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Its hard to watch a loved one gain more and more weight when theyve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Losing weight may save eyesight, a limb or a life, but that may not make sticking to a diet possible.

Sadly there are too many stories of losing a loved one who needed to lose weight to save their life literally needed to lose weight to save their life. It seems hard to understand how a disease that puts ones life at risk and could be reversed or at least managed by weight loss, isnt motivation enough for successful weight loss. No matter how much they tried to get their family member to lose weight to save their life, they couldnt do it.

Threats dont work. Dire predictions dont work. Anger and disgust dont work. Bribes dont work, at least not long enough to make a difference. There is something that can make a difference. Its empathy.

Empathy isnt sympathy. Being empathic is feeling with the person. Sympathy is feeling for the person. Empathy can empower. Sympathy can further disable. Sympathy is accepting the condition is permanent. Empathy is knowing how hard it is to lose weight and understanding the challenges the other person faces. The understanding is how you can help them overcome them.

Empathy is experiencing another persons condition from their perspective. In other words, you open up your mind to imagine yourself as if you were them.You feel what they are feeling. Its not, if I were you. Its I am you.

Before you stop reading this because you think its a bunch of psychobabble, let me put the theory of empathy into a practical application.

Sympathy

Empathy

Empathy isnt about pity parties. Its not joining somebody in their despair. Its understanding their condition and using that understanding to work with them, where they are, to move forward. Its helping somebody decide what they want, how they can get it, and getting assurance that they can and will.

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'This Simple Strategy Helped Me Lose 128 Pounds Without Plateauing Once' Women's Health So while I graduated from high school, I didn't complete the program that was supposed to help me, among other things, lose weight. By the time I graduated from college, I was approaching 300 pounds. Then, in August of 2002, I applied to live and work ...

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You can't turn on the TV, drive down the road or go to a party without being confronted with Britain's hottest obsession especially at this time of the year: weight. Diets are a billion-pound industry; companies spend millions and millions luring you to try the latest diet (low carb, high protein, low fat, no fat, you name it) with promises that this will (finally!) be the solution--your shortcut to a thinner body. Advertising efforts also deeply affect our children, who develop distorted body images and are often on diets as early as nine or 10 years of age.

Our culture touts diet pills, celebrity workouts, convenience foods and trendy diets to help us achieve our desired weight, but these quick-fix solutions have backfired. Britain's populace has reached its highest weight in history. Almost half the population are overweight; one-third are obese. Diets steer us away from our common sense and dig deeply into our pocketbooks while eliciting few, if any, lasting results. Why?

Given half a chance, your body will balance out by itself, but this is only possible by getting out of the diet mentality and listening to what you truly need. Imagine taking all of the outward energy you expend on diets, fads and gimmicks and turning it inward, so that you can listen to your heart and inner wisdom.

There is no such thing as a quick fix; you already have everything you need within you. With careful thought and loving reflection, you can feed yourself in a nourishing way. Working with your body rather than against it will bring you increased energy, stabilized weight and sustainable health.

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Beyonc is queen for a reason.

No matter what she's doingeven if it's the most mundane, basic thingshe can do little wrong. Bey can wear mismatched lingerie, workout in the rain and power through intense diets. She does it all with such ease that it makes mere mortals feel like we can do it, too.

It doesn't mean we should, though.

Take, for instance, the Master Cleanse Diet (a.k.a. the Lemonade Dietcoincidence, much?) that Bey underwent in 2006 to shed weight for her role in Dreamgirls. It's been talked about ad nauseum, with nutritionists criticizing its health benefits.

"I have a huge problem with any cleanse that doesn't allow you to have food. People want to eat food," celebrity fitness expert Latreal Mitchell told me. "I do get where they're coming fromlemon is an antioxidant and maple syrup is a natural sweetener, but at the end of the day, all you're giving yourself is lemon and sugar. It's not going to sustain you."

Still, I had to try it. If not for the sake of Beyonc Week, then to fully understand what exactly the singer went through.

The recipe includes: 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice (not the pre-squeezed stuff, which contains preservatives), 2 tablespoons of grade B maple syrup, 1/10 teaspoon cayenne pepper and 10 ounces of pure waterfor one single serving.

If you're like me, you have no time to make a diet cocktail eight times a day. Also, talk about an awkward lunch-room conversation: "What are you eating today? Umm, syrup. So, I prepped a few days' worth at one time. Note: Not only will have you have jug of diet lemonade at the ready, but you'll have sore, stiff hands, too. I guess the juice is worth the squeeze. But those lucky enough should use a juicer to avoid arthritis.

Day 1: I was weirdlyexcited to get started because, well, I was seven days away from being as Dreamgirls-slim as I was ever going to get. I walked into work with "Crazy in Love" confidence. Instead of wearing a white tank and denim short-shorts, I was strutting into a newsroom in a shift dress and water bottles of Master Cleanse. Slay!

The first day was relatively easy. I normally eat a light breakfast anyway so I wasn't that hungry. Honestly, I probably drank half the servings I should havethe lemon and maple concoction kept me relatively full.

Day 2: Now if you have a voracious appetite, you'll be starving by now. When I woke, I was hungry, but already, I noticed the size difference in my tummyit was slightly flatter. That is, until I drank two 8-ounce glasses of juice in five minutes. Then, it was bloat central. The thing about juicing that no one ever tells you is that you'll constantly need to go to the bathroom, which is especially annoying for an equally busy and lazy girl like me.

Day 3: By the third day, I developed a superpower...or maybe it was my kryptonite: My sense of smell was extremely heightened. I'd be content one minute and then the next, the fine aroma of toasted bread wafting from the office kitchen had me dazed then ravenous. I could smell food from the corner office situated on the entire opposite side or the floor. While my co-workers couldn't smell a thing, I had to stop breathing through my nose. Even just a small whiff of tuna, tomato soup or other lunchtime marvels had me desperately wanting food, only to be met with unsatisfying diet juice. I began resenting everything and everyone: myself, lemons, even Beyonc for giving me this crazy idea.

Day 4: Let's just say no one dared to talk to me.

Day 5: Not going to lie, I felt a little fragile. I felt like I was exerting more energy just to keep my body up. I went to sleep earlier and woke up much later than usual. I wouldn't recommend anyone exercising while on this cleanse. I kept a protein bar in my bag just in case. I never needed it; but, it was reassuring to have sustenance nearby just in case.

Day 6: Let's go through the list so far: Hunger? Check. Irritable? Check. Full bladder? Check. Bloat? Check. Low energy? Check. Stiff hands? Check. Oh, did I mention my teeth started feeling extra sensitive? Maybe it was the acidity of the lemons, but I felt like they, too, were taking a beating.

Day 7: Victory! I'm going to be honestI didn't wait until the day was over to eat. I did start slow, however, with the recommended soups and light fare, as to not overwhelm my digestive system. I noticed a small change in appearanceI even felt a little lighter. But friends and family who hadn't seen me for the week instantly noticed a difference. Apparently, my cheeks were smaller, my collarbones were more distinct and, indeed, my waist looked slimmer. It worked! I never doubted you, Bey.

In total, I must've lost eight or nine pounds in a weekI'm 113 (I mean 115), for reference. However, once I got back into the swing of my regular diet (salads for lunch, whatever I want for dinner), I basicallygained the weight back in a few weeks' time.

"You might lose weight temporarily, but you're going to gain it right back once you start to eat again," warned Latrealand she was right.

If you're looking for long-term results, you're better off hitting the gym. I will say if you're looking for fast weight loss, to prep for a wedding, or in Beyonc's case, a movie, Master Cleanse might work for you. Just beware: Some gain more weight than when they started off.

"The most common thing that happens is you wind up binge-eating because you just want to eat so bad," the expert added.

And there you have it.

PS: I love eating too much, so you won't find medoing that again.

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Sharon Tal says she has the key to an effective detox.

SHARON Tal was overweight, miserable and a serial dieter.

But after she had a baby and started tipping the scales at 120kg, she decided to take drastic action.

The Melbourne mother of one began trying to work out where her dieting was going wrong and came to a simple conclusion: it was all in the mind.

After addressing her mental health, she lost 20kg in five months and now shares her methods at her detox and counselling clinic, YouTube channel and radio show.

Sharon cut out sugar, wheat and dairy, and while there is scepticism from the medical profession about elimination diets, she says they work as long as you fix your emotional issues along the way.

Id tried the Atkins diet, lemon diet, protein-only diet, no sugar, I tried everything, the 46-year-old told news.com.au. I was one step away from diabetes.

The doctors wanted to put me on [diabetes medication] Metformin, but I said no. I had to figure it out myself.

Ive done millions of therapies and invested thousands of dollars and Ive cracked the code.

After she gave birth, Sharons weight spiralled to 120kg.Source:Supplied

Sharon, who got her weight down to around 80kg, says she discovered it was her brain holding her back. I was abused from the age of four to 14, she said. Ive been married and divorced twice. This was nothing to do with foods. It was stress.

She began practising mindfulness, getting more sleep, taking walks and ensuring she was hydrated, and believes these straightforward steps helped her keep the weight off for good.

The disease is stress, she said. Its the same problem being presented in different ways.

When your body is at war all day, be on guard, be alert, you come home exhausted. Its essentially basic elementary fear, all your muscles getting tight.

With clients, she first asks about all elements of their lifestyle: how much water they drink, whether they have children, the details of any past trauma like an accident and what their vices are. These can be drugs, alcohol, sugar, salt, fast food, smoking and more, but all come down to the same issue, she says. Its all trauma in the body, she said. Breathe, walk in nature, drink water, reflect on where the tension is in your body and why its there.

The Melbourne 46-year-old says losing weight and keeping it off is all about your mindset.Source:Supplied

Sharon believes there are a few broad personality types anxious, plodding along, scaredy-cat and no energy. Her solutions are at heart the same.

Clear the mind and the rest will follow, she says. You have to keep it simple.

Sharon has been running her clinic for 15 years and uses kinesiology (the study of body movement for healing), reiki and counselling to help her clients. While many of her techniques are unorthodox, she insists they are effective.

I had a client whose parents separated, then it was alcohol, party drugs, she didnt stop until she was 33 and saw me, she said. Its about changing the mindset and the programming of the mind. It comes down to love.

Detoxing is now a huge and popular industry, especially after the excesses of Christmas and January, with many Australians taking part in Feb Fast this month in the hope of making up for all the treats.

The definition of a detox varies, but it typically involves eliminating alcohol, sugar, wheat, dairy and following a clean diet of mainly raw vegetables, fruits, juices and water, plus supplements and herbs.

While many health experts advocate taking breaks from alcohol and cutting down on junk food, most agree short-term detoxes are no replacement for a sustainable healthy lifestyle.

Sharon now runs a successful detox clinic in Melbourne and has her own radio show.Source:Supplied

Mayo Clinic dietitian Katherine Zeratsky says the reason people report feeling better and more energetic from a detox is in part down to the fact the diet eliminates processed foods that are high in fats and added sugar and low in nutrients.

There is little evidence detoxes eliminate toxins from the body, and in fact, your kidneys and liver already have an effective system for doing this.

Ms Zeratsky says a detox could be a useful jump-start to making healthier food choices every day, but it is not possible to undo years of damage from unhealthy habits in a short time.

If youre considering a detox diet, get the OK from your doctor first, she says. Its also important to consider possible side effects. Detox diets that severely limit protein or that require fasting, for example, can result in fatigue. Long-term fasting can result in vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Colon cleansing, which is often recommended as part of a detox plan, can cause cramping, bloating, nausea and vomiting. Dehydration also can be a concern.

Keep in mind that fad diets arent a good long-term solution. For lasting results, your best bet is to eat a healthy diet based on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean sources of protein.

DETOX STATS

Sydney is the most expensive city to detox in, at $256.18 p/month. The Gold

Coast is the least expensive at $208.89.

Darwin is the most expensive city in which to be unhealthy at a whopping

$336.12 p/month. Swapping to a healthy lifestyle can save you $116.78 p/month.

Nike running shoes are most expensive in Cairns ($159.60), compared to Gold

Coast ($109.89)

Joining a gym is most expensive in Sydney ($72.91), compared to Perth ($56.83)

If you swapped a life of booze, fast food and cigarettes for one of exercise and nutritious food youd save $524.84 in Sydney and $626.40 in Melbourne.

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Obesity in the United States has reached epidemic proportions and is now considered the No. 1 cause of diabetes and heart disease.

For many people, traditional methods like calorie restriction and exercise have failed to produce initial or sustained weight loss results. If you are considering a more aggressive approach to weight loss, you are not alone. Nearly 200,000 people underwent weight loss surgery in the country in 2015, an increase of more than 25 percent over 2011 figures.

There are a variety of procedure options in weight loss surgery and many can be done through small incisions for minimal scarring and faster recovery. Here are some important facts if youre considering a surgical solution:

Gastric Bypass is a procedure that creates a new stomach pouch, facilitating smaller meal portions and resulting in fewer calories consumed daily. Advantages of Gastric Bypass include its ability to promote significant long-term weight loss (up to 60 to 80 percent). It also induces beneficial changes in gut hormones that reduce appetite, reduce the risk of type II diabetes, and may lead to feelings of increased energy. Typical patients maintain weight loss of greater than 50 percent after gastric bypass.

Sleeve Gastrectomy is a procedure performed by removing approximately 80 percent of the stomach. The remaining stomach is a tubular pouch that resembles a banana. The size of the new stomach pouch reduces the amount of food that can be consumed. But research suggests that the greater impact may be the effect the surgery has on gut hormones and blood sugar control. Advantages of the sleeve include a more rapid and significant weight loss, similar to results of the gastric bypass. Typical patients experience and maintain a loss of excess body weight at 50 percent or greater. It also requires a relatively short hospital stay (approximately two days), no foreign objects, and no re-routing of the food stream.

The Adjustable Gastric Band is an inflatable band placed around the upper portion of the stomach, creating a small stomach pouch above the band. The size of the stomach opening can be adjusted by filling the band with sterile saline, which is injected through a port placed under the skin. Advantages of the Lap Band procedure include a reduction in the amount of food the stomach can hold, and the procedure is both reversible and adjustable. It involves no cutting of the stomach or rerouting of the intestines. This was once a very popular weight loss procedure but is now seen as the last resort.

If you are wanting to be healthier by including a surgical or medical solution for weight loss, know we are available to guide you down the path to positive changes that will last a lifetime, said Registered Nurse Cheryl Mehring, bariatric nurse navigator at Carlisle Regional Medical Center.

Changes to the body after weight loss surgery are mostly positive, and are an important benefit of the surgical weight loss route. Patients must commit to a lifelong plan of healthy food choices and vitamin and mineral supplementation. And while there is risk associated with any surgical procedure, it is much lower than the number of deaths caused by obesity itself.

If you are considering a surgical or medical solution for your weight loss goals, Carlisle Regional Medical Center offers many resources to help you understand your options. Please call the Mehring at 717-960-3598 for more information about our Weight Loss Information Sessions and Bariatric Support Group. Heres to achieving the healthiest you in 2017.

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Someone worked hard to lose weight. They went down pounds on the scale and sizes in their clothes. They looked great until they took their clothes off. Their skin didnt exactly bounce back. Have you heard of this happening?

Fear of loose skin is a commonly cited reason overweight people arent motivated to slim down. Take this real message-board post as proof:

i am so afraid of what im going to look like once i lose this weight. when i lose the weight my skin is just going to look like draping. so nervous and find it depressing. i know im going to need tons of plastic surgery.

Granted, Id choose skin that looks like draping over diabetes, heart attacks, limited mobility and other side-effects of obesity any day, but loose, saggy skin is a bummer nonetheless.

The amount of loose skin that remains after weight loss varies by individual. Not everyones skin sags afterwards, and it depends on several factors: total weight gained and lost, age, total muscle mass and genetics.

If youre considering losing weight, here are also a few tips and tricks that will prevent/ limit the amount of loose, saggy skin youre left with. I call them the four Ss

Stay strong

Maintaining or increasing muscle tissue is a major key in minimizing loose skin. Loose skin occurs when the underlying layers of tissue shrink under a larger surface area. If muscle mass is lost in addition to fat, it creates an even larger void under your skins surface. In contrast, increasing lean tissue fills the area underneath the skin, keeping it taut. To stay strong, eat a high-protein diet and incorporate strength training into your exercise routine.

Slow and steady

Losing weight slowly (one to two pounds per week) is one of the most important things you can do to prevent loose skin. Wanting to lose weight as quickly as possible is understandable, but it doesnt give the skin time to adjust to the weight loss. Slow weight loss also plays in to the stay strong aspect of loose skin when you loose weight quickly, youre likely losing fat and muscle.

Scrub

Gently brushing your skin with a soft, boar-bristle brush before you shower will increase the circulation in your skin (and feel great). This increased circulation will bring nutrients to the skin and improve the quality of collagen and elastin, which will improve the skins ability to bounce back.

Supplement

When dieting, supplement with vitamins C, A, E and K as well as the B-complex vitamins. These vitamins are all important to skin health. Choose a formula that includes minerals as well. Selenium, copper and zinc are minerals that are vital to healthy skin. Some vitamins formulated specifically for skin health and beauty will also include nutrients like alpha-lipoic acid, DMEA, MSM and hyaluronic acid.

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When searching for Mr. or Ms. Right, online dating is now so widely accepted that personal safety sometimes gets overlooked.

After all, most dates that start online end up in either a love connection or with the two of you going your separate ways.

But it is easy to let your guard down or find yourself in an unsafe situation especially if Grey Goose swoops in. Thats why its important to have a few common-sense strategies that keep you safe, according to law enforcement experts and others.

Here are seven tips to keep in mind as you look for love online:

1. Tell someone

Tell your friends where youre going and when youll be home, saidHelen Fisher, a senior research fellow with the famed Kinsey Institute and chief scientific advisor to Match.com. Create a routine with a buddy that includes checking in by phone if the date goesto another location, when it wraps up and when youre safely home. Sure, it seems like a lot of workunless something actually goes wrong.

2. Go easy on the alcohol

Sorry for the buzzkill, but Fisher advises making the first date alcohol free. If you do drink, Det. Trent Thurber, who works on the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Departments high-tech task force, suggested limiting alcohol and added, Dont let someone bring a drink to you unless you see it come straight from the bar or waitstaff.(Since the beginning of 2015, there have been 85 reported incidents of rape by intoxication in Los Angeles County, he said.)

3. Limit the personal data you reveal

This goes beyond what you reveal to a Tinder date. In general, practice a little discretion, experts said. You dont want personal details, such as your address, or precisely where you plan to be on Saturday night, floating around out there on social media. Most of the time, it wont matter unless it does.

4. Do a little online sleuthing

Although you dont want to reveal too much about yourself,dont hesitate to take advantage of a suitor who doesnt follow suit. Local celebrity chef Devin Alexander saidshe Googles every date even searching for their photos and phone number.

Youd be surprised what Ive found. Everything from peoples addresses to engagement announcements, to someone selling an engagement ring on Craigslist, Alexander said. This stuff can lead to learning who the person really is. (And maybe how old they really are.)

5. Talk actually talk before the first date

It may be tempting to schedule the first datevia text message. But dont. Talking by phone will help you get a feel for the person, Thurber said.

Ask as many questions as you can to vet them even ask some awkward questions, says Thurber. Ask if they have ever been arrested, Thurber suggested. (No doubt, a bold question, and the person could lie. But how they respond allows your intuition to kick in.)

6. Theres safety in crowds

Hiking seems like a romantic first date, considering all the great hiking and walking spots available in Los Angeles County. But a hiking date could take you to a remote location with a stranger, andits likely to mean spending hours together with someone you might have an immediate aversion to.

Fisher suggests keeping the first date to about one hour, and always meet in a public place during the day.

7. Go home alone

This might be the single most controversial bit of advice on thislist. (It certainly sounds boring and old fashioned.) But Thurber argued his point this way: Youre still getting to know this stranger.Whether he or she becomes the love of your life is yet to be determined thats why its always good to exercise some caution, he said.

What do you think? Any advice that we should have mentioned? Or should have left out?

Tell us at Health@latimes.com

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The Iowa basketball team went on the road on Jan. 31 and put a beating on lowly Rutgers at the RAC, 83-63.

It was one of the Hawkeyes better performances of the season to date, even playing without Peter Jok.

It was also, and still is, Iowas only road win of the season.

It squandered a chance to get No. 2 Wednesday night in Minneapolis, giving away a 2-point lead with 20 seconds left and ultimately losing by 12 in double overtime, 101-89.

The cruel Big Ten schedule (or opportunistic, depending on how you look at it) gives Iowa another shot to get its second road win, when it travels to East Lansing to take on Michigan State at 5 p.m. Saturday in the Breslin Center.

Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery is not one for moral victories, and the loss at Minnesota was in no way one, but he did say he saw some encouraging signs from his team.

Theres a lot thats teachable, because there were a lot of really good things, he said. Yeah, its disappointing in a lot of ways, but I thought we showed tremendous fight. We were much better in the second half defensively. We had great activity level. We ran. We moved the ball, I thought, extremely well. Made good decisions, whether [it was] our dribble penetration, and so forth.

Jok was back to his old self against Minnesota, which is a tremendous boost to the Hawkeyes.

He was part of a lineup that has seldom been used by McCaffery this season in the second half but one that will likely see quite a bit of time together against the Spartans.

Jordan Bohannon, Brady Ellingson, Nicholas Baer, and Tyler Cook joined Jok on the court down the stretch in the second half and to start both overtime periods.

Its one of those things, sometimes, you have a lineup that clicks, McCaffery said. They clicked defensively, they clicked offensively.

And then they got tired, and that was unfortunate. Thats what happens.

Both McCaffery and Gopher head coach Richard Pitino noted the fatigue their players experienced in the double-overtime contest, and for good reason. McCaffery chose to shorten his bench considerably down the stretch, and the Gophers only go eight or nine deep on a regular basis.

Nate Mason and the Gophers made plays down the stretch, however, and the Hawkeyes wound up staring at Jordan Murphy as he dunked all over the Hawkeyes in the two overtimes.

Its those types of plays that Pitino said he stresses to his players, and its those plays that the Hawkeyes have failed to make all season long on the road.

We talk about making winning plays, Pitino said. We just talked about in order to win league games, rivalry games, border battle games, those are the types of plays you need to make. Youre going to be exhausted. Youre going to be tired. You just got to fight through it.

The Hawkeyes have more opportunities to pick up wins away from Carver-Hawkeye, but it doesnt get any easier to do so after dropping the Minnesota game. Trips to Wisconsin and Maryland loom after Michigan State.

Sitting at 6-6 in the conference, its not out of the question that the Hawkeyes could play postseason basketball. But that postseason will end up very short if the Hawkeyes dont learn how to make winning plays on courts that dont have an oversized Tigerhawk at center court.

That can change tonight, but the Izzone awaits.

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I know Democrats and progressives are going nuts over President Trump's first few weeks in office - I know the Middle East is a mess and that we have no small number of incredible challenges at home - but I have my own worries.

Like millions of other Americans, I'm on my annual February diet.

You see, it's not easy to be trim and fit in America. Our culture is saturated with an abundance of high-calorie, processed foods that turn into instant fat.

We work long and hard in sedentary office jobs, then eat our stress away, two or three fast-food treats at a time.

We've become so fat, to quote Rodney Dangerfield, that our bathtubs have stretch marks.

We know our increasing tubbiness isn't healthy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity-associated diseases such as diabetes have soared in recent years. Gallbladder diseases, sleep apnea, high blood pressure and heart disease are all caused by carrying too much weight.

And so we are on a continuous mission to lose weight. Our challenge is that the fad diets that promise to get us there go in and out of fashion faster than the white patent leather shoes and belts my father used to wear to church.

According to the website The Daily Meal ( thedailymeal.com ), the Mediterranean Diet - it features natural, plant-based foods, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes and nuts - is in.

So, too, is the Paleo Diet, which apparently is similar to the Mediterranean Diet, except legumes are forbidden.

Which is a shame, too, because I just learned that legumes include alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, lupin beans, mesquite, carob, soybeans, peanuts and tamarind - which go well with the bourbon I am driven to drink as I try to figure out which diet to go on.

Volumetrics is another "in" diet. It encourages the consumption of low-energy-density foods, which make you feel full with fewer calories than high-energy-density foods. It also sounds like too much math is involved.

The Gluten Diet is on the outs, though, according to The Daily Meal. Apparently, it puts people at risk for "different deficiencies such as B vitamin deficiencies, calcium, fiber, vitamin D, and iron."

The Daily Meal no longer favors the Atkins Diet, either, which makes me sore.

Dr. Atkins said we could eat delicious steaks, pork, chicken and fish. He said we could eat as much eggs and cheese and other tasty no-sugar treats as we could stuff into our bellies. His diet was all the rage for years.

But now The Daily Meal says his diet is a "no go"? That it is not heart-healthy and that most users are not compliant over the long term?

Not so fast! Several prominent studies have concluded that old Doc Atkins was onto something. Low-carbohydrate diets may actually take off more weight than low-fat diets and may be surprisingly better for cholesterol, too.

One of my greatest dieting disappointments of the last 20 years, though, was the failure of the "exercise pill," which had shown promise at Duke University around 2002.

Researchers had located the chemical pathways that muscle cells use to build strength and endurance. With that knowledge in hand, there was hope that a pill could be created that would pump up muscle cells WITHOUT the need for actual exercise.

Dieting Americans could have sat on the couch, chomping potato chips and dip, while their biceps got as round as cantaloupes and their abs got as hard as stone - but this uniquely American dieting innovation wasn't to be.

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