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If theres one persistent dilemma every health-conscious person in India faces today, its probably to do with rice. People of the Indian subcontinent are traditionally used to eating rice, and its an integral part of our culture too. But consuming rice has also been associated with weight gain and increased risk of diseases like diabetes.

This is the reason why the rice question has become a huge issue for those who want to eat healthy and stay fit. The confusion probably deepens whenever you come across an aisle full of rice varieties at the supermarket, or when you read that you should eat a particular type of rice to lose weight.

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Time to leave that confusion behind, because heres everything you need to know about the most popular varieties of rice available in India and to make the healthiest choice for your diet.

Glycemic index (GI) of a food refers to how quickly it raises your blood glucose levels. The higher the GI, the quicker your blood glucose levels rise. Most people assume that choosing a rice variety that has the lowest GI is the smartest way to go, but thats not true. Yes, the type of rice matters, but so does the size of the grain and method of cooking.

For example, long-grain white rice varieties like basmati have a GI of 57 while short-grain white rice varieties have a GI of 72. Similarly, when medium-grain brown rice is boiled it has a GI of 72, when steamed it has a GI of 50, and when microwaved it has a GI of 59.

The smartest thing to do here is to pick a rice variety that is packed with the most nutrients and then cook it in the best way. Steaming your rice is a healthier method, and make sure that you dont fry it in oil or ghee as that will just add calories to it.

There is no rice variety that is completely devoid of carbohydrates and calories, so if you are on a low-carb, low-cal diet you might want to stay away from rice altogether. Otherwise, you can choose from the following rice varieties.

1. White rice

With 68 calories per 100g (according to the US Department of Agriculture or USDAs Food Composition Database), white rice is also very carb-heavy (14.84g per 100g). But, traditionally, this is the most popular type of rice and has its own set of benefits. White rice is a rich source of calcium and folate, even though it has lower protein, fibre and mineral content.

Nutritionally, white rice might not seem like the best choice if youre on a weight-loss diet, but people with irritable bowel or digestive disorders should opt for this variety because its low on fibre and the easiest to digest. If you do choose to eat this rice, go for the long grain ones like basmati.

2. Brown rice

The fact that brown rice is rich in fibre, protein and antioxidants is well known. This rice variety is full of flavonoids like apigenin, quercetin and luteolin - all of which are known to prevent diseases. According to a study published in theBritish Journal of Nutritionin 2019, eating brown rice can lower the risk of diabetes and even reduce inflammation.

Choosing brown rice is a healthy option, but you need to remember that it has similar carbohydrate (17.05g per 100g) and calorie (82 cal per 100g) counts as white rice. Even so, brown rice is a good choice for those who want to lose weight the healthy way.

3. Red rice

455 calories per 100g is a huge number, but still, red rice especially Himalayan red rice is making its way into more homes these days. The reason is simple: apart from being packed with protein and fibre, red rice has an exceptionally high antioxidant content. Its full of flavonoids like anthocyanins, apigenin, myricetin and quercetin, and it can help the body fight cancer-causing free radicals even more than brown rice can.

So, apart from helping prevent cancer, eating red rice can also decrease inflammation and reduce the risk of heart diseases and diabetes.

4. Black rice

Also known as forbidden rice, black rice has the highest antioxidant concentration of all rice varieties. Apart from actively preventing cell damage due to free radicals and thereby reducing the risk of all types of cancer black rice also minimises oxidative stress, high levels of which can cause heart diseases and mental decline.

Black rice is also rich in fibre, protein, vitamins and minerals, and has 335 calories per 100g. Despite being high-cal, black rice can help you lose weight, detoxify your body, and minimise the risk of diabetes, heart diseases, etc. So overall, this is a good rice option for those who want to lead a healthy life.

5. Wild rice

This rice variety is actually not a rice at all, but the seeds of some aquatic grass varieties. Yet, wild rice is used just like every other variety of rice and gains a special status during the bi-annual festival of Navratri. With 101 calories per 100g, wild rice is rich in protein, fibre, folate, and minerals like magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, copper and manganese.

According to a study published in Nutrients in 2013, wild rice actively reduces triglycerides, cholesterol levels, insulin resistance and oxidative stress - all of which point to the fact that this rice variety is a great choice for those who are at risk of high cholesterol, diabetes, cancer and heart diseases.

Now that you know the nutritional content and benefits of the most popular rice varieties, go pick the one suited best to your individual needs.

For more information, read our article onFiber: Food sources, Benefits and Side Effects.

Health articles in Firstpost are written by myUpchar.com, Indias first and biggest resource for verified medical information. At myUpchar, researchers and journalists work with doctors to bring you information on all things health.

Updated Date: Jan 30, 2020 13:12:46 IST

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Da'Shaun Harrison x Jan 31, 2020

TW: this piece discusses anti-fatness, fat camps, diet & exercise, and familial/social child abuse. please proceed with caution.

I have been fat for as far back as my memory will allow me to reach. Before I even knewor cared, for that matterabout the largeness of my body in comparison to others around me, others made clear to me that it was an issue. Not quite an issue for me, but an issue for how they perceived me. Left and right, day-in and day-out, people projected their hate for fatness onto my body.

I was picked on and bullied constantly in elementary school for my weight. I was a hypersensitive little fat boy who everyone saw as a target. Other than a few, even my friends treated me horribly for my size. I would pick on myself for not being able to do the pull-ups in PE before my PE teacher, or my peers, could. I would pretend that I was just apathetic about the mile run, and would walk it instead so that no one could make fun of the fat boy who tried hard to keep up with his thin peers and failed. Eventually, after I internalized all of this, it led to me being the angry fat Black boy who posed a threat to others. I started fighting a lot, being combative with my teachers, threatening my peers, and ultimately spending more time in suspension than I did in class. This would continue through middle school. There is a conversation there about anti-fat bullying as part of the school-to-prison pipeline, but that is a different conversation for a different piece.

What this all led back to, however, was peoples hate for my body. But I was a very active child, so I could not fathom the reasons for why anyone would loathe my body for something that I seemingly could not change.

When I was 4, my mom met my now-stepfather who also happened to be a coach of various sports. At a very early age, I played just about every sport imaginable. Football, baseball, basketball, soccer, golf. If you name it, I have likely played iteven if it was not coached by him. And as anyone in the US public school system knows, in elementary school, they kept us very active; from field days, to PE tests, to a daily required recess. But because of my various illnesses, and the harm I was experiencing by my doctors, my mom worried. As any parent would, considering how scarce and new fat politics isespecially at that time. But the result of this panic was essentially an at-home fat camp.

I was periodically put on crash diets and inadvertently judged, essentially, for eating. My mom used to put me in sweatsuits and wrap me in black trash bags, and have me run for miles. I was no older than 8. And I had asthma. But for miles, I ran. Sometimes shed join me sans the trash bags and sweatsuits. At times, I would make it fun and pretend I was Missy Elliott from that infamous video, but most times I just felt defeated. As I have already written before, diets and diet culture are only successful at stealing out of the pockets of fat people and punishing us for our bodies. And running around my neighborhood in that uniform, for everyone to make a spectacle of my body, felt like I was being put on display at a zoo. And what once was my one escape from overwhelming fat hate became one of the sites of my most traumatic anti-fat experiences.

In 1999, a 14-year-old girl by the name of Gina Score died because of forced exercise and a lack of care around fat childrens bodies. Gina, who had been part of a camp run and operated by military veterans, had been tasked with a 2.7-mile run. She fell on the ground, gasping for air. After four hours of her instructors laughing, drinking soda, and accusing Gina of faking, a doctor came and called for an ambulance immediately. Ginas organs had failed. She had died.

In an extreme case like this, many would call what happened to Gina abuse. And it is. But it is also murder. The abuse did not start and end with Ginas collapse or with the coaches negligence, though; the abuse began with the idea that Gina ever needed to be punished for her weight in the first place.

One of the most infamous fat camps in the country, Camp Shanewhich has been in operation since 1968, has been featured on channels like TLC, OWN, MTV, and more. According to their own website, they have hosted well over 20,000 children at their campsites. Its marketed as just another summer camp with the friendly intent to help children make friends and fit in, but the reality is that these camps do not exist for any other reason but to punish fat children. No matter how fun the camps are supposed to be, they are all designed to teach fat children that their fatness is something to be ashamed of. And much like diet programs, fat camps are nothing more than a capitalist money-grab. Most of the results, just like with dieting, are only temporary.

Children are sent to these boot camp-like weight loss programs to be shamed for their weight; manipulated into believing that the abuse theyre forced to endure is about being accepted instead of being punished for owning a body that looks different from what the rest of the world sees as normal. And I continue to use the word punish throughout this essay because thats what it is. Fat kids are being penalized for their bodies; whipped into shape; disciplined for something the rest of the world views as an offense and a breach of an imagined moral code.

Everyday life for fat kids is like a fat camp. Even for those of us who have never been to one. Mistreated for having bodies that take up more room than humans are allotted. Harmed for showing up in a world hellbent on making thinness a universal norm. And no one other than fat people will name this for what it is: a very targeted form of child abuse. There is no other way to put it. Forcing exercise and diets on your children is an attempt to punish them for their (perceived) fatness and that is abuse.

To be clear: I do not blame my mom. She was doing what she thought was best. And I imagine that most other parents believe they are, too. I blame the medical-industrial complex that thrives off of harming fat people. I blame the diet industrial complex that seeks to steal from fat people. I blame the public school system for seeking to punish literal children for their bodies. And most yet, I blame our collective and societal commitment to making exercise and fitness about weight loss and punishment rather than feeling good in your body and in motion.

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Most of us, me included, could stand to drop a few pounds. Or in my case, at least 20 more pounds.

But in todays world, a person looking to lose weight is a bit like the the Ashbrook Green Wave going up against the Green Bay Packers.

Victory can perhaps be had, but the odds are clearly stacked against us.

Back in mid-November, I had a bit of a health scare. Actually it was more of a health terror. Lying on a bed in an urgent care while the room rotated around me was more than enough to induce fear and trembling and promises of reform to the Almighty.

The only person to blame for my prone position? Me. Or rather my love for mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, hash brown potatoes.

And bread, lets not forget bread. Cornbread and cathead biscuits in particular.

A steak or a chicken breast without accompanying potatoes of some sort? Unthinkable!

Saturday morning without fresh-baked buttermilk biscuits? That aint living!

Life without a big ol fully loaded cheeseburger and fries every week or so? Shoot me now!

Or, let me live.

Let me replace those potatoes with salad, broccoli, or beans.

Whole wheat toast complements livermush pretty well.

And both my wallet and my heart are thanking me for ending the burger habit.

So yes, progress has been made.

But again, the empty-calorie, wouldnt I taste so good traps are everywhere.

Consider the grocery store.

The fresh fruits and vegetables meld directly into the deli-bakery -- a bakery loaded with doughnuts, bear claws, muffins, cakes, pies, and every sort of sugar and fat laden treat imaginable.

The ice cream aisle? Dont even turn down it.

And the little mini-displays planted like landmines everywhere around the store are heaped to the heavens with Entenmanns treats, Little Debbie cakes, and every sort of fried pie known to man.

Consider the proliferation of fast food.

When I was but a wee lad, the nearest McDonalds to our home was on Tunnel Road in Asheville. A stop there for supper on the way home from a big outing in Cherokee was a rare and special treat.

Now, it seems every crossroads in America has a McDonalds... and a Burger King... and a Hardees... and a Bojangles... and a KFC. Places where a single meal often contains upwards of 2,000 categories.

And consider TV advertising.

On broadcast sports, which is about the only thing I watch on regular TV, commercials focus endlessly on trucks, beer, snacks, and fast food. Luckily trucks have no calories.

And so the struggle goes on.

In the early autumn, my scales registered a few pounds north of the 200-pound mark each morning.

As January ended, they were just north of 180.

Before summer returns once again, my goal is a reading between 160 and 165.

The odds are against me, thats for sure.

But Im betting on me.

Just like I would bet on Ashbrook against Green Bay.

As Mets relief ace Tug McGraw once proclaimed, Ya gotta believe!

Bill Poteat, who lusts after images of food the way some men lust after photos of naked ladies, may be reached at 704-869-1855 or bpoteat@gastongazette.com.

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It seems like everyone shares a common struggle and common goal: How do we get healthier, look better and feel better? We all agonize over the search for the easiest diet and the fastest weight-loss tricks. And there is no shortage of supplements, weight-loss fads and diets. There is so much noise it is hard to really understand what works and what does not.

Can CBD be the answer to our weight loss and fitness goals? The rumors are true: You really can lose weight with a combination of CBD and terpenes.

With CBD weight loss, you dont have to overcomplicate the pathway to your goals. Ive seen it firsthand with Tune CBD Weight Loss Elixir. It works with your body to achieve a natural, gentle and longterm positive change in your health.

Whether our desire to lose weight is rooted in aesthetics, wellness or both, the pursuit for a leaner lifestyle seems to be cyclical and never-ending. This frustrating pattern of diet and weight gain is due to one simple fact: Most of us are doing it wrong. Science and studies have shown us time and again that fad diets dont work. While they are sometimes quick fixes, the results seldom stick around.

However, there is one proven way to lose weight and keep it off: calories in vs. calories out. All you really have to do is curb your overeating and Tunes CBD and terpene blend can help do just that. To me, Tunes CBD Weight Loss Elixir is the diet that works.

As we all know, limiting ones caloric intake is easier said than done. Its frustratingly difficult to get our urges in line. Tunes Weight Loss Elixir is made with CBD and enhanced by a proprietary blend of terpenes that use the natural powers of hemp to tell your body when to stop eating.

Weve tried just about every tactic there is and have finally settled into a comfortable and results-driven CBD routine that has increased our wellbeing tenfold. Here is what weve learned on our journey, broken down into 10 quick facts to help build the foundation of your new whole-body wellness habit.

Everyone holds fat in their body good fat and bad fat. Good fat helps you to maintain a healthy weight, and those who are lean and metabolically healthy tend to have more of it. Bad fat accumulates under the skin and gathers around our internal organs. Bad fat is what causes weight gain, cellulite and generally affects our overall physical and mental health negatively.

Fat increases when you consume more calories than you burn. On the plus side, this also means that fat decreases when you consume less calories than you burn.

You dont control your hunger. Being hungry is not due to a lack of motivation or willpower, but rather a very natural and biological response to our bodys signals. We cannot simply will ourselves to eat less; the reason for this exists in a tiny part of your brain called the hypothalamus.

The most active part of the hypothalamus tells us we are hungry and must eat more to survive. The weaker portion tells us when we are full. Most of the time this stronger part of the brain wins and we are left unaware of our bodys actual limits, causing us to overeat.

To ease false urges and be aware of our bodys limits, we must learn to better understand its signals. We can improve communication by using an expertly crafted CBD formula to stimulate the brain during meals, shutting down the desire to overeat.

The cannabinoid THC is almost legendary for creating an appetite, or, the munchies. THC increases your bodys hunger communication, encouraging excess calorie consumption and weight gain. Luckily for us, enhanced levels of certain cannabis-derived terpenes suppresses appetite. How does it do this? By doing just what we want it to, stimulating the right portion of the brain thus shutting down the desire to overeat.

The fat reducing effects of CBD were first observed in a 2012, when it was shown to significantly reduced total food consumption by:

An alternative to harmful diets and snake oil supplements has long been searched for, and has finally been found in a combination of CBD and enhanced terpenes. After multiple studies and success stories, this CBD diet has emerged as a safe and effective alternative to fight unwanted weight gain.

Most of us living in Southern California are no stranger to CBD. Los Angeles is virtually littered with advertisements and products; we often dont go more than a mile without seeing its presence. However familiar with the name we are, most of us arent experts in the subject which makes us targets for inflated and exaggerated promises. In order to see actual results from CBD weight loss, we have to find a product that is rooted in science with proven results.

Tune Wellness CBD is a THC-free, terpene enhanced, broad-spectrum liquid that helps promote fat loss through three separate physiological channels including increasing energy at the mitochondrial level, increasing fat burning by improving the ratio of good fat to bad fat and appetite suppression.

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Tune Weight Loss Elixir is a cannabinoid, terpene and cannaflavin rich hemp extract standardized to a specific total quantity of CBD and enhanced with specific appetite suppressing terpenes. It works with precision, opening the communication channels between your brain and your body, putting a stop to harmful overeating.

If you want to lose weight quickly or just need a diet that works, Tune Wellness is the best dieting trick on the market.

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My name is Kassandra Denisse Olvera (mrs_olvera). I'm a 25-year-old office coordinator at Christus Spohn Cancer Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. After a scary doctor's visit about a year ago, I was motivated to lose 150 pounds.

I tried several times to go on diets throughout my life, given that I was always overweight. But I would always stop after a couple of weeks or a month at the most. I remember when I was in school, I would use summer break to crash diet, and Id end up gaining all the weight back quickly once school began.

My biggest issue was that I thought of my attempts at weight loss as exactly that: diets. I didn't view weight loss as a lifestyle change. I would restrict too many foods, which was not sustainable long-term. I wouldnt eat enough and would burn myself out before seeing any real progress.

I ignored it as much as I could, but I developed a respiratory infection that forced me to go to the local urgent care. When I stepped on the scale, I discovered I was at my highest weight of 320 pounds. I wouldve cried had I been alone in the room. Then the nurse checked my vital signs, and my blood pressure was extremely high, which explained the headaches and sharp shoulder pains I was having. I remember telling the nurse practitioner I had just drank coffee, that maybe it was the caffeine causing it to be elevated. But who was I kidding? That was not caffeine causing my blood pressure to be that elevatedit was me being severely overweight.

The nurse sat down next to me and told me that I needed to begin seeing a doctor regularly to manage my BP and begin taking medication. I left the urgent care that evening overwhelmed. I knew I needed to lose weight, but I didn't feel ready to do that.

He told me the change had to come from me. So I dug deep emotionally that evening and prepared myself mentally for this lifestyle change because I wanted to be the healthy wife, mom, daughter, and sister that my entire family needed me to be.

The following day, I told my husband that I was ready to begin my journey, and he supported me 100 percent. He researched different recipes to make for lunch and dinners (he makes amazing food, and I tell him he should be a chef) and made our weekly menu as I began my journey.

Old me used to get out of work and pick up fast food almost daily. But I started off by eliminating sodas completely and focusing on portion control. Doing that alone helped me lose weight. About one month into my journey, though, I transitioned into doing the keto diet because it was simple enough for me to incorporate into my busy lifestyle. I am a fan of eggs, cheese, veggies and meatwhich are all foods you can have on the keto diet.

I have recently begun adding healthy carbs into my meals, because I run a lot and lift light weights on the days I'm not running. So technically, my eating has developed into a modified keto diet. My husband has poured his heart and soul into cooking all my meals and meal prepping all my lunches. He is always exploring new recipes to change it up for me.

My relationship with food is totally different now. I dont stress eat, or eat for fun, or because I'm bored. I eat to fuel my body.

I was out of shape when I started out. But now, I exercise an average of five to six days per week. I started off on the treadmill, just jogging. I remember feeling great after I pushed myself to jog and I slowly began increasing the speed and time I spent on the treadmill. Although it was challenging, I fell in love with outdoor running and found a running buddy in my friend Taylor.

Today, I run three to four times a week and typically clock 25 miles per week. I'll do five- to six-mile runs on a given day during the week, and on Saturdays I take advantage of the extra time and run eight to nine miles. When Im not running, I am in the gym doing weight training to help build muscle.

There were (and still are) days throughout my journey that I am *not* motivated to work out, especially on cold, rainy days. But when I'm not feeling motivated, I remind myself that I'm dedicated and committed to the whole journey, and that I will never regret a workout (or a healthy food choice). I also dont see working out as a chore; I view it as my time to push and work on myself.

When I first began losing weight, I wrote down my starting weight, which was 320 pounds. Then I wrote down a goal weight of 199 pounds. Then I wrote out all the months for the year, and wrote my goal weight for each month. This helped me see my journey on a month-to-month basis, and not as, oh my goodnessI have over 100 pounds to lose.

On average, my goal was to lose 10 pounds a month, and I surpassed my goal. (I lost an extra 30 pounds by the end of 2019!) I hung my weight-loss chart on my cork board next to my bed so I could see it every day and keep myself accountable. I have kept the paper to see how far I have come.

I created a new chart for 2020, but my goals are a little different this year. I emphasized how many miles I would like to run weekly, and I set a goal to run two half marathons and a full marathon this year.

I also dont weigh myself anymore on a scale. I cant tell you how many times I anxiously awaited weigh-in day to see how much I had lost the past week, and how disappointed I would be if I saw it stayed the same or even increased slightly, even though I was on track completely with my meals and exercise. Water weight and muscle really do affect the scale number. So now I have a different perspective on measuring progress. As much as I love to see the scale move, I really just tune into how my clothes fit these days.

I used to be a size-24 pant and a 3X shirt. Today, my size-10 jeans are a little baggy, and a medium-size shirt is even a little loose. My weight-loss journey has been one of the best investments. I cant even imagine where my health would be had I not made the lifestyle change. Yes, I did want to change my physical appearance, but what I was really focused on was wanting my husband and daughter to have a healthy wife and mom around for many more years.

My weight-loss journey has changed my life in so many ways. I wake up with a different kind of energy. I used to just roll out of bed and always felt so blah. Now I have my week planned, my workout schedule set, and my gym bag is packed the night before. I ran my first half marathon a couple weeks ago, came home and showered, and then went out to run errands for the rest of the day.

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This is part ofCanadian Health and Wellness, a series in which Corus radio stations nationwide dig into health issues facing Canadians with the help of some of todays most respected diet and exercise practitioners. Read the rest of the series here.

By 2023, an additional 1.7 million Canadians will be obese, according to a 2017 study from the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report estimates 25 per cent of the population is currently obese thats about 9.35 million people.

With just three years until the OECD milestone, people are attempting to fight the battle of the waistline bulge, and many are exploring the keto diet as an option to lose weight.

A ketogenic diet is rich in proteins and fats, and it usually includes plenty of meats, eggs, sausages, cheeses, fish, nuts, butter, oils, seeds and fibrous vegetables.

The keto diet forces the body to burn ketones from fat instead of glucose from carbohydrates, and during that transition, a persons body can experience something called the keto flu. As the name suggests, it leads to symptoms like nausea, vomiting, headaches, constipation, diarrhea and irritability, among others.

Tammy Crowley of Welland, Ont., is one of them.

Shes been following the ketogenic diet for two years.

Crowley says she has lost 35 pounds and kept it off. Over the years, shes tried everything from diet programs to more drastic measures.

I dont want to specifically say any one program, Crowley says. Everyone is different, and whatever works for you is great. I just found something that finally worked for me. Ive actually, through the years, Ive had gastric bypass (surgery) for losing weight, and yes, that was great in the beginning, but you put it back on.

Its not an easy fix. Unless you learn properly whats good for you, thats the best way to go, Crowley continues. Im not running any of the other programs down. This just works for me. Ive never felt better. Im going to be 60 soon and I have more energy now that when I was in my 20s.

The effectiveness of the keto diet as part of a long-term lifestyle change is still unknown, but there are medical uses for the regimen. For example, the keto diet is being used to help treat children with epilepsy.

Jennifer Fabe, a registered nutritionist with the Division of Pediatric Neurology at McMaster Childrens Hospital, says the therapeutic ketogenic diet has been used as a treatment for epilepsy for nearly a century.

However, she stresses, it is customized for each patient and only used when people meet certain medical criteria. Fabe says the diet is monitored regularly for effectiveness, tolerance and side effects at home and by a medical team.

Fabe is also the president of Matthews Friends, a charity that specializes in ketogenic dietary therapies for children and adults with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Dr. Andrew Mente, an epidemiologist with the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., says the keto diet can also have benefits for those with Type 2 diabetes.

Conceptually, it is a diet that is high in fat, adequate in protein and very low in carbohydrates, Mente explains. And conceptually, this diet would make sense for people with carbohydrate intolerance, i.e. people with Type 2 diabetes, in controlling their glucose levels and possibly even reversing their diabetes.

There is evidence that when people are assigned to a ketogenic diet if they have Type 2 diabetes, they are able to normalize their glucose levels and possibly reverse diabetes, he adds. In people from general populations, generally healthy populations without diabetes, the evidence is less clear. So, what we would need going forward is more study to investigate both the effectiveness and safety of a ketogenic diet in general populations.

Mente says the ketogenic diet is one approach for Type 2 diabetes, but its not the only diet for people with Type 2 diabetes. Its too soon to say what the long-term impacts of the diet will be on both those with Type 2 diabetes and the general population.

According to Mente, the best idea for those without medical issues requiring a ketogenic diet is to eat a balanced diet.

A nuanced approached is seldomly promoted. Everybody seems to take an extreme position on a variety of matters, and diet is no different, Mente says. For general populations, I would say a nuanced approach is more appropriate going forward until we get the evidence (on the long-term impact of keto) because we want to make recommendations that are evidenced-based.

But what about using the keto diet for weight loss?

Dan Tisi, registered dietitian at St. Josephs Health Care in Hamilton, says there are some pros and cons to losing weight with the keto diet. If theres a medical indication there are some benefits, like epilepsy, then the keto diet can have a positive impact. However, for weight loss, Tisi views it as another tool in the toolbox.

With ketogenics having an emphasis on certain fats and proteins, people need to be aware of the nutrition that may be missing if they are on keto, Tisi says.

A lot of people will have to do supplementation of some kind with higher-quality supplements because there tends to be a B vitamin deficiency. Electrolytes are the most common thing thats missing, usually.

They are also responsible for things like the keto flu that people experience in the beginning, especially the electrolytes part, and magnesium has to be added to that as well. Although, most North Americans are already deficient in magnesium, Tisi explains.

Its best if you are going ahead with keto to do it with the assistance of someone that can really assess your situation and help you determine if this is the tool you should be reaching for.

For someone like Crowley, who has struggled with weight issues for most of her life, she is not willing to easily let go of something that has worked.

She says she is aware that some cardiologists have concerns about ketos emphasis on full fat and high protein, and so does she. Crowleys father died at 51 from a heart attack, and she says that plays on her mind. She says she did a lot of research before starting keto, and Crowley is willing to shoulder the medical risk.

Id rather feel as good as I feel right now and only live another five years than live another 10 years and feel like crap.

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John U. Bacon for Friday, January 30, 2020.

Last time I checked in with you, I made a few confessions:

According to my three year old son, Teddy, I was Daddy Fatty Waddy.

Something had to give and I quickly concluded it was my gut.

So, I committed to eating better, and eating less. Since my M.O. on book deadlines was crushing a full package of Oreo Double Stufs in one sitting, if I could just cut that back to half a package, I would be making dramatic steps forward.

I also committed to a rigorous exercise program: training for a marathon. And not just any marathon, but the granddaddy of them all: Boston, which runs April 20.

With a lot of support from a grossly overqualified team of coaches, scientists, and other experts, its all worked pretty well so far.

Seven months later, Ive lost 28 pounds, with 12 more to go. Im down to 177 for the first time in years. I now fit into clothes that are no longer in style if they ever were.

On Sunday, I ran the first half of the Boston Marathon. So, all I need to do is double that, and voila, Ill be a marathoner. Sounds simple, right?

Well, maybe not quite. Talking with Bill Rodgers, who won it four times, and Michigans own Greg Meyer, who won in 1983, the first half of the race is 20 miles and thats the easy part. The second is 6 miles, and theres no preparing for that. Wish me luck.

As for my pace, Id describe it as technically forward. When Teddy asked me to run with him, I was impressed by how fast he was, and told him so.

His reply: Youre slow as a snail.

My kid, everybody. My kid.

My 11-minute mile will fall far short of breaking a four-hour marathon, but it certainly beats my previous pace, which I set on the couch.

Like the old song says, Im not very fast, but I go pretty far. Theres something to that. Ive learned to run my own race, and embrace my inner tortoise.

Ive tried a few different approaches to my diet, too, starting with veganism, but Ive settled on a few basic principles. The first: When you are not hungry, do not eat. This sounds silly, but I broke that rule all the time.

I learned this from Teddy, who never eats when hes not hungry. You just cant make him do it even when I offered him a Stroopwafel, his favorite, after dinner.

Whoa! he said, and then: Maybe later. Hes not being tough. Hes just not being stupid like his dad. Ive slowly learned its better to feel a little hungry once in a while than to feel bloated.

Second, I try to put my shoes on, every day. When I cant run, I walk something Ive enjoyed far more than I expected.

Third: Dont listen to everyones advice. Yes, even mine. And yes, I get the irony. They will offer it by the truckload, and it will spoil all the fun. My one exception: the experts Ive recruited for this mission.

Finally, be patient. Trying to lose 40 pounds and run 26.2 miles, its easy to give up. So I keep in mind one of Bo Schembechlers favorite sayings: Every day, you get better, or you get worse.

If you do something anything! to get better every day, good things start happening. Example: the buttons of shame on my dress shirts, which used to threaten to pop whenever I sat down, now hang loose, unstressed. Progress!

But really, this mission isnt about losing pounds or gaining miles, but something more basic: to live better, and feel better, for as long as I can. And when I do that, life seems to slow down, and I enjoy it more.

There are still more miles ahead of me than behind me and Im still 55, with all that comes with that, including a risk of injury. But I do have one thing I didnt have before: a little momentum.

Heres hoping it can carry me across the finish line.

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John U. Bacon is the author of six national bestsellers and most recently published Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football.

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I felt the only thing I had control of was what I ate, says Baldric Shyer, a 33-year-old screenwriter from Los Angeles, CA. Hes struggled with weight most of his life, coming from an obese families; like a lot of people, hes had ups and downs. At one point he was down to 170 pounds, but he didnt like himself or his relationship, and so hed stay up late gorging: a half-gallon of ice cream, pizza, or fast food. Hed write screenplays and eat.

At my heaviest, I felt so defeated, lost, and hopeless, he says. He remembers waiting an hour to make it to the top of a water slide, only to be turned away after they put him on a scale. Walking back down past everyone in line was the worst walk of shame Ive ever done, he says. He hit 275 pounds.

Shyer decided he needed a radical change. He left his relationship behind and moved to Vietnam. Being alone in a new country let him focus on himself; it was hard, but he felt he needed it to survive. Even in the smog of Ho Chi Minh City, he says. I started to breathe again.

Of course, he wanted to try all the food. That led to gaining 15 pounds. Ready to lose weight, he instead wrecked his kneecap in a motorbike accident. He didnt give up, though; he used his rehab time to walk the city, listening to self-improvement podcasts and soaking up the visual novelty of his new home. It wasnt much exercise, but for someone as overweight as me, it was a start and the weight started melting off.

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He aimed to hit 200 pounds, then began eating like someone who weighed that much. As extreme as it sounds, his move to Vietnam meant he could no longer eat a half-gallon of ice cream a night. With generally healthier food (think soups and tuna onigiris) and regular walks, he quickly lost 50 pounds in the first four months. The cost of living is so cheap that the only thing I had to worry about was loving and being healthy with myself, he says. I had all the time and money I needed to really focus on myself for the first time in my life.

When hed advanced beyond walks for exercising, he started playing basketball twice a week, with a group of local Vietnamese on a full-sized court with no circulation. Within a couple months his weight plateaued around 200 pounds.

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Then he turned to intermittent fasting, which hed heard about on his podcasts. He started in May 2019, fasting 16:8 (16 hours of fasting, with an 8 hour window in which to eat). Hes now down to 155 pounds, which hes held for the past three months. I feel amazing, he says. Im back in Los Angeles with a newfound love, gratitude, and confidence. He still plays basketball, albeit at a lower intensity, and hes taken up indoor bouldering. He still walks every day.

For him, getting healthy meant his had to make himself a priorityeven if that meant moving to a new country, alone. But in some ways, that move made things easier. In a foreign country, he had nothing to do but lose weight. My advice for someone getting started, he says, would be to make things easy as possible to get started, and then start.

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It was a summer vacation in the Philippines, but Jan Patrick Romero wasnt feeling it. The 32-year-old "professional closer" who splits his time between Norway and the Philippines had a nice list of professional accomplishments, but felt inexplicably unhappy. Hed been trying to work out why, and on that vacation he realized how heavy and out of shape he felt. I was saying to myself, he says, How long am I gonna let this be my story?

Hed always loved food, cooking, and eating. As an adolescent, eating a lot hadnt been much of a problem; Romero was an avid basketball player, even making Norway's Youth National teams. Late in his teens, his interest in basketball waned, but he stuck with the same diet: shawarmas, kebabs, cheeseburgers, pizza, and Coke. From about age 21 his weight yo-yod, as he gained pounds, then tried short-term fixes. I had very little knowledge about nutrition, calories, and macros, he says.

He remembers the low points: stretchmarks, having to borrow larger pants from his father. At his heaviest he weighed 187 pounds. I felt awful, he says. I couldnt believe what Ive done to myself.

Just as he was confronting himself, he happened to get an email about Jeremy Ethier's Built with Science program. He enrolled, telling himself, Ive now invested into developing my body.

He started at about 172 pounds, with something like 22 percent body fat. He wanted to drop around 11 pounds, at around a pound a week. The meal plan, he found, was a challenge. He craved sugar and fast food; for the first four weeks, hed wake up craving chips or chocolate. He followed the plan about 70 percent as his cravings decreased.

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But around the fifth week he started struggling, dropping to maybe a third of his meal plan. In response, he started meditating; he recommitted to his coach, and he started meal prepping and using MyFitnessPal to track his food. He used a spreadsheet to count calories. For the first five months, he never missed a single workout. He cycled through twice-weekly upper body and lower body workouts, with zumba dancing, basketball, and cardio running interspersed. Weekends were for resting.

In three months he lost 11 pounds, while gaining muscle. His body is still changing, he says, and this is the first time in years hes taken a set of before pictures and been happy with the after results. Being able to see the changes kept him motivated. I was shocked to see my six pack popping out after eight weeks, he says. Hes happier and more confident; hes even modeled, which I never thought would happen to me.

Next hed like to get to ten percent body fat, hopefully while freeing up time and income to further invest in his body. The only thing that helps me to keep going is that I have a strong why, he saysafter all his earlier attempts, he now knows what he wants.

Dont compare, he says, if youre looking to make a change. Focus on your own journey. What works for others may not work for you; most importantly, you need a deep sense of why you want to change. The journey differs per individual, he says, so make sure to know your why to the importance of why you are doing this.

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Actor Ethan Suplee recently turned A LOT of heads when he unveiled to the world (on social media) that hed lost 250-pounds, had gotten jacked, looked incredibly healthy, and was no longer the extremely overweight actor everyone recognized from TV and Movies.

Hes best known for his roles in Remember The Titans, Mallrats, My Name Is Earl, American History X, and plenty of others. Ethan Suplee was a BIG guy. He says at his heaviest he maxed out the scale at over 530-pounds.

Suplee now weighs 260-pounds after yoyo-ing a bit throughout the years. In the clip below, he talks about what made him finally hunker down and lose all that weight and continue to lose weight while getting jacked. He also takes us through his push workout thats helping him stay jacked while losing weight.

He says hes focusing now on retaining as much muscle as possible while he continues to lose weight. Ethan says in order to do so, he has to essentially trick his body into thinking it needs the muscle in order to survive. So while hes in a caloric deficit, he needs to be lifting heavy weight so his body receives the signals that it needs the muscle and burns the fat.

If you took notice of American Glutton on Ethans shirt, thats the podcast hes launched. Heres the description on that:

Actor Ethan Suplee was an aspiring plus size model long before it became trendy and now sets out to examine our current obesity crisis. On American Glutton, hell talk to everyone from experts to the average Joe, exploring all the diets he has been on over the last two decades, taking us on his journey from obese to svelte and back again, examining what worked and what made him gain everything back plus 50 pounds. Sharing his ever-lasting search for the next quick fix, well delve into the joys of suffering, relativism, dogged determination, and the proper way to braise a pork belly.

You can click here to find American Glutton on iTunes to check out that podcast yourself.

According to the recent report on his weight loss from EW, it started after they finished filming My Name Is Earl:

After My Name Is Earl, I started obsessively riding bicycles. I actually did get properly thin at one point I was nine percent body fat.

I lost around 40 pounds in 2019 cycling. Ive sent put about 10 of those pounds back on but mostly in muscle. I was never anywhere near his weight but I can testify that cycling is a great way to get in your cardio and lose weight because the terrain and scenery (and music if you want) are constantly changing so you wont get bored easily. It moves so must faster than running and thats why I love about it, constant stimuli change.

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