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By: Lifestyle Desk | New Delhi | Updated: June 27, 2020 8:19:48 pm Try home remedies to alleviate symptoms of cough and cold. (Source: getty images)

It is the season of cold and flu. But when it comes to keeping these illnesses at bay or getting a cure, your diet plays an important role. Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar recently shared nani ke nushkhe or some home remedies you can rely on to alleviate cough, cold and flu.

Local ingredients, seasonal produce, spices and ghee have been the backbone of our food traditions, especially when one is under the weather or recovering from a flu, Diwekar wrote on Instagram.

Heres what she suggested:

* Ghee, dry ginger powder, turmeric and jaggery mixed in small amounts and rolled into small balls. This is the first thing you should eat in the morning and the last thing before bedtime. Studies have shown that curcumin in turmeric has anti-microbial properties, and reduces symptoms of cold and flu. Jaggery, on the other hand, boosts immunity and helps control body temperature while ginger has several medicinal properties and is known to soothe cough and ward off feelings of nausea which may accompany cold or flu.

* For breakfast, have ragi porridge or dosa. Ragi is high in dietary fibre and antioxidants. It is a rich source of iron and calcium.

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* Mix cashew and jaggery and have it as a mid-morning snack. Cashew is rich in minerals and Vitamin C and helps boost immunity. It has no cholesterol and keeps the mind calm.

* For lunch, have moong dal and rice with ghee every day.

* For evening snack, have jaggery, poha and milk. You can also have egg with bread toast. Poha is known to be a good probiotic. Probiotics are helpful in preventing upper respiratory tract infections although evidence is inconsistent, according to a study in Canadian Medical Association Journal.

* Dal khichdi or fish and rice for dinner. You can also try kulith or horsegram pithla with rice and ghee.

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Gharelu nuskhe for cough, cold and flu. The time-tested wisdom from our kitchens and grandmoms shouldnt need a pandemic to come back into limelight. Local ingredients, seasonal produce, spices and ghee have been the back bone of our food traditions, especially when one is under the weather or recovering from a flu. So dig in, chew it slowly and pass it on to the next generation. And do it exactly like your grandma did with love. Here is a quick list 1. Ghee, dry ginger powder (soonth), haldi, jaggery mix in equal amounts, roll into nail size balls and eat first thing in the morning and last thing in the night. 2. Breakfast ragi porridge or dosa 3. Mid-morning Cashews + jaggery 3. Lunch moong dal with rice and ghee everyday 4. Evening snack Jaggery, poha & milk OR egg with toast OR home set curd & Poha. 5. Dinner Dal khichdi OR fish & rice Or Kulith (horsegram) pithla with rice & ghee. 6. Special drink Ginger, lemon, lemon grass and honey chai OR like a Kashmiri kawah with kesar, ginger and almonds. Anytime during the day.

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Besides, Diwekar also suggested making tea with ginger, lemon, lemon grass and honey or having an equivalent of Kashmiri kahwa with kesar, ginger and almonds, anytime during the day.

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Bloating can make the stomach feel swollen, hard, and its generally quite uncomfortable.

Your bloating pain may be caused by eating certain gassy foods, or by eating too fast or too much.

But, one of the best and easiest ways to limit your risk of bloating is to eat more coriander, it's been revealed.

The herb improves digestion, which limits the risk of trapped wind.

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[Coriander] has been used throughout the world for thousands of years to settle nauseous tummies, prevent gas and bloating, relieve indigestion and heartburn, and ease stomach cramps," said Dr Axe.

It aids in efficient digestion, by helping to produce digestive enzymes that aid in the breakdown of foods.

Hot curry dishes, green chilli, and spicy Thai noodle dishes all are better tolerated by many people with the simple addition of just a touch of fresh chopped [coriander]. This cooling effect can help prevent heartburn after spicy meals.

If gas or bloating is a problem, try adding chopped [coriander] as a garnish for legume dishes, and to salads.

Meanwhile, you could be raising your chances of bloating pain by eating honey.

Honey contains a specific type of sugar that may be causing your trapped wind.

Indigestible sugars, which are known as FODMAPs, are a common culprit for bloating.

They tend to sit in the gut for long periods of time, and provide food for bacteria, which subsequently causes trapped wind.

Honey is rich in FODMAPs, which may be instigating your bloating pain.

Stomach bloating may also be caused by constipation, trapped wind, irritable bowel syndrome, or even by swallowing too much air.

You could swallow air by drinking through a straw, or by talking with your mouth full of food.

Speak to a doctor if your bloating symptoms dont go away, said the NHS. It could be caused by something more serious, including ovarian or bowel cancer.

While stomach pain is unlikely to be caused by a type of cancer, it's always worth getting it checked by a medical professional.

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Olive oil is made by grinding olives and extracting the oil, which many people enjoy cooking with, drizzling on pizza, pasta, and salad, or using as a dip for bread.

Some of the most well-known benefits of consuming olive oil include its ability to reduce inflammation, support heart health, and lower blood pressure. It may even have potential anticancer effects and protect brain health (1, 2, 3, 4).

This article reviews whether olive oil can be used to promote weight loss.

Many of olive oils benefits have been observed in the context of following a Mediterranean diet.

This eating pattern is characterized by a high consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, potatoes, legumes, nuts, and seeds. While the diet often incorporates fish, the main fat source is olive oil, and it also limits red meat and sweets (5, 6, 7).

Olive oil contains monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs), which have one unsaturated carbon bond in their chemical composition. MUFAs are typically liquid at room temperature.

One older 4-week study found men with overweight or obesity who replaced saturated fat with monounsaturated fats in their diets experienced small but significant weight loss, compared with a saturated-fat-rich diet, despite no major change in total fat or calorie intake (8).

More recent research agrees that unsaturated fatty acids are likely more beneficial than saturated fats when it comes to healthy weight maintenance (9).

Diets rich in monounsaturated fats have also been shown to prevent weight gain and the accumulation of fat in animal studies (10, 11).

Furthermore, olive oil is a rich source of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), which have been long studied for their ability to play a role in healthy weight loss and maintenance (12, 13, 14).

MCTs are triglycerides that contain fatty acids comprising 612 carbon atoms. Theyre broken down quickly and absorbed by your liver, where they can be used for energy.

While some studies have found a positive effect of MCTs on weight loss, others have found no effect.

Still, one study compared MCTs with long-chain triglycerides, finding that MCTs resulted in greater production of certain appetite-regulating hormones like peptide YY, which promotes feelings of fullness (15).

Other research indicates that MCTs may encourage weight loss by increasing calorie- and fat-burning in the body (16, 17).

Olive oil is a good source of monounsaturated fatty acids and medium-chain triglycerides, both of which have been shown to offer potential benefits when included in weight loss diets.

Olive oil may be useful for weight loss, but it appears to be most beneficial when used in certain ways and amounts.

While some people claim that olive oil massages could help promote weight loss, theres no research to support this idea. That said, studies have found that such massages can help preterm babies gain weight (18).

Another popular claim is that a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice can promote rapid weight loss. However, this is likely because its often used as a cleanse that usually results in very low calorie intake and consequently both fat and muscle loss (19).

Still, olive oil incorporated into an overall healthy diet is a different story.

There are 119 calories and 13.5 grams of fat in 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of olive oil. This can quickly add up on a calorie-restricted diet, so its best to incorporate olive oil in limited quantities as not to promote weight gain (20).

One systematic review of 11 randomized controlled studies found that following an olive-oil-enriched diet for at least 12 weeks reduced weight more than following a control diet (21).

Olive oil can be used as a salad dressing, mixed into pasta or soups, drizzled onto pizza or vegetables, or incorporated into baked goods.

While olive oil can be beneficial for weight loss when consumed in limited quantities, steer clear of claims that olive oil massages and detoxes are a long-term solution.

Olive oil is a healthy source of monounsaturated fats and medium-chain triglycerides, both of which have been shown to offer potential benefits for weight loss.

While there are claims that olive oil can be used as a massage oil or for a detox, the most effective way to use olive oil for weight loss is to incorporate it into your overall healthy diet as a primary fat source.

Keep in mind that a small serving of olive oil can contribute a significant number of calories and amount of fat to your diet. As such, it should be used in limited quantities. Olive oil used as part of a plant-based diet like the Mediterranean diet may offer the greatest benefit long term.

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One of the primary responsibilities of the Long-term Care Ombudsman program is to bring awareness to people about the abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults which includes long-term care residents, the elderly and disabled adults.

"Our goal is to not only stop abuse and neglect that is happening now but also to help prevent it in the future," said Scott Harding, ombudsman program supervisor. "June 15, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. And while our efforts continue every day, we want to observe this day by being more aware of elder abuse, educating ourselves on the causes and effects and resolving to do more now and in the future to protect some of the most vulnerable individuals in our society."

Elder abuse takes many forms, including physical, sexual, verbal and psychological. In the State of Oklahoma, abuse is defined as causing or allowing infliction of physical pain, injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, unreasonable restraint or confinement or mental anguish. It also includes depriving vulnerable adults of nutrition, clothing, shelter, health care or other services that can cause serious harm.

"While many people might consider physical and sexual abuse the most serious types of abuse, verbal and psychological are more prevalent and can often cause harm just as serious, and sometimes more so," said Harding.

Verbal abuse is defined as the use of words, sounds, gestures, actions, behaviors or other communication by a person responsible for providing services to a vulnerable adult that is likely to cause a reasonable person to experience humiliation, intimidation, fear, shame or degradation. While the outward signs of physical abuse may eventually heal, the scars and effects of verbal and psychological abuse may never fully heal, said Harding.

Another common form of abuse is financial exploitation which is defined as the improper use of a vulnerable adults financial, real or personal resources for the benefit of another person.

It is estimated that one in 10 older Americans is the victim of abuse and much of that abuse goes unreported. The various types of abuse can occur in the home, community and in long-term care facilities.

"The victims can be our loved ones, neighbors and friends. Often, the abusers are someone the victim knows well and may be their own family," said Harding.

Signs of abuse may include: unexplained injuries; drastic and sudden changes in behavior; unexplained weight loss; withdrawal from normal activities; fearfulness; depression; and more.

"Whether an advocate, loved one or just concerned citizen, everyone has a role to play in stopping and preventing elder abuse," said Harding. "If you observe or suspect abuse, report the abuse to Adult Protective Services and local law enforcement. Depending on the situation, the victim may need your care and support through such a difficult situation. If you have friends and family who are elderly or may be considered vulnerable, keep in touch with them and raise your awareness of any signs of abuse or neglect."

The APS Hotline is 800-522-3511. To find a local long-term care ombudsman, contact Scott Harding or Gina Elliott at the Area Agency on Aging, 918-682-7891. The state long-term care ombudsman office can be reached at 405-521-6734.

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In February, the month before the lockdown, 12.5 per cent of Sheridan Villas 142 residents had experienced a worsened depressive mood. That number increased to 15 per cent in March, 15.7 per cent in April and 17.5 per cent in May. The most recent provincial average for depression was 22.3 per cent, according to Sheridan documents.

During the lockdown in March, April and May, Sheridan had slight increases in the number of residents with unexpected weight loss, pressure ulcers and falls. Those changes may look minimal on a spreadsheet, but staff say they know the people behind the data, calling the increase of a percentage point or two deeply personal.

Data for so-called behaviours noted a 6.4 per cent increase from February (when it was at 8.6 per cent) to 15 per cent in May. The most recent provincial average for behaviours was 12.6 per cent, according to Sheridan. Behaviours is a traditional nursing-home term used to describe people, mostly with dementia, who walk constantly, shout or sometimes act aggressively. Advocates say these are reactions to a life that is sterile.

Milligan said the behavioural changes are likely the result of resident confusion after provincial rules required isolation in rooms. She said many, particularly those with cognitive decline, are feeling rejected because they can no longer hug staff or hold hands.

They are also feeling a profound sense of abandonment because many do not understand why their families no longer visit, she said.

The Ontario government banned family visits in mid-March when the virus began its surge through homes.

On June 18, the Ministry of Long-Term Care began allowing one family member one outdoor visit each week. Unlike staff, who do not need regular COVID testing, families must test negative for COVID every two weeks. The demand for swabbing is onerous, particularly for fragile older spouses.

It took a deadly virus, but the long-term care industry is starting to understand the need for transformation that elevates emotion-focused care, said Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO of CanAge, a seniors advocacy group.

Social isolation syndrome, as we are calling it, is a combination of low mood, loss of physical mobility and a loss of connection with people, Watts said. Weve seen it in Canada and around the world.

Having homes share the impact of isolation really brings to light how important it is to move to emotion-focused care in long-term care homes in Canada, Watts added. Only through tracking things like mood, things like social connection, can we take care of the whole person, not just their physical well-being.

Theres a new willingness in the industry to explore the programs and approaches that offer seniors vibrant lives, she said, not just medical care and meals.

What we are seeing now is associations and industry in long-term care are really understanding the importance of this model in a new way.

In traditional homes, where the task-focused system rules, isolation is pervasive. If there is a chance for real change, industry insiders say the government must ensure that homes provide individualized care that offers purpose and activities that connect with each person not the typical activities, like sitting in a circle tossing balls to each other.

I look at long-term care as being a pyramid and at the top of it is the resident, said Chris Brockington, a 20-year consultant in the nursing and retirement home industry.

With every decision, it has to be framed with, Will this be good for the resident? Staff has to say, If Im in their shoes, is this something I would like for my mother or father? Its the simple understanding of, how do we build a culture that cares?

To me that is the starting point. I think we can get on that really, really quick. Maybe we need to start thinking of (residents) as the customer. They are paying for the service. What do they get for it? Do they deserve to be awakened at 7 oclock when they really dont want to be awakened at 7 a.m.?

Brockington consults with for-profit and not-for-profit homes along with service providers such as pharmaceutical or medical device companies. After the public outrage over flaws exposed by the pandemic, he believes many operators are willing to change the old culture that put the needs of residents behind efficiencies and scheduling.

They are going to be open to anything right now because they know the onslaught that is coming toward them, he said. Culture in long-term care for the most part is not great. We do need to move it away from, say, an ivory-tower approach of We know best for your home.

Ask Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario about Premier Doug Fords promise for transformation and shell say theres a good chance hell bring legitimate change.

I believe the premier takes this to heart, Grinspun said. And this is indeed a matter that we need to solve with heart, not only with the numbers, the budget. And we need to put the budget where the heart is.

Grinspun is pushing the government to commit to a minimum of four hours of direct nursing and personal care for each resident, each day. Currently, the RNAO says the average resident gets roughly 2.7 hours of direct daily care.

The estimated cost of the additional staffing, a mix of registered nurses, registered practical nurses and personal support workers, is $1.75 billion, according to RNAO reports. In its June 2020 report on staffing, the RNAO said the additional cost to bring staffing up to a new standard is truly an investment, not an expenditure, as it will save us from enormous costs in the future. It also said the cost is not large relative to the $63.8 billion health budget.

The pandemic exposed the staffing shortage in long-term care although the problems have existed for years, with residents sitting in filthy briefs, going hungry or left alone for hours. It was the report written by the Canadian Armed Forces, whose staff worked in homes with the most COVID infections, that got Fords attention.

Grinspun wants the government to commit to the staffing formula, saying it would help residents get the time and individual attention they need. She doesnt believe the industrys problems need to be studied again. The upcoming commission into long-term care, promised to begin in July, will produce yet another report, she said. Her staff recently counted 35 long-term care reports in the last 20 years. None led to lasting change.

Give us a plan, she said. Give us a two-year plan. But dont put this on an election platform.

The industry has never had the hiring power or the cachet of hospitals even though nursing home residents share the same conditions as acute care hospital patients, said Brockington, the consultant.

Part of it is, we are not portraying the sector as being a thought leader, he said.

Weve been left behind for so many years in terms of innovation. With innovation, you think of acute care, not long-term care. So, we are playing catch up, for years, trying to bring in new ideas. Because it is slow, the (nursing home) culture is make my life easy.

We need to make it a place where our educational system is actually promoting it as innovative, as fair, as doing something that is thought-provoking, that is compassionate.

Susan Veenstra is a registered nurse who spent two decades in long-term care, working in administrator and director of care roles. She now works as a consultant, often with Brockingtons company, In Initiatives Inc.

Veenstra agrees with the assessment that theres a culture of fear in many homes, with top-down decisions leaving staff and families afraid to speak up.

The ones who have done the best are probably with the most open communication, she said.

The industry is ready for a shakeup, eradicating the old task-focused system and replacing it with individualized care that allows frontline workers and residents to engage, she said. But that wont happen unless the upcoming commission into long-term care brings in new people with fresh ideas.

At the end of the day, they dont need to have the same old, same old, sitting at the table thinking that they are going to make things better if the same people are at the table.

Its like the definition of insanity: doing the same thing every time and expecting a different result.

For Derek Hoare, who left a 32-year career in private and not-for-profit long-term care management to run a restaurant on Prince Edward Island, the instrument of change is always the homes leader.

Ive given this a lot of thought, Hoare said. When I look at the homes on the list of the ones that had greater (COVID) fatalities than the other ones, I would hazard a guess that the homes that did better had a much stronger employer-employee relationship and a much more common goal relationship where they worked toward the common good and developed programs for residents collaboratively.

That is what Ive seen, and that is what I have found has worked. It is not autocratic leadership but one that has involvement.

Most long-term care managers dont call attention to negative outcomes, but Sheridan Villa administrator, Marianne Klein, said the declines in her homes data, particularly in worsening mood category, prove that homes need creative approaches moving forward.

Klein said Sheridans emotion-focused program, Meaningful Care Matters (formerly Butterfly) gave staff an edge when, for example, they tried to get a man, declining with COVID, to eat. He had been refusing food and drink.

His registered practical nurse, Darryl Hawtin, knew the man well and remembered that he liked Polish sausage. Hawtin spoke to Sheridans dietitian who bought a package of Polish sausages at the grocery store. Culinary staff cooked the meat the next day. The resident ate the sausage and later asked for ice cream. Hes been eating well ever since, Klein said.

If we know the people we are caring about, if we understand them, what their needs are and what their strengths and limitations are, we are able to provide care that meets their needs, Klein said.

If we dont do that, we treat people like a piece of data and thats not what this is all about.

Moira Welsh is an investigative reporter based in Toronto.

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SAN CLEMENTE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / June 22, 2020 /ReShape Lifesciences Inc. (OTCQB:RSLS),a leading developer and distributor of minimally-invasive medical devices to treat obesity and metabolic diseases, today announced a partnership with inHealth Lifestyle Therapeutics (formerly inHealth Medical Services), a Lifestyle Therapeutics company, to launch the ReShapeCare virtual health coaching program this month. The new service is tailored to patients under treatment for obesity, those who may have lost continuity of care, and patients pursuing weight loss surgery and medically supervised weight loss programs. ReShapeCare will enable bariatric surgeons and physicians to optimize management of their patients' care by providing a turn-key, personalized service proven to improve treatment and health outcomes for obesity and associated chronic disease while reducing administrative encumbrances.

"At a time when providers are grappling with the impact of COVID-19 on their patients and practices, we are accelerating our plans to offer an outcomes-focused, high-touch virtual service that enhances patient engagement between required practice visits and is adaptable to their daily lives," said Bart Bandy, CEO and President, ReShape Lifesciences. "We selected inHealth as our chosen provider based on the high quality of their coaches, their exceptional telehealth-enabled platform with a unique reimbursement system for practices, and the strong body of clinical research that proves their method works. Emerging from the effects of this pandemic and recognizing how all of our lives may be changed moving forward, we are excited to introduce this progressive lifestyle centered program that will assist healthcare providers in empowering their patients throughout their weight loss journey."

ReShapeCare is a live, telehealth-based coaching program that provides online weight loss coaching and lifestyle therapy for patients affected by obesity and its associated comorbid conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. Through the service, patients are matched with a dedicated, certified health coach and enjoy one-on-one video sessions with exclusive access to validated educational resources. The service must be prescribed by a physician, can be customized to their practice, and is covered by most insurance plans.

Published clinical studies demonstrate that virtual health coaching leads to more adherent patients and more successful weight loss outcomes. In a 2017 study published in theJournal ofTelemedicine and Telecare[i], 69.2% of patients achieved weight loss with a 12-week telemedicine-based weight loss program versus just 8% in the control group that received initial instructions and recommendations although they also had access to the same virtual platform and devices throughout the 12 weeks.

Rashmi S. Mullur, MD, Chief of Telehealth at the VA Greater Los Angeles, endocrinologist at UCLA Health and an investigator on the study, said, "Our study demonstrated the clinical benefit of telehealth-based coaching for improved weight loss. We were able to increase patient access, via video visits, and elevate the level of care we can provide. Our model showed that this approach increases patient adherence and motivation, and allows for greater, shared decision-making responsibility between providers and their patients to reach their health goals."

ReShapeCare acts as a seamless extension of a healthcare provider's practice, driving new revenue at a time when many physicians are bracing for the opposite. The program can be customized to support existing programs of care and provides HIPAA-compliant dashboard reports for the individual medical supervision of enrolled patients. ReShapeCare will be available as a pre- and post-operative service and is appropriate for all bariatric surgery and medically supervised weight loss patients.

"Medical device innovators like ReShape Lifesciences understand that without proper outpatient care and support, a patient's health goals are at risk. To ensure that patients maintain their weight loss, and manage or reverse their chronic disease, we must treat the major underlying cause of that disease: their lifestyle," said Aubrey Jenkins, Co-Founder and President, inHealth Lifestyle Therapeutics. "Our Lifestyle Therapeutics are a perfect complement to the ReShape Lifesciences mission, extending the care their providers deliver and enveloping their patients with a whole health solution that works."

For those providers interested in learning more, please emailcustomerservice@reshapelifesci.com. For more information on ReShape Lifesciences visitwww.reshapelifesciences.com. For more information on inHealth and its work with private practices and corporate partners, visitwww.inhealthonline.com.

About inHealth Lifestyle Therapeutics

inHealth is a Lifestyle Therapeutics company with a mission to unlock the human potential for preventing and reversing chronic disease. Our clinically validated, virtual solutions are scientifically proven to activate and sustain long-term patient outcomes, and delivered by trained, certified health coaches. Our Lifestyle Therapeutics can be prescribed by physicians, covered by most insurance, and delivered through our partnerships with clinicians, health plans, employers, and medical devices and digital health innovators. Like our services, we are a virtual company with team members all over the U.S., and we are hiring. To learn more, visitwww.inhealthonline.com.

About ReShape Lifesciences Inc.

ReShape Lifesciences is a medical device company focused on technologies to treat obesity and metabolic diseases. The FDA-approved LAP-BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding System is designed to provide minimally invasive long-term treatment of severe obesity and is an alternative to more invasive surgical stapling procedures such as the gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy. The ReShape Vest System is an investigational, minimally invasive, laparoscopically implanted medical device that wraps around the stomach, emulating the gastric volume reduction effect of conventional weight-loss surgery, and is intended to enable rapid weight loss in obese and morbidly obese patients without permanently changing patient anatomy.

Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement:

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of words such as "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "could," "may," "intend," "will," "continue," "future," other words of similar meaning and the use of future dates. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of our management and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others: risks related to the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on our results of operations, financial condition or liquidity; risks and uncertainties related to our acquisition of the LAP-BAND system; our ability to continue as a going concern if we are unable to improve our operating results or obtain additional financing; risks related to ownership of our securities as a result of our delisting from the Nasdaq Capital Market; our proposed ReShape Vest product may not be successfully developed and commercialized; our limited history of operations; our losses since inception and for the foreseeable future; the competitive industry in which we operate; our dependence on third parties to initiate and perform our clinical trials; the need to obtain regulatory approval for our ReShape Vest and any modifications to our LAP-BAND system; physician adoption of our products; our ability to obtain third party coding, coverage or payment levels; ongoing regulatory compliance; our dependence on third party manufacturers and suppliers; the successful development of our sales and marketing capabilities; our ability to raise additional capital when needed; international commercialization and operation; our ability to attract and retain management and other personnel and to manage our growth effectively; potential product liability claims; the cost and management time of operating a public company; potential healthcare fraud and abuse claims; healthcare legislative reform; and our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our technology and products. These and additional risks and uncertainties are described more fully in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly those factors identified as "risk factors" in our annual report on Form 10-K filed April 30, 2020. We are providing this information as of the date of this press release and do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

CONTACTS:

ReShape Lifesciences Investor Contact:Thomas StankovichChief Financial Officer949-276-6042ir@ReShapeLifesci.com

ReShape Lifesciences Marketing Contact:Diane Utzman-O'NeillSr. Director Marketing952-460-0171dutzman-oneill@reshapelifesci.com

inHealth Lifestyle Therapeutics Contact:Amanda GuisbondDirector of Marketing and CommunicationsinHealth Lifestyle Therapeuticsaguisbond@inhealthonline.com

[i] Alencar, M. et al.Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. "The efficacy of a telemedicine-based weight loss program with video conference health coaching support." 6 November 2017. DOI: 10.1177/1357633X17745471

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TLDR: The BetterMe Home Workout and Diet app can craft your personalized plan to help lose weight, tone up, eat better and achieve all your fitness goals.

All the time spent in the house these past few months probably didnt do your summer beach body any favors. Between stress eating and lack of exercise, it was probably incredibly easy for that quarantine 15 to creep up and settle in around your midsection. In fact, almost half of women and nearly a quarter of men said theyd gained weight due to COVID restrictions.

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Its very difficult not to laugh while talking to David Dobrik. After just a few minutes of talking, the charm and sincerity that made the low-key everyman a YouTube sensation are clear. And, sincerely: He is not a gym rat. I was supposed to work out with my trainer today, but you called so I cancelled on it, he says. So, thank God for that.

He got his start on Vine, but Dobrik is best known for his YouTube vlogs, which have gone from pranks on his friends to and giving away cars and driving around L.A. with Kylie Jenner. Over the years hes amassed almost 18 million subscribers on YouTube, spinning the aforementioned charm to a truly massive audience. However, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dobrik stopped making vlogs. Hes decided to pause on his YouTube channel and take some time to experiment with other platforms and stay safe from the virus.

He talked to GQ on how hes filling his days during the pandemic, dealing with the stress of the YouTube grind, and winding down with his favorite candle.

GQ: What's your average day look like during the pandemic?

David Dobrik: My average day feels like it's just day and night. During the day, I'm waiting for it to become night and then at night, I'm waiting for it to become morning. It's getting so repetitive.

Usually I wake up around 10 or 11. I work with my roommate and we'll get on some Zoom calls. And then usually they'll go out and go on a run or they'll go work in the backyard and I'll make some sort of excuse where I have to shower, or I have to do some more important things [laughs]. But there have been a lot of days in a row where I've used some excuses to skip that part of the day.

Actually, I was supposed to work out with my trainer today, but you called so I cancelled on it. So, thank God for that.

Happy I could do that for you.

Next month, you know, I'll work with the trainer next month. There's gonna be lots of months in the future. I'm not the best at working out. I absolutely hate working out. I should say that: I hate lifting weights. I hate doing sit ups. I just dont understand activities where there's no clear goal or game involved. I love, love playing basketball and soccer. I love sports for a purpose and there's a winner or a loser in that moment. There's something about lifting weights that I find it's so boring. I just end up getting so angry by the end of it.

That's so funny to me, part of me has been dying during this whole thing because I can't lift weights. I'm like: Im gonna go to the gym and I have this super structured program that I'm following. It's all about certain numbers I need to be hitting.

Why do you do it? Are you seeing serious body changes? Is it like, the second you see a little change in your body you're addicted to it now? How does that work?

I enjoy the numbers aspect of it. I love watching like the strength gains you can makebeing like last month I couldn't lift this but now I can.

What you've done is you've built a game into what you're doing. So you go and you're competing against yourself, which is cool. I could never do it [laughs].

This is a me thing. I don't think anybody's ever had this problem, but when I grip weights and I'm like "Okay, I'm benching something." I get really in my head. I think about my hand around the weight and I think about how my veins are bending around the weight, and how the inside of my hand is looking and it grosses me out so much.

I don't think Ive ever heard somebody say that before.

I really love tennis, and tennis before quarantine happened. The courts were open and I could go out with a pro to play. It's a three-in-one because you get a work out, you have fun, and you get a tan. My favorite part about coming back from tennis is looking tan. I don't know why, I just love it, it feels like an added bonus.

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By Pet Product News Staff

Published: 2020.06.29 08:30 AM

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BSM Partners, the pet care research and consulting firm that analyzed 150 studies for a peer-reviewed article on the relationship between grain-free and legume-rich diets and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs, is calling on its peers in the veterinary, veterinary cardiology, animal nutrition and related fields to undertake studies that produce appropriately controlled, original research on the topic.

BSM Partners self-funded, peer-reviewed literature review of more than 150 publications appeared in the June 2020 issue of the Journal of Animal Science.

To be clear, our review article in the Journal of Animal Science is not original research, this article is an examination and summary of existing published research. While we found no definitive relationship between grain-free, legume-rich diets and DCM, we firmly believe that more original research is needed, said Dr. Renee Streeter, DVM, DACVN, a board certified veterinary nutritionist and a co-author of the article. It is important that we fully understand the true causes of DCM, and we call upon our peers to perform and publish further peer-reviewed controlled studies on this topic.

The article, which can be accessed here, is an exhaustive literature review regarding the causes of DCM, and the first research resulting from BSM Partners long-term DCM research effort, said BSM officials.

We encourage our peers and others concerned about canine health to read our review of existing research, and begin the important work that will ultimately improve canine health, said Stephanie Clark, PhD, CVT, also a co-author of the article.

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Anxiety provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic is causing people to adopt a lot of unhealthy coping mechanisms including stress eating, when people eat in response to feelings or emotions.

Melanie Brede is a registered dietician in the University of Virginias Department of Student Health. Shes been treating a lot of patients who have been stress eating since the country began quarantining in March, and spoke with UVA Today about the phenomenon, why it happens and what people can do get healthier.

Q. Why has stress eating become prevalent during the coronavirus pandemic?

A. I think commonly, people are feeling stressed and anxious about a lot of unknowns.

Also, the nature of isolation is changing peoples eating patterns, and that can be related to both getting food and trips to the grocery store. Those patterns have changed. Whats in stock and on hand? Finances are [changing] for a lot of people. And then just uncertainties about health, be it food safety or other things like immunity or bigger-picture elements, both personal and community-oriented.

During phase one, a lot of people were really trying to avoid trips out at all, and so people were maybe shopping less frequently or, depending on the household, maybe different people were doing the shopping. Some of that, I think, has evolved a little bit with a little bit more reopening as were now in phase two [in Virginia]. I have not read or looked for anything in particular that compared consumer patterns in that regard. But I think that in the bigger picture, its a combination of changes in frequency of shopping. Also a lot of online ordering.

My own personal anecdotal observation is what seems to be available in stores has changed somewhat. I went to the grocery store last night and I was like, Oh, rice is back. Hooray!

Q. People are doing a lot of cooking, getting carry-out, and there is even this new trend of baking, which has led to a run on flour. Whats your take on the variety of ways people are getting their food?

A. Thats an observation, too. I hadnt thought of that one what were purchasing as far as groceries, but also what are we getting just in general, and where are we getting our food. Is it frozen, ready-to-eat stuff? Is it homemade from scratch stuff? Is it takeout or carry-out?

I think that varies a lot in different contexts. But certainly, my world is with students, who are often starting from a place of relative inexperience with food prep. Ive seen some who are figuring it out more because theyre sort of forced into it, like, Wow, OK. So, Im learning how to cook, and others who are completely overwhelmed by that because it hasnt been their experience.

To some degree, for college students, particularly undergrads, how recent was the experience of living at home and eating with a family versus that independence of being on their own potentially for the first time or a relatively recently? All that stuff is impacted by all of this. It is really interesting to see how things play out.

Q. People talk a lot about how they are getting their days confused and how being in quarantine has muddied their daily patterns, including when and what they eat. As a registered dietician, what are your observations about that?

A. I talk with students a lot about anchor points. Students famously have quite variable schedules compared to 9-to-5 types. And so we often are talking about, How do you have some structure in your day? I think that all of this quarantine has really disrupted that for people, because there is no inherent I have to leave the house at this time to get to this place. You know, for students who are doing classes that are maybe recorded and they can watch them whenever, theres less of a Well, my class is at 11, so I have to be up by this time.

I think generationally people are experiencing that similarly we dont have our normal commute or packing a lunch or things that basically gave us some structure whether it was something we were really conscious of or not thats really been disrupted by everything just happening within our same four walls. Whats there and whats accessible and whats visible.

Q. Can you elaborate on how what is visible impacts the way people eat, as well as the pitfalls of dieting?

A. Traci Mann, from the University of Minnesota, is a professor of psychology who researches human eating behavior. This is a quote from her book Secrets from the Eating Lab:

When you are dieting and hungry, your brain responds differently to tasty-looking food than it does when you are not dieting. The areas of the brain that become unusually active make you more likely to notice food, prompt you to pay more attention to it when you find it, and make it look even more delicious and tempting than usual.

Manns student, Janet Tomiyama, focused her dissertation on exploring stress and dieting.

What Janet found, Mann writes in her book, is that the act of restricting calories led to a physiological stress response. Stress cannot be avoided when you are dieting, because dieting itself causes stress.

Q. People have 24/7 access to their kitchens now. I actually work in my kitchen. How does space impact eating habits?

A. Sometimes, we can influence things by how we set up our space. So, in the office setting, the example is like, OK, move the candy dish. People often talk about this in restaurants that bring you the basket of chips or the bread or whatever at the beginning of the meal and, when its just there, you know, we eat it. If theyd never brought it, we might never have asked for it.

So working at home, Ive got a little designated section of counter thats in my kitchen. Working in your kitchen is a very different experience than going through a whole building, where theres not a refrigerator two steps away.

Q. Can you talk about the unhealthy impact of stress eating?

A. In general, when people talk about stress eating, its an uncomfortable emotion, as a stress emotion that that feels problematic and that were eating to soothe. One of the things thats an interesting perspective that can actually go a long way in addressing it is to recognize that when were eating for comfort, were trying to do something to take care of ourselves, and when we feel the stress, we want to be comforted. Acknowledging that can be really powerful because it identifies that there is some distress.

So we started this conversation talking about how in this pandemic, people are feeling really the distress. That opens up the awareness to say, Well if Im not liking the way my eating is going, what else could be comforting? Is what I need right now to connect to somebody else?

Q. What people can do to stop stress eating?

A. I think one of the really interesting and positive pieces of this whole experience is that people are often reaching out to people they might not have regularly made a phone call to because were all feeling disconnected and seeking that connection. And so maybe people are talking to a friend they hadnt talked to in a while with a more intentional step of reaching out, and that thats really a good thing. So whereas the stress eating may be coming from a place of discomfort, recognizing that thats what its about opened up the possibility of, OK, what are some things I can do to comfort myself when eating is not serving me well? Whats another option?

If we were to broaden this topic to emotional eating, we can say, Happiness is an emotion. Fear is an emotion. We eat in celebration. Thats a maybe a happiness-driven emotion. So, the point being [that] making that connection between emotion and eating patterns can be really helpful to see. Is food going fill that need? Or is something else a better fit?

So, when people are feeling isolated and lonely, it may be that a phone call or reaching out to a friend is a better fix, because thats going to help give connection. Food is soothing in the moment, but its not going to actually help you feel heard.

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