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Getting older under the harsh glare of Hollywoods critical gaze is no easy task. But as Helen Mirren snappily reminded us, You only have two options in life: Die young or get old.

While it would be a stretch to call 41-year-old Kourtney Kardashian old, she is the eldest of the Kardashian-Jenner sisters, and since she has shared so much of her life with fans through reality TV, people are watching her approach to aging particularly closely. Many stars are able to age with grace, and some seem to defy the very rules about what it means to grow older.

Fans are convinced that Kardashian is among these age-defying celebrities. Recent photos of her have stars saying shes at her best.

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Kardashian has opened up about her health habits in the past. She used her platform, Poosh, to explain her diet preferences.She feels she is at her best when she is following the Keto diet.

She also believes in starting her day off right with a nutritious and filling breakfast. A typical choice includes avocado smoothies with Stevia for added sweetness.

She likes to eat simple, protein-heavy meals like chicken or salmon for dinner, and she often eats shredded vegetables to mimic the texture of the carbs she eschews when sticking to a low-carb diet. In addition to trying to adhere to the Keto framework, Kardashian has also spoken out as a proponent of intermittent fasting.

In this diet, people only eat during a small window of the day and avoid food outside of it. This often means going 12 to 14 hours without eating anything.

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In addition to a strict diet, Kardashian has also told fans about her exercise routines. She frequently boasts the benefits of wellness for the mind and the body and has shared her favorite yoga poses.

Shes a proponent of sticking to a routine workout. She says that working out was modeled for her throughout her life, and that fitness has been a focal point for her famous family.

After her oldest son, Mason, was born, Kardashian became more focused on her own health and fitness. The star has made her focus a central theme of Poosh. Healthy living gets a bad rap; its as though if you careaboutwhat you put in or on your body, then youre not sexy or cool. But this just isnt true, and Poosh is here to prove just that, Kardashian wrote on the site.

Kardashian is now 41 years old and the mother of three children. Fans are incredibly impressed with what her devotion to health and fitness has achieved and think the star is looking better than ever. A Reddit thread centered around a recent picture of the star and was titled simply Wow.

She will always be the most stunning Kardashian sister!! one fan wrote. Another agreed, pointing out that Kardashian has a very natural look: Is that linen? What a look! Shes so beautiful, and by far the most natural, and stunning, sister!

They were impressed with everything about the photograph: the clothes, her hair, and the impressively fit body she presented. She is just gorgeous. Her body is out of this world! one fan chimed in. One fan even joked that looking at Kardashians fit figure inspired them to take a look at her their own choices. Me: puts other half of brownie in the trashthe fan wrote.

Kardashian has been devoted to health and fitness for years, and fans definitely think its paying off.

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Diabetes is battling for a cure worldwide, but a Pune-based doctor has been curating reversal of this lifestyle epidemic with a unique blend of diet, fitness and motivation, so much so that chronic patients even at age 60 plus, have managed to cure their insulin resistance and one of them has even turned into a marathon runner. MUSBA HASHMI tells you more

A 48-year-old Pune-based stock market trader, Santosh Bakare, suffered a heart attack three years back and had to undergo angioplasty. Later, he was diagnosed with Diabetes. To add to his woes, he gained weight. Just when Bakare had reconciled to living with his ailments, his wife Sonali came across an advertisement on Facebook, saying join this programme to completely reverse Diabetes.

The couple decided to give it a try. Because it was an ad, we were not fully convinced but as it was a matter of just `500, we registered for the session, Sonali tells you.

After attending the session, the duo was convinced that the programme would work wonders. Both registered for the Intense Reversal one-year programme in January 2020. In a matter of two months, Bakares Diabetes was completely reversed and soon after, he went off medication too.

I joined the programme to support my husband. Fortunately, my efforts didnt go in vain. I have been able to shed a whopping 20 kg in these four months while Santosh has managed to lose 15 kg. Now when I stand in front of the mirror, I feel more beautiful than ever. I cant put my feelings into words, Sonali adds.

Their 18-year-old son was apprehensive of about his parents and thought they were caught in a hoax. He kept telling us that this would be of no help, but we told him we were just trying it out. In a matter of days, the results were visible and he was happy. The lifestyle modification that we have gone through has not only helped us lose weight, but made us aware of our inner strength, Bakare tells you.

The man who has made this happen is a Pune-based motivational doctor, Pramod Tripathi. He helms the organisation Freedom From Diabetes with a network of doctors, specialists, nutritionists and fitness experts based in Pune and Mumbai.

Tripathi claims to have helped reverse Diabetes in around 6,000 people in the past eight years. There is a reason why he chose to concentrate on Diabetes. I have always been a dreamer. I wanted to live a purposeful life. After completing MBBS, I kept searching for what I wanted to do. I did an MBA. Then got into corporate and stress management. I realised in the corporate world people stay in touch with you only for a while. My calling was to do something sustainable. My wife, a Homoeopath, would often talk about how every patient got benefit from medication, except Diabetics. This got me thinking. I came across a book on reversing Diabetes and thought about doing something about it. We dug deeper and found that it merely requires lifestyle changes. This is how I started experimenting. I conducted a three-months programme and kept evolving. I am not a trained endocrinologist. I did my diploma in Diabetes management from Nanavati Hospital. But we have a huge following today, Tripathi tells you.

Interestingly, reversing Diabetes is not a miracle. It is a scientific and systematic process. First, the patient needs to understand its root cause in Type II Diabetics mostly it is insulin resistance. Which generally comes from diet, lack of exercise, and stress.

We start by spending a couple of hours helping them understand the disease. They realise that Diabetes is just like fever, medicines can help bring it down but the focus should be on eliminating the cause. That means, a patient can take lots of medicines and insulin, but it would just work like paracetamol which brings the fever down for 12 hours, Tripathi explains.

Once the patient understands the cause then there are four protocols implemented in a phased manner. It is the diet, exercise, inner transformation and the medical protocol.

For the diet segment, there are four phases. We start with giving up milk and milk products and switching to smoothies instead and replacing white rice with brown, he says.

Each patient is assigned a doctor, a dietician and a fitness expert. Around 12 per cent people become free from Diabetes in the second phase, which is the introductory phase. This phase goes on for four-12 weeks. Then comes the third phase the acceleration phase, where people start exercising at home. This phase can go up to four-eight weeks. For people who are overweight, we extend this phase by a couple of weeks. After the acceleration phase is over, we start the stress release module. I connect with patients in the morning and we work on stress relieving strategies. The three common emotions that we work on are anger, anxiety, and grief. This goes on for 28 days. If someone misses the live session then the recorded session is made available for him, Tripathi says.

Then comes the fourth phase which is the maintenance phase. It focuses on muscle building. Just becoming thin is not the solution. For the reversal to happen and stay for long, one needs to become stronger from within. More protein, more fruits and more oil are recommended in this phase. We set health goals for patients. When people take ownership of their goals, it makes a difference. For example, if someones muscle is 23 per cent the focus should be on making it 25 per cent. Every three months, the goals are reviewed. After five-six months, patients are in cruise mode. They know what to do and what not. After a year, when they step out of the programme, they know what they need to do for the rest of their life, he tells you.

But theres a catch. Different people respond differently to the programme. There are 80-year-olds who with 20 to 30 years long history of Diabetes but are now doing fine without medicines. However, everybody does not reach this stage. There are a total of seven levels to reverse Diabetes. Some may be able to reduce the sugar level in the beginning, while others in the second stage when they start the medicines. The third stage is where they stop the medicine, 45 per cent people are cured by these three stages, the rest 60 per cent people still need Insulin.

Tripathis annual batches have around 800 people, out of which 100 are usually from Bangalore or Chennai. The modules have grown now in their presence to include patients from India and abroad.

But as Tripathi insists, merely enrolling doesnt serve the purpose. One has to be motivated as well. It is all about inner clarity and motivation. If the patient will listen to the advice superficially, he will think he cant do it. To overcome this, all patients go through a proper phase to enroll in our programme. This is the first experimentation phase for them, so that they have some clarity about the disease. There are two phases that they need to go through, Phase 1 is to see how they respond, and Phase 2 is for them to assess how long they do it, he tells you.

The diet phase can be exhausting for some, but the good part is that the patients know that they are not alone in this. We have a WhatsApp group of patients, doctors and dieticians. The patient can put in the query on the group and within minutes a doctor responds. Patients can also keep in touch with other patients from around the world. There is a cross-learning process, they see the reversal happening in other patients which motivates them to follow the protocols, Tripathi explains.

The diet is an amalgamation of Ayurveda and Naturopathy mores. No one diet fits everyone.

Diabaetes come with a lot of related complications, but that does not serve as a setback. In some cases, the complications can be reversed too. Complication and reversal of complication is something that does happen to a certain degree, depending on how advance the complication is. We have now 306 patients of kidney reversal. Right now I am handling a person of four creatinine, he has been coming down to lower creatinine. Some degree of reversal can happen. In 1.5 creatinine the results are much better. We have a huge database of kidney patients. So, we have an interesting and rewarding experience with kidney reversal. Retinopathy is more challenging. But there has been mild to moderate results in that as well, however some cases required allopathic intervention. Neuropathy is troublesome. But we have people in dozen who have improved. Some of them take six months, while others take two years, depending upon the degree of damage. In case of a bad damage, there is no reversal as well, Tripathi explains.

Tripathi admits he is dealing with a lot of challenges in making the reversal claim for a disease globally known to defy a cure. These are both on medical and behavioural levels. There are patients who dont go off insulin even after the programme. Some with long standing Diabetes may go off insulin but not on tablets. With that, a lot of emotional issues come up. Patients dont understand why the results are not showing like in others. Then there are behavioural issues to be handled. When spouses join our programme, we encourage it because the reversal is much easier. If one person is following the diet and their family is not supportive, the challenge increases. We have done a lot of work on adult learning and behaviour. What we found is there is only one Diabetic in the family and the rest have several other health issues. We connect all the issues with insulin resistance and make the family sit together and listen. Then it makes sense for them and they start following our instructions. Behavioural challenges are more when family members dont buy the theory. Also, every case is different. We have handled so many cases so we know no two Diabetics are similar, he tells you.

The cost of the programme is `500 for the orientation, which is of two hours. "If someone signs up for the full year with a dietician and doctor, it costs `30,000. If a family member wants to join in, it is `6,000 with no dieticians. For those who cant afford to pay the full amount at one go, they can opt for instalment.

Amid the coronavirus scare, Tripathi has a few tips for Diabetics. It is true that Diabetics have a higher risk of getting infected with COVID-19, but, as long as their sugar levels are under control below 140, they are safe. Same for the people with blood pressure it should be under 130/090. After 140 the free radicals start accelerating and create inflammatory reactions in the body. If the sugar levels are under control, it becomes the preliminary protective shield. Ideally, we suggest BP levels under 110 but as long as the prevention is concerned below 130 is just as fine, he tells you.

Ask 65-year-old Pune-based marathon runner Vasudha Chavhan and she will tell you how Tripathi worked wonders on her. She went to him with a history of 14-year long Diabetes, but her dedication mixed with Tripathis expertise helped her beat the disease back in 2015.

My son told me about Tripathi and asked me to give it a try. He enrolled me into the three-month programme. Within two weeks, my Diabetes got reversed and I was put off insulin. In the next four weeks, I got rid of all Diabetes medicines, Chavhan, who is not on any medication for five years now, tells you.

There was a time when Chavhan was not able to walk even a few steps. It was sheer dedication that helped her transition into a marathon runner at age 62. In my three-month programme, I was put on a customised diet and was asked to do mild exercises. After the programme got over, Dr Tripathi motivated me to not give up and improve my stamina. I then started taking small steps in a nearby garden. I used to walk an hour a day. Soon after, I had to fly to Melbourne to be with my daughter. In those six months, I worked out at home. I walked the treadmill daily. By the time, I returned, I had started walking properly. That got me thinking about joining a gym. Exercising then became a habit. Soon after all this, I participated in a 5K marathon, then 10K which was followed by the Ladakh Half Marathon, she recalls.

Chavhans decision of becoming a marathon runner at 62 was supported by her husband and two children. I remember when I took part in the Ladakh Half Marathon, my son told me: Mumma you made all of us proud. That was the winning moment for me, she tells you.

The programme, she says, has changed her inside out. There was not a single moment when she felt like giving up. I am not much of a foodie. I didn't face any challenges. I followed the diet and all the instructions. The results are visible, she says.

Chavhans success mantra has been patience, exercising and following a diet. To achieve something, you have to give up something. Diet and exercising play a major role in the programme. You cant cheat on that. Also, meditation is the key. Even now, I meditate for at least 20 minutes before going to sleep, she says.

She has a piece of advice for those who think lifestyle modifications are a Herculean task. If I could do it at this age then any one can. One just has to have the passion for it. Since childhood, we offer sweets and chocolates to children as a token of appreciation. We teach them to be a good human being, we want them to do good in academics, but when it comes to their health, we dont pay much attention. It is important that parents work on their child's fitness from an early age. Either enroll them into fitness programmes or parents themselves should take charge of it, so that children know the importance of health and follow it for the rest of their lives, she says.

Bakare and Chavhan are not the only ones whose transformation stories will leave you in awe. Take the case of Saranya Rao. This 37-year-old, Pune-based Infosys worker, went off her three-year long Diabetes medicines in just three days.

My Diabetes was detected during pregnancy with my second child. I had to be both on insulin and tablets. In fact, I had to pump insulin three times a day which resulted in my skin turning purple because of the injections. Due to unstable sugar levels, I had to deliver a premature baby in eight months. After that I was on tablets for the next one-and-a-half years. I started gaining weight as well. I weighed 82 kg. This made me feel lethargic and affected my work. I was constantly in angst about my rising sugar levels, Rao says.

Rao, too, came to know about Freedom from Diabetes through Facebook ads. I started exploring. As I gathered information, I started understanding how things work. Convinced, I decided to join the intensive batch, she says. Within three days of joining the programme, her Diabetes medicines stopped. It felt that I was on top of the world at that time, she tells you.

As the programme proceeded, she noticed immense improvement in all aspects of her health. My Hba1c count (three-month sugar average test) reduced from 6.7 to 5.6, fasting insulin reduced from 15.7 to 2.6, all this just within two months. I lost a good 20 kg in five months, she tells you.

It felt like magic, she says. Due to my breathing problem, I have been taking an inhaler since a very young age. I don't know what it was but by following the protocol, my breathing has improved and I do not have to use an inhaler that frequently, she tells you.

Tripathi, meanwhile, is happy to tell you he has found his want curing people of a hitherto uncurable disease, with a combination of scientific lifestyle changes, strict diet changes, upping fitness levels and a lot of motivational talk that somehow has been firing his patients for stepping out of their unhealthy comfort zones.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged shoppers to seek out food and drink that boosts the immune response, according to research from Unilevers CMI People Data Centre & CMI U-Futures.

The research reveals that interest in and consumption of foods that support the immune system, as well as supplements like vitamins C and D, has increased. Unilever suggests that this is a global trend. In the US, vitamin supplementation jumped 15% in the space of a month, in Brazil consumers are eating more fruit rich in vitamin C, while in Japan immune-boosting yogurts are proving popular. The desire for health and wellbeing post pandemic is a consistent trend across all markets, Unilever concluded.

According to the company, the connection people are making between what they eat and their personal health has reached new heights. Having an optimally working immune system is more important than ever. The way our body deals with an infection is influenced by many factors of which the nutritional status is a critical element, Dr Angelika De Bree, global nutrition director, explained.

And these changes are here to stay, Dr De Bree believes.

One of major lifestyle changes we see is an exponential growth in attention to health and wellbeing with immunity being the epicentre of this attention. We think that the heightened interest from consumers in staying healthy is here to stay. In that sense, we belief that health and wellness will indeed become more mainstream.

While trendy ingredients like turmeric or rhodiola might be making a big splash on social media in the short-term, Dr De Bree suggests that to tap into this demand in the longer-term food makers need to tackle the underlying consumer need-state through innovation.

While at the moment focus may shift to particular ingredients that are positively associated with immunity, experts highlight the complexity of the immune system which is a complex system of molecules, cells, tissues and organs, she noted.

Each element of this system is influenced by a wide range of health and wellbeing factors, the Unilever nutrition expert told this publication. This includes weight and physical fitness, mental health, sleep and nutritional intake, among other things.

Whilst some ingredients might be trending now, we can imagine that holistic health for holistic immunity is here to stay and thereby a new need state for consumers. We can help our consumers by providing relevant products and inspiring recipes that help them in a simple manner to support their immune system, she said.

Dr De Bree said Unilever has been working on this healthy shift for about one year.

A key element of our force for good strategy has been boldly healthier. This calls for more plant-based and fortified products and recipes, that at the same time have acceptably low levels of sugar, salt and fat, she elaborated.

COVID-19 has acted as an accelerator of these trends and Unilever intends to use its innovation might and powerhouse brands from Magnum ice cream to Knorr stocks - to respond.

Then came COVID-19, creating the biggest disruption in our lifetimes with tectonic shifts in consumer behaviours and reminding us of the importance of health. Our research shows this has resulted in a spiked interest by consumers for health and immunity.

Experts agree that a diet that is mainly based on plants, with some animal-based products delivers the key nutrients that are needed to optimally support the immune system. If eating such a diet is not possible, for example because it is not available, fortified products may be a good solution. This shows that with our strategy focused on positive, more plant-based nutrition, we are well positioned to serve the current needs of consumers.

Basing its approach on scientific consensus, Dr De Bree continued: We see various areas where Unilever can play an important role.

Unilever will further accelerate its plant-based offerings and leverage its shelf-stable brands such as packaged soups to deliver food that is rich in critical macronutrients.

The company has also set a target of providing 200bn servings of products that deliver at least one critical micronutrient that is important for holistic health and immunity, Dr De Bree revealed. Currently 2bn people around the globe suffer from malnutrition and as a consequence may be immuno-compromised. Vitamin A, D, zinc and iron are amongst these critical micronutrients. These are also the micronutrients that are heavily researched in light of preventing a severe COVID-19 infection and/or treatment when infected, she noted.

Across Unilevers Food and Refreshment business, the company is working to deliver products that are more nutritionally dense and support health and wellbeing.

Our Foods and Refreshment business is uniquely positioned to lead purposefully in the space of holistic health and immunity, Dr De Bree said.

Our biggest food brands (Knorr: Reinventing Food for Humanity; Hellmanns: Taste the Waste) offer thousands of products and recipes which are nutritious, affordable and made with sustainably sourced ingredients.

Our tea and herbal category delivers healthy hydration through Earths most sustainable plant-based drinks. Our recently acquired Horlicks brand offers beverages designed to support the nutritional needs of children, supporting their growth and development; as well as adults. And also ice cream plays a big role in offering people a little happiness through responsible treats, she detailed.

Dr De Bree said that Unilever believes the majority of its brands are well-positioned to respond to health and wellness concerns. We believe the potential to leverage wellness sits in the balance within our portfolio, she explained.

Within its Foods portfolio, Unilever is focused on meeting growing demand for nutritious snacking options and plant-based alternatives.

The companys blockbuster brands have already responded by rolling out plant-based alternatives. Magnum Vegan ice cream and Hellmanns Vegan mayonnaise continue to be popular, the company noted.

It has also extended its reach in the meat-free space through the recent acquisition of The Vegetarian Butcher. This business is growing at a record rate, reflecting a sustained consumer trend, according to Unilever.

This does not mean Unilever is pivoting its portfolio towards plant-based at the expense of other options, Dr De Bree was quick to emphasise. Plant-based (or plant-forward) does not mean exclusivity. Moving towards more plant-based eating is generally healthier for people as well as for the planet. This does not mean that we will not offer choice. For example, as long as consumers still enjoy regular dairy ice cream, this will be something we will cater for.

Knorr is another brand that is focused on improving population health and here the company has seized the fortification opportunity. Last year, Knorr launched Future 50, an initiative that encourages consumers to eat a more diverse, plant-based diet by providing healthy and nutritious recipes. Knorrs Immunity Meals recipes are also a source of micronutrients to support the immune system, such as Vitamin C and D.

Meanwhile, in the groups Refreshment division, tea has seen a spike in demand as consumers turn to Liptons Immune and Daily Support, seen particularly in the US, and Pukkas immunity range, Unilever claimed.

Elsewhere, India and other South East Asian markets have seen a jump in demand for beverage-based nutrition brands, such as Boost and Horlicks. Both beverages are designed to support the nutritional needs of toddlers and children. They also fulfill an adults nutritional needs. Horlicks enhances womens bone health and contains zinc, which is clinically proven to boost the immune response.

Our brands are well suited to provide more plant-based products and inspire consumers to eat more plant-based through recipe suggestion.

Some products are specially formulated including fortification to meet nutritional needs that support health and immunity. Some are intrinsically good such as our [herbal] teas, Dr De Bree observed.

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The uncertainty of life due to the coronavirus scare has left all of us shaken. The growing numbers of infected cases every day, the Whatsapp forwards highlighting the instability and inefficiency of the medical set up, increasing work pressure, lack of personal space are some common concerns that are pulling us all down. Quite often we feel pangs of anxiety, not knowing how to calm our nerves.

For example, you are worried about losing your job, and then imagine that if it happens, how will you manage your finances, which snowballs into higher anxieties that get difficult to handle.

Mental health experts worldover are reporting a spike in calls and queries about anxiety, depression, feeling of loneliness and other issues, not only among adults but even the youth. And this sense of instability is disturbing our sleeping patterns too because bedtime is the time when your mind relaxes and focuses on what is worrying you.

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Sylvester Stallone might be as responsible for creating the archetype of the jacked action hero as anyone alive. From Rocky to Rambo, Sly was absolutely shredded, hold the cheese. And at well over 70 years old, the movie star is still more diced than a julienne salad.

Perhaps not too shockingly, the septuagenarian may be taking more than his daily dose of Ensure. In 2007, Sly was convicted of smuggling human growth hormone into Australia when customs officials found 48 vials of HGH in his luggage. Investigators witnessed him ditching vials of testosterone off his hotel balcony. Stallone later admitted he was packing an HGH product called Jintropin for an on-location shoot where he needed to look his best. "As you get older, the pituitary gland slows and you feel older, your bones narrow. This stuff gives your body a boost and you feel and look good," he admitted to customs officials according to The Guardian. "Doing Rambo is hard work."

Stallone's ex-wife, former supermodel Janice Dickinson, now mostly known for odd public behavior, claims Sly was sauced all the way back to the '90s and wanted her to share the benefits. "He juiced me. I'd wake up and my arm was as big as Popeye steroids, testosterone, all that stuff," she told Fox News in 2015. Stallone's rep has vigorously denied this outlandish claim and it should be noted injecting steroids does not immediately give you arms like Popeye.

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Facebook and Twitter are awash with people sharing images of their new-found home baking expertise, or telling the world how much they are missing going out for fast food while tucking into takeaways more often.

Our relationship with food particularly how our emotions impact on the way we eat is the subject of a new study led by the University of Wolverhampton.

Researchers are currently compiling data on people's eating habits during the pandemic, which they say has created the perfect setting for a "natural experiment" due to the whole country experiencing enforced social isolation.

They hope their findings will enable them to help people manage their 'emotional eating' the term used to describe when people eat for reasons other than to satisfy hunger.

It could just make us think twice about reaching for the 14" deep pan pizza or the tub of ice cream when we feel stressed out, guiding us instead towards a more healthy lifestyle.

Professor Tracey Devonport, from the University of Wolverhampton, has been working with Dr Montse Ruiz from the University of Jyvskyl in Finland and Dr Jo Chen-Wilson from the University of Northampton to develop the project.

She said: "We know that food and emotions are a big part of people's experience of social isolation.

"Recent months have seen changed access to fast food and eating out.

"People are also having to do things that create more intense emotions, such as trying to home school while working from home and facing job uncertainty, all while being separated from friends and family.

"This is an emotional time, which has created the perfect opportunity to examine the relationship between emotions and eating."

Professor Devonport has previously conducted reviews of past studies into emotional eating, finding that the majority of research has focused on negative emotions, such as anxiety.

This, she says, has led to an assumption that unpleasant emotions lead to emotional eating, which is reflected in the widespread use of terms such as "comfort eating".

On the other side of the coin is there is a link between feelings of happiness or pleasure and emotional eating.

"We are conditioned from birth to consume food around pleasant occasions, such as weddings, births and anniversaries, so it becomes a conditioned response of, 'this is going to be great, let's eat'," Prof Devonport continued.

"We have gone into this completely open-minded, because we want to challenge these preconceived notions and see if it they hold up.

"On an individual level, once we realise which of the emotions tend to be our trigger for eating, we can take steps to manage it."

Professor Devonport said one of the key issues that had emerged so far was that people don't give much thought to their emotions when they eat.

"It is a subconscious thing and they only realise what they are doing when they stop and think about it," she said.

"We're trying to get people to think about how they feel when they go to the fridge to get a snack. When you look at that over a period of days patterns start to emerge.

"We are looking to create that lightbulb moment where people realise what it is that makes them crave a certain type of food.

"This type of 'mindful' eating can have a big impact for someone who may want to lose weight, for example. If you know you eat in response to stress, you can start to think of other things you might be able to do instead when you feel that particular emotion.

"We are not saying emotional eating is bad and can be eliminated, but it needs to be part of a wider portfolio of things we use to manage our emotions."

Professor Devonport said they hope to publish a number of papers on the back of the research, with the first one looking at behavioural changes over the different stages of the lockdown. It is due in August or September.

Cultural differences will also be explored, with the survey rolled out in other countries including Australia, Canada, the USA and China.

Participants aged 18 or over are asked to complete a 10-minute survey on their eating habits, before submitting a short daily diary for six days where they reflect on the emotions that led to their strongest cravings to eat.

Visit https://bit.ly/2YOCxrB to take part in the survey.

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Having a bad hair day? Youre not alone. During the pandemic weve resigned ourselves to looking disheveled but now look forward to giving our talented yet unsung hairdressers the standing ovation they deserve

Whats the story, crowning glory?

At the beginning of the Netflix series, Self-Made, Octavia Spencer as Americas first black female millionaire Madame CJ Walker says: Hair is beauty. Hair is emotion. Hair is a heritage. Hair tells us who we are, where weve been and where were going.

Well, if Mme Walker were to see us all now shed think wed been through a hedge backwards and going nowhere fast.

My hair is, or was, my pride and joy. It didnt matter that I wasnt blessed with cut-glass cheekbones, almond shaped eyes, lightly pillowy lips or an agreeably defined jawline; I could always get a sharp style and colour to detract from my shortcomings. Hair doesnt gain or lose weight, get pimples, wrinkles, stretch marks or cellulite. Nor does it make your bum look big in this. Its whatever you want it to be.

It is also the first thing we notice about each other. In eye-tracking studies, it is external factors (hair and face shape) that help us recognise people weve met for the first time, while internal parts (eyes, nose, mouth) help us recognise people we already know. Anyone who has had a terrible blow-out, cut or colour, will nod in recognition at the findings of a Yale University 20 years ago, revealing links between bad hair and self-esteem. And the figures were highest among the guys.

Self-esteem is why women spend around 350 per year per person on salon appointments and thats just for colour, according to a Living Proof study last year and will consider dropping nearly 400 bucks on a Dyson Supersonic hairdryer. Its why African-American women spend 86 per cent more on ethnic-targeted grooming aids than white women. Its why some women are willing to risk the lives of others by offering their hairdressersthree or four times their usual payment to secretly cut their lockdown locks. Its why wigs exist for alopecia and cancer patients. Hair matters, not least when you no longer have it.

Little did we know earlier in the year, when the coronavirus seemed like a long-distant problem for other countries, that many of us would be literally counting down the days until hair salons reopen. JULY?! we wouldve scoffed, before nonchalantly adding a four-pack of Andrex to our shopping baskets. My last appointment was on February 21 and had I foreseen the swift shutdown, Id have squeezed in one last hoorah at Toni & Guy without question.

Hairdressers are, effectively, magicians, and their scissors are their wands

Eyebrows, underarms and bikini lines can all be somewhat maintained at home. But head hair? Forget it. Hairdressers are, effectively, magicians, and their scissors are their wands. Weve always known this, but now that are roots are four inches long and our fringe is in our eyes, we appreciate our hairdressers more than ever.

But it wasnt until I saw a production shot of the silent movie star Louise Brooks in the 1929 film Pandoras Box, that I met my hair hero, the bob of dreams

Once upon a time, long before influencers and reality TV- and sex-tape stars, women took their hair inspiration from music and film. My Good Hair poster girls of yore include a platinum-cropped Madonna (Girlie Tour era), Justine from Elastica (because Damon Albarn was madly in love with her so surely he could love me), Winona Ryder as per Reality Bites and Meg Ryan specifically in the film Addicted to Love, pictures of which Id give to my hairdresser in the vain hope each strand would be doggedly replicated. It rarely went to plan as the sum of its parts: in fact my Girlie Tour crop was so short and my then-wardrobe so zeitgeist androgynous that I once got mistaken for a boy while in the art college dark room.

Much later I had something my boyfriend retrospectively refers to as The Ellen Degeneres, an ill-advised Hoxton fin and, as the last person in the world to discover straightening irons, frazzled an already Dubai-parched grown-out blonde-to-brunette abomination.

But it wasnt until I saw a production shot of the silent movie star Louise Brooks in the 1929 film Pandoras Box, that I met my hair hero, the bob of dreams. It took another few decades before I dared take the plunge, deciding la Brooks looked far too fabulous and sophisticated than scruffy old me could ever pull off. Id intermittently had long hair, but with the texture being so fine, it goes entirely limp as soon as it tickles my shoulders, while a long, grown-out fringe resembles a combover. Besides, Ive always loved the feminist statement of a bob.

In Paris in 1909, the celebrity hairdresser simply known as Antoine unveiled the coupe la Jeanne dArc, a sensational pageboy bob inspired by Joan of Arc, who became a mascot for French troops during WWI. Antoines creation became a Europe-wide hit, in line with the trend for cloche hats, with Coco Chanel going for the chop in 1916.

Across the pond, the American ballroom dancer Irene Castle cut her hair liberatingly short in 1915, which became known as the Castle bob. It was deemed so scandalous that salons refused to copy such a daring, boyish look which sent these urbane young women flocking to the barbershops instead, who were only too happy to capitalise on this explosive new trend.

Salons relented and, in fact, the avant-garde hairstyle helped create a spike in the number of ladies hairdressers opening, supplying the demand for the bobs many iterations, including the finger wave, the Marcel, the shingle bob and the Eton crop.

So fashionable did the style become, F Scott Fitzgerald wrote a short story, Bernice Gets Her Hair Bobbed, for theSaturday Evening Post in 1920, and thus the flapper was born and, four years later, epitomised by his Daisy Buchanan of The Great Gatsby; the freewheeling It Girl with a penchant for the right to vote, work, smoke, drink, have sex before (and outside) marriage, drive automobiles and fly planes.

This newfound freedom among the worlds most liberal cities was short-lived, however, and conservatism creeped back after the Second World War, when men returned from the war and women were relegated to the home and child-rearing. It was no coincidence that longer, softer and more high maintenance styles made a comeback, such as victory rolls, the poodle clip (Lucille Ball) and the bubble bob (early era Jackie Kennedy).

It wasnt until the Swinging Sixties that the bob went back to its radical Roaring Twenties roots, with haircuts going as wantonly short as the decades hemlines

Fashionable women in the 1950s and 1960s emulated Doris Days bouffant and the gamine Audrey Hepburn. But it wasnt until the Swinging Sixties that the bob went back to its radical Roaring Twenties roots, with haircuts going as wantonly short as the decades hemlines. In 1963, Vidal Sassoon unveiled the sculptural five-point cut, popularised by fashion designer Mary Quant and model du jour, Jean Muir for the next generation of womens libbers. Yet again, it was a sensation.

And so, apart from a few misguided attempts at trying to nurture a hairstyle capable of Veronica Lake waves (clue: not possible), Ive embraced the bob in all its forms over a 30-year period and all the feminist history that comes with it. I finally succumbed to the short, glossy bob of dreams in 2011, smartened up my wardrobe, and never looked back. Or so I thought.

Relaxed clothes befit relaxed hair, so suddenly a power bob during lockdown while tramping about the home in Harry Styles-wide pyjama bottoms and a rotation of around four sweaters seems a tad incongruous. (That said, louche and long-line silhouettes were de rigueur among the flappers).

Its a bit of an identity crisis, after so long of suppressing my inner Louise Brooks. On the one hand I feel like Im betraying the real me by even considering sticking with a longer fringed, longer bob, to complement my slacker reboot. On the other, the Lockdown Me couldnt be any more real if she tried. Few of us have been any more elemental since we were a child and permitted to wear tutus and dungarees and Wellington boots and beads and capes and polka dot leggings, all at once.

Stripped of societal conventions and professional expectations, most of us have relaxed our once-staunch nine-to-five grooming standards, the results of which are mostly sloppy and occasionally outlandish (who hasnt had a little chuckle in front of the mirror at their motley ensemble to nip out for the milk?).

Have you heard from the salon yet? we ask our inner circles gingerly, dreading being lower down on the pecking order

That were all in the same bedraggled boat is some comfort. But now, alongside the disappointment we feel every time we see our overgrown roots in the mirror, we feel fear. Fear that weve somehow been missed off the hair salon waiting list and itll be another month before well be slotted in. Have you heard from the salon yet? we ask our inner circles gingerly, dreading being lower down on the pecking order.

At least when we were trapped within our allocated 5km, no one saw quite how bad our hair was: where once was a fulsome crown, expertly graduated into my nape, is now a vertical drop and my once-blunt short bangs has morphed into confused curtains. Now were allowed to fraternise with up to six friends in each others gaffs, we can assess and compare the collective damage.

Ive fantasised of arriving at Toni & Guy on June 29, group-hugging my stylist and colourist respectively, a bottle of champagne in one hand and juggling three coupes with the other. But, sadly, we dont live in an F Scott Fitzgerald novel. Therell be no more leisurely leafing through magazines and sipping from teacups, both of which are banned for potentially spreading the virus. Any usual banter will be suppressed by face masks, while disposable cloaks and individual-use towels will be our body armour.

But most importantly, we must ensure we bestow these hair magicians with not just the best tips that our diminished pockets permit, but the biggest smizes our PPE face masks will allow.

But at least well walk out like weve just stepped out of a salon. Because we have. After four. Long. Months.

Wonderful hair leads to wonderful opportunities, adds Octavia Spencers CJ Walker. But when youre working remotely if youre lucky to have kept your job at all opportunities seem very slim. But now we can see the light at the end of the four-phase tunnel, before the predicted second wave of infection, wed better ensure we get a robust trim and the most fade-resistant colour the salon can offer so we dont again end up with a two-tone travesty with face curtains.

But most importantly, we must ensure we bestow these hair magicians with not just the best tips that our diminished pockets permit, but the biggest smizes our PPE face masks will allow. In their absence, hairdressers have emerged as overlooked and undervalued essential workers, who keep our high streets and, crucially, our self-esteem, alive.

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Question: I want to lose weight and see a lot of ads on Facebook about diet plans with patches and shakes. Do they work?

Answer: I see them as well and know many people that have tried them with various success levels.

I would recommend reading the reviews of people who have used the product first before buying it to get an idea. And remember that diet and exercise always work best.

Question: My kids want to go to the water parks this summer and I am worried about the virus but I dont want to not take them somewhere fun. What can we do about water activities?

Answer: It is hard to say at this point. I personally am not going to a water park this summer even though my younger family members enjoy them.

The beaches or larger areas where you can socially distance yourselves may be a better option if you want to be near water activities.

Stay safe and well hydrated.

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Dr. Ayne Amjad, M.D. MPH,

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Most of us have this misconception that quinoa is a grain. Quinoa is not a grain but the seed of goosefoot plant. It is cooked like grain and also has similar properties.

Quinoa is loaded with protein, which makes it perfect for people who are trying to shed those extra kilos. It also has all the essential amino acids required by the body. Moreover, it is gluten-free, which makes it a good option for people who are allergic to gluten. If you have celiac disease, buy only certified quinoa to avoid any complications.

These tiny seeds are full of fibre, which help in keeping you fuller for longer and thus stop you from binge eating. The high fibre content in quinoa also improves digestion, lowers cholesterol and keeps blood sugar level in control.

Not just this, quinoa is also rich in some important nutrients like manganese, zinc, calcium, potassium, phosphorous, selenium and magnesium.

It also has anti-inflammatory property, which makes it good for your gut and overall health.

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A separate real-world study showed that people with type 2 diabetes on two oral antidiabetic drugs who intensified with a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) were significantly more likely to reach their blood sugar goals and lose weight compared to adding a further oral antidiabetic drug(s) or insulin.1

Bagsvrd, Denmark, 13 June 2020 Novo Nordisk today announced results from two real-world studies: EXPERT, which confirms the efficacy Ozempic (onceweekly semaglutide) demonstrated in the SUSTAIN clinical trial programme, and PATHWAY, which supports recommendations in clinical guidelines by showing that initiation of a GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) helps people with type 2 diabetes reach their blood sugar goals (measured by HbA1c) while also losing weight. These studies, which analysed data from US databases, were presented during the American Diabetes Association 80th Scientific Sessions.1,2

The EXPERT study showed that a switch to Ozempic from another GLP-1 RA in people with type 2 diabetes was associated with statistically significant reductions in blood sugar and weight, independent of the previous GLP-1 RA used. After 6 months, the study showed HbA1c reductions of 2.2% for people with HbA1c levels above 9% at baseline and HbA1c reductions of 1.1% for those with HbA1c levels above 7% at baseline. These reductions were sustained after 12 months. Average weight loss of 2.2 kg was observed at 6 months, but was more pronounced with 3.5 kg at 12 months, for all participants.2

A second real-world study, PATHWAY, pointed to the increased effectiveness of the GLP-1 RA class compared with other oral antidiabetic drugs or insulin in people with type 2 diabetes on two oral antidiabetic drugs requiring treatment intensification. Ozempic was not one of the GLP-1 RA treatments given at intensification because the study data were collated before Ozempic was fully established on the US market.

The PATHWAY study showed that intensifying treatment with a GLP-1 RA resulted in a statistically significant increased likelihood of achieving HbA1c below 7% and weight reduction from baseline compared with adding a further oral antidiabetic (s). These blood glucose and weight reductions were more pronounced compared with insulin intensification, where those taking a GLP-1 RA were almost twice as likely to achieve HbA1c below 7% and approximately three times more likely to lose weight.1

GLP-1 receptor agonists have been shown to safely lower blood glucose levels and help lower weight, therefore they are recommended by all diabetes treatment guidelines as either second- or third-line treatment options in most people with type 2 diabetes, said study investigator Dr. Ildiko Lingvay, who consults for Novo Nordisk and is a Professor of Internal Medicine, and Population and Data Sciences at UT Southwestern Medical Center. These data provide information from the real-world use of GLP-1 receptor agonists and further support the recommendations in the clinical guidelines by showing that initiation of a GLP-1 receptor agonist helps more people with type 2 diabetes reach their blood sugar goals while also helping them lose weight.

More than half of people with type 2 diabetes do not reach their blood sugar target, yet we know that consistently poor blood sugar control can lead to serious complications, said Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, executive vice president and chief science officer of Novo Nordisk. Real-world data is therefore essential to help physicians select optimal treatment for their patients to meet their blood sugar goals, and it is reassuring to see from the EXPERT study that the efficacy Ozempic demonstrated in the SUSTAIN Phase 3 clinical trial programme is reflected in routine clinical practice.

Whilst real-world evidence generates valuable insights about the effectiveness of a medicine in a real-life setting, there are also limitations. Real-world studies may be subject to bias and confounding factors, aspects that are controlled for in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). For example, electronic data may be inconsistently collected, with missing data elements that can result in reduced statistical validity. Similarly, adverse events are rarely captured in databases that act as data sources for real-world studies. Therefore, real-world evidence should be considered alongside the results of RCTs and the findings evaluated with appropriate caution. As seen in clinical trials, the most common side effects of Ozempic include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach (abdominal) pain, and constipation.

For additional media materials, including video footage of the EXPERT and PATHWAY study investigators providing further context on the data, please visit: https://www.epresspack.net/novonordiskADA2020/

About EXPERT

The GLP-1-Experienced Patients Switching to Once-Weekly Semaglutide in a Real-World Setting (EXPERT) study used prescription data from Explorys (IBM Watson Health) US medical records database (data cut-off 12/5/19). Adults with type 2 diabetes with 1 prescription for semaglutide (index/switch date), a prescription for any other GLP-1 RA (baseline) in the previous year, and separate HbA1c/weight measurements at 6 and/or 12 months post-index and in the 90-day pre-index period were identified from the database. Participants with valid HbA1c (n=365) and weight (n=480) data were included in the study and had similar baseline characteristics.2

About PATHWAY

The PATHWAY study compared treatment intensification options for glycaemic control in people with type 2 diabetes on two oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs). The PATHWAY study used linked electronic medical records and claims data from IBM MarketScan Explorys Claims-EMR (index period: 3/1/1310/31/18). The study comprised two groups: the HbA1c cohort (n= 4,792) and the weight and composite endpoint analysis cohort (n = 3,927). Participants with 1 claim for 2 different OADs in the 180 days pre-index, 1 claim for another OAD/GLP-1 RA/insulin (index date), 1 HbA1c and/or weight measurement 180 days post-index, and 1 HbA1c and/or weight measurement close to index date (baseline) were included in the study. Cohorts for GLP-1 RAs vs OADs and vs insulin were propensity score matched pairwise by baseline variables and exact matched by HbA1c category, resulting in well balanced cohorts across all baseline characteristics.1

About SUSTAIN clinical trial programme

The SUSTAIN clinical development programme for Ozempic currently comprises 10 Phase 3 global clinical trials, including a cardiovascular outcomes trial, which included people with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk. The programme involves more than 10,000 adults with type 2 diabetes in total.3-12

About OzempicOzempic (once-weekly semaglutide) is an analogue of the naturally occurring hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). It is administered in a once-weekly injection of 0.5 mg or 1 mg and indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycaemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes as well as to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease.13 Ozempic was first approved by the US FDA in 2017 and is now launched in 25 countries.

About Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines and working to prevent and ultimately cure disease. Novo Nordisk employs about 43,100 people in 80 countries and markets its products in around 170 countries. For more information, visit novonordisk.com, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube.

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