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The end of 2019 brings with it holiday gatherings, school vacations, and the annual tradition of New Years resolutions with some of the most common resolutions being to exercise more and lose weight. Popular gym chains across the country capitalize on the broad desire to get healthy in the New Year with persuasive post-holiday marketing campaigns, but theyre also undermining public health warnings about the dangers of indoor tanning, according to a new study from UConn researchers published today by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open.

An interesting study was published a few years ago that found an association between physical activity and increased risk for melanoma, said Sherry Pagoto, a professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences and director of the UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media who is the lead author of todays study. Exercise is typically associated with reduced risk for cancer, so it was surprising to see an association with increased risk for melanoma. Around the same time we began to notice some of the large gym chains offering tanning beds. This got us wondering just how many gyms are offering tanning beds and about the implications of marketing tanning beds to physically active people who we now know are at increased risk for melanoma.

Little is known about how pervasive the presence of tanning beds is in gyms. In seeking better understanding, Pagotos team sampled locations from three of the six largest national gym chains in the United States Anytime Fitness, Golds Gym, and Planet Fitness. Across all five regions of the country, the researchers identified 1,927 locations in 33 states and the District of Columbia, and then surveyed those locations to see if indoor tanning services were available for the locations clients. A total of 1,727 gyms responded to the survey calls and inquiries.

Over 78 percent of the gyms reached had tanning beds: a total of 4,660 tanning beds were found in the 1,727 gyms. Planet Fitness provided more tanning beds than the other gyms, followed by Anytime Fitness and then Golds Gym. The Midwest region had the highest proportion of tanning beds in the sampled gyms when compared to the other four regions in the country 87 percent of the locations surveyed in the Midwest had tanning beds.

Gyms appear to be the new tanning salons, Pagoto said. This is surprising because our sense had been that the tanning industry was on the decline. However, it appears that the industry is just moving tanning beds into novel environments with gyms being the most common.

Pagoto continued, Because people associate gyms with health, gyms are essentially putting a health halo on tanning beds. The public health community has been trying to communicate the message to the public that tanning beds are not safe or healthy, but gyms with tanning beds are obstructing that message.

The surveys were conducted between June 2018 and February 2019, and focused on only the three gym chains, which are among the six largest gym chains in the United States. Only one other chain, SNAP Fitness, provides tanning beds; the remaining two chains LA Fitness and 24 Hour Fitness do not offer indoor tanning, according to their corporate offices.

The good news is that there are gym chains that do not include tanning beds in their business model, and so consumers have a choice, Pagoto said. I just have to question the motivation of any gym that uses a carcinogen to lure members. Is their priority really my health? Regardless of whether a consumer uses tanning beds, they should take pause when considering their choice of gym.

Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States. Melanoma, the deadly form of skin cancer, is one of the most common types of cancer among women, especially young women, and exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays is the most preventable cause. While exposure to UV rays from indoor tanning beds is particularly carcinogenic more than 400,000 cases of skin cancer may be related to indoor tanning in the United States each year, according to a 2014 meta-analysis its also completely avoidable.

In addition to Pagoto, the researchers contributing to the study included Kelsey Arroyo, Jared Goetz, and Molly Waring in UConns Department of Allied Health; David Conroy and Ashley West with the Department of Kinesiology at Pennsylvania State University; and Samantha Mulcahy at Oakland Universitys School of Health Sciences.

This study was supported by funding from the National Institute of Healths National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Grant No. K24HL124366. Visit nhlbi.nih.gov for more information.

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Does swimming burn fat? Cycling? How about a luxury boot camp in St Lucia? Yep, they are all great for shedding a few pounds , but youll need a pool, a bike or a six-figure salary. If you can afford a pair of running shoes, though, you can run. You can run in the sun. You can run in the rain. You can run in the snow. You can run with a friend. You can run by yourself. You can even run every single day if youre smart about recovery.

This accessibility makes running one of the best ways to lose weight, and boost your fitness and all-round health. However, running for lasting weight loss is more complicated than simply hitting the pavement and hoping the pounds melt away. Heres everything you need to win when running to lose.

Yes, you need to fuel your efforts, but running is not an invitation to the all-you-can-eat buffet afterwards your goal is losing weight. In fact, you could find yourself gaining weight if you over-fuel your runs. Most people overestimate the calories they burn on a run, says coach Angela Rubin. In general, you burn about 100 calories per mile.

Heres the bottom line: if you run three miles, you dont need to refuel with a 400kcal brownie. Weight loss is about creating a caloric imbalance, where youre using slightly more calories than youre consuming, says Dr Daniel OConnor, professor of health and human performance at the University of Houston, US.

To do this, you also need to factor in the number of calories you burn when you are not running, simply to keep your body functioning (cell production, breathing, processing nutrients, circulation etc). This is known as your basal metabolic rate. Bear in mind that people of the same height, weight, and gender can have different basal metabolic rates.

Some are simply born with a more active internal engine, and fitter people tend to have higher BMRs because they have more muscle and less fat. There are various online calculators that will give you a good idea of your BMR. Add to it the calories you burn per day from running and other activities to work out your overall calorie expenditure.

Adding strength-training to your routine is important for many reasons: for a start, it makes you a stronger runner and reduces your risk of injury.Running is only hard on your joints if you dont have the muscle to support them,says Rubin. It also helps you lose weight. The more lean muscle mass you have, the more calories youll burn at rest, she says.

You want a calorie deficit, but nothing too extreme. People often think they need to restricta large number of calories to lose weight, but if youre doing that while running, youre burning the candle at both ends, says sports dietitian Tavierney Rogan. Possible fallout includes injury, burnout and bingeing.

When you cut carbs or skip meals in an effort to drop pounds, youre not giving your bodywhat it needs to avoid muscle breakdown. When you run, you use the glycogen in your muscles. So after a run, you need 40-50g of carbohydrates to replenish glycogen stores thats two to four servings of fruit or complex carbs such as porridge or brown rice. The food isnt going to your gut, either. The carbs you eat after a workout are used by your muscles, says Rogan, not stored as fat. Youll want to also supplement that fuel with some protein for muscle recovery, too.

Cutting too many calories can also trigger a slowdown in your metabolism, as your body responds to the lack of fuel by clicking into starvation mode, making it nearly impossible to maintain weight loss. Instead of slashing calories, aim for a deficit of 200-250 calories a day. That should result in a loss of 300-350g per week, which wont flip the starvation switch.

We can all agree that an early alarm is rarely an appealing prospect, but it could work wonders for your waistline. A study published in the journal Obesity that examined the habits of people who maintained a weight loss of at least 30lb for at least a year, found that those who consistently exercise at the same time of day tend to get about an hour more of exercise each week than those who vary their workout slots. What time of day didnt necessarily matter, but the research found that most consistent exercisers do so inthe early morning hours. Why? The researchers suggest that consistency helps you ingrainthe exercise habit. So if you exercise every morning after you have your coffee, your mind clever thing that it is prepares to get going as you smell the java brewing. Also, early morning maybe the easiest time to build that exercise habit, because its the time when life demands are least likely to derail your plans.

Also, a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found those who exercised before eating breakfast burned twice the fat of those who exercised after breakfast. This boosted fat burn may be due to an increased availability of fatty acids, which, among other functions, fuel your cells if glucose isnt available, says Dr Javier Gonzalez, the study author and a lecturer in human and applied physiology at the University of Bath.

If you are heading out on an empty stomach, though, aim for a shorter and easier route, so youll avoid running out of steam halfway through.

A study in Plos One found people who skimped on sleep were more likely to have higher body mass indexes and larger waist circumferences than those who got adequate shut-eye. The good news is, running may help you sleep easier and deeper. Many studies have found that daily aerobic exercise specifically the moderate-to-intense type improves sleep quality. If you run in the evening, make sure you leave enough time before bedtime to let your body temperature and heart rate come down.

All types of running will burn calories and fat, but throwing in some speed in the form of interval or HIIT training will boost your burn. In fact, interval training could help you lose 29 per cent more weight than continuous moderate-intensity running, according to a new meta-analysis of studies, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Interval training seems to change your metabolism, and higher intensity exercise seemsto promote physiological changes that might favour long-term weight loss, explains study co-author Dr Paulo Gentil. In other words, it makes your body more efficient at burning fat.

In even better news, youll still be burning fat even after you finish your run. Running at a high intensity will create an after burn, which is when your body continues to burn calories when youre no longer moving, says Rubin.

Try adding four to six 30-seconds prints to your normal runs a study from the University ofWestern Ontario, Canada, found people who did this lost twice the body fat of those who ran slow and steady. However, as interval training is more taxing on your body, plan two to three days of recovery between sessions.

Dieting is about deprivation. Saying I cant eat this, over and over is awful, says nutritionist Rebecca Scritchfield. And it doesnt work in the long term: Everyone has a weight set point, a range of 10-15lb your body settles into. Dip below that and your brain protects you against further weight loss with hunger-inducing hormones. In a war of brain chemistry against willpower, your brain will win, says Scritchfield.

She urges runners to ditch the obsession with target weights, and to focus on the many other benefits of running, such as improved sleep and increased energy.

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Kate Beckinsale just revealed that she had to lose weight for a specific role.

When Beckinsale was still in college, she had a breakout role in Michael Bays 2001 drama Pearl Harbor, according to Womens Health.

The 46-year-old actress expressed how excited she was when she landed the role of Lieutenant Evelyn Johnson, a nurse and love interest of the two lead actors Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett.

In an interview with the magazine for its January/February 2020 cover, she said she was asked to lose weight for the movie and that she was not prepared at all for the task.

It wasnt great," Beckinsale said."It didnt make me feel good, and in general, I think women are body-shamed 100 million percent more than men. But on this particular project, I wasnt. Ben [Affleck], whod already done a movie with the director, was like, This happened to me. They made me get new teeth. And I was like Cool, at least I get to hang on to my teeth, she continued.

Throughout her acting career, Beckinsale has tried to fight ageism in Hollywood. She said she is very connected to her body and likes to exercise.

Earlier this month, Beckinsale turned up the heat with a sizzling bikini photo and fiery Instagram comments. The actress shared multiple snaps of her enviable figure in a series of bathing suit pics while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Although the Underworld star mostlygarnered praise for flaunting her toned physique while modeling in the different two-piece swimsuits, one ageist commenter lashed out by writing: "Shes too old..looking for attention hahahaa!!"

Beckinsale was clearly not into anyone raining on herbikini paradeand turned the vitriol into a teaching moment by posting a very lengthy response, reportedTooFab.

Without berating the woman who left the catty comment, Beckinsale tried to enlighten her with words of female empowerment.

"If youre young and fearing getting older, dont. Its not at all how people scare you it will be especially for a woman, she continued.

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How active a kid is doesnt have that much of an influence on his or her weight, a new study has found. Instead, its the amount of food the child eats that can lead to them being overweight or obese.

American scientists took the calorie expenditure of kids from the Shuar tribe a group that mainly forages, and farms a little bit, in the Amazon and compared it to the expenditure of kids in America and U.K. While the Shuar children were more active than the kids in industrialized areas, and had better immune systems meaning their bodies spent energy in keeping them healthy from the open environment and exposures to bacteria the less active kids in the West still burned the same number of calories.

Its a trade-off, the new studys co-author Herman Pontzer told the National Post.

Even if a kid spends a lot of time running around, and, in the Shuar case, looking for food, theyll be expending a lot of energy for that activity, he explained. However, that doesnt mean the kid will spend calories at the same rate later. Instead, the body will use less energy for activities performed later on in the day.

Theres already been much research into how adults metabolisms operate, which shows that they too have a set amount of calories that their body will burn, regardless of activity level. Now the research conducted by Pontzer, the anthropologist Samuel Urlacher and their team has found that the same rings true for children.

Their findings could give us a better idea on how to handle childhood obesity; in this country, the obesity rate has nearly tripled in the last 30 years, according to Health Canada.

Obesity is an issue of energy imbalance. Youre eating more calories than you burn off, Pontzer said. The way you deal with obesity is you try to focus on the energy thats coming in, on diet.

Pontzer also heavily emphasized that the results dont mean that you dont need to exercise.

Exercise is a great tool, an essential tool, for keeping your body healthy and your immune system healthy. But for managing your weight, you want to focus on diet. Diet for weight and exercise for health.

And so, he pointed out, the common understanding that exercising more to earn that donut wont actually make a person lose weight. Even the World Health Organization encourages exercise to shed the kilos.

The idea (has been) that exercise is a good tool for losing weight and its not. Its a terrible tool for losing weight, Pontzer said. Exercise and diet have been given equal weighting when it comes to dropping pounds. That just gets the physiology wrong.

Simply put, a person cant out-exercise a bad diet.

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A study published in journal Neurology found that obesity can put you at risk of dementia

Over weight people, please take note. Researchers have found that obesity in midlife is linked to a greater risk of dementia later in life; however, poor diet and lack of exercise are not.

"Some previous studies have suggested poor diet or a lack of exercise may increase a person's risk of dementia, however, our study found these factors are not linked to the long-term risk of dementia," said said study author Sarah Floud from the University of Oxford in the UK.

"Short-term associations between these factors and dementia risk are likely to reflect changes in behaviour, such as eating poorly and being inactive, due to early symptoms of dementia," Floud said.

The study, published in the journal Neurology, involved one of every four women born in the United Kingdom between 1935 to 1950, or nearly 1,137,000 women.

They had an average age of 56 and did not have dementia at the start of the study.

Participants were asked about their height, weight, diet and exercise at the start of the study.

For the study, Body Mass Index (BMI) between 20 and 25 was considered desirable, and a BMI of 30 or higher was considered obese.

Women who reported exercising less than once per week were considered inactive. Those who exercised more often were considered active. Women's reported usual diet was used to calculate their calorie intake.

Researchers then followed the women for an average of 18 years. After 15 years from the start of the study, 18,695 women were diagnosed with dementia.

Researchers adjusted for age, education, smoking and many other factors.

They found that women who were obese at the start of the study had, in the long-term, a 21-per cent greater risk of dementia compared to women with a desirable BMI.

Among the obese women, 2.1 per cent, or 3,948 of 177,991 women, were diagnosed with dementia.

This is compared to 1.6 per cent of women with desirable BMI, or 7,248 of 434,923 women, who were diagnosed with the disease.

However, while low calorie intake and inactivity were associated with a higher risk of dementia during the first 10 years of the study, these associations weakened substantially, and after 15 years, neither was strongly linked to dementia risk.

"The short-term links between dementia, inactivity and low calorie intake are likely to be the result of the earliest signs of the disease, before symptoms start to show," Floud said.

Floud continued, "On the other hand, obesity in midlife was linked with dementia 15 or more years later. Obesity is a well-established risk factor for cerebrovascular disease. Cerebrovascular disease contributes to dementia later in life."

The limitation of the study was that it looked at women only, so the results may not be the same for men.

Not justdementia, but obesity and being overweight can increase risk of even diabetes and high blood pressure (as it has been previously found). Following are some tips that can help in keeping obesity away:

1. Consume a balanced diet stay away from fad diets: You need to include all food groups in your diet included fats, carbs, protein and fibre. Avoid processed, packaged, junk, deep-fried foods and sugary foods.

2. Include protein in every meal:Proteins can help in building muscle mass-which is an important part of healthy weight loss. Eggs, milk and dairy products, nuts and seeds, soy and soy products fish and sea food and chicken are all healthy protein sources.

3. Avoid white sugar: Refined sugar is nothing but empty calories. Switch to healthy sugar alternatives like dates, honey, coconut sugar, sugarcane and jaggery to curb sugar cravings.

4. Exercise regularly:Make sure your workout routine involves both cardio and weight training/strength training exercises. While the former helps in burning calories, the latter helps in losing bad fat and gaining muscles.

5. Be stress-free:Not only does stress hamper your weight loss goals, it also negatively affects your health. Manage your stress by changing your attitude towards stressful situations and do yoga, meditation, etc.

6. Sleep well: A good night's sleep is an essential prerequisite to weight loss, good health and hormonal balance. Lack of sleep can make room for cravings and overeating. For a healthy weight loss, getting minimum of seven to eight hours is sleep is important.

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Have you given a try to these teas yet to lose weight? (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock)

Losing weight, being fit and healthy is the topmost priority for everyone these days. And what can be a better way to shed those extra kilos than by sipping up hot tea. Drinking tea has been associated with many health benefits, including protecting cells from damage and reducing the risk of heart disease. These five teas can help you lose weight, suggests Nitish Jha, founder, Healthy Souls.

Cinnamon is the most commonly found spice in the kitchen and a hot cup of this tea can help boost metabolism. It's effect on blood glucose levels also help your body ultimately lose weight. Cinnamon also stimulates the digestive system, reduces muscle soreness and decreases menstrual pain.

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Senna helps in the treatment of constipation and other gastrointestinal disorders. (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock)

Senna leaves and the fruit of the plant are used to make medicine. Senna Tea is used as an agent to remove toxins from the body which stimulates weight loss. It boosts the waste removal process in our body and detoxifies it. Senna also helps in the treatment of constipation and other gastrointestinal disorders.

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Moringa is an excellent source of essential amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins. It cleanses our body by removing the bad cholesterol from the body. Therefore it can reduce fat formation and enhance fat breakdown which can result in weight loss. Moringa have many other benefits too like it can protect the liver from medicinal drug side effects, and can also help in digestive issues.

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Chamomile tea comes from daisy flower of the Asteraceae plant family and it has been used as a natural remedy for several health ailments. It is a caffeine-free alternative of black tea and green tea. It can also help to treat digestive issues, such as irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhoea, and colic as it is rich in antioxidants. Chamomile is regarded as a sleep inducer and is also beneficial in reducing inflammation, decrease anxiety and reduce stress. The infusion also aids digestion which is very important for a calm night of sleep.

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Garcinia Cambogia Tea keeps a check on cholesterol levels. (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock)

Demanding work hours, less workout and other major changes in lifestyle are leading many of us towards obesity and weight gain. A hot cup of Garcinia Cambogia Tea is a perfect rescue for managing weight. Garcinia Cambogia, which is also called Malabar tamarind, is a popular weight loss way which reduces the appetite, blocks fat production and also keeps a check on blood sugar and cholesterol levels.

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Whatever your goals for 2020 take your first steps, get faster, go longer, get leaner, beat injuries or run happier we have the knowledge you need to make this your best running year. Here's how to set your goal and make it happen this year.

Running has the power to change your life. Heres how to get going and make sure you never want to stop. For more advice, training plans and strength workouts to keep you running strong, head to the beginner's section of our website.

Running is one of the best ways to lose weight. If your 2020 goal is to shed pounds and feel healthier and happier than ever, we've got all the advice you need to help you ensure your mile maximise the fat you lose, in a safe way. (Need more inspiration, just take a look at these Runner's World readers who transformed their bodies through running).

While we all run for different reasons, many of us do chase the dream of being a fraction closer to the Kipchoges' of this world. If your 2020 goal is to run faster, here's how to do it.

Whether it's your first marathon, or you're hoping to go sub-3 for the first time, we've got all the training plans to help you meet your time goal. Not ready for a full marathon? We've got everything you need to run your strongest half too.

So you've got a marathon under your belt, and want to make 2020 the year you run further than ever before. Here's how to condition your body and mind - and find the time in your life - to step up and go beyond the marathon distance.

Runners get injured. But it isnt because you run its the way you train or a lack of commitment to the important things that support your running. Here's how to get it right this year and run stronger than ever before. For more information on running injuries and advice from experts, head to the injury section of the website.

It is now widely accepted that aerobic exercise, and particularly running, can boost our wellbeing, mental health and cognitive abilities. Here's how to run your way to a happier you this year:

Last, but by no means least, if you want to spend 2020 getting stronger than ever before, we've got all the strength-training inspiration, core workouts and home exercise routines to get you on the right track.

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Bride-to-be who spent years on strict diets hits out at people who pressure women to be the thinnest versions of themselves for their wedding, as she urges other brides to hit the gym to cope with STRESS not to get thin

Brides-to-be often find themselves bombarded with diet plans and bootcamp programs designed to trim their silhouettes for the big day but one body-positive bride is exercising for a whole other reason.

Kelsey Miller, a writer based in New York City, struggled with body image from her childhood to most of her adult life. The 33-year-old has penned a memoir recounting how, after years trapped in a restrict-and-binge cycle, she turned to intuitive eating and made peace with her body.

After becoming engaged, Miller did rev up her exercise routine, but it had nothing to do with losing weight. Instead, she relies on exercise to help her cope with the stress of wedding planning, and urged other brides-to-be to focus on their mental well-being in a essay.

I think the majority of brides, understandably, want to look their best on their wedding days, told the DailyMail.

Somewhere along the line, your best came to be defined as the thinnest possible version of yourself. Thats a sad but obvious fact about our culture generally, but in the bridal industry, its amplified (like everything else).

So, wedding weight loss has become a norm. I think thats proven by the fact that some people think its a big deal that Im not actively trying to get skinny.

The writer, who became a fitness fan once she stopped exercising as part of punitive diets and prioritized her own enjoyment instead, said her workouts had become even more important than usual as she began making plans for her big day.

By releasing endorphins and helping to regulate cortisol, physical activity can give brides the perfect outlet to blow out some steam.

I would encourage every bride-to-be to hit the gym on a regular basis not to get thin, but to stay sane, Miller wrote in her essay.

She warned against trying to lose weight in a last-ditch effort to walk down the aisle a couple sizes smaller, insisting that wedding planning is already stressful enough without the added pressure of dieting.

Back in my dieting days, I was always looking for a weight-loss deadline. You know, like so many people, I would say, Im going to lose 30 pounds before my birthday. I would use other peoples weddings as deadlines too, she said.

So, I think, if I were sweating for the wedding back then, my workouts would have looked much more extreme everything would have been more extreme. My gym routine, my food (which I would have restricted, of course), and my mood too. Working out like that doesnt relieve stress it exacerbates it. I probably would have been a frazzled mess.

First-time brides, she said, are particularly vulnerable targets for diet plans and workout programs, because they are prone to look for advice while trying to get familiar with the planning process.

The diet industry requires that we be insecure or ashamed of our bodies. If we all felt great about ourselves, the diet industry couldnt survive! Miller said.

Wedding planning is stressful, most of us have never done this before, so were looking for guidance everywhere. Often its easier to just go with the flow, and wedding weight loss is part of that. Look at all the diet and fitness packages marketed specifically to brides. Its essentially become another wedding tradition.

While shopping for her wedding dress, Miller discovered that weight loss had become the norm for so many brides that store clerks had come to expect it.

They would say things like, Now, youre probably going to want to buy a smaller dress because youre planning to lose weight, but we strongly discourage that. My response was, Why on earth would I do that?! she said.

I think theyre used to brides setting extreme weight-loss goals for themselves, buying a dress two sizes smaller, then not being able to fit into it. Talk about adding needless stress. No, I would like a dress that fits, please.

As she faced an ever-growing to-do list of details to sort tout, Miller found that the gym helped her relieve some of the unnecessary stress that often comes with wedding planning.

I dont really care about having a signature cocktail, but the wedding industry acts as if my marriage will be null and void if I dont have one. Its easy to get caught up in that nonsense, and going to the gym is a great way of snapping myself out of it, she said.

It gets me out of my head and into my body, it squeezes out some of that excess anxiety, and it just makes me feel better, physically and mentally. Its something I do to take care of myself, and giving that to myself helps me function better in the world (and in wedding planning).

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Polyphenols can reduce inflammation in the body

Polyphenols benefits: For good health and weight, you need both macronutrients and micronutrients. Proteins, fats and carbs are the three macronutrients. Vitamins and minerals like Vitamins A, D, E, K, C and B Vitamins, iron, calcium, magnesium, etc are the micronutrients that the body needs to function properly and efficiently. In one of his recent live sessions on Facebook, lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho talks about polyphenols-important micronutrients that can be attained from plant-based diets. He says that polyphenols are immensely beneficial micronutrients that are required by people of all age groups, including young children to older adults.

Polyphenols are antioxidants that can give a boost to your digestive system, informs Luke in the video. Following are other benefits of these micronutrients that will surprise you:

1. They can help you lose weight and burn fat.

2. Polyphenols can help in preventing diabetes and also help you recover from type 2 diabetes.

3. Neurodegenerative problems like multiple sclerosis can be prevented by regular intake of polyphenols through a plant-based diet.

4. Polyphenols can reduce inflammation in the body.

5. Inflammation reducing properties of polyphenols can help in reducing risk of heart diseases.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. A new group called the Low-Carb Action Network (LCAN), a coalition of doctors, academics, and average Americans with personal success stories using low-carb diets, has launched to urge U.S. nutrition leaders to include a true low-carb diet as part of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).

LCAN members point to a large and rapidly growing body of strong scientific research showing carbohydrate restriction to be a safe and effective strategy to prevent and even reverse chronic, diet-related conditions such as pre-diabetes/type 2 diabetes, overweight/obesity, and high blood pressure along with a broad array of other cardiovascular risk factors.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently endorsed low-carb/keto diets as a standard of care for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes, stating that the diet lowers blood pressure, controls blood sugar, lowers triglycerides (fatty acids in the blood), raises the good cholesterol (HDL-C), and reduces the need for medication use.

However, the DGA does not include a low-carb diet. For the 2015 DGA, USDA-HHS ignored some 70 clinical trials demonstrating the effectiveness of low-carb diets. LCAN does not want important scientific evidence to again be ignored.

LCAN members are also concerned that USDA, in its current scientific reviews, is using an inaccurate definition of the diet that is not up-to-date with current science and will lead to misleading, untrustworthy results. Specifically, USDA is defining low-carb as 45 percent of total calories or less, when leaders in the field agree this number should be 25 percent.

Dr. Eric Westman, Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University emphasized that the current dietary guidelines do not apply to most Americans and that a variety of dietary options should be presented to the American people, including a low-carbohydrate diet.

One size does not fit all. If there is anything weve learned over the last four years, its that the low-carb approach should be a viable option, stated Westman.

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, Professor of Family Medicine at West Virginia University said a majority of the patients he treats daily have obesity and metabolic syndrome, a combination of conditions driven by hyperinsulinemia that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

If the government has any responsibility to give advice on nutrition it should be focused on those who have a medical condition which is impacted by nutrition and provide evidence-based nutrition solutions, one being a low-carb diet. This diet is highly effective to prevent and treat diet-related illnesses and has decades of evidence to support it.

Dr. Nadir Ali, Chairman, Department of Cardiology, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, and Research Professor, Dept. of Nutrition and Applied Science, University of Houston, has significant experience in the science and practice of low-carb diets.

As a cardiologist, I regularly prescribe a low-carb diet to treat patients with type 2 diabetes and other heart-related diseases to better their health and improve their quality of life, said Ali. Given the significant amount of scientific research and evidence supporting this diet, its time for U.S. nutrition policy leaders to prescribe a low-carb option for those who are tipping into obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and more.

A study conducted last year by the University of North Carolina at Chapel concluded that only 12 percent of American adults are metabolically healthy, while 88 percent are en route to developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease or another chronic, diet-related condition.

Dr. Jeffry Gerber, M.D., FAAFP, board certified family physician and owner of South Suburban Family Medicine in Denver, CO, said it is unconscionable for nutrition leaders not to include a low-carb diet in the dietary guidelines.

It is unacceptable for our nations nutrition leaders to exclude nearly nine out of ten adults from the guidelines, when low-carb diets provide a viable and proven solution for effectively combatting obesity and diabetes, among other conditions, said Gerber. Every day people across the globe are improving their health by following low-carb diets. Their stories are emotional and real from fighting obesity and heart disease to beating depression and even cancer.

Dr. Charles Cavo, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Pounds Transformation in West Hartford, CT, stated that USDA and HHS officials have defined low-carb inaccurately for their scientific reviews. Theyve defined the diet as having a carbohydrate intake of <45 percent or less of overall daily calories, while leading experts in the field define a low-carb diet as <25 percent or less.

If USDA and HHS continue to wrongfully define low-carb diets, they will skew the results of their analyses, said Cavo.Defining low-carb as 45% of calories will wash out any positive results, which are largely achieved only when people significantly reduce carbohydrates, down to 25% of calories or less. Its not clear why USDA chose their definition of low-carb, since the agency provided no documentation or footnotes. But its clearly not consistent with leading research in the field or what we see working for weight loss and disease reversal in clinical practice.

Antonio C. Martinez II was one of the principal lobbyists who advocated for the Dietary and Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). Martinez, who has also used a low-carb approach to reverse his own type 2 diabetes, lose weight, and recover from heart disease, added specifics to Cavos point.

This proposed definition clearly does not reflect the standards set by research leaders in the field and practitioners with actual clinical and technical experience, said Martinez. The lack of a formal regulatory standard for low-carb allows for this kind of abuse. It needs to stop because the public is not stupid, and the committees credibility is in question with such bad science.

Dr. Georgia Ede, a Massachusetts-based psychiatrist and founder of diagnosisdiet.com, echoed Martinez and Cavos concerns that USDA-HHS have used incorrect definitions of a low-carb diet, which will lead to an inaccurate assessment of a real nutrition option that could make millions of Americans healthier.

As a physician who prescribes low-carbohydrate diets in my psychiatric practice every day, who has personally followed a low-carbohydrate diet for many years, and has paid close attention to the scientific literature on this topic, I am concerned that the percentage of carbohydrates the government is using for its definition of low-carb is far too high to be metabolically meaningful, and should be reconsidered, stated Ede.

Doug Reynolds, the founder of Low Carb USA, a group that hosts scientific conferences on the subject and has worked with a team of doctors to publish Clinical Guidelines for The Prescription of Carbohydrate Restriction as a Therapeutic Intervention, says the low-carb diet is a proven solution to help Americans improve their health.

Its time for nutrition leaders to embrace a low carb diet as a viable option. More than 70 clinical trials have been conducted, and the results are clear: Low-carb diets are effective in combating obesity and improving cardiovascular risk factors, said Reynolds. The success stories I have personally witnessed are truly incredible, and I never would have believed them if I did not see them myself.

LCAN plans to launch a grassroots campaign in the coming months to urge leaders at USDA and HHS to ensure that a properly defined low-carb diet is included in the DGA to provide a dietary option for the majority of Americans who suffer from diet-related, chronic diseases. The next meeting of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee will be held next month in Houston.

For more information on the Low-Carb Action Network (LCAN), please visit lowcarbaction.org.

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