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To find out, English researchers compared stress levels and body weight of more than 2,500 men and women over age 54 who participated in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

"We found levels of cortisol in the hair to be positively and significantly correlated to larger waist circumference and higher body mass index or BMI," said lead author Sarah Jackson, a research associate at the Institute of Epidemiology and Health at University College London."These results provide consistent evidence that chronic stress is associated with higher levels of obesity."

Cortisol is a hormone produced in the adrenal glands that is released into the bloodstream in times of stress. In addition to suppressing inflammation and regulating blood pressure, cortisol helps maintain steady supplies of blood sugar and gives an energy boost to handle emergencies.

"It's providing glucose to the brain, keeping things going during a stressful event," Jackson said. "It also plays a huge role in metabolism, body composition and the accumulation of body fat."

The release of cortisol, she says, is triggered by receptors that are densely located in visceral fat tissue, the type that surrounds our organs, which may explain its association with weight gain and loss.

Cortisol is usually tested via blood, urine or saliva, but that captures only a snapshot in time.

"Cortisol levels fluctuate throughout the day depending on time of day, what you eat, sudden stressful situations, even illness," Jackson said. "That why blood, urine and saliva tests are not good measures for long-term stress."

The results suggest that "chronic high-level cortisol exposure may play a role in the maintenance of obesity," but Jackson adds that because the study was not longitudinal, researchers could not establish a true cause and effect.

Susan Fried, a professor and director of translational adipose biology and obesity at the Diabetes Metabolism Obesity Institute, said the results are consistent with research associating high cortisol levels and obesity. However, she agreed that there is no evidence of causation.

"As indicated in the paper, measurements of hair cortisol reflect exposure over the past several months," Fried, who was not involved in the study, wrote in an email. "But the obesity in the people studied likely developed many years earlier. Thus, these high hair cortisol values may simply reflect social or biological stress associated with being obese.

"It is possible, for example, that the social stigma that people with obesity often endure may cause mental stress and hence high cortisol levels.

It is also possible that stress over the past few months may also be due to medical conditions caused by obesity, for example it may be difficult and painful for people with obesity to walk."

The researchers will "continue to weigh and measure our study participants every four years to determine the ways stress affects body mass over time," Jackson said.

In the meantime, she suggests that people under chronic stress look to ways other than eating to ease their tensions, such as meditation, yoga and mindfulness.

"There's a lot of evidence that cortisol influences appetite and even our preference for high-calorie comfort foods," Jackson said. "So I know that's tough. But it's best to look for better ways to manage stress and avoid using food as a crutch."

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CHARLESTON, WV--(Marketwired - February 24, 2017) - The Sirtfood Diet focuses on consuming foods which may interact with a type of protein called, Sirtuins. The primary foods that contain this protein include chocolate, red wine, kale, blueberries, citrus, prawns, and salmon as well as green juices. The diet itself is limited to 1000 calories for each of the first three days, then the diet increases to 1500 calories per day. Dr. Nishant Rao -- Medical Director of Diet Doc's national medical weight loss program advises dieters who are looking to lose weight on the Sirtfood Diet that, "Most of the initial weight loss during the first three days is going to be glycogen weight (stored carbohydrates + water), not actual fat loss." Dr. Rao continues, "Also, there is very little research on the actual impact that these foods have on weight loss when you take their calorie counts out of the equation."

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Atkins, Gluten-Free, The South Beach, The Zone, Paleo.

Do these sound familiar?

Its just a short list of fad diets youve probably heard at least someone talking about.

But what is it that about these food fads that keeps them coming back?

Registered dietician Lori Smart with Health BC says the reason why fad diets keep popping up is because people are always looking for a new way to better themselves.

A lot of the popularity around fad diets come from ones own personal beliefs that this is a diet that would be healthy for them, or this is a diet that would help them lose weight, she says.

Smart adds they seem to crop up more often this time of year, when people coming out of the winter are looking to make lifestyle changes or lose weight and are looking for a way to do it.

She says a big contributor is the internet.

With so much information on the web it can be very, very hard to figure out whats true, whats not true or whats beneficial, whats potentially harmful.

Smart says its important to remember that some of these diets are meant for people with clinical conditions, for example people with celiac disease must eat a gluten-free diet, or people suffering from cardiovascular disease might take special care about what they eat.

It may be turned into a fad diet because others believe its beneficial, but they could really have a benefit for that person with the food condition.

She says if youre interested in trying a new diet you read about online, or have heard from a friend has tried it, its still best to speak to a healthcare provider, physician, dietician, or by calling 8-1-1 the nurses line. She recommends asking questions such as:

And she says its important to have an honest conversation about it.

Certain diets are okay as long as youre aware of the things, or the nutrients that you might be missing out on if you follow that diet. Now some are just not healthy in general, but thats why its always good to talk to a health care provider, especially a dietitian who has been trained in this area to help you navigate that information and then to point you to some resources that if you choose to continue follow that diet, you can do so safely.

Smart adds this is important because its also a good way to prevent yourself from falling off your new routine.

Its usually that people start off really strong and then they end up falling back on old eating patterns, she says.

Id say some [diets] are easy to follow, most are not easy to follow because a lot of them end up eliminating a food group or they become overly restrictive or they require a lot of extra work and preparation, which is why we always recommend that when youre thinking about going on, or adopting a different way of eating, you look at something that would be more sustainable long term.

Smart says if you plan on giving up something you love like bread, maybe try phasing it out so you dont end up breaking down and give up entirely

Smart says that means if, say, youre trying to cut out carbohydrates that you do it in steps, set yourself small goals, and work out a pattern that you can stick to.

As for the future of fad diets? She says it doesnt look like they are going anywhere.

The food industry, the nutrition industry, all of these things keep coming up, so theres all these new and better ways of doing things, she says, but adds that is constantly being mixed with opinions and peoples personal beliefs.

What I would hope is that theres more information available so that consumers and individuals can make informed choices about what they want to do with their own diet and lifestyle and then seek out advice and help from a health care professional.

But Registered Holistic Nutritionist Bridgette Clare raises caution, warning theres a never ending supply of new fad diets, not all of them created equal.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. They promise weight loss in seven days, or thirty days, or its the new miracle, that sort of thing thats simply isnt the truth, she says.

Clare says rather than focusing on excluding things, we should be looking at ways to include healthy, whole foods into our diets

Clare says the key is a well-balanced diet that isnt restrictive to the point of being uncomfortable.

The reason being is that even if you were to stick with it for say thirty days or sixty days especially if youre cutting out entire food groups, its not sustainable, its not teaching you positive eating habits or teaching you about new and exciting foods, its far too restrictive to keep going long term.

Clare says she hopes to see a transition from restrictive fad diets to more people adopting more balanced diets built around whole foods.

It almost feels like it needs to be crazy for people to buy into it. Like it needs to be something way more complicated than just eating a balanced, varied diet with a focus on more plants and more veggies.

Clare says thats tough with the competition between fad diets, each trying to distinguish itself from the others with some special feature.

She recommends the Whole 30 diet, which she says could be seen as a fad diet but boils down to fit with her core principles.

[It] has such a great back bone, really just focusing on eating more whole foods. It does require some restrictions; eliminating dairy I believe and sugar and that sort of thing, so it might not be sustainable in the long term but of all the diets Ive seen, its the one that has the most holistic sustainable view to it.

Clare says if youre looking for a magic pill or magic diet, youre out of luck.

But she says if you do plan on trying a fad diet, do your reading, see if it really will help your body, and make sure you are still getting balance in what you eat.

Tune into your body and if it doesnt work for your body dont do it.

With fad diets having a start date, it can either set you up for a success or you will inevitably revert back to old habits.

Clare saysits often best just to create lifestyle changes by making one small difference at a time and build on positive eating habits, rather than straining your mental well-being by focusing on an end date.

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Winter Park is getting an 80,000-square-foot facility thats more than just a fitness center, officials announced on Wednesday.

The Center for Health & Wellbeing, expected to open late next year, will provide wellness, fitness and medical services. Its the result of a partnership between Florida Hospital and Winter Park Health Foundation. The fitness center is operated by Central Florida YMCA.

Every part of the facility, from top to bottom, is designed to help people become and stay healthy, said Patty Maddox, president and CEO of the Winter Park Health Foundation, in a news release.

Maddox said that with more than 30,000 seniors living within five miles of the new center, the facility will give them a one-stop shop.

The new building replaces the 27-year-old Crosby YMCA on Mizell Avenue near Winter Park Memorial Hospital, which was torn down in late 2015.

Back then, officials estimated that the project would be finished by end of 2017, but the openingdate is pushed back a year. The previously-estimated cost of the project was$35 million to $40 million, paid for mostly by the foundation.

The Center for Health & Wellbeing will feature educational classes, an indoor farmers market and programs like cooking demonstrations; two pools, one of which is designed for warm-water therapy and aquatic exercises; and a 15,000-square-foot clinical space, staffed by Florida Hospital specialists and programs like Florida Hospital Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.

The City of Winter Park has dedicated a new road the Crosby Way whichleads into the facility.

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Garmin reported strong Q4 sales of wearable devices, such as its Approach X40 GPS golf band with wrist-based heart rate and activity tracking. (Garmin)

Garmin (GRMN) stock jumped Wednesday after the maker ofnavigation, fitness and outdoor recreation devices beat Wall Street's targets for thefourth quarter.

Garmin shares surged on the stock market today, up 7.3% to 54.15after nearly hitting a buy point and a more than six-month high.Garmin stock has been consolidating over the past 29 weeks and has a buy point of 56.29.

Garmin earned 73 cents a share excluding items, down 1% from the year-earlier quarter, on sales of $861 million, up 10%. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the Olathe, Kan.-based company to earn 57 cents a share on sales of $793 million.

The company's largest product segment, fitness devices, saw sales rise 20% to $274 million. Its second-largest group, automotive, saw sales fall 17% to $227 million and was the only one of the company's five segments to decline in Q4.

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Garmin's outdoor segment posted the strongest growth, with sales up 46% to $175 million. Aviation sales rose 13% to $117 million and marine sales climbed 19% to $67 million.

Garmin's gross profit margin improved to 54.7% in Q4 from 52.9% in the year-earlier quarter.

For 2017, Garmin expects to earn $2.65 a share, down 6%, on sales of $3.02 billion, unchanged. The company sees continued growth inoutdoor, fitness, marine and aviation offset by ongoing declines in the automotive navigation device business.

While Garmin reported strong sales ofwearable devices for fitness and sports enthusiasts, rival Fitbit (FIT) has been struggling with sales of activity trackers. Fitbit is due to report Q4 results after the market close Wednesday.

"2016 was a remarkable year of growth driven by strong sales in our outdoor, fitness, marine and aviation segments," Garmin CEO Cliff Pemble said in a statement. "Entering 2017, we see additional growth opportunities ahead and we are well positioned to seize these opportunities with a strong lineup of great products."

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Wearable fitness device maker Fitbit late Wednesday reported worse-than-expected December quarter results. (Fitbit)

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I bought a Fitbit for my company's health challenge, and I was surprised to see how it could not only monitor steps but also track sleep, calories and resting heart rate. This made me wonder what other information about me could be learned from these data. What are the privacy concerns? I don't care if my employer knows I ride my bike 50 miles a week, but could they know if someone was at the bar until 2 a.m.?Dennis Hussey

A nosy boss snooping on your off-the-clock peccadilloes might be the least of your worries. Fitness trackers can upload a nearly complete record of where you've been and what you've been doing during your every waking momentand then how soundly you slept at night, too. As police and judges recognize the evidentiary value of such data, it's possible that every step you take can and will be used against you in a court of law. And most of these devicesFitbit's the best known, but its competitors are legionlack some basic security precautions. Even if you're one of those upstanding nothing-to-hide types, you might not want someone creeping in and tracking your movements, or worse.

Fitbit privacy has been a gradual process for maker and wearers alike. At first, the device's default settings made your online user profile public. Soon enough, those who hadn't paid attention to such details discovered that a quick Google search would turn up their Fitbit-measured activitiespotentially including their, ahem, most intimate. Now publicly visible data is an opt-in, not an opt-out. Another privacy upgrade was a business necessity: In 2015, Fitbit voluntarily became compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the federal law that sets privacy and security requirements for medical info. Though HIPAA doesn't cover wearable devices (or online health-record storage, at-home paternity tests or gene-testing companies, for that matter), Fitbit had to adopt its standards anyway in order to partner with corporate wellness programs.

But the big security hole for fitness trackers, according to a study published last year by the Canadian nonprofit Open Effect, is the way the wearable device gets your activity stats online for storage and reviewnamely via a Bluetooth link with your phone. Fitbit and most other popular wearables broadcast a single, unique Bluetooth address; whenever they're not actually connected to a mobile device, the report warns, this allows for "long-term tracking of their location." (The Apple Watch, which emits multiple randomized addresses, evidently does better on this front.) A Bluetooth signal can't travel faronly about 10 metersbut a set of monitors arrayed strategically in a mall could trail you from store to store, whether for overzealous inventory-control purposes or to build a profile of your shopping habits that marketers would pay well for.

Increasingly, law enforcement is also curious about what your Fitbit might have to say. The U.S. Supreme Court says police need a warrant to search your cell phone, so fitness trackers would probably be similarly protected; Fitbit's privacy policy allows that your data may be disclosed "if we're required to by law." But where other tech companies including Google and Facebook regularly issue transparency reports, providing stats like how often the authorities have requested user info and how often the company has complied, Fitbit has yet to adopt such a policy.

And reported on or not, fitness tracker data is finding its way into legal proceedings. In 2015, a woman in Pennsylvania who told police she'd been raped was charged with making a false crime report after the cops found that tracking information from her Fitbit contradicted her story. A cyclists' tracking app showed that Christopher Bucchere was over the speed limit when he rode his bike through a San Francisco crosswalk in 2012 and killed a 71-year-old pedestrian; he pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter. On the bright side, you might be able to use fitness stats on your own behalf as well: In a recent Canadian personal-injury case, lawyers for a former personal trainer have sought to introduce Fitbit data to demonstrate their client's allegedly reduced level of activity following a car accident.

It might seem surprising how quickly insurers and courts are coming to accept tracker data as fact, given what seem to be real limits on the systems' reliability. Independent studies have found that devices have difficulty consistently measuring heart rates accurately; the FDA announced last summer that it wouldn't regulate them. And tracker apps are hardly impervious to hackingabout a year ago, e-intruders busted into some Fitbit accounts and tinkered with user names and passwords, apparently hoping to use customer warranties to get replacement devices and sell them. The Open Effect study reports that some other fitness trackers are even more vulnerable, allowing hackers to delete or modify activity data, and you could do the same if you've got know-how and lack scruples. Modified heart-rate stats might convince an insurance company you're a fitter specimen than your doctor might think you are. And a tweaked itinerary? A solid alibi for the cops.

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A fitness bloggers honest Instagram post is making headlines for all the right reasons.

Anna Victoria, co-founder of the Fit Body Guide, got real when she shared an unedited photo of her arm cellulite in harsh lighting. She positioned it beside another photo of her fit and trim arm to show how lighting can affect the appearance of our skin.

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Lighting. Is. Everything. 99% of pictures you see on social media are taken in the best possible lighting and that ain't no accident so when I got into the elevator with the lighting on the right, I zoned in on the cellulite on the back of my arms. Yes, cellulite on your arms is a thing! I've had it since the beginning of my journey and while it's lightened up since then, it's still not totally gone... because I'm human. Seriously, girls, stop thinking you're the only one with cellulite and that it's some kind of disease! Yes, it absolutely can be reduced through healthy diet, exercise and proper water intake, but another component which you can't control is genetics, and just being human. It's not bad to want to reduce the sight of cellulite just like it's not bad to want to lose weight and feel more confident overall, but don't set out to lose weight JUST to have less cellulite. It can be a cherry on top of all the other amazing benefits. If you ask me how to reduce the appearance of cellulite, my answer will be: healthy diet, regular exercise and proper water intake - that's it. I will not suggest creams or wraps or whatever else the current fad is because those are only short term fixes (IF that..) and perpetuate the idea that health/results can be found in a bottle/package. So, do I love the look of my arms on the right? No, but I don't hate it or myself for it, either. And you shouldn't either #fbggirls #realtalk #cellulite http://www.annavictoria.com/guides

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Lighting. Is. Everything, she wrote in the now-viral post, which, since being posted about two days ago, had received nearly 36,000 likes as of Wednesday morning. 99% of pictures you see on social media are taken in the best possible lighting and that aint no accident.

While diet, lifestyle and genetics can all play a role in the formation of cellulite, Victoria had a simple retort for any potential critics: Yes, cellulite on your arms is a thing!

Ive had it since the beginning of my journey, she wrote, and while its lightened up since then, its still not totally gone because Im human.

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The working day should include an hour break in which people can go home and have sex, a Swedish city councilor has suggested.

Per Erik Muskos, a member of the Swedish Social Democrat party, made the proposal during a council meeting in the northern city of Overtornea.

Muskos is backing the measure because he believes midweek sex breaks will improve wellness and boost childbirth in the northern region he represents.

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Many companies in Sweden already offer staff gym subsidies or allow them to take a fitness hour known as Friskvrdstimme.

Speaking to Stockholm based newspaper Aftonbladet, Muskos said sex breaks could kill two birds with one stone.

Childbirth should be encouraged, he said, adding when sex is also an excellent form of exercise with documented positive effects on well-being, the municipality should kill two birds with one stone and encourage employees to use their fitness hour to go home and have sex with their partner.

Sweden has long been stereotyped as a nation of sex-loving citizens. However, the government launched a three-year sex study last year to address reports claiming that their sexual appetites are waning.

Social Democrat and Public Health Minister Gabriel Wikstrom said at the time that it was the governments duty to investigate whether sexual activity was lagging due to health issues.

In fact, if the social conditions for pleasurable sex are deteriorating due to stress or health problems this is, in itself, a political problem, Wikstrom wrote in Dagens Nyahter in announcing the study, which is due to be completed in 2019.

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Wikstroms like-minded Social Democrat colleague, Per Erik Muskos, has also touted sex breaks as a potential remedy for stress.

I believe that sex is a scarce commodity in many long relationships. Everyday life is stressful and the children are at home. This could be an opportunity to have their own time, Muskos told Vasterbottens-Kuriren.

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/EINPresswire.com/ PHOENIX, AZ(Marketwired February 22, 2017) When it comes to weight loss, some of the most important factors include genetics, general health, daily behavior and physical activities. Based on research, dieting is the most important component that affects weight gain or weight loss. By improving eating behavior, for instance, one can dramatically affect their weight. This is why emotional eating, binge eating and other common dietary abnormalities can have long-term effects of body weight. Effective weight loss generally involves losing more calories than you gain. Because one pound of weight is equivalent to 3,500 calories, one needs to reduce caloric intake by 500-1000 calories per day in order to lose 1-2 pounds per week. However, this type of extreme dieting is often starvation-based and therefore risky.

The starvation approach to dieting is nothing new. For example, the original hCG diet from the 1950s, also called the Simeons method, was practically a starvation diet that limited daily consumption to 500 calories. It led to many harmful side effects ranging from weakness to muscle loss. According to the Obesity Medicine Association, the hCG-based Simeons method and diet for weight loss is unsafe and not recommended.

There are healthy alternatives to dieting, however, and doctor-supervised dieting is always the safest approach. hCG can be applied more safely with a flexible diet program that necessitates between 800 to 1250 calories daily without reducing the rate of rapid weight loss. The Simeons method for hCG dieting is not only outdated but also unnecessary and unrecommended. High-calorie programs offering safe weight loss are the ideal option for patients considering the hCG diet treatment. Doctor-supervision and diet customization based on nutritional needs is highly recommended.

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Before you purge the cupboards of crackers and toss out everything in the fridge that isnt celery in preparation for a new diet, youll want to pause long enough to take note of a new study. While its tempting to banish carbs completely, as many trendy diets advocate, a team at Tufts University in Boston has found that people who ate whole grains absorbed fewer calories from their foodan amount equivalent to nearly a cookie a day.

In the study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the Tufts researcher team found that swapping white rice for brown rice and whole grain cereal for more sugary options, increased calorie loss. Before you scoff and saytheyd lose even more if they cut carbs completely!it might surprise you to learn that the whole grains they ate reduced the amount of calories they absorbed during digestion and also sped up their metabolism. (Find out why low-carb diets arent the answer.)

The researchers observed 81 men and women, aged 40 to 65, over a six-week study period. Participants were divided into two groupsthose eating whole grains such as whole wheat bread, brown rice, and whole-grain pasta, and those eating more refined grains, including white bread, white rice, and regular pasta. They even underwent blood testing to make sure they werent straying from their assigned grains group. Tufts researchers provided all of the food for study participants so they could ensure that nothing else in their diet was changed except for the type of grains, and its worth noting that participants consumed much of the sugar and fat that an American diet usually includes.

At the end of the six weeks, Dr. Karl reported that the differences in calorie intake were measurable. The men and women who ate whole grains took in fewer calories a day than their counterparts who ate the same diet with American-style processed grains. The change in grains could add up to a loss of 5 pounds a year, though researchers werent measuring weight loss in this investigation. People who were eating whole grains compared to people who were eating refined grains had a larger excretion of energy in the stools, so they were not absorbing as many of the calories that they were eating, Phil Karl, PhD, who worked on the study, told NBC News. They were going more, pooping more frequently, and in larger volumes. Potentially, they were not digesting as much energy from their diet.

The research team attributes that effect to the fact that the greater amount of fiber in whole grains is not digested, and in turn, it can pull out other undigested foods with it, according to Dr. Karl.

There was about 100 calories per day difference in energy deficit in the whole grain group, Dr. Karl said. There also seemed to be a slight difference in resting metabolism, how many calories a person burns while sitting still, as the whole-grain eaters had a slightly faster metabolism.

Researchers admit that human weight loss and weight gain is not an exact science, but their findings could prove significant in helping people slow the steady weight gain that often occurs as we age.

In order to take advantage of the benefits of the study for yourself, simply swap out your favorite carbohydrates for whole grain versions and include more whole grains in your diet in your general. Go for brown rice, barley, buckwheat, bulgur, whole oats, whole grain oatmeal, and even things like whole corn tortillas.(Also check out the ancient grains that are on their way to becoming the next quinoa.) Look for brands with whole in front of the first ingredient, and make sure they have at least three grams of fiber per serving. Here are more tips on how to include whole grains in your diet.

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