my feet didn't touch the ground. I don't remember much at that point because I was a bit spaced out, but I went to my GP, she sat me down, gave me the facts and said, "Look, we're dealing with ovarian cancer. It's stage four. You may have less than 12 months to live, and I suggest you get your affairs in order."
Being told you have less than 12 months to live is I don't have words for it.
I immediately thought, 'I have two options: I can lay down, be upset and think Why me? or I can live this 12 months and have a bloody good time'. I made that decision right away. I quit my job, and I was going to enjoy my 12 months.
For my husband of 17 years, however, it was very different. He fell apart. I wasn't just dealing with cancer I was looking after my husband, too, who was an emotional wreck.
Treatment was tough. My female GP was most professional and brilliant. She arranged for me to go see a wonderful gynaecology oncology surgeon and an equally wonderful medical oncologist.
I was given three months of chemotherapy, surgery a hysterectomy, and lots of other bits and pieces got taken away and another three months of chemo, followed by three and a half years on a maintenance chemo.
The maintenance chemo kept me well, and on that 12-month date we had a wonderful celebration. By that point I was feeling good, and I thought, 'I'm going to double it. I'm going to get to two years'. And when I got to two years, I thought, 'Oh my God. I want to live to 50.' That was my goal.
I turned 50 last year, and it was amazing.
People think I'm brave. I'm not brave. It is tough. People don't see what I'm going through. Mentally it is a constant stream, a constant thought. Every Christmas I think, 'This is my last Christmas.' Every birthday, I think, 'This is my last birthday.'
The hardest part came last November when I had the recurrence the cancer had come back.
Having initially being told I had only 12 months to live, I made sure I enjoyed every day. I made my life fantastic. I loved life. In fact, life was even better than it was pre-cancer because I was enjoying it. I was enjoying special times more while still having chemo every three weeks.
When I had the recurrence diagnosed, I was having so much fun in life that I was so upset it had returned. This time I think I felt worse. The cancer was maintained for nearly four years, which was fantastic I didn't expect it.
But the second time, it's harder because you know more. You've educated yourself; you know what the next stage is, you know you'll get more chemotherapy, and you'll do it all again but the maintenance period is likely to be shorter.
I've not started chemotherapy this time because I'm waiting to go on a clinical trial. It's been three months since my recurrence was diagnosed and I'm still waiting to find out if I'll be accepted for this trial, which will involve me taking two drugs together for two years. The waiting is the most difficult time emotionally.
If I don't get accepted, I'll go back on one of the chemotherapies.
I want women to not wait. For me, it was 10 months in total for my diagnosis. I just wish I had known the symptoms of ovarian cancer, because I had them all. I wish my initial GP had known the symptoms of ovarian cancer.
We know our bodies, and I'm so grateful for my lovely female GP, who did eventually get me scanned when I told her how I was feeling.
Please never leave your GP thinking you're a hypochondriac. If your GP isn't listening to you, go to the next GP.
I wish I had earlier.
On average women can wait 32 weeks for an ovarian cancer diagnosis, and 47 per cent of women diagnosed reportedly make two or more visits to their GP presenting symptoms before being referred to a specialist.
February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. In 2020, more than 1,500 Australian women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and more than 1,000 will die- that's four women diagnosed and three women dying of ovarian cancer every day. To learn more about ovarian cancer and to make a live-saving donation visit: ovariancancer.net.au
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When the time is right to lose weight – News & Star
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WE all have our own reason to lose weight. A turning point where we think: Enough is enough - something has to change.
It might be a particularly bad family photo, or a wheezing, red-faced end to a family kick-about. Whatever it is, it changes our lives.
For Claire Healey, it was a horrific car crash, where she thought her weight might literally be the death of her. The crash left Claire trapped, upside down, in her car in the middle of the motorway. She feared that, at over 20 stone and a size 24, she was too large to crawl out of the window to safety.
She explains: Two men helped pull me out, but at one point I didnt think I would manage it. All I remember is one of them telling me to watch out for my stomach because it was hanging down onto the broken glass.
The side window had smashed and I knew I had to try to get through it, but I was worried that I was so fat I would get stuck and have to wait in the middle of the motorway to be cut out.
People had stopped and gathered round the car. With the help of the two men pulling me, I did get out, but even in the middle of all the trauma I remember feeling embarrassed.
If I had been just a few pounds heavier, I would not have been able to squeeze through that window. I decided there and then, as I waited in the hospital for treatment, that this time I would succeed in losing weight.
Claire approached Silverlink Clinics, whose dedicated doctors offer a highly effective medical weight loss treatment without surgery, comprising specialised nutritional treatment along with treatments to restore body shape and skin elasticity.
Over the next seven months, Claire shed more than eight stone.
The regular, in-clinic treatments that Claire received, both break down excessively thickened areas of fat under the skin, and maximise the recovery of the skins elasticity, so that patients have an optimised cosmetic outcome and body shape after weight loss.
Claires weight problems began after she left school and started work.
I was big but very athletic at school, she explains. I was always playing sport and was captain of the netball team. But when I left, I stopped all the sport and began enjoying myself too much.
I had a fantastic time eating and drinking whatever I wanted. I could easily drink 12 halves of lager, then finish off with a takeaway curry on the way home. And the rest of the day would be full of chocolate and crisps and stodge like pasties so the weight piled on.
Her health was suffering to such an extent that she got through the day on a mixture of steroids and antibiotics. Claire has a condition which has caused scarring on her lungs, and her hugely increased weight, combined with her drinking and smoking, was sending it out of control.
I was desperate. I started to try every diet going, she says. I joined slimming clubs and lost a bit of weight, and I went to my doctor and got slimming tablets, but nothing really worked long-term for me.
Now, just months after walking through the doors of the clinic weighing 20 stone, Claire is a size 12 to 14, and weighs 11 stone.
She said: I just hibernated through the winter, and I even managed to lose weight during Christmas. There is a forum set up by the clinic where all the patients can swap recipes and tips, and that was really helpful. I have actually been eating some delicious food.
All the time I was losing weight I bought cheap clothes from supermarkets because they became too big for me so quickly. My boss calls me the amazing shrinking woman. I can do all kinds of things now I walk my dogs everywhere, I can run for a bus and I can bend down to fasten my shoes, which I couldnt do before. My life is just so much better.
How it works
The nutritional part of the Alevere medical weight loss treatment consists of plentiful natural foods from the very start of every patients treatment. Additionally, the patient is given precisely formulated proteins in Alevere nutritional supplements, which support the bodys metabolism throughout the patients weight loss. These ensure that excess body fat, not muscle tissue, is broken down and metabolised. They ensure that the liver can work in an optimal way to produce sufficient glucose so that blood glucose levels are maintained and become normal and stable, even in diabetic patients.
This nutritional treatment keeps insulin levels low and puts the body into a metabolic state where it constantly and efficiently burns up excess stored fat, but does not break down lean tissue during the weight loss.
Patients are given weekly treatments of targeted external ultrasound, which cause the breakdown of excessively thickened fat stores under the skin. Immediately following this, each week, every patient receives treatment for their entire body with a device specifically developed and shown through numerous studies to stimulate and increase the production of collagen and elastic substances in the skin. This optimises the elastic recovery of the skin as the weight is lost, and the combined effect of both treatments is to optimise the patients body shape and cosmetic appearance following their weight loss. This is a very important aspect of any treatment for weight loss, but is something which is often sadly overlooked.
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Mother loses 5st in five months using smart weight-loss plan that allows chocolate and wine – Mirror Online
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An overweight mum lost 5 stone in as many weeks and claims she reversed her pre-diabetes after switching to a 'smart' weight-loss plan - which allowed her to eat chocolate and drink wine.
Tipping the scales at 21st 10lbs, Lynne Gaskell, 54, from Lancashire, was determined to lose weight so she could be around for longer to look after her autistic son Joshua.
After being told she was pre-diabetic during a full health MOT when she turned 50, Lynne knew it was time to act.
She started researching ways to get into shape and put herself forward for the Second Nature programme, a 12-week programme which focuses on rewiring peoples habits to live healthier lives.
She said: "The results of the blood test showed I was at risk of type 2 diabetes and they classed me as pre-diabetic. They said the best thing for me to do was to lose weight.
I didnt want to join a gym or any of the slimming groups as they didnt appeal to me.
My son Joshua is autistic and needs a lot of care. He was one of the reasons why it was important to become healthier.
After signing up to the digital-focused plan, Lynne was a set of smart scales and an activity tracker that links with the app, allowing her to monitor her weight-loss progress and daily step count.
She was also sent a recipe book, a meal plan and daily motivational articles, and was added to an online peer support group - hosted by a qualified dietitian offering daily advice.
The digital aspect meant she still had the motivation to shed the pounds without having to stand up in front of a room of strangers and talk about her weight.
She said: "I lost weight straight away. Its really easy to stick to and because Im eating healthily, my husband, Lee, is too - hes lost two stone.
The biggest change Ive made is creating meal plans and sticking to the meals, using their recipes and keeping a food diary.
She swapped fast food for freshly cooked dishes, including a number of delicious treats like chocolate-covered desserts, muffins and curries. She was also told that nothing was off limits, meaning she could treat herself to the odd glass of wine.
She said: I really dont feel as though Im missing out on anything - and Ive cooked things I wouldnt normally cook. The things we do like eating, weve found an alternative way of cooking them, or substituted it with something else.
Theres nothing you cant have as long as you have it in moderation or that youre very mindful that what youre having is a treat.
On a Friday night, my husband and I will sometimes have a bottle of wine with our neighbours or well enjoy a takeaway - I will choose a healthier option though.
Ive given some of my recipes to my father-in-law, who is diabetic, and my mother-in-law who is at risk - and shes lost 12lbs.
Lynne also started walking every day, slowly at first, beginning with 3,500 steps, gradually increasing it to 10,000 over the duration of the 12-week programme.
Lynne has stopped an incredible 5st and now weighs 16st 7lbs, saying the weightloss has also helped ease the pain of the arthritis she has in her knee.
She's also bought herself a dog, and walking Aubrey gives her a reason to get out exercising over the weekend.
She said: "Ive wanted a dog all my married life, but my husband always used to say that I would never walk it or take care of it. But after Id lost a couple of stone, he agreed that I could get a puppy.
I have a beautiful chocolate labrador called Aubrey - shes 18 weeks now and she is taken for walks all the time. Having a dog helps me to get out at the weekend.
My son is overweight too - because of his autism, he has a very restricted diet and we have to stick to very specific things. So its been great for us to take the dog out together for a couple of hours.
Im now much more active with him over the weekends. But life hasnt hugely changed - which is a good thing. It just means I have the peace of mind of knowing I will be around for a lot longer for Josh - and be healthier around him.
Ive just had my yearly check up and the results from my blood tests is perfect - my sugar levels are fine and Im no longer at risk of type-2 diabetes."
Second Nature was set up by Chris Edson and Mike Gibbs both former NHS advisors to tackle Britain's obesity and type-2 diabetes epidemic.
The programme, which offers an effective alternative to fasting, calorie counting and points- based diets, has so far amassed 30,000 users and is also being trialled by the NHS.
Chris Edson, co-founder of Second Nature, said: Weve used our research and insights to create an app that helps you rewire your habits.
Using smart behavioural science, our app makes it easy for you to form new habits, ones that help you sleep better, eat better and feel better. Habits that help you lose weight, and keep it off.
As habit experts, we know the key to changing them successfully is keeping it up, long-term. So, we stay by your side, in your pocket, helping you keep up these positive changes for good.
In the end, youll find youre not trying to lose weight, youre not depriving yourself or counting calories, youre just living better, automatically, every day.
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Lunch: Fast-food - McDonalds or a cheese toasty
Dinner: Big portion of curry/takeaway
Breakfast: Homemade muesli with blueberries and yoghurt
Lunch: Wrap or a salad or fish
Dinner: Freshly made chili con carne, butter chicken, beef curry, or chicken with spinach.
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Woman who used food to fill a void after losing twins starts weight loss journey so she can have IVF – Daily Post
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A woman who used food to fill a void after the heartbreak of miscarrying twins is now on a mission to lose weight for IVF treatment.
Amanda Farrow said a relationship break-up and a custody battle saw her spiral into depression which caused her to pile on the pounds.
But when she lost her twins, it "broke her heart" that she still looked pregnant and the tragedy kick started her into turning her life aroud.
Now, Amanda is well on her way back to happiness having shed almost two stone.
The 37-year-old who owns Sienna Sky Boutique in Caernarfon said: "I piled the weight on in 2015 after ending a relationship.
"I sought solace in food during a long custody battle for my son and lost financial stability.
"I put on five stone, hitting a size 20 in 2018.
"I joined Weight Watchers (WW) online and lost 6lb but I still wasn't in the right place and busy with life.
"Then in 2019 a wonderful women called Amanda Dingli came into my boutique.
"As I loved WW in the past I was happy to help advertise as we had a lot of women being a clothes boutique.
"Our shop has a motto for body confidence, so I was happy being a size 20 and on the outside was fairly confident."
Amanda added: "In 2019 I got married and Id miscarried twins just a month before.
"It broke my heart to see that I still looked pregnant but I wasnt.
"It was so painful seeing people who didnt know that Id lost our twins but also knowing that I needed to lose weight for our last IVF cycle in 2020.
"Seeing the wedding pictures and that was the final straw jogged me on to do something."
Amanda said she googled her BMI and was shocked to see she was obese.
She needed a new direction as she was starting to feel depressed and lonely.
"I remembered Amanda had popped in the shop and she was going to be my guardian angel, she immediately made me feeL comfortable when joining, she had already talked to me in the shop, she opened up on my level, as she had been on a similar path," she said.
"Amanda understood the weight gain was not just about greed, but about filling a void of heartbreak, loss and depression.
"I needed help and I never asked for help before.
"I never wanted to be a certain size as I was happy as a plus size girl, but I knew my weight was actually a cover for my deep emotional pain, a cover of confidence that was actually shattered and I needed to rebuild that with some help."
Amanda is now thriving with support from her WW group and is hoping to have IVF treatment in April.
She said: "From day one I loved the MyWW plan and the workshops. I very rarely miss one and now my husband has joined too.
"My husband has seen my journey and he can't believe the change to my mental health and to me.
"I feel sexy, confident inside and out and my outlook and mental health is on point.
"My pain will never go but if your mental attitude is positive you can accomplish so much."
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It's rare that a new diet trend gets a positive review from the health community, but for the most part, Noom has been praised for encouraging people to focus on healthier eating habits. A millennial-friendly app, Noom is a diet service that actually doesn't require you to give up the foods that you love to eat. Dieters, who pay a minimum of $59 each month for access to the app, are pushed to think about the Big Picture. Developed by a team of psychologists, the Noom diet is all about making long-term lifestyle shifts, unlike fad diets that might require a short-term fast or the shunning of certain food groups. It also connects dieters to live coaches and allows you to receive 1-on-1 health coaching during regular business hours.
Noom allows you to log exercise, weight loss over time, and blood sugar levels as well as blood pressure. The diet itself begins after you take an in-depth quiz based on a series of lifestyle questions calorie restrictions are recommended on a case by case basis, and they may recommend a diabetes management plan. Unlike the weight loss plan, the diabetes Noom plan is designed to particularly aid individuals suffering from both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and may help prevent overweight or obese individuals from becoming pre-diabetic (it's even recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
But how exactly does Noom enable you to lose weight if it doesn't restrict you? It all has to do with a color-coded system that is subtly different for each user.
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Like Weight Watchers and other popular paid weight loss services, the Noom app helps you lose weight by asking you to track your meals. It measures the caloric value of every item you input and compares it to the exercise and other physical movement you've completed during the day, as well as weighing both those factors against your personal goals. While Noom aims to keep your body fueled with sufficient calories, it doesn't technically restrict you from eating any ingredients or food groups.
But as Jacklyn London, MS, RD, points out in her formal review of the service, dieters only get the best results if they enjoy highly caloric, sugary, or processed snacks in light moderation. Noom doesn't push a strict regiment by any means, but the app rewards you for eating wholesome, nutrient-dense foods through its color-coding system. Even when you do eat an indulgent meal, the app will try to help you reduce caloric blowback by encouraging portion control for certain ingredients that come up red.
It's important to remember that red foods aren't "bad" and green foods can also be considered unhealthy in copious amounts. If you're stuck trying to decide what to buy or eat, using Noom's color-coded list may help you make the best decision in the spur of the moment.
Green List:
Of course, the best foods to eat while on the Noom diet are designated in a bright green color these items are fresh vegetables, nourishing fruits, wholesome grains, and supercharged dairy items that work in tandem to regulate your digestive system. You'll find that you can enjoy bigger portions of these nutritional powerhouses throughout the day, and the more that you incorporate into your meals, the closer you'll get to your daily, weekly, and monthly weight loss goals.
Yellow List:
While the app encourages you to eat less foods that are coded yellow, you may notice that these ingredients are healthy in their own right. Noom has designated these items as second tier to foods on the green list only because they're denser in calories. This doesn't mean you should totally abstain from them, however; the app encourages you to incorporate lean proteins and other nutrient-rich items like tempeh into your meals, albeit in smaller amounts. If you find yourself frequently reaching for items that are on the yellow list, Noom's app is designed to help find a green-list item that you can easily swap for instead. For example, you may swap chicken breast out for tofu in a meal every once in a while because Noom rewards tofu more than it does chicken breast.
What you should limit:
As you've probably guessed, the foods that are tagged on Noom's red list are things that are high in calories, saturated fats, sodium, sugar, and processed carbohydrates. While you're not restricted from enjoying these items once in a blue moon, they should be avoided as much as possible on a daily basis. If you do enjoy a cheat snack, you may want to double up on foods found on Noom's green list throughout the rest of the day, or spend a few more minutes in the gym, in order to stay on par with your weight loss goals.
None of these items should be too shocking; highly processed meats, like bacon, are often restricted on most diets. Some of these items may be surprising, however, such as peanut butter, which can be quiet high in calories and (depending on the brand) sugars or sodium. While each of the items on Noom's red list vary in their degrees of nutritional value, you can always make them better for your own diet by choosing the healthiest variety possible: Stick to dark chocolate, natural peanut butter, or enjoying a sandwich made with low-sodium ham.
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Risks and rewards of a strictly organic diet – Lewiston Sun Journal
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DEAR DR. ROACH: Does eating strictly organic food and drinking only bottled water help in a meaningful way to prevent diseases and contribute to a long and healthy life? M.T.
ANSWER: There is no consistent high-quality evidence that consuming organic foods lead to improvement in health outcomes, including longer life. Some but not all studies have found slightly higher amounts of nutrients in organically grown produce. Organic foods are made without synthetic pesticides, but may use pesticides found in nature. There is not convincing evidence that natural pesticides are any safer, nor that the small amount of residual pesticides left in conventional produce leads to significant health risks. However, there is preliminary evidence that consumption of mostly organic food led to a decrease in the risk of one type of cancer, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, but not an overall decrease in cancer. Based on current available evidence, I dont recommend organic food consumption for health benefits.
The quality of tap water varies greatly across North America, but most locations have high-quality water available at extremely low cost with minimal environmental impact compared with bottled water. Even if tap water is unpalatable in a persons location, I recommend a filter system rather than resorting to bottled water, again for environmental concerns as well as cost. Bottled water is rarely the only option, and if so it is usually due to contamination of tap water with microbes or heavy metals, which should be known to the community. My own municipality mails me a water quality report yearly, and it is outstanding quality.
Two additional points are worth considering. The first is that organically prepared foods have been the cause of foodborne illness due to contamination at a much higher level than expected. The second is that organic farming prohibits nontherapeutic antibiotics, a practice with which I strongly agree as a means of reducing the potential for antibiotic resistance.
Until further evidence is available, my opinion is that most people would do better eating more produce, whether conventionally or organically grown. Locally grown fresh produce may have more benefits than organically produced due to freshness.
DEAR DR. ROACH: All of the latest information states that an adult needs seven to nine hours of sleep a night. Is this unbroken sleep? For example, I sleep for four hours, wake up for one to two hours, and then sleep three to four more hours almost every night. If the sleep is to be continuous, is it better to take a sleeping aid or continue with the current pattern? Nothing I read indicates if sleeping seven to nine hours with a sleeping aid provides the same benefit as not sleeping continuously for that time period. P.M.
ANSWER: While it is true that people who sleep seven to nine hours per night tend to live longer than those who sleep less (or more), it is likely that there are some people who need more or less sleep than the average. Further, it isnt clear whether the apparent improvement in longevity is due to better sleeping, or whether people who dont sleep well have an underlying medical condition that is really responsible for the harm seen.
As far as whether continuous sleep is better than interrupted sleep, there isnt good evidence to compare the two. There is strong historical evidence that prior to artificial lighting, two distinct sleep periods separated by an hour or so was considered normal.
Most sleeping aids adversely affect sleep quality, and increase risk of falls and accidents the next day. If interrupted sleep is working for you, Id recommend continuing versus using a sleeping pill.
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Dieting can be an overwhelming experience. Choosing a diet type is tough. So, ask yourself some basic questions to make it a little less stressful.
Choosing a diet isnt easy. Where do you even start? Keto? Paleo? Atkins? Mediterranean? Some variation of all of the above, that includes something you can actually enjoy? Some diet types have been around a long time, while others burst into attention every once in a while, capturing everyones attention before fading away and leaving in even more confusion in an already complex situation. With all the information out there, it can be difficult to narrow down your choices.
But dont fret, because choosing a diet is not as hard as choosing to diet. Youve already taken a hard step, and with a little guidance you can start down the path towards better health.
Answering some basic questions can help narrow down your choices. Be honest with yourself, and use what you learn from the following questions to target a few diet options.
What are My Goals?
The diet you choose should reflect not only your goals, but what you expect from changing what you eat. Think about what you want the outcome to be.
Are you interested in maintaining weight and eating healthier? Or are you trying to lose weight? Do you want to count calories? How about carbs? Maybe a low-carb diet works or focusing on smaller meals throughout the day.
Consider your approach to exercise. Are you interested in fitness or gaining muscle? Diets that are high in protein can help with that.
Focusing on your goals helps you find different paths to the finish line. If youre not sure where to start, try talking to a dietician.
If you want to focus on losing weight only, then you need to consider the calories in and the calories out how much you eat versus how much you consume every day. Consume more than you eat and your weight will drop, but this is a simplistic approach that doesnt consider other aspects related to your health, such as nutrient intake and vitamins. It also doesnt consider your body type.
What is My Body Type?
Having an awareness of your body type is important when it comes to choosing a diet. There are basically three different categories that most people fall into.
While your body type probably most aligns with one of these three, many people have characteristics of all of them. Its also important to know that whatever body type you are, its possible to lose weight and develop muscle. Understanding your body shape can go a long way toward choosing the best diet and improving your health.
How Much Time Do I have to Cook?
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Picking the proper diet has to take into account your current lifestyle. Eating home-cooked meals helps with weight loss. But that may not be realistic for you. How much time do you have per week to prepare your meals? Are you comfortable cooking, or do you usually eat out? A new diet can be doomed from the start if it requires too drastic a change to food choice and lifestyle.
Cooking is not mandatory in dieting, but it can be an important ally. Studies have shown that the food we cook tends to be healthier than what we buy, and you also have complete control over what you include in your food.
What is My Budget?
Some diets can be pricey, since they may require special ingredients or meal replacements. Thats not even considering membership to a gym or the cost of exercise equipment. Actually sitting down and coming up with a budget for a proposed diet is key to sustaining it. If you need to, look into different alternatives to minimize the financial stress of an expensive diet although in truth, dieting shouldnt really be expensive.
If you diet is asking you to exclusively eat some things, which also turn out to be expensive, you might want to consider if this is actually the best approach.
When and How am I Going to Exercise?
You may not like to exercise, but it is a vital component to taking your fitness and health seriously. You dont have to train for a marathon or take up kickboxing, but its important to make space for exercise in your plans. In addition to helping control your weight, regular exercise can improve your mood, increase your energy, and even help control food choices.
Healthy adults should try for at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity per week. But this can vary depending on factors like weight and age. Talk to your doctor or a personal trainer to help come up with the best plan for you.
What Types of Food Do I Like?
You dont have to torture yourself on a diet. In fact, the more you like the foods that make up your diet, the more likely you will stick with it. Many low-calorie diets will swap calorie-dense foods like meat and bread for more nutritious options like vegetables. If you dont love eating something like fish, dont pick a diet that incorporates a lot of fish. It seems simple. But ask if the food youll be eating is sustainable for you.
Answer Honestly to Find What Works Best
Its important to be realistic about your diet options. If youre looking to simply lose weight, for example, youd think that the diet that can drop the most pounds would be best. But what if it requires you to eat food you hate? What if it is cost prohibitive? These answers are important. They may be the key to finding a sustainable diet. Thats because the bottom line is the best diet for you is the one you can stick to.
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Go Red for Women promotes healthy diets, hearts and fun – Char-Koosta News
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ST. IGNATIUS February is American Heart Month and Go Red for Women and the Tribal Health Department Diabetes Program took the lead on the locally acknowledged issue, and informationally celebrated it Friday at the St. Ignatius Tribal Community Center. The event promoted a healthy diet and physical activity. Seventy-five adults signed in for the event, and with all the children the attendance was nearly 100.
Go Red for Women is the American Health Associations national health movement with the goal of curbing better yet, ending heart disease and strokes among women.
There were numerous health related informational booths at the Go Red for Women event.
A good healthy diet and exercise prolongs life, a good quality of life, said Kati Burton, THD Community Dietician. One of the first steps to a long and quality life is knowing what a person is eating; that starts with reading ingredient labels on processed foods. A healthy diet with exercise makes for a healthy body that lowers pain levels in muscles and joints, improves eyesight and blood flow. All foods contain vitamins, minerals and nutrients that keep us alive. The biggest difference a person can do is controlling the amount of fats in the food they eat read the ingredients.
Burton said another contributor to an unhealthy diet is the shift from family dining and fast food dining. The social nature of family dining affects both the body and mind especially when combined with healthy foods on the plates. In the case of American Indians, those foods could include the natural foodstuff that sated the diets of tribal Ancestors.
Burton encourages people to look into gardening or purchasing produce from local gardens, eating and preserving what comes from the garden.
Its good to know where your food comes from, she said.
The Montana State University Food Products Development Lab is researching and promoting the use of natural and healthy foods including foodstuff that were historically a part of the American Indian diet.
Dr. Wan-Yuan Kuo, MSU FPD Lab director said part of the mission of the program is Sustainable food product development sourcing local, specialty, and Indigenous crops to create healthy, eco-friendly, and culturally acceptable food products,
The lab is working with the Billings based Native American Development Corporation to establish research and education efforts to develop Native American food products.
Edwin Allen, MSU Food Products Development Lab, discusses the Lab and what it is doing to use underused healthy foods for healty diets.
Edwin Allen of the MSU FPD Lab said the program is working with the Indian Nations in Montana to incorporate under-utilized crops such as lentils, chickpeas, and peanuts into diets of tribal people. Allen is a MSU graduate student from Ghana who also has promoted such an effort in Senegal, Africa. He has heretofore worked with the Northern Cheyenne, Crow and CSKT tribes to promote heathy natural foods into diets.
On the Flathead Indian Reservation, he and other MSU FPD Lab students worked with the CSKT Fish Keepers to promote the use of lake trout into peoples diets. At the Go Red for Women gathering the group had smoked lake trout fish tacos on the menu in traditional corn tortillas and another with tacos in fish skin, both had huckleberries as an ingredient. They were a smokie spicy and sweet taste that wasnt bad on the palate.
We help people develop underused food products and want to help the Fish Keepers promote the consumption of the lake trout, Allen said. Montana is the third largest producer of lentils and we would like to use that here in food diets.
The lunch at the Go Red for women was a healthy serving of vegetable soups and salads.
In fact, the main luncheon dish was two thick soups with chick peas as the main ingredient.
Allen said the MSU FPD Lab will soon began researching and promoting bison. We will be working with the tribal community to incorporate lean bison meat in their diets, he said. All the ingredients we use for events like this is promoted by the tribal communities we are working with.
Allen said MSU is working on establishing a relationship with Salish Kootenai College on the development of natural and healthy food projects. We want to increase the consumption of Native products, he said.
The diet of Indian women is high on processed foods that increase blood pressure and cholesterol, said THD Diabetes Program manager Brenda Bodner. Its pretty easy to turn that around with improvements in diet. That includes choosing quality foods. Beans are a big emphasis today they are rich in protein, and good for cardiovascular health.
THD nurse Chelsea Kleinmeyer said healthy food and exercise are good ingredients for a healthy lifestyle.
Get away from the TV or computer screen and get outside and be active, she said. Being outside is very beneficial, it reduces stress and lowers blood pressure and improves mental health.
Another highlight of the Go Red for Women event was the Native fashion show that featured all-age models in Native design apparel. The fashions all incorporated the color red.
Symptoms of a Stroke
Signs that you may be having a stroke:
You should never wait more than five minutes to dial 9-1-1 if you experience even one of the signs above. Remember, you could be having a stroke even if youre not experiencing all of the symptoms. And remember to check the time. The responding emergency medical technician or emergency room nurse at the hospital will need to know when the first symptom occurred.
Stroke is not only the number four cause of death in the United States, its also a leading cause of severe, long-term disability. Thats why its important to take action immediately. Research conducted by The American Stroke Association shows that patients who take a clot-busting drug, or thrombolytic, within three hours of their first stroke symptom can reduce long-term disability from ischemic stroke the most common type, accounting for about 87 percent of all cases.
When you know the signs of stroke, the life you save could be your own or someone elses. Learn to spot the signs of stroke, or spot a stroke F.A.S.T. (Face drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 911) with the help of mobile app for iOS or Android. Your life is in your hands.
Learn more about your risk for heart disease and stroke as well as factors that increase your risk.
Knowing the Warning Signs of a Heart Attack, and Acting Quickly can Save a Life
Causes of a heart attack in women
Heart attacks occur when the flow of blood to the heart is blocked by a buildup of plaque in coronary arteries. While the initial causation can often be pinned on the usual suspects heavy smokers, people with high-stress lifestyles, or those who are excessively overweightthe not-so-usual suspects can also be at high risk for heart attack.
Heart disease is the number one killer of women, which is why it is imperative that women learn the warning signs and symptoms, see a doctor regularly, and learn their family history.
Symptoms of a heart attack:
As with men, the most common heart attack symptom in women is chest pain or discomfort. But its important to note that women are more likely to experience the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting and back or jaw pain.
What to do during a heart attack
If you experience any of these signs or symptoms:
Why its important to know the symptoms of a heart attack
Women who consider themselves healthy often misdiagnose the symptoms of a heart attack because they dont think it could happen to them. That is why its crucial to learn about heart disease and stroke, know your numbers, live a heart-healthy lifestyle and be aware of the risk factors of heart disease.
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San Diego Magazine recently published their guide to Eating Healthy.We take a look at some tips and topics that came up in the magazine with Dr. Emily Poccia of Wild Craft Medicine in La Jolla, California.
Healthy eating can be a real challenge. It seems like every day there are news reports quoting studies that claim a particular food is the key to great health or that you should avoid it at all costs. Add to that the battle of marketing between competing commerce like the meat industry versus plant-based protein businesses each trying to take the other down and its hard to know what to believe. The truth is, eating a healthy diet means different things for different people. We sat down with Dr. Emily Poccia, ND to discuss some of the latest trends with diet and health.
How do you maintain a healthy digestive tract?
How can it be healthy to stop eating?
One major skill needed for being aware of what you are putting in your body is the ability to read food labels. Here, Dr. Poccia discusses how to keep that as simple as possible.
Ultimately, what is healthy and what is not is truly dependent on the individual. The next time you hear about that new health craze, be sure it makes sense for you and your condition before you jump on that latest trend.
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Harrison Ford reveals he’s been eating a clean diet of ‘vegetables and fish’ to maintain his fit physique at age 77 – msnNOW
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Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Harrison Ford attends the premiere of "The Call of the Wild" at El Capitan Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Los Angeles.Harrison Ford revealed the secret to his ripped physique at the age of 77.
During an an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that aired on Tuesday, the host took some time to commend Ford for his chiseled looks.
"You look good, you look really good," DeGeneres told the Indiana Jones actor, who jokingly responded, "What did I look like before?"
DeGeneres then showed a photo of Ford looking fit on a bike with his ripped arms exposed, and asked him if he's been working out a lot, which got a big roar from the audience.
"I don't work out like crazy; I just, I work out a bit," he said. "I ride bikes and I play tennis a little bit."
After some fun banter, where the Star Wars legend denied riding an electric bike in the photo, Ford confessed that he pared his diet down to "vegetables and fish, no dairy, no [meat]."
"'The fact that you can stick to it is pretty impressive because it is hard to eat really, really clean," DeGeneres said of Ford before asking if there was a specific reason behind his diet change.
"I just decided I was tired of eating meat and I know its not really good for the planet, and it's not really good for me."
Ellen chimed back in, "It's good to not eat meat, I find."
Ford also revealed that he's poised toput his Indiana Jones hat back on in the fifth installment in the George Lucas franchise that kicked off back in 1981.
Shooting for the still untitled movie is slated to begin this summer.
The last film in the franchise was 2008's Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which was one of the highest grossing films of the year.
Ford is currently promoting his new adventure film The Call of the Wild, which opens in theaters Friday.
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