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Vista del Mar used to have two lanes in each direction. Now it has one. Residents say the change has adversely affected their commute times though at, say, 11 a.m., when this photo was taken, the street is fairly empty.

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Los Angeles City Hall's policy of building bike lanes and eliminating car lanes for the purpose of getting cars to drive slower (thereby making streets safer) has met more and more resistance. Two year ago, Silver Lake erupted into a near civil war over Rowena Avenue's"road diet" a project that changed the street from two lanes in each direction to one. Detractors said it caused a serious bottleneck in traffic. More recently, City Councilman Paul Krekorian called into question a plan to add bike lanes and reduce car lanes on Lankershim Boulevard, in North Hollywood.

Now there's a growing backlash againstan ambitious road diet plan in Playa Vista, the sleepy little beach neighborhood near LAX that's recently been dubbed "Silicon Beach" for its proliferation of tech start-ups. The city plans to eliminate car lanes on four Playa Vista streets to make the streets safer for bicyclists, pedestrians, and, in the case of Vista del Mar, for people parking their cars and crossing that street to go to the beach.

The Vista del Mar road diet was recently completed; whereas the street used to have two lanes in each direction, it now has only one, with diagonal parking on the east side of the street. Some local residents are incensed.Susanne Madden, whose husband is a doctor at Cedars Sinai in Beverly Hills, says it's added 20 minutes to his morning commute. She says for other locals, it's added nearly an hour.

"It has caused a nightmare for everyone that commutes to their jobs," Madden says. "Its hurting families, punishing hard-working people who are just trying to get to work."

The Playa Vista road diet plan's Vista del Mar reconfiguration was recently completed. The rest of the plan is still underway.

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Last week, Madden helped start a Change.org petitiontitled "One Lane Madness in Playa del Rey," reading in part:

Reducing major arteries like Vista del Mar, Pershing, Jefferson, and Culver to one lane each way will be absolutely disastrous. The traffic going to and from work is virtually intolerable now; reducing lane capacity is nothing short of lunacy.

The petition, which now has more than 2,300 signatures, got a boost from tech entrepreneur Peter Pham, who not only signed the petition but tweeted his support:

Chris Sacca, a recentlyretired venture capitalist who was not only an early investor in Twitter and Uber but was also a guest star on the TV show "Shark Tank," tweeted his disgust for the road diets:

A spokesman for City Councilman Mike Bonin said, in an email, "The Councilmember has been speaking with leaders in L.A.'s tech community during the past week and is going to continue gathering input from them, as well as neighbors and other stakeholders in the area, to look for ways to continue to improve the projects as the pilot phase for these projects moves forward."

Department of Transportation spokesman Bruce Gillman says the lane closures were something that residents wanted.

"Weve been working with the community for a couple years, and these are the improvements people have been asking for," Gillman says. "We did these things because of the safety reasons. It is a pilot program, and well take another look at it at some point in time."

Playa Vista resident and wetlands activist Marcia Hanscom loves the changes. She says Vista del Mar was a seriously dangerous street.

"Most of the time there was like a freeway going through our little beach village," Hanscom says. "You were taking your life into your hands trying to walk across the street."

Hanscom says the road diet only affects traffic during rush hour and that commuters who are driving through the area can take the 405 freeway or Sepulveda Boulevard. She's started her own Change.org petition in support of the road diet. So far, it only has 323 signatures.

Madden says she has a theory for why that petition isn't gaining traction.

"Theres a handful of supporters who think traffic is dangerous," Madden says."They tend to be people who bike or are retired, and tend to make whatever trips they make not during rush hour." Despite data that suggests the Rowena Avenue road diet reduced traffic collisions, Madden and others remain skeptical that road diets actually work.

"The idea that you can legislate recklessness and stupidity by making everyone drive at a snail's pace is crazy," she says.

The Department of Transportation, by the way, has stopped using the term "road diet." They now prefer the phrase, "road configuration." Says department spokesman Gillman: "No one likes to go on a diet, right?"

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Nina El-Chebli, RD, LDN, is the registered nutritionist at the Giant in Rockville, MD (Photo: WUSA)

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Eating healthy is hard work, so it's no surprise that manyof us have tried a shortcut or two at some point, hoping for speedyresults.But some of these alleged nutritional quick-fixes aren't all that useful, and a handful of them can even be dangerous.

Here's a look at the most insidious food and nutrition myths, along with the science that debunks them.

1. Myth: You should never 'cheat' on a diet.

Truth: It's perfectly fineto go off your healthy eating plan every once in a while,Nichola Whitehead, a registered dietitian and nutritionist with a practice in the UK, tells Business Insider.

"It's alright to overeat occasionally," says Whitehead. "It's overeating consistently day in and day out over the long term that causes weight gain."

If you've managed to switch from a diet heavy in red meat and processed carbohydrates to eating mostly vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins, you've already done the majority of the work, Whitehead says.

2. Myth: Counting calories is the best way to lose weight.

Truth: Althoughcounting calories can be a useful tool in a bigger toolkit for weight loss, it is not a perfect solution for healthy eating, especially when it's used in isolation.

That's because restricting calories doesn'ttake into account all the aspects of a food that are required to fuel your body, from protein and carbohydrates to vitamins and minerals.

Whiteheadsummarises the problem this way: "While calories are important when it comes to losing, maintaining, or gaining weight, they are not the sole thing we should be focusing on when it comes to improving our health."

3. Myth: Eating low-fat food will make you lose fat.

Truth: A low-fat diet doesn't necessarily translate into weight loss.

In aneight-year trial involving almost 50,000 women, roughly half the participants went on a low-fat diet, while the others did not.

The researchers found that the womenon the low-fat plan didn't lower their risk ofbreast cancer,colorectal cancer, orheart disease.

Plus, theydidn't lose much weight, if any. Newrecommendationsshow that healthy fats, like those from nuts, fish, and avocados, are actually good for you in moderation. So add them back into your diet if you haven't already.

4. Myth: Cleanses and detoxes are a good way to jump-start a diet.

Truth:No one needs to detox.

Unless you've been poisoned, you have a built-in, super-efficient system for filtering out most of the harmful substances you eat. It's made up of two toxin-bashing organs: the liver and the kidneys.

Ourkidneysfilter our blood and remove any waste from our diet, and ourliversprocess medications and detoxify any chemicals we ingest. Paired together, these organs make our bodies natural cleansing powerhouses.

Juice cleanse? No thanks.

5. Myth: Adding a supplement to your weight-loss plan is a good idea.

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Truth:Decades of research has failed to findsubstantial evidencethat supplements do any significant good. On the contrary, some of them can do significant harm.

The most dangerous types of supplementsare those related toweight loss, muscle building, and sexual performance, according toHarvard Medical School professorS. Bryn Austin, who spoke on a recent panelorganised by the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.

These supplements are "the most lawless of all the categories and where the most problems turn up," Austinsaid.

6. Myth: A diet that works for one person should work just as well for others.

Truth: No two bodies are the same, sothere's no single best diet.

Everything from an individual'sgenetics to theirtaste preferencesand even theirschedule can influencethe type of healthy eating plan that works for them.

The most important factorto look for ina healthy eating plan,studies suggest, is a routine youcan stick with. This canmean trying out a few different options until youfind one youlike and can maintain.

7. Myth: Egg whites are healthier than whole eggs.

Truth: People tend to avoid whole eggs because of their high cholesterol content, but recentresearchsuggests that the cholesterol from our dietsdoesn't have much of an effecton the level ofcholesterol in our blood.

Most of the early research suggesting thatcholesterol consumption was unhealthy was done in rabbits, who don't eat any animal products.

8. Myth: Avoiding gluten is a good way to keep your digestive system healthy.

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Truth: Unless you're among the 1 percent of Americans who suffer from celiac disease, glutenprobably won't have a negative effecton your body.

Studies show that most people suffer from slight bloating and gas when they eat, whether they consume wheat or not.

9. Myth: Almond milk is healthier than regular milk.

Truth: Alternatives to dairy aren't always nutritionally superior.

Compared with a glass of low-fat milk, which has about 8 grams of protein, almond milkhas none.

Plus, most of the vitamins in almond milk are added duringthe production process, which some studies suggest can make it harder for the body to absorb and hold onto the nutrients.

Soy milk, on the other hand, is roughly on-par with low-fat milk, serving up the same amount of protein plus some naturally occurring micronutrients from soy beans.

10. Myth: Juices are a good replacement for meals.

Truth:Whilejuice has some vitamins and in some cases even a small amount of protein, research shows that thebest way to get those nutrientsis toeat a balanced diet full of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.

More importantly, juicing fruit removes most of thefibre, which is the key ingredient that keeps you feeling full until your next meal.

This is one of the reasons calories from sweetened beverages are often referred to as 'empty calories', since they can increasehunger pangs and mood swingsand leave you with low energy levels.

11. Myth: You should steer clear of MSG.

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Truth: Monosodium glutamate is an ingredient added to many foods to enhance their flavour, and it's completelysafe to ingest.

MSG is often associated with a series of symptoms including numbness at the base of the neck anda general sense of fatigue that are commonly lumped together and called Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.

Eating too much, regardless of the amount of MSG, is the more likely culprit here.

12. Myth: Microwaving your food destroys its nutrients.

Truth: 'Nuking' fooddoes notrob it of nutrients.

Microwave ovens cook food using energy wavesthat cause the molecules in food to vibrate quickly, building up their energy as heat.Some nutrients begin to disintegrate when heated, whether from a microwave, a stove, or oven.

But since microwave-cooking times are typically shorter than oven-cooking times, microwaving something may actuallykeep more of itsvitamins intact.

13. Myth: Chia seeds, apple cider vinegar, and mushrooms are superfoods.

Truth: While certain foods have more health benefits than others, there is no legal or medical definition for what counts as a'superfood'.

Nutritionists and public-health expertsrarely use the term. So if anyone startstossing that word around, there's probably a good chance they're not as knowledgeable as they claim.

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Despite clear and consistent advice from health experts that the secret to losing weight is eating less and moving more, it seems were still obsessed with finding a quick fix instead.

The latest alarming weight loss trend is the HCG diet, which involves injecting the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin twice a day and sticking to a diet of just 500 calories.

The theory goes that HCG, a hormone produced naturally during pregnancy, manipulates the bodys natural tendency to store fat in stubborn areas such as the stomach and thighs. The diet claims to mix up the bodys metabolism and mobilize stored fat.

These HCG injections, which are offered in several cosmetic and weight loss clinics around Australia, are discussed in the current issue of Harpers Bazaar Australia.

I dont think theres any decent evidence that its effective. It seems to be a myth thats floating around.

The magazine interviewed a 39-year-old woman named Rachel (not her real name) who is a size zero and injects herself with HCG twice a day.

Theres definitely a stigma to this. People are so judgmental, Rachel told Harpers Bazaar.

Were living in this no pain, no gain culture. People snigger about lap band surgery and this is tarred with the same brush. Theres more respect out there for self-deprivation.

If I said I got this body by surviving on kale, running marathons on a treadmill and drinking charcoal water, everyone would be applauding me, saying You go girl!

But health experts say there is no scientific evidence that shows HCG works for weight loss, and the injections could cause significant harm.

HCG doesnt have any approval for weight loss and we strongly recommend against it, Professor Bu Beng Yeap from the Endocrine Society of Australia told News.com.au.

To be honest, I dont think theres any decent evidence that its effective. It seems to be a myth thats floating around.

There was a theory that went around a few years ago that in pregnancy you have hormonal changes and you redistribute weight in order to provide energy to the fetus.

So there were theories that maybe in non-pregnant women it might have some kind of role of modifying energy. Its speculative and as far as Im concerned its unproven. Its something that we strongly advise against and there are recognised complications.

Yeap said the body is not designed to be overloaded with so many hormones.

If youre giving women HCG, one of the risks is ovarian hyperstimulation, he said.

In women who are using it to achieve weight loss, there are reports of women having strokes and other major health problems.

Dr. Jeremy Cumpston from Sydneys Ageless Clinics estimates he has treated 100 patients in the past 15 years with HCG.

People are asking for it, but Id only prescribe it to 20 percent of patients at most. I have to be very familiar with a patients history before Id even consider it. And I only ever allow it to be used over a 12-week period, he told Harpers Bazaar.

Ill only ever consider patients who need to lose 20 pounds. If theyre 10 pounds overweight and the extra heaviness is really affecting them and theyre desperate, then maybe Ill consider prescribing it.

You cant hormonally manipulate your body indefinitely. There will be consequences. Regulate some self control and eat properly.

Last November, the American Medical Association (AMA) implemented a policy stating that the use of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) for weight loss is inappropriate.

The American Society of Bariatric Physicians also found that the use of HCG should be regarded as an inappropriate therapy for weight reduction.

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Did you know that heart disease is the number-one killer in the U.S., followed closely by cancer? Approximately 600,000 people die of each of these diseases annually, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Stroke, diabetes and Alzheimers disease are also among the top-10 killers.

All of these diseases are preventableand all of them are related to lifestyle.

A plant-based whole-foods diet is a powerful way to help prevent and even reverse these and other chronic, fatal diseases.

Lets look at the number-one killer. Researchers offered 198 patients with heart disease a program that encouraged the consumption of a whole-foods, plant-based diet.

Of the 89 percent of patients who complied with the diet, 81 percent experienced improvement, and 22 percent experienced a complete reversal of their heart disease.

Another study examined over 44,000 people and found that vegetarians had a 32 percent reduced risk of hospitalization and death from heart disease.

A plant-based diet also prevents cancer. Researchers studying 90,000 women concluded that those who ate a plant-based diet had a 15 percent reduced risk of all forms of breast cancer and a 34 percent decreased risk for one particular type of breast cancer.

Plant-based diets also reduce the risk of prostate cancer, female-specific cancers and, in fact, according to the study, Vegetarian Diets and the Incidence of Cancer in a Low-risk Population, published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, plant-based diets reduce the risk of all cancers.

Plant-based diets are also efficacious in weight loss and reducing obesity, preventing and reversing diabetes, and promoting a healthy gut microbiome.

High consumption of plant foods is associated with a reduced risk for hip fractures and Alzheimers, feeling calmer and happier, and remaining disease-free later in life.

A low-fat plant-based diet also results in longer telomeres, the bits of DNA associated with younger biological age and longer lives.

The human experience behind these statistics is compelling. Most of us have lost loved ones to diet-related preventable diseases. When I think about the fact that 17 percent of U.S. children are obese, or that rates of childhood diabetes are skyrocketing, or that hypertension is rising among children, I know there are real children behind the facts, real families experiencing major disruptions in their lives.

In addition to health benefits, shifting our diet also benefits Earth, since animal agriculture is a major driver of our most dire environmental threats. In fact, according to the article Livestock a Major Threat to the Environment, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, livestock creates more greenhouse gas emissions than does vehicles.

One reason for this is that animal agriculture is very resource intensive. Animals grown for food and the plants to feed them occupy about 30 percent of the worlds total land surface!

Much of that land surface is pasture, but 33 percent of global land fit for growing crops is used to grow animal feed.

Feeding those crops to animals instead of people results in a significant loss of human food.

For example, if you used the 10.8 pounds of corn required to produce a pound of beef and made food for humans with it, you could make over 7.5 gallons of hominy or 235 tortillas.

Given that our global arable land is finite and our human population is growing, doesnt it make sense to feed our grain directly to humans?

Water is another resource of great concern, with meat alone accounting for 30 percent of water used in the U.S.

Yet at the height of the recent drought in California, there was a significant outbreak in the press of stories about the water consumption of one of Californias plant crops: almonds. Most of the stories declared that it takes 1.1 gallons of water to produce one almond. Other plant crops were also mentioned in some of the articles, but the big focus was on almonds.

Interestingly, most of the articles failed to mention the real water guzzlers: animals being raised for food.

We could grow about 409 almonds with the 450 pounds of water it takes to grow the meat in a quarter pound hamburger. In fact, you would get almost four and a half cupsmore than a quartof almonds for the same water as that quarter pounder.

While many people would think nothing of downing one or two quarter-pound burgers in a single meal, I dont think anyone could eat more than a quart of almonds in one sitting!

One good resource for more information on this topic is The Water Footprint of Food, published by Grace Communications Foundation.

Outputs of animal agriculture are also disturbing. Farmed animals in the U.S. produce about 130 times more waste than humans in our country do, about five tons of waste per year for each human.

Pollution from this waste makes its way into the land and water in the form of heavy metals, bacterial and viral pathogens, parasites, pharmaceuticals, detergents, disinfectants, excess nitrogen and other pollutants.

Perhaps the most alarming outputs, however, are the copious amounts of extremely potent greenhouse gases released by the production of meat, eggs and dairy for the plates of consumers.

Animal agriculture is the source of 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, a larger share than all transportation combined.

Most of the greenhouse gases produced by animal agriculture are far more warming than carbon dioxide. The average passenger car releases 4.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.

In comparison, one dairy cow releases 75.92 metric tons of methane per year.

That is already a lot more greenhouse gas than the average passenger car, but when you factor in the 72:1 warming potential of methane to carbon dioxide, that one cows methane emissions have contributed well over 1,000 times more warming than the car.

There is hopeful news, however, since the most copious greenhouse gases released by animal agriculture (methane, black carbon, nitrous oxide) leave the atmosphere much more quickly than does CO2.

While it is doubtful that any reduction in carbon dioxide emissions will be sufficient to turn around global warming in time, reducing these shorter-lived climate forcers can have a significant impact on climate change.

Reducing consumption of animal products, or going all the way to veganism, could result in significant reductions in an individuals contribution to climate change and other environmental disasters, and can have tremendous positive impacts on our health.

Each of us has the capacity to make a significant difference with our food choices. I think thats pretty empowering.

Excerpted by permission from Sensational Salads to Cool the Earth, by Beth Love, published by Wholeness Works Publishing, 2016.

Click here for two recipes by Beth Love: Cucumber Salsa and White Bean Stuffed Avocados and Watercress Salad with Spring Veggies and Lemony Seed Dressing.

Chef Beth Love has been preparing delicious whole foods for over 40 years, and loves to empower people to make dietary changes that improve their well-being and make a positive contribution to the world. One division of her business, Tastes Like Love, offers culinary classes and workshops, group programs, cookbooks, and other resources to support people in reclaiming their health and reducing their risk of disease through the adoption of a whole foods, plant-based diet.

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The Gymnastics Kitchen With Betsy: The Dieting Controversy

I advocate proper fueling with complex carbs, proteins, healthy fats, and anti-inflammatory foods that help repair, restore, and support the needs of agymnast.

That being said, as I travel around doing my fitness and nutrition camps, I continue to get a similar question over and over from gymnasts and parents:

Guess what? Any "diet" you go on, will work--but only temporarily!

Now, many of these diets DO have some great principles and support clean eating -- so I'm not saying they are all bad or don't have some good components.

Anytime you restrict calories and increase activity, you will lose weight. But no gymnast should be on a restricted, unbalanced, or extreme diet. Nor should they be focused on "losing weight." Most diets restrict calories and encourage eliminating or increasing certain food groups. So people think these diets work, but most of the time they are a temporary fix for a bigger problem.

The only food sources I really recommend eliminating are processed foods, which are filled with too much sodium, trans fats, and sugar (dangerous stuff). I advocate a clean eating lifestyle for my athletes and families.

Most people who eliminate gluten or sugar or fat are eliminating highly processed and higher calorie foods such asmuffins, cakes, packaged snacks, and sauces, and they increase lower calorie foods such asfruits and veggies. So of course they will lose weight.

Now, for someone who needs to kick-start weight loss or who has special medical needs or allergies --and is recommended by a physician to go on a special diet --that is a separate story. I am talking mainly for the general gymnastics population that is looking for good health andhigh performanceand to be able to power through four- to six-hour workouts and feel light and tight!

In my experience, once gymnasts starteating clean and changetheir lifestyles, results often follow. I recommend gymnasts begin by cutting back on unhealthy, processed foods and increase foods that are rich in vitamins and minerals. A healthy diet must include a balance of complex carbs, healthy fats, protein, and dairy.

2. Support fellow gymnasts during peer pressure moments You are a kid, so enjoy life and have fun and treats -- but not every single day should you be eating ice cream and french fries. No one should! It's often challenging in social situations, so just make the best choices and keep your goals in mind. This is a lifestyle -- not a diet!

3. Dig deep You are a gymnast and spend hours and hours in the gym. Do you really want a bag of M&M's for a pre-workout snack? Is that going to help you reach your goals? Make good choices for your athletic career and you will benefit from the results. Betsy McNally-Laouar is a personal fitness and gymnastics trainer certified in Sports Nutrition. She works with gymnasts all around the country online and through camps. If you need more help with gymnastics recipes, meal plans and fitness, check out her website, http://www.betsymcnally.com and email her at coach@betsymcnally.com or her Facebook page Betsy McNally Laouar Gymnastics Nutrition and Fitness Specialist

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casanisa/ShutterstockYou might not normally associate takeoutfood with clean eating, but Grubhub, a leader in the takeout marketplace, knows that plenty of people aim for healthy options, especially with summer right around the corner. The company recently announced the results of a study of the top trendinghealthy eating plans in the United States.And its not what you might think.

For their work, Grubhub analyzed orders related to the most popular healthy eating plans in the United States: Paleo, raw diet, juice cleanse, vegan, gluten-free, low-fat, Mediterranean, and ketogenic diets. Reviewing data from 2016, Grubhub looked at a combination of dietary tags and an in-depth analyzation of foods aligned with the specific eating plans. Their analysts were then able to pinpoint the most popular eating plans across the nation, and the preferred plans by city and gender.

Their main findings:

Paleo is the most popular healthy eating choice across America, with orders increasing by 370 percent in 2016. The Paleo diet, which is the most popular eating plan in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and Philadelphia, is designed to mimic foods from our hunter-gatherer ancestors, and involves meat, fish, and other animal products, along with fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats. There are no processed foods or sugar allowed. Nicole Osinga, a registered dietitian, can understand why Paleo reigns supreme among the healthy eating plans. I think the Paleo diet promotes some good conceptslots of veggies, whole foods, adequate healthy fats, and proteins. Following a Paleo diet can assist people with weight loss, as you feel full quite quickly and carbs are limited. (Theres some evidence that a Paleo diet can also help with chronic pain.) But Osinga noted that legumes are a healthy foodthat shouldnt be restricted from ones diet. In addition, excessive red meat intake can increase your risk for different types of cancers. If it were up to me, she adds, I would swap in some legumes for protein instead of some red-meat based Paleo meals.

Seattle residents ordered takeout tailored to different diet plans more than any other major city in the country, making it the most health-conscious city from the perspective of this survey. The preferred plan in Seattle was found to be a gluten-free diet, which excludes gluten, a protein found in grains such as wheat, barley, rye, and a cross between wheat and rye called triticale. Gluten-free was also the eating plan of choice in Atlanta, Phoenix, Minneapolis, and Portland, Oregon.These are thegluten-free foodsnutritionists love.

Men and women across the nation were found to have very different preferences on food. Fitness-focused men preferred a low-fat diet, which is up 21 percent from previous yearsand very popular in New York City, Boston, and San Francisco. A low-fat diet features plant foods along with a moderate amount of lean and low-fat, animal-based food.

Women favored a juice cleanse, a fasting method and a detox diet in which a person consumes only fruit and vegetable juices, abstaining from food consumption anywhere from a few days to several weeks. The popularity of juice cleanse orders soared by 89 percent over the previous year, according to the study, and was most popular in Miami and Nashville, Tennessee. If youre thinking about doing a juice cleanse or otherdetox diet, read this first.

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Raw diets saw a 92 percent increase in orders in 2016 compared to the previous year. A raw diet involves uncooked, unprocessed, and mostly organic foods with staples like raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and sprouted grains. Food may be slightly warmed but not above 118 degrees.

Vegan diet foods are on the rise, especially in Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San JoseGrubhub saw a 58 percent increase in vegan diet orders in 2016 compared to the year before. A vegan diet is comprised of only plant-derived foods, with no animals or animal products, including flesh (land or sea animals), milk, eggs, or even honey. There are manyhealth benefits to going vegan.

You might think the Mediterranean diet, credited with amazing cardiovascular benefits, would be one of the more popular types of takeout, but in fact, orders of Mediterranean diet foodwhich featuresfruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and olive oil, and prioritizesfish and poultry over red meatincreased only 7 percent over last year. Heres how to make your diet more Mediterranean, which could help you lose weight.

Grubhub found a slight uptickjust 5 percentin takeout customers ordering food tailored to a ketogenic diet, essentially a low carb diet where the body is put into a state of burning fat instead of blood sugar for more fat loss. Heres how one woman used the ketogenic dietto drop 15 pounds in six weeks.

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South Beach Diet created by cardiologist Arthur Agatston and dietitian Marie Almon is originally a diet to prevent heart disease. Dr. Agatston see the danger of low fat diet suggested by American Heart Association in 1980 which increase the risk of heart disease, not reduce it; so he create this diet as its substitute.

There are no complicated theory behind this diet; the principle are simple: replacing bad carbohydrates and bad fats with good carbohydrates and good fats:

1. Replaced foods that contain heavily refined sugar with relatively unprocessed foods such as vegetables, beans, and whole grains.

2. Eliminate trans fat and saturated fats which contribute to LDL cholesterol and replace it with unsaturated fats and omega 3 fatty acids which will contribute to HDL cholesterol.

The diet is not consist of one golden session to solve all your problem. Instead, it will divide the process into 3 phases where the first two phases are aim to make you familiar with the concept and lose weight at the same time. The 3rd phase is a maintenance phase which will be last for life where you are expected to understand the basic principles and apply it in your every days life.

Pros

1. The diet is originally created to prevent heart disease; weight loss in only one of its side effect.

2. Low saturated and trans fats; most diet author, nutritionist, or physician will suggest you to minimize consumption of these kind of fats. South Beach Diet food list will help you do that.

3. Fast weight loss feature; up to 13 pounds in the 1st phase.

4. All the foods in this diet is selected based on low Glycemic Index (GI), thus restrict junk food consumption.

5. When you finish 1st phase, the food selection will be broader and doesnt erase certain food groups.

6. Simple; no calories counting or portion control, just choose your foods from the food list provided.

7. With no portion restriction and complemented with 2 snacks time, hunger definitely is not part of the process.

Cons

1. The 1st phase is very strict, limiting the consumption of all carbohydrates completely. Some people believe that the weight loss gained during the phase is all water loss, not fat loss; this will cause you to gain weight again after you resume your carbohydrates intake.

2. Various side effects; during the strict phase 1, there are lots of side effects, including fatigue, dehydration, lack of vitamins and minerals, and weakness.

3. Using GI to determine good and bad foods is not approved by all the experts in medical community. This method is still controversial because it will remove any food with high GI even when the food is nutritionally beneficial.

4. The diet doesnt include proper instruction on exercising; this make some dieter wondering about the importance of exercise in South Beach Diet.

5. The diet will make your kidney work harder since it contain high protein intake.

6. Require extra cost; especially on the first phase since the high protein foods are more expensive than the carbohydrates foods.

7. This diet doesnt put vegetarian or people who cant eat dairy products into consideration; it forbid soy for the first two weeks and we all know that vegetarian use soy product as meat substitute. Most of the snacks suggested also contain of dairy products.

8. The fist and second phase consist of very limited food choice that can make you get bored really quickly if the cook is not creative.

9. Preparing the meals using the suggested recipes usually takes a lot of time and complicated process.

South Beach Diet is only one of many alternatives when you decide to pick a weight loss program. Put the pros and cons into consideration, you should have known whether it is good for you or not. The main issues I want to focus here is the diet offer lifetime maintenance, which is great; but it is not put consideration into the importance of exercise in a healthy diet, which is bad.

Selecting a diet that suit you is not an easy task; before you decide anything, visit Diets That Work to get a great guide regarding selecting a diet wisely and healthy diet to found out criteria that a good diet should have diet by Stefan Vincent. Hopefully by read both of them, your task will be easier

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The diet book industry is a global behemoth that has spawned hundreds of titles over the years.

From the Atkins diet to the paleo diet and lemon detox diet, there is no shortage of suggestions for how to lose that unwanted weight.

Dr Michael Mosley has built a career out of presenting TV shows on medicine and biology and in the last few years has turned his attention to diet books.

He popularised the 5:2 diet which calls for minimal calorie intake for two days a week and having unrestricted eating for the other five and more recently he has released books titled The Fast Diet, The 8-week Blood Sugar Diet and the Clever Guts Diet.

Read an edited Q&A about his growing body of work.

Absolutely not. They're all based on the latest science.

So the 5:2 diet is based on more than 40 years of research and the guy who inspired me most was Professor Mark Mattson, who is probably the world's most famous neuroscientist.

The blood sugar diet was different, it was an extension. That is based on the work of Professor Roy Taylor, who is one of the world's foremost diabetes specialists.

And this new thing, the Clever Guts Diet, is not really a calorie restriction diet, it's more about how you can look after your gut. And that in turn is based on conversations with some of the world's leading specialists, microbiome specialists.

So what I do in these books is I give you 40 or 50 scientific references. You will see a lot of endorsements from scientists including one or two Nobel Prize winners.

If they are fad diets, they are well supported by the scientific community.

Unfortunately, when people say eat healthy and exercise that doesn't mean anything.

It's like saying the way you win at footy is by scoring more points than the other side. It's true, but it's not a very healthy or helpful way of dealing with life.

You actually need to know what healthy means. So once upon a time healthy meant low fat, now we know that's almost certainly not true.

What is healthy now is probably the Mediterranean diet. Well what is the Mediterranean diet?

If you actually look at the science, what scientists describe as the Mediterranean diet is completely different to what, for example, the Department of Health in the UK would describe as one, because the Department of Health in the UK still describes the low fat diet, which has been tested and tested and tested to death.

Same is true of exercise. Yes, exercise is good for you, but what sort of exercises?

You need to do heart and lungs but you also need to do strength, and you absolutely have to put a bit of oomph into it, because just jogging along or indeed just going for a walk is not going to do a huge amount of good.

The first three worked brilliantly. They're extensions, they're for different things.

So the 5:2 diet was a kind of a starter out the gate. It was kind of intended for anyone who was a bit overweight and wanted to lose some weight and generally improve themselves.

The Fast Diet was obviously completely different, it was about what is the optimal way of exercising to get the most benefit in the least amount of time.

The Blood Sugar diet was much more aimed at people who had type 2 diabetes or who had pre-diabetes.

Clever Guts is about something different. Clever Guts is about how to improve your gut bacteria so they work with you rather than against you.

I did a degree at Oxford in politics, philosophy and economics and I was a banker.

Then I was a doctor, then I was doing psychiatry and I went into television.

Indeed, I am not a nutritionist and indeed at medical school, like most doctors, I learnt almost nothing about nutrition.

My education in nutrition began pretty much five or six years ago.

The things that qualify me to do so are, I suppose, partly I do it on myself. And partly I get access thanks to my reputation to all the world-leading experts.

So none of these books are based on my original research, they are based on the work of people who have been in the field for a decade, sometimes more, and they've very generously shared their time.

So they know what I'm doing, I'm not stealing their work, and they endorse it.

Absolutely. So the reason I did the 5:2 diet in the first place is because I discovered I was a type 2 diabetic.

And I didn't want to start medication, which is what my doctor was offering me, so I went and looked for alternatives.

I came across intermittent fasting, I made a film about it with myself as the subject. I lost 10 kilos, reversed my type 2 diabetes and that was five years ago.

With Clever Guts diet, my freezer is stuffed with poo samples.

It's gross, and I send them off to be analysed.

So these days you can get your microbiome analysed your poo analysed within a few weeks.

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Life can easily knock you off your feet and get turned upside down in one quick moment.

One of the greatest gifts of yoga practice is that we practise poses that put us in positions that are uncomfortable, challenging and sometimes even alittle scary.

This type of yoga practice helps to prepare usfor the hard stuff by offering us the opportunity to discover who we truly are and what we are capable of.

We challenge our idea of whats possible and slowly and safely, move beyond our perceived comfort zones.

When weare living with fear and anxiety and life is stressful, we dont always have the tools we need to help us through.

This is where your Yoga practice will become your greatest ally

We learn how toconnect to our breath, our bodies, and our inner power. We learn where we grip and hold tension in our minds and bodies. We learn to lean into challenges and not shy away from them. We learn how to expand our breath, our bodies and our perception of who we are and our perceived limits.

And with each step we strengthen our bodies, our minds and lift our spirit.

As you approach each of the following poses, come in with a sense of adventure and meet each challenge with a sense of softness and a sense of ease.

Keep your facial muscles relaxed and smile. Breathe normally and enjoy being in your body and strongly connecting to all parts of you. Notice when fear of weakness creeps in, and affirm your commitment to yourself by bringing in a positive and inspiring mantra.

Let your mantra be, I Got This.

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Downward Facing Dog/Audo Mukha Svanasana with heels on a tree (or wall)

Begin to firm your foundation in preparation for the next two poses. Firm your hands into the earth and hug your arms toward each other. Soften your heart space between your shoulders and hug your shoulder blades on to your back.

L Stand on a Tree

Begin in Downward Facing Dog with your heels up the wall and toes on the floor. Walk your hands back and narrow your dog. Hug your arms strongly toward each other and firm your hands into the floor. Step one foot up the wall at hip height. Soften your face by smiling and bring your other foot up the wall. Straighten your legs and draw your belly in to support your low back. Breathe hear for at least five breaths or longer.

Yoga instructor Johanna Steinfeld demonstrates the L stand pose on a tree. Gavin Young Gavin Young / Gavin Young

Walk your feet back down and rest in childs pose.

L Stand with one leg lifted

Come back to L Stand and once you feel firm in the pose, lift one leg straight up into the air. Change legs.

Yoga instructor Johanna Steinfeld demonstrates the L stand with one leg lifted. Gavin Young Gavin Young / Gavin Young

For a quick tutorial on how to move into and out of each posture, follow along with the attached Yoga video class.

Know that whether or not you get into the full pose doesnt matter. Its what we learn along the way that teaches us the most about who we are.

Be inspired by your practice and in turn you will inspire others.

Namaste and Happy Yoga.

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