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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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Some elite athletes, like Venus Williams, adhere to a vegan diet.

Maybe you've seen the Netflix documentary The Game Changers, or you've heard of Scott Jurek, a man who trains for and wins 100-mile footraces without eating animal products. Even Tom Brady reportedly eats a diet that's 80% plant-based. Everywhere you turn, there seem to be more and more elite athletes going vegan, or at least vegetarian.

Common sense has long said that high-level athletes need as much protein and calories as possible -- and many people assume a vegan diet is lacking in both. But then why do we keep seeing athletes pop up like Patrik Baboumian, a world-record holding powerlifter who follows a strict vegan diet?

It turns out that a lot of popular ideas surrounding veganism, vegetarianism and plant-based diets in general may be false. Elite athletes can and commonly do excel at their sport without eating animal products -- and it may work for you too.

Patrik Baboumian is the world's strongest man, and he's vegan.

I spoke to Registered Dietician Brittany Modell to learn more. She told me that athletes have different reasons for adopting a plant-based diet, including health, environmental and ethical concerns. Although various athletes have their own motivations, many have been public about the benefits they've seen.

Andre Patton, a wide receiver who plays in the NFL, has said that he feels the difference from eating a vegan diet, and that he wakes up in the morning more energetic and ready to go.

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American tennis legend Venus Williams eats a vegan diet to reduce fatigue and joint pain associated with Sjgren's syndrome, an incurable autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with in 2011.

Patrick Baboumian -- who once carried the heaviest weight ever recorded -- has said that he has lowered his blood pressure and increased his recovery time by avoiding all animal products. Babomian also cites environmental concerns for his decision to go vegan.

A plant-based diet is more than capable of giving you the nutrients that you need.

This is just anecdotal evidence -- but there's research that seems to support the claims.

Harvard Medical School says that a vegan diet reduces heart-damaging inflammation, and a meta-analysis of various studies concluded that vegetarian diets are helpful in managing long-term inflammation. Multiple other outlets have echoed the same thing -- eating more plants and less animal products will help lower your inflammation.

Medical researchers are thinking more and more about inflammation as a root cause of a lot of our ailments. Inflammation is a necessary immune response, but sometimes it goes too far. It's been proposed to be a common factor in heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and cancer. Stress, anxiety and other mental health challenges have also been linked to inflammation.

On a day-to-day level, inflammation can cause swollen and painful joints, chronic bloating and fatigue -- three things that would make any athlete's performance suffer. Hence, it makes perfect sense why so many people say they feel better when they switch to a more plant-based diet.

Carbs are more important for athletic success than you may think.

While both personal experience and research supports a vegan diet being possible even for athletes, beliefs about animal products being necessary for performance still float around.

One common mistaken idea is that animal protein is critical to athletic performance. Muscles need protein and amino acids to repair themselves and grow, but the exact amount of protein we should be consuming has been under some debate. While some athletes try to consume as much protein as possible, Modell tells me that most Americans end up eating more than the daily recommended amount of protein, which is 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight. For someone who weighs 150 pounds or 68 kilograms, that's about 55 grams of protein per day.

Modell explained that athletes actually need sufficient carbohydrates to perform, especially in endurance sports. Carbs are often overlooked, especially because of the pervasive rumor that eating them makes you gain weight. But your body stores the glucose from carbohydrates as high muscle glycogen.

Glycogen is essentially the fuel your muscles use to perform, and more readily available fuel means a higher energy output. So, a higher intake of healthy carbohydrates allows athletes to perform at high intensity levels. A plant-based diet filled with whole grains, fruits and vegetables typically gives people the fuel they need when exercising.

Another common belief is that you can't get all of the essential amino acids without eating meat. While animal protein, like meat and eggs, does contain all of the amino acids your body can't produce on its own, simply combining two sources of plant protein -- like beans and rice -- will also give you all the amino acids you need.

Plant-based food is still incredibly delicious.

If you're wondering whether cutting out more animal products can work for you, the answer is almost certainly yes -- assuming you're still eating a varied diet with plenty of whole grains, fruits, vegetables and plant protein sources. While a plant-based diet won't turn you from a pickup soccer player into Cristiano Ronaldo, you may see athletic performance gains stemming from quicker recovery times. Plus, you have a good likelihood of enjoying outcomes like lowered cholesterol and a healthier heart.

You certainly don't have to go full vegan to reap the benefits of a plant-based diet. Start with just one day a week where you eat a vegetarian diet, like a "Meatless Monday," and see how your body responds. Or, just try cutting out junk food in your diet and replacing empty calories with plant-based foods like nuts, legumes or veggies.

The bottom line is that if you're interested in the benefits of a plant-based diet, you should experiment with what you're eating, try to add more plant-based whole foods and figure out what makes you feel best.

The information contained in this article is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as health or medical advice. Always consult a physician or other qualified health provider regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition or health objectives.

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Research carried out by the University of Kent has shown that diets are changing in complex ways across the world. Here, Lecturer Dr James Bentham explores.

The world is increasingly wealthy and globalised. This is driving substantial changes in diet, with important implications for health, trade and the environment. The proportion of people who are underweight is falling slowly at a global level, but some countries still have high levels of undernutrition, and rapidly increasing obesity levels are a concern in many countries. Meanwhile, changes in food production and trade are having important economic and environmental effects at local, national and global levels.

Our results show the value of examining changes in entire food systems, rather than just trends in the availability of single food types

The aim of our work was to quantify food supply patterns at national level, and how they have changed since the early 1960s. To do so, we used the food balance sheets published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which describe the availability of different food types for human consumption. We analysed data on the proportion of available energy provided by 18 food groups in 171 countries for the period from 1961 to 2013, the most recent year for which data were available.

We found that most of the information in the data could be summarised into four scores, each based on different food group combinations: an animal source and sugar score, a vegetable score, a starchy root and fruit score, and a seafood and oilcrops score. The animal source and sugar score is high when diets include large proportions of animal fats, eggs, meat, milk, offals, sugar, or sweeteners, while countries with a high vegetable score have an abundance of vegetables, vegetable oils, or treenuts. The remaining scores are respectively high in starchy roots such as potatoes, or fruits, and seafood including fish, or oilcrops.

It appears that western countries may be moving towards a more balanced diet, with higher levels of vegetable consumption than in the past

High animal source and sugar scores might seem to reflect a typically western diet. However, these foods are now a substantial part of diet not just in Europe, North America and Australasia, but also in Latin America, and increasingly in east Asia. A partial convergence in these scores has been driven by decreases in some western countries, most notably in high-income English-speaking countries, and large increases, particularly in China. The vegetable score is high in a band stretching from the Mediterranean to Japan, but again there has been partial convergence across the world.

The score increased in 159 countries over the 50-year period, with the largest rises taking place in South Korea and China. The starchy root and fruit scores are high only in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, while the seafood and oilcrops score is highest in South Korea and Japan. Finally, we also calculated an overall index of change in national food supply. This was particularly high in South Korea, China, Japan, and the UAE, but was also consistently moderately high in high-income English-speaking countries. Meanwhile, it was low in most of sub-Saharan Africa.

Our results show the value of examining changes in entire food systems, rather than just trends in the availability of single food types. Both the animal source and sugar score and the vegetable score are associated with body-mass index, and the major changes in food supply in east Asia may be partly responsible for strong improvements in nutritional status in that region. Conversely, the small changes in food supply in sub-Saharan Africa suggest that poor diet may be contributing to the twin burden of undernutrition and overweight in those countries. In parallel, it appears that western countries may be moving towards a more balanced diet, with higher levels of vegetable consumption than in the past. We expect that our results will help other researchers to understand the economic and political determinants of these trends, as well as the effects of changes in food supply on health, the environment and future trade patterns.

James Bentham is a Lecturer in statistics at the University of Kent. He studied for a PhD at Imperial College, before moving to Kings College, where he worked on a large genetic study. Bentham then moved back to Imperial College, where he analysed non-communicable disease risk factor and food supply data.

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Tryptophan is an indispensable amino acid that is often limiting for growth in pigs fed corn-soybean meal-based diets. Tryptophan may act as a regulator of feed intake by enhancing serotonin signaling in the brain, because tryptophan is a precursor for serotonin. High tryptophan intake increases feed intake, and this is partly attributed to increased serotonin synthesis. Availability of dietary tryptophan in the brain is considered the rate-limiting step in hypothalamic serotonin synthesis.

However, to be transported into the brain, tryptophan competes with other large neutral amino acids such as valine, leucine, isoleucine, tyrosine and phenylalanine for a common transporter (L-type amino acid transporter 1) to cross the blood-brain barrier.

Diets based on corn and corn co-products and sorghum and sorghum co-products often contain much more leucine than required by the pigs because of the high concentration of leucine in corn and sorghum protein. Because leucine is one of the amino acids that competes with tryptophan for transport into the brain, excess dietary leucine has been shown to reduce synthesis of serotonin and thereby reduce feed intake of pigs.

It is, however, possible that increased dietary tryptophan can overcome these effects. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that increased dietary tryptophan is needed in high-leucine diets for growing pigs to prevent drop in hypothalamic serotonin concentration and to maintain feed intake and growth performance of pigs.

A total of 144 growing pigs (initial body weight: 28.2 1.9 kilograms) were assigned to nine dietary treatments with two pigs per pen and eight replicate pens per treatment. Three basal diets based on corn, soybean meal, wheat and barley were formulated to contain 100, 200 or 300% of the requirement for standardized ileal digestible leucine. These three diets were formulated to have a SID tryptophan:lysine ratio of 18%, which is assumed to be the requirement for growing pigs. Six additional diets were formulated by adding either 0.05% or 0.10% crystalline tryptophan to each of the three basal diets to provide diets with SID tryptophan:lysine ratios of 23% or 28%, respectively. Thus a total of nine diets were used.

Individual pig body weights were recorded at the conclusion of the 21-day experiment, and on the last day of the experiment, one pig per pen was sacrificed and the hypothalamus was collected to measure hypothalamic serotonin concentrations.

Results confirmed that average daily feed intake was negatively affected by excess dietary leucine in the diet (Figure 1), and this resulted in negative effects on average daily gain (Figure 2).

Figure 1: Predicted values, based on the interaction between standardized ileal digestible tryptophan and SID leucine, for average daily feed intake in growing pigs fed diets containing from 18 to 28% SID Trp:Lys and from 100 to 300% SID Leu relative to the requirement.

Figure 2: Predicted values, based on the interaction between standardized ileal digestible tryptophan and SID leucine, for average daily gain in growing pigs fed diets containing from 18 to 28% SID Trp:Lys and from 100 to 300% SID Leu relative to the requirement.

However, the negative effect of excess leucine on feed intake and gain was partially ameliorated by increasing dietary tryptophan. Hypothalamic serotonin was also negatively affected by dietary leucine indicating that excess leucine will restrict uptake of tryptophan in the brain (Figure 3). But with increased dietary tryptophan, the negative effect of excess leucine was partially overcome. These data confirm the negative effect of leucine on serotonin synthesis, which is likely because excess leucine reduces tryptophan uptake in the brain due to competition for the shared transporter from blood to brain.

Figure 3: Predicted values, based on the interaction between standardized ileal digestible tryptophan and SID leucine, for hypothalamic serotonin concentrations in growing pigs fed diets containing from 18 to 28% SID) Trp:lysine and from 100 to 300% SID Leu relative to the requirement.

It is, therefore, likely that the reduced feed intake of pigs fed excess leucine, with subsequent reductions in average daily gain, is partially a result of the reduced synthesis of serotonin in the brain. However, it is also clear that even with the greatest concentrations of tryptophan used in this experiment, it was not possible to fully restore growth performance for pigs fed a diet containing 300% of the leucine requirement to that of pigs fed the diet with 100% of the leucine requirement.

This observation indicates that the reduced synthesis of serotonin is not the only negative effect of excess leucine in the diets.

In summary, increased dietary leucine reduced synthesis of serotonin in the brain due to restricted uptake of tryptophan in the brain. Because of reduced synthesis of serotonin, feed intake was reduced which then resulted in reduced average daily gain. The implication of these results is that the negative effects of excess dietary leucine can be partially overcome by adding more tryptophan to the diet.

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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.

Whats for lunch?

Normally, Ill just lean into whatever is near wherever Im playing. If Im moving around between places, I'll go grab a sandwich from Jersey Mike's or Pot Belly. I'm not super specific on lunch, so it could be one of those sandwiches or a bowl of sorts, like a steak taco bowl. Im actually usually looking ahead to dinner.

And whats for dinner?

Some days well eat in, others well go out. A lot of the time, if were out, Ill order two meals. It's way more expensive, but it's just what I need after a long day of activity. We love Mexican food, and there are those nights where Ill have a ton of guacamole before the meal even arrives. Its funny, I eat close to as many calories as Michael Phelps, but I don't put on a pound. It's a good problem to have. It won't always stay with me, I know. It can honestly be a little tough, since I need to keep on eating a ton, and do it often.

It seems like you're not really worrying about your macros or anything like that.

I know that some golfers are really paying attention to nutrition now, hoping to find an edge or advantage. Theres a certain pressure to find that edge. Nobody likes the feeling that they arent doing something that they should be doing. So it's changed a bit.

I went through a whole process and did a bunch of testing. I found out which types of foods my body doesnt process super well, and what I should eliminate altogether. When I really got dialed in with my nutrition, I found myself losing weight, and I didnt want that. I went back to a little more of a relaxed approach. If I want to get a burger tonight, Ill get a burger tonight. Im 26. Its fine. I've never been somebody that's just like, Lets take the wheels off. But I will say that Im trying to train smarter, and Im finding a better balance.

Is there anything on the no-go list?

Shrimp and tuna are the two things my body doesnt love. Ill do sushi sometimes, but I wouldnt order something like sushi-grade sesame-crusted tuna for a meal. It tastes good, but I know I wont sleep as well if I eat something like that before a tournament round.

Are you into any of these hyped-up recovery methods?

I've tapped into the infrared sauna. I've also done cryotherapy quite a bit, and it's all right, but I actually feel more benefits from an ice bath. I have a hyperbaric chamber at home. It probably would've been better if I just rented it somewhere instead of actually buying one. But it's been really good to use, especially before international travel. I feel like I sleep better than I did before. Other than that, I spend time with a physiotherapist and get worked on once every two or three days. And when Im on the road, Im seeing someone to address whatever pops up almost every single day.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Real-Life Diet is a series in which GQ talks to athletes, celebrities, and everyone in between about their diets and exercise routines: what's worked, what hasn't, and where they're still improving. Keep in mind, what works for them might not necessarily be healthy for you.

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The alkaline diet has become a trend among celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston as a way to lose weight, boost energy, and prevent disease.

But like most things that sound too good to be true, the alkaline diet is a prime example. Experts say there is no scientific evidence behind the idea that alkaline foods are healthier than acidic ones.

"It is not based on anything besides anecdotal evidence at this time," says Tracy Lockwood Beckerman, a registered dietitian in New York City.

The idea behind the alkaline diet is that the foods you eat can change your blood pH level and thus change your health.

All you have to do is avoid foods that the diet categorizes as acidic, limit neutral foods, and focus on more alkaline foods. The alkaline diet categorizes foods according to pH as follows:

And while the foods you eat can affect the pH of your urine, this is not the same as changing your blood pH. Your blood pH level stays close to neutral at around 7.4, and you cannot shift your overall blood pH through your diet, as the alkaline diet suggests, says Beckerman.

"That's because our body is sharp and has built-in mechanisms to keep pH levels in check."

Moreover, alkaline diet proponents say that acidic foods leave behind an "acid ash" in the body, which may promote diseases like osteoporosis. Since then, several studies have shown that this assumption is not true.

In 2013, Victoria Beckham tweeted a picture of an alkaline cookbook, setting off a widespread diet trend that ended up influencing scores of celebrities including Kate Hudson, Gweneth Paltrow, and Tom Brady.

The founder of the alkaline diet, Robert Young, made the false claim that the diet aids in cancer treatment. As a result, some cancer patients have turned to the alkaline diet for treatment and found no relief.

In some cases, a strict alkaline diet only caused muscle-loss and back pain. Young was later sued and arrested for practicing medicine without a license.

Moreover, the American Institute for Cancer Research also rejects claims that eating acidic foods can lower the body's pH and promote cancer.

Just about the only health condition that an alkaline diet might help is kidney stones. Throughout the 20th century, researchers conducted numerous studies on pH levels in food and their effect on the kidneys. They discovered that eating more alkaline foods can helpprevent kidney stones.

Any time you cut food groups out of your diet, you need to be cautious, Beckerman says. "It could be setting you up for nutritional deficiencies if you don't prioritize your food choices."

For example, the alkaline diet cuts out some healthy food options such as eggs and fish while encouraging followers to adhere to strict diet rules. Without careful planning, an alkaline diet can cause muscle loss from a lack of protein and improper nutrition overall.

However, there is anecdotal evidence that the diet has helped people lose weight, stay healthy, and feel better. But this has nothing to do with consuming alkaline foods and everything to do with switching to the plant-based and whole-food options that the diet promotes.

If healthy, plant-based eating is your goal, there are other diets out there with the science to back their health benefits, like vegetarianism or veganism.

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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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Excessive hunger between meals

Insatiable cravings for unhealthy food

Inability to stop eating or control what youre eating

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Heart of palm is a white vegetable obtained from the center of specific varieties of palm tree. Its prized for its culinary versatility.

When harvested, young trees are felled and debarked to expose their edible, white inner core, which is then cut into lengths for further processing.

While most commonly added to salads, heart of palm can also be eaten on its own or used as a vegan meat replacement. It has a slight crunch similar to that of white asparagus, though its flavor is comparable to artichoke hearts.

This unique veggie also packs several beneficial minerals and antioxidants.

This article explains all you need to know about heart of palm, including its nutrients, potential health benefits, and ways to add it to your diet.

Heart of palm boasts a remarkably low fat content and provides several minerals, such as potassium, iron, copper, phosphorus, and zinc.

A 3.5-ounce (100-gram) raw serving contains (1):

Due to its fairly low carb and fat levels, this veggie has very few calories. Additionally, it offers small amounts of several other nutrients, including iron, calcium, magnesium, and folate.

Heart of palm is fairly low in calories but packed with important minerals like potassium, phosphorus, copper, and zinc.

Due to its nutrient content, heart of palm may offer several health benefits.

Heart of palm is rich in plant compounds like polyphenol antioxidants.

These compounds neutralize free radicals, which are unstable molecules that can trigger oxidative damage when levels become too high in your body. Oxidative damage is linked to numerous diseases (2).

In turn, antioxidants may reduce your risk of certain conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease (2, 3).

Diets high in polyphenols are also associated with reduced inflammation, which is thought to be a key factor in many of these ailments (4, 5, 6).

Heart of palm is a plentiful source of several minerals, including potassium, copper, phosphorus, and zinc.

Potassium serves as an electrolyte and helps regulate blood pressure. Increased intake is linked to lower blood pressure in healthy individuals (7).

Alongside iron, copper aids in the formation of red blood cells. In addition, it helps maintain nerve cells and immune function. As low copper levels are associated with high cholesterol and blood pressure, proper intake may help prevent these conditions (8, 9).

Meanwhile, phosphorus promotes strong bones and teeth. Your body also uses it to make proteins that grow and repair cells and tissues (10).

Finally, zinc aids immune function, cell division, and wound healing (11).

Heart of palm may promote weight loss, as it contains minimal amounts of fat and only 36 calories and 4 grams of carbs per 3.5-ounce (100-gram) serving.

As weight loss requires eating fewer calories than you burn on a daily basis, replacing high calorie items with this veggie may aid your efforts (12, 13).

Due to its high water and fiber content, heart of palm may also promote feelings of fullness which can naturally lead you to eat less (1, 14, 15).

For example, chopping heart of palm into salads or stir-fries can bulk up your dish without adding excessive calories.

Due to its high antioxidant and mineral contents, as well as its low calorie count, heart of palm may help prevent various diseases and promote weight loss.

Heart of palm usually comes either jarred or canned, though its available fresh on occasion. If you cant find it at a specialty market or your local grocery store, try shopping for it online.

Its most commonly included in salads, though it can be added to several other dishes, such as dips, stir-fries, and ceviche a South American dish made of marinated seafood.

It can also be eaten on its own or grilled and seasoned to make a unique appetizer.

Vegetarians and vegans often use heart of palm as a meat or seafood substitute, as it provides a similar texture, though it should be noted that its not a good source of protein.

Still, it makes excellent vegan carnitas, calamari, lobster rolls, and fish sticks.

Considering its low carb content, heart of palm can be safely included on the keto diet.

This low carb, high fat diet may promote weight loss by encouraging your body to burn fat instead of carbs for energy.

A typical 2-ounce (60-gram) serving of this vegetable provides around 2 grams of carbs. As the keto diet generally restricts carb intake to 50 grams per day, an average helping of heart of palm would only comprise 4% of your daily carb allowance (16).

Still, the carb count may vary depending on the particular brand, so its important to read the nutrition label when buying heart of palm.

While usually added to salads, heart of palm is a versatile ingredient that can be incorporated into many dishes. Whats more, vegetarians and vegans often use it as a meat substitute. Its compatible with the keto diet due to its low carb content.

Heart of palm is a white vegetable harvested from palm trees. Common in salads and dips, its also a popular vegan meat replacement.

Its rich supply of minerals and antioxidants offers several potential health benefits, such as disease prevention and weight loss.

As its easy to find canned or jarred varieties, you can try adding this unique ingredient to your diet today.

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Heart of Palm: Nutrition, Benefits, and Uses - Healthline

WHEN anyone sets off on a quest to lose weight, the first thing they usually want to know is the amount of weight they can lose in a week.

And, of course, everyone wants that to be a big number.

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However, it's important that people know what is really possible in just seven days when it comes to blitzing body fat - before setting unrealistic weight loss goals.

The number of pounds you can shed differs from person to person because of different factors including your gender, how active you are and your starting weight.

The NHS recommends using a BMI calculator to work out how much weight you need to lose in the first place before trying to lose weight.

Then, the amount you drop over the course of just one week has to do with how many more calories you burn than you take in.

According to experts, a pound of fat is accumulated when you eat 3,500 calories more than you burn.

So, if you eat 3,500 calories a week less than you burnall else being equalyoull lose around a pound. If you manage a deficit of 7,000 calories, youll lose two.

The NHS says that one to two pounds in a week is a safe amount to lose if youre doing it gradually and steadily.

And they warn that losing weight any faster than this can increase the risk of health problems, including malnutrition and gallstones - and it can make you feel tired and unwell.

Similarly, Slimming World encourages members lose an average of one to two pounds a week, adding: "this is a realistic and achievable goal for most people".

They say: "Being too restrictive and losing more than one to two pounds a week on a long-term basis can result in losing excess muscle tissue as well as body fat, and will increase the likelihood of you regaining your lost weight."

Despite this, weight management expert Lauren Slayon says some people can lose more than a couple of pounds in one week but this is mainly down to the loss of body water.

NHS weight loss tips

The NHS has shared five simple actions that will start your journey towards a healthy weight:

And Lauren points out that those who lose more than a couple of pounds a week are more likely to put itback on again.

She told Prevention: "People who try to lose weight in a week or a month are going to gain it back."

She also warns that it's important not to crash diet - as this can result in losing excess muscle tissue as well as body fat.

"Were not into double workouts, laxatives, counting and aggressively skipping calories, skipping meals or anything that leaves you feeling poorly," Lauren says.

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If you really want to look thinner in a week she recommends eating de-bloating foods including avocado, asparagus, dandelion tea, lemons and parsley.

She claims these foods will make you feel a little less puffy.

But in general, if you're doing it safely, you shouldn't be losing more than a couple of pounds a week on your weight loss journey.

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