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Jordan Spieth was just 19 years old when he turned pro in 2012. Since then, hes checked off preeeetty much every career accomplishment that a golfer could dream of, winning the Masters, the U.S. Open, and the British Open. (The PGA Championship still famously eludes him.) But as of late, Spieths fortunes have swung in the opposite directionhe finds himself in an unfamiliar position, ranked No. 51 in the world, his worst spot since his rookie campaign.

And yet, chatting with the eternally unflappable Spieth, youd have no idea he was in the midst of perhaps the most difficult stretch of his career. Im healthy and probably stronger than Ive ever felt, he said at the Under Armour headquarters in Baltimore earlier this month, where he was revealing his newest signature golf shoe, the Spieth 4. I feel rested and recovered and ready to go.

Now 26 and in year five of a ten-year contract with Under Armour, a deal that reportedly rivals the one that Nike once made with Tiger Woods, Spieth is no longer the young phenom on tour. Hes cool with that, and off the course, he looks forward to guy-in-his-mid-20s activities like overdoing it on guac with his wife at a local Mexican restaurant.

He filled us in on what his diet and training routine looks like and why he doesnt check his phone when hes practicing. And he breaks down his newfound appreciation for different recovery methods. (Spoiler: Hes got a hyperbaric chamber at home.)

GQ: What time are you up in the morning?

Jordan Spieth: I'm typically up around 7:00. I like to train in the morning. When I'm home in Dallas, I'll train four or five times a week. Its a lot of mobility stuff, like yoga, bands, some plyometrics. In the off-season, thats when youll see me doing more lifting. Im not doing much cardio off the course, since by the end of a day of golf, Ive sometimes walked about ten miles. Plus, I hate the treadmill. Ive learned to love bikes. We've got a Peloton at home. I did an Ally Love ride this morning.

Do you eat once the training is done?

If Im training at 9 or 9:30, then Ill eat before. Otherwise, Ill train and then eat after. Ive learned to love making my own breakfast. I don't cook much, but I do cook that. I'll do eggs with avocado, chicken, and apples, or apples, gouda, and sausage. Sometimes Ill have a sweet potato hash with that. Other mornings, I'll just make shakes.

Whats in the shake?

I really like Vega protein powder, and Ill use the vanilla if Im going sweet with berries. Otherwise, I prefer the taste of the chocolate better. But typically, Ill use that as a base, then add mixed berries, banana, peanut or almond butter, and chia seeds or flax seeds. I just load up anything I find in the kitchen. I'll finish it with spinach or kalesince you cant really taste it and its good for youand add some almond milk, then blend it.

After Im done there, Ill head to the course. On a typical day, Ill start with anywhere between two and four hours of practice time. Then I'll actually play. It's a 9-to-5 essentially, like anywhere else, and I stay away from my phone while Im at work. I really try to approach it like that, but the flip side is that I enjoy it a lot more than I would if I were sitting at a desk. Its kind of a dream come true for me.

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The only sustainable diet plan is one which involves small tweaks to your lifestyle. Commit to these three changes to get fit

By Luke CoutinhoNo nutritionist or doctor can accurately prescribe the quantity of food required by your body. Nobody can tell how much energy a persons brain, digestive system and emotions require. So if you are really determined to get fit, choose to adopt these lifestyle tweaks. They are far more powerful, far less costly, and far more likely to be things you turn into lifelong habits.

1 Listen to your body

How does it help: Once you start listening to your body, you will realise that fad diets simply wont work because the bodys needs are dynamic. It changes from day to day based on what it goes through. On an active day the body will need more carbohydrates, than on sedentary days.

The amount of energy you expend, the kind of mental strength you use at the workplace and everything else keeps changing every day. So, how can a single set of foods and method of eating work effectively for all of us, every day? Take breakfast, for example. Do you eat breakfast even if you are not feeling hungry?

I bet most of us do. But gone are the days where we were made to believe that breakfast is the most significant meal of the day. There are some people and children who genuinely wake up hungry because of their activity levels and metabolism. But if you are eating breakfast just because you have been told to, then it is wrong. Its important to get in tune with our bodies, because once you do, it becomes a way of life and frees you from all sorts of fad diets.

2 Cut down on salt and sugar

The more we consume foods laden with sugar and salt, the more addicted we get to these. Sugar and junk food addictions are the hardest to break because of the way they tricksyour taste buds.

Salt and sugar, should you decide to consume these, must be natural, unrefined and unprocessed. A lack of salt in the diet can alter electrolyte balance, and that can be dangerous for your body. So, too, is the case with sugar. We need these, but in limited quantities and from natural sources like fruits, raisins, raw honey and jaggery.

How does it help: Sodium is anhydrous in nature. Every gram of excess sodium chloride needs roughly 23 g of cellular water to neutralise it (water from cells). Hence, excess salt intake causes tissues to hold onto water leading to edema/ water retention. It also draws excess water in the blood leading to an increase in osmotic pressure directly impacting the pressure in the heart, leading to high blood pressure.

Refined salt also hardens the arteries, causes haemorrhaging in blood vessels and a thickening of heart muscles. Additionally, refined salt/common table salt also has additives like calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate and aluminium hydroxide, which has a direct connection with Alzheimers.

Himalayan pink salt is one of the healthiest salts in the world. Its hygienic and unrefined, and great for digestion, immunity and cleans out toxicity. Apart from that it also contains 85 trace minerals. Make a switch from refined salt to unrefined pink salt (unless you already have elevated potassium levels, which may occur due to a kidney issue).

As for excess sugar, it is obviously linked to weight gain, inflammation, low immunity, acidity, premature ageing, poor skin health, hormonal imbalances, hyperactivity and a lack of focus, developmental delays in kids, imbalance in gut microbiome leading to all sorts of digestive disorders, mood swings, a decline in dental health, cancer, elevated lipids, especially triglycerides and belly fat.

The impact of sugar on children is even worse because when a child is two or three years old, the brain gets directly addicted to sugar, which can impact her behaviour. Its easier to gain control of sugar consumption in older children as they may understand why sugar is bad for the body.

Make the shift one food item at a time. Even reducing one tablespoon of sugar and salt is positively going to impact your health.

3 Eat an early dinner Your body is not designed to digest food at night and definitely not a greasy meal. Our body works according to nature within the 24-hour Circadian rhythm. According to our Circadian rhythm, as the sun sets, our digestive and metabolic processes slow down, the secretion of digestive enzymes is minimal and there is an increased secretion of melatonin a hormone responsible for inducing sleep. This leads to two things slow digestion and increased stimulus to put us in a state of rest.

Late-night meals, heavy dinners, alcohol, constant snacking, bedtime munching, and so on, disrupt the Circadian rhythm, impeding the digestive system and the process of sleep.

Eat your last meal as close to sunset as possible, followed by fasting all through the night. Then break your fast only after sunrise. This way you give your body a 12-hour fast.

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Could the circadian diet help you lose more weight? (Picture: Getty)

The circadian diet is all about light. No, not eating light meals but actual light, as in from the sun.

It sounds confusing, but its actually pretty simple, so bear with us.

Put simply, its about eating with the sun. The key principle is that when we eat is equally as important as what we eat.

The circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle in the physiological processes of human beings it regulates when we sleep and how we keep track of time.

Some scientists say that eating out of sync with your circadian rhythm can increase the risk ofcardiovascular disease, diabetes and being overweight.

But, by aligning your meals with your circadian rhythm, you can lose more weight, and improve your energy and overall health.

But how does it practically work? Does it mean you can just eat whatever you want as long as the sun is in the sky? Not exactly.

The circadian diet demands that we eat during the day when the sun is shining- and fast during the night. Which actually means that for large parts of the year we would have to eat bigger meals in the morning.

For many of us, it is already dark when we leave work during the winter so the circadian diet would mean no food until we get back to our desk the next morning.

Eat only when the sun is up and leave 12 hours between your last meal of the day and your first meal of the next day.

Make breakfast and lunch your biggest meals of the day, and dinner the smallest. You should get 75% of your nutrition by mid-afternoon.

Eat satisfying dinner foods for breakfast or lunch pasta for breakfast shouldnt be sniffed at.

Some studies have found that calories eaten in the morning might not actually count as much as those eaten at night.

Findings suggest that people who eat most of their calories before 3 pm tend to lose more weight than people who eat most of their calories later in the day which makes sense for this diet.

Scientists are increasingly finding that our circadian rhythms do have a direct impact on our physical health.

Researchers are uncovering how the circadian clock directly affects the microbiome, and Washington University researchers just discovered an immune cell that sets the clock for the gut, suggesting why circadian rhythm disruptions are linked to gastrointestinal problems, obesity to colon cancer.

But experts are reluctant to sign-off on the benefits of this diet because there is no one-size-fits-all approach.

A circadian diet is also known more commonly as a type of intermittent fasting, explains Rhiannon Lambert RNutr, nutritionist and author.

Now, intermittent fasting may be an effective method of monitoring energy intake for some by simply skipping a meal or eating only within a certain time-frame, you may consume fewer calories than usual over a period of time which may lead to successful weight loss.

However, this really depends on a multitude of factors, your lifestyle, energy needs, can you keep eating in this way?

Rhiannon says that a lot of her clients have found that this way of eating simply isnt something they enjoy or want to stick to long-term.

That being said, if you dont wake up hungry and you could easily miss breakfast without a second thought it may be a way of life that works for you, just remember it does not guarantee weight loss, she adds.

There is still no large body of evidence to support this approach and some studies suggesting benefits are conducted for those with type 2 diabetes, looking at insulin levels and appetite regulation which cannot be applied to the general public.

She says the principles of eating more intuitively with the light sounds good in theory, but applying them to life is very different.

It is most definitely not something to encourage if you experience anxiety, have a history of disordered eating or an eating disorder, or have a medical condition and are on medication, she says.

The implications of a one-size-fits-all approach are very concerning for registered nutritionists and dietitians like myself.

They may sound like they offer the solution but the reality is we are all unique and our bodies deserve a bespoke approach.

So, if youre considering switching up your diet its important to remember that everybody has different needs.

What works for your best mate, or your favourite influencer, might not be what your body needs.

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One must try to include at least one portion of yellow food every day in their diet. There are a variety of options to choose from - banana, pineapple, yellow bell peppers, lemon, mango and dandelion.

Bananas - Easy to eat and affordable, bananas have a variety of health benefits including weight loss.

Pineapples - It's great for digestion and reduces inflammation.

Yellow bell peppers - These are rich in fibre, folate, iron and antioxidants.

Lemon - Lemon has hydrating and alkalising properties that help keep kidney stones at bay and boosts metabolism.

Mango - Who doesn't love eating mangoes? Mangoes improve eye health, prevent cataract and macular degeneration. The high levels of zeaxanthin in mangoes make them one of the healthiest fruits.

Dandelion - This herb helps greatly in detoxing the body and is great for the liver.

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Mount Sinai Cardiologists Talk Prevention for American Heart Month

(New York, NY January 29, 2020)Heart disease is the leading cause of death among both men and women in the United States, butaccording to the American Heart Association, it is preventable 80 percent of the time. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that nearly 650,000 people die from heart disease every year,accounting for one in every four deaths.

February is American Heart Month, and cardiologists from the Mount Sinai Health System are sharing tips on prevention and lowering risk, and emphasizing the importance of optimism to help avoid cardiac events.

Mount Sinai cardiologists say they are seeing more patients, especially women, with stress-related heart conditions. Most of the stressors involve work or family. Research shows women tend to internalize stress more, making them more prone to stress-related health issues. Stress releases fight or flight hormones that can elevate heart rate and blood pressure, leading to complications including chest pain, palpitations, and irregular heartbeat. Additionally, those who work long hours, travel frequently, do not sleep enough, and have a poor diet can also have abnormal blood pressure and cholesterol levels. In some cases, work stress has been so extreme that several patients have actually fainted on the job.

I have noticed an increased number of women coming in with stress-related heart problems and some cases have been so extreme, patients have quit their jobs in order to survive. Women and men have differing symptoms when it comes to stress-related heart issues. Men with heart problems feel pain or pressure like an elephant on their chest, but for women that is not the case. Their symptoms may present as a headache, or they feel like theyre coming down with a cold or have indigestion, and they may not realize they have a heart problem until it becomes more advanced and more difficult to treat, says Icilma Fergus, MD, Director of Cardiovascular Disparities for the Mount Sinai Health System. It is absolutely critical for everyone to take steps to de-stress and protect your heart health. During stressful times, I advise my patients to stop and take a few minutes to breathe. Relaxation is key, and it is important to set aside time for yourself to decompress. I also advise patients to keep a positive attitude and remain optimistic. These simple steps go a long way.

Optimism Linked to Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death

Having an optimistic mindset is linked to a lower risk of cardiac events and all-cause mortality,according to research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In a study published inJama Network Open, a team of researchers reviewed 15 published medical studies, involving 230,000 patients, that investigated the association between optimism and pessimism, and the subsequent occurrence of cardiovascular events and/or all-cause mortality.

Overall, the investigators found that those with optimism had a 35 percent reduction in risk of cardiovascular events (heart attack, stroke, and cardiac death) when compared to the pessimistic subjects in the study. The results remained significant after adjustment for co-occurring depression, physical activity level, gender, and education (risk factors for disease).

Risk Groups

Everyone is at risk of heart disease, but people are more susceptible to getting the disease if they have high cholesterol or blood pressure, smoke, are overweight, and dont exercise or eat a healthy diet. Age is also a factor, specifically for women over 65 and men older than 55, along with those with a family history of heart disease and people who sleep less than six hours a night.

Certain minority groups, including African Americans and Latinos, are also at higher risk due to genetic predisposition, diet, and lifestyle factors. However, illness in any population can be prevented by taking simple steps towards a healthier lifestyle.

Its critical to detect and diagnose heart disease early on to prevent a possible heart attack or stroke. Starting at age 20, patients should have cholesterol checked, and even at younger ages (12 years) in those with a strong family history of heart disease. Adults should engage in at least 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity physical activity, like brisk walking, or 75 minutes per week of vigorous physical activity, such as tennis, says MaryAnn McLaughlin, MD, Director of Cardiovascular Health and Wellness at Mount Sinai Heart.

Tips for Lowering Risk

About the Mount Sinai Health System

The Mount Sinai Health System is New York City's largest integrated delivery system, encompassing eight hospitals, a leading medical school, and a vast network of ambulatory practices throughout the greater New York region. Mount Sinai's vision is to produce the safest care, the highest quality, the highest satisfaction, the bestaccess and the best value of any health system in the nation. The Health System includes approximately 7,480 primary and specialty care physicians; 11 joint-venture ambulatory surgery centers; more than 410 ambulatory practices throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and 31 affiliated community health centers. The Icahn School of Medicine is one of three medical schools that have earned distinction by multiple indicators: ranked in the top 20 by U.S. News & World Report's "Best Medical Schools", aligned with a U.S. News & World Report's "Honor Roll" Hospital, No. 12 in the nation for National Institutes of Health funding, and among the top 10 most innovative research institutions as ranked by the journal Nature in its Nature Innovation Index. This reflects a special level of excellence in education, clinical practice, and research. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 14 on U.S. News & World Report's "Honor Roll" of top U.S. hospitals; it is one of the nation's top 20 hospitals in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Nephrology, Neurology/Neurosurgery, and Orthopedics in the 2019-2020 "Best Hospitals" issue. Mount Sinai's Kravis Children's Hospital also is ranked nationally in five out of ten pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report. The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked 12th nationally for Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai St. Lukes and Mount Sinai West are ranked 23rd nationally for Nephrology and 25th for Diabetes/Endocrinology, and Mount Sinai South Nassau is ranked 35th nationally for Urology. Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai St. Luke's, Mount Sinai West, and Mount Sinai South Nassau are ranked regionally.

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Alisa Vitti believes it's time women start using their biological rhythm to their advantage. She says, "The myth that we're hormonal, or that our hormones are a liability, is part of an old, misogynistic narrative that isn't actually based on the scientific facts."

Shesays most women are in tune with their monthly menstrual cycle, but they might not know there is asecond monthly clock called the infradian rhythm, which she explains is just as important as the daily circadian rhythm for maintaining our health. "Ignoring our infradian clock actually makes us sick, overwhelmed, and tired," she adds. "Most research in health and fitness is actually done on MEN and is not appropriate for women. For example, if you do HIIT interval training at the wrong time, you actually trigger fat storage. Most diets that work well for men dont work over the long-term for women because our metabolism changes twice per month!"

Vitti has dedicated her life's work to understanding how the female body operates, educating women about their hormones anddisrupting menstrual healthcare.A pioneer of female biohacking and founder of the period-positive platform @floliving, Vitti has released her latest book,In the FLO. She says, "This book shows us how mainstream health plans, self-care routines, fitness regimens, and time management schedules, and even the power morning concept, are all founded on a system that only optimizes male biology, and leaves out the specialized and cyclical needs of women."

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The longer The Biggest Loser went on, though, the harder it was to maintain this position. Though participants were reportedly forbidden from talking to reporters without the shows permission (and were warned about potential fines of up to $1 million if they broke the rules), news began to eke out about what happened behind the scenes. In 2007, the Season 3 contestant Kai Hibbard spoke out about the tactics shed used to shed weight before the finale, which included eating only sugar-free Jell-O and asparagus (a diuretic) for days at a time, and sitting in a sauna for prolonged periods to sweat out more water. In 2014, after the Season 15 winner, Rachel Frederickson, weighed in at an emaciated 105 pounds, a visibly shocked Michaels quit for the third time, with People reporting that she was deeply concerned that attention wasnt being paid to the contestants health. In 2016, Biggest Loser alums told The New York Post that they were given diet pills on the show, sparking an internal NBC investigation. (Producers, doctors, and trainers on the series denied all allegations.) Most damning of all was a wide-ranging National Institutes of Health study published the same year, which revealed not only that the majority of former contestants had regained the weight theyd lost, but that their extreme dieting had also permanently damaged their metabolism.

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Even after so much scrutiny, The Biggest Loser wasnt officially canceled by NBC in 2016. It just never came back. And, in the four years it was off the air, a lot changed. Weight Watchers pivoted to wellness, supposedly rebranding itself away from the hard focus of numbers on a scale and toward more general encouragement of health and well-being. Consumers became more skeptical of diet culture, and more cognizant of the societal factors that lead to obesity. TV also adjusted to the times. Dietland and Shrill premiered, deftly dissecting fatphobia and the self-hatred that products like The Biggest Loser subliminally encourage. As if to illustrate how anachronistic the NBC show seems now, Michaelswhose unfiltered, unflinching style was historically a big part of her appealwas broadly denounced for fat-shaming this month after making comments about Lizzos weight on a BuzzFeed show.

And yet, despite everything, The Biggest Loser has shuffled, zombielike, back to prime time, with a new season debuting this week. USA Network, the sister network to NBC where the show has found a new home, announced last year that in its new incarnation the series was going to offer a holistic, 360-degree look at wellness. In a panel at the Television Critics Association conference in January, Harper (now serving as the shows host) and two new trainers insisted that this time around, things would be differentthat the focus would be on health rather than weight. Which is both a funny comment about a series whose final 20 minutes still revolve around mass weigh-ins optimized for peak drama in a TV studio, and, it turns out, completely untrue.

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We all need more vegetables in our life, but including them in our core three meals is easier said than done. As it turns out plant-based diets actually work the best when an individual drafts their own guidelines around unique health needs and objectives.

A plan that encourages plant-based meals while allowing room for animal products on occasion is alternatively known as the Flexitarian diet.

Helping Ladders navigate the specifics of an optimal Flexitarian diet is the expertise ofSergeyYoung, founder of the Longevity Vision Fund.

For years Young has dedicated his assets, network connections and global research community toward developing affordable and scientifically proven wellness habits. His self-professed mission is to fund the next phase in the longevity revolution.

In Youngs estimation, the first step begins with debunking the falsehoods keeping too many people from breaking away from their toxic dietary habits.

Young explains to Ladders, You dont need to stick to a vegan or vegetarian diet to reap the health benefits. Focusing on getting the majority of your calories from plant foods without excluding animal products completely will have a positive impact on your health. Some nutrients like EPA and DHA are best obtained from fish, seafood, and eggs.

According to the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Diet Rankings, the regimen Young intimates above is one of the healthiest and easiest to follow of all the many plans currently circulating the diet sphere.

Lowering your intake of processed meats will dramatically improve cognition, reduce your risk for developingType 2 diabetesandheart disease, help regulate weight gain and boost longevity as a consequence of the previously mentioned attributes.

More than the rich sources of energy and protein provided by lean meats like chicken and omega-3 rich sources like fish, allowing room in any regimen for foods you enjoy makes any plan that much more sustainable over time.

With a Flexitarian diet youre getting the macro-nutrients you need from organic sources most of the time but when you want to have maybe a piece of grass-fed steak or even just a piece of steak at a restaurant, or you want to have eggs, you can. It allows room for these other kinds of food without being so hardcore, dietitian Keri Glassman recently told Ladders.

One of the critiques lobed at plant-based diets the most often claims that it isnt plausible to get the majority of the daily calories needed from plants. While its true that even the most balanced plant-based regimens are not as calorically dense as other plans, this isnt necessarily a bad thing.

Young continues, Habits common among areas where people live the longest include a reduced calorie intake and fasting and a25-year study in monkeysfound that eating 30% fewer calories than normal led to a significantly longer life and less age-related diseases. Even if your calorie requirements are higher, youre still able to get enough from other calorie-dense foods like sweet potatoes, nuts, and oils.

Of course, calorie intake is much more about where youre getting your calories than it is about how many calories youre consuming day to day. Protein is the nutrient most often lamented by those skeptical of taking on a plant based diet.

Although not as packed with amino acids, proteins obtained from plants actually contain more nutrients and fiber than protein derived from animal sources.

Tofu (contains about 10 g of protein per cup), lentils (cooked contains 8.84 g of protein per cup) and chickpeas(7.25 g per cup) all on their own sufficiently fuel vegan bodybuildersa group with a protein demand significantly higher than yours and mine.

Make no mistake, its not enough to limit meat intake and increase plant consumption in order to boost longevity. the source matters a great deal. Variety is key to any diet plan.

Local, farm-grown and organic produce nurtured without the use of pesticides, manmade fertilizers or genetic modifications is more nutritious than non-organic commercial foods, Young informed Ladders. Superfoods like maca, spirulina, goji berry, etc. might be marketed as nutritional powerhouses but food variety is even more important than its nutritional density. Its important to make sure you eat a full rainbow of fruits and vegetables for a balanced and varied diet.

Longevity is bolstered by a panoply of physiological factors: optimal brain health, metabolicregulation, weight management, cellular vascular health, cardiovascularhealth, and emotional stability. Every one of these requires balance, especially when it comes to our diet.

Although there arent many studies that have been done on this topic,there appears to be a link showingthat plant-based diets can influence brain function positivity through altered microbial status and systematic metabolic alterations. However, despite the positive effect of plant-based diets on brain health, there is a risk of these diets creating a deficiency in the essential brain nutrient cholinewhich is why some proportion of eggs and other animal-based products must still be kept in your diet, said Young.

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If you're looking to cut down on carbs or just want a fun way to eat more veggies, then it's probably time you invest in a spiralizer. A spiralizer will turn your fresh veggies into faux noodles (you know: zoodles). But you can spiralize way more than just zucchini.

Spiralizer Ultimate Vegetable Slicer

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The Spiralizer Ultimate Vegetable Slicer has seven blades that make it capable of spiralizing anything from beets to bell peppers. You can swap out the blade to customize the noodles you're prepping, whether you want a finer angel-hair like shred or something a little curlier to make fries with.

This spiralizer also comes with four recipe e-books, so that you'll never run out of veggie-inspired meals to make.

The product has over 4,500 reviews, but people couldn't stop mentioning how this spiralizer's been a game-changer for their diets.

This customer on the keto diet said the tool helped her flex her cooking skills.

Another reviewer mentioned how the machine helped him keep up with his vegetarian lifetstyle.

"As a vegetarian many of my calories come from veggies (or at least they should :)), but they get fairly dull to eat in their original form or diced. By putting them into noodles seems to really do the trick when it comes to making them even better!"

Other people raved about how much fun they had using the machine, including this customer who compared the spiralizer to a pencil sharpener.

"Spiralizing hard items such as sweet potatoes and zucchinis are an ease. In fact, it's so easy that my 3 and 6-year-old can do it. The only thing I can compare it too is that is has the same motion as a mounted pencil sharpener, but has less friction and hesitance. It feels more like the motion of turning the pencil sharpener when there is no pencil in it."

If you want to upgrade your kitchen counter space, the spiralizer's available on Amazon for $29.97. Go ahead and live your best spira-life.

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Outdoor-adventure photographer Jeff Brockmeyer highlights five daily habits that allow him to effectively take a plant-based diet on the road

After a 4 a.m. wake-up and an hour drive south to the Mexican border, Jeff Brockmeyer marches into the Tijuana International Airports TSA checkpoint officers, unzips his trusty cooler bag, and presents 120 ounces of pure, organic orange juice loaded with Vitamin C and ready for inspection.

Traveling from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas means a busy day with international borders and airport security checks before arriving in an unfamiliar land. Brockmeyer, however, has zero intention of letting hectic travel negatively impact his healthy diet. While vegan, he is first and foremost a dedicated produce-juicer who consumes three-quarters of all meals as fresh juice.

Brockmeyer, 35, is a talented and respected outdoors and action sports photographer whos made a career out of traveling the world. That is, until two years ago, when Brockmeyers on-the-road lifestyle came to screeching halt. Health issues related to Crohns disease forced his hand to make a life-changing choice:Undergo a major surgery to remove an inflamed part of his intestine; or begin a series of chemotherapy treatments. Either way, traveling for work was out of the picture and Brockmeyer felt that he was losing grip on the life he had worked hard to create.

Then, lying awake one night in the hospital, Brockmeyer realized a third option: Adapt to a 100 percent plant-based diet. He made a choice to forgo doctors recommendations and committed to implementing the diet, regardless of the extra effort.

Today, Brockmeyer is back to living his life, traveling to the fullest and making breathtaking images. Only now, he has become a master of planning out plant-based meals. Because of the high health stakes to make a mobile juice-based diet work, we needed to hear his best tips for taking such a high-health, high-effort production on the road or into the air.

Back in Cabo, Brockmeyer hits the ground and immediately finds a local market to stock up on all of the fresh fruits and vegetables needed for his week ahead. With necessities in hand, we connect in the evening to unlock a few keys to not sacrificing healthy habits while traveling.In short, the recipe to success starts with proper planning and following through on a few routines. Healthy habits are a byproduct of healthy routines. Brockmeyers best advice for health on the road? Plan for it by making new routinesand stick to them!

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Brockmeyers 5 Routines for a Healthy Travel Diet

Do Your Research: As soon as a trip is booked, find the nearest grocery store. Plan the meals you will be shopping for based on what foods will be available in that area. Upon arrival in Cabo San Lucas, Brockmeyer already had the name and location of the nearest market and wasted zero time stockpiling produce.The first thing I type in on Google is the city Im going to and organic farmers market, Brockmeyer says. Organic and local is my favorite. It tastes the best and is the most nutrient-dense. Thats what I strive for.

Prepare at Home: The day before hitting the road, prepare all of the meals needed for the entire day of travel. For Brockmeyer this includes around 120 ounces of juice and a variety of dried fruits. His strategy here is to have enough nutrients prepared for an entire day regardless of what it will entail.Ill take about two hours the night before preparing, he says. Ill make my juice, cut up different fruit and store everything in the fridge. I always pack four jars of juice and some backup dried fruit so that I can get through an entire day, in case there is an emergency. Even if it is a two-hour flight, bring snacks for the whole day.

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$120 in local organic freshly picked produce. This will last about a week. If you have farmers markets in your area, I highly recommend supporting them. Not only is their quality of produce far superior, but it is usually way cheaper too! Food is medicine. Pills are not medicine, pills are poison. Choosing to pay your farmers for the life force of nutrient dense organic produce keeps the system alive that is designed to keep us alive. Farmers are our key to radiant health. Monsanto would love to pump you up full of GMO corn and soy based processed crap, Merk would love to pump you up full of aluminum and formaldehyde vaccines to give you autism, Tyson would love to pump you full of hormone infused chicken thighs, AND.. your local organic farmers would love to pump you up full of the best nutrients in earth grown by the sun and the king himself to give you a thriving and perfectly healthy body. Lets give the local growers our support to keep on going so Costco and Walmart arent the only options to get organic food in 10 years. Ive drink 200oz of fresh Valencia orange juice in the past two days and Ive never felt better. The cure to all these bull crap diseases is to stop listening to your doctor recite research studies and prescribe you medicine, listen to your heart, to nature, it is listening to the healers, and the self healers who have put in the hard as hell work, regenerating their bodies the hard way, all on the one tool given to us to keep us healthy and bring us back to health. The Food! Its the food. Its everything! Im about to blow a fuse out of my brain socket Im so pumped up on 64 oz of OJ. Thanks for listening to my rants. Happy holidays may the juice be with you.

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Pack Accordingly: Brockmeyer prepares two bags to ensure his healthy travel is a success. One bag is typically a carry-on cooler containing the prepared juices and cut dried fruits for his travel. This bag is also equipped with coldpacks and a doctor note confirming his diet. Although he has never had any issues with TSA while flying domestically, he has been asked to present a doctor note during international travel inspections. The second bag gets checked and contains all of the tools necessary to prepare meals while on the road. Example packlist includes: knives, cutting boards, bowls, strainers, a juicer or blender and lots of storage such as water bottles, grocery bags, mason jars and Tupperware.

I make sure all of my stuff is extremely organized, and I bring a doctor note in addition to saying that I have a health condition, Brockmeyer says. It has never been an issue. The other thing I do is take everything I would need for an extended period of time.

Groceries on Arrival: The number one biggest tip and most important step: Grocery shop as soon as you arrive to your destination. Brockmeyer cant stress the importance of this step enough. If you are traveling with others, dont feel awkward about breaking off to shop or asking the group to make the stop with you. Either way, it is imperative that you take responsibility for your diet and that means buying the ingredients you need.If you want to live a healthy life and travel, he says, the first thing you have to do is go to the grocery store no matter where you go! You dont go to a restaurant, you dont go to a gas station. You go to a grocery store and get what you need. You are in charge of your body.

Prepare Meals Daily: Each morning Brockmeyer prepares all of his meals, this requires setting aside the time in advance. If you know you wont have time to cook your meals directly before you eat them, plan ahead and prepare for your day. If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.You need to prep your own food, Brockmeyer insists. If you will be on the go all day, wake up early and make all of your meals. That is your routine.

Follow Brockmeyers juicing journey @JeffJuices / jeffjuices.com, and his adventure photography @JeffBrockmeyer / jeffbrockmeyer.com

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