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I'M A Celebrity winner Jacqueline Jossa has revealed she's lost a stone on the reality show - yet wishes it was much more.

The mum-of-two was crowned champion of the ITV reality series, famed for dishing out scant portions of rice and beans to campmates, last Sunday.

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Jacqueline told Monday's Lorraine of her impressive weight loss following a three weeks in camp.

Yet she admitted because she and her co-stars tackled the critter-filled challenges so well, they actually ate hearty meals, with two portions of rice a day.

Host Lorraine Kelly praised the actress' glowing look and compared it to a healthy appearance gained from a health spa.

Jacqueline confirmed her one-stone weight loss as she gushed over the "jungle diet" saying: "It (the weight loss amount) was the first thing I asked when I came out.

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"I was hoping for more.

"But we ate really well, sometimes there was so much food."

It was her first interview since leaving camp last Sunday, and she also opened up on husband Dan Osborne's love rat behaviour.

The Sun was first to reveal how the star's campmate, Myles Stephenson, had told her he believed Dan had cheated with Gabby Allen during a heartbreaking chat in camp.

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Model Chloe Ayling then confirmed the former TOWIE hunk's threesome with her and Natalie Nunn during a boozy night out last year, with Jacq forced to come face to face with the claims on her exit from the ITV show.

Addressing the state of their marriage, she confirmed they were OK and said: "Yes, of course."

Confronting the love rat claims head on, she added: "

"The thing is, it's really funny, because we've been going through it (the cheating claims) for two years.

"This isn't new for me.

"All this stuff that I knew about is not new news to me.

"It got brought up again because of Myles but at the same time, I was glad it made me think about it, I didn't have a choice but to think about it... but it helped me."

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She added: "To be honest, I want to hit a restart button.

"It's been two years of me basically giving him hell and it's not like he's got away lightly at all.

"He knows he's done wrong, he knows he's done a lot wrong. There's some stuff that's absolutely not true that is, like, honestly, being done with legal so I can't even talk about it."

She then admitted she would "never say never" to a return to EastEnders, the soap that made her famous.

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Busan [South Korea]: A medical professor has said that maintaining lost weight is more important than losing more for achieving the ideal body weight.

"A lot of communities have recognised obesity as a chronic disease. This is because even if patients lose weight, if you wait long enough, everyone puts their weight back on, with only a handful of exceptions," said Prof Arya Sharma of the University of Alberta at a symposium during the International Diabetes Federation Conference 2019 here.

He also said that all the people including patients and physicians believe that controlling obesity is a simple task and is about energy balance on controlling calories, Korea Biomedical Review reported.

"We can control calorie intake by eating less and outtake by doing more exercise. So we believe that it will be easy to achieve a certain balance for weight loss. Therefore, in theory, this is not so difficult," Sharma was quoted as saying.

"However, the problem is that there is a black box between controlling the intake and outtake of calories that people neglect," he said.

The professor outlined that black box is a complicated, sophisticated, redundant and effective physiological system designed for one particular purpose in order to defend an individual's body from the weight loss.

"Unfortunately, when we try to lose weight with any method, the body's system is going to work against the person trying to lose weight. Adaptations to weight loss include hormonal changes, increase in appetite, decrease in metabolic rate, and thermogenesis activity," said Prof Sharma.

"I am only interested in what the best way is to keep the weight loss and not how to lose weight. The first thing we have to acknowledge is an obesity treatment that a patient can stay on forever or obesity management that only goes on for only a certain period is not a treatment for obesity," he added.

The professor listed methods used by hospitals to treat obesity like behavioural modifications such as dieting and exercise and surgical methods.

"Behavior modification, such as controlling what a person eats or exercises, normally helps patients lose 3 to 5 per cent of their weight. The problem is that the lost weight will come back if the person stops their behavioural modification," said Prof Sharma.

"Surgery is the best way to lose weight as it can cut a person's weight by 20 to 30 percent," he added.

However, Prof Sharma asserted that surgery is not an ultimate and permanent solution to treat obesity.

"As an example, there are about 1.5 million people who are qualified for surgery. Canada conducts 100,000 surgeries a year. To give all the patients surgery, it would take 150 years," he said.

"Therefore, the problem with surgery is not that it does not work or effectiveness. The problem is that it is not scalable to the size of the obesity population," added the professor.

Prof Sharma said that the first step to be taken is acknowledging that obesity is not something that can be cured but it is a chronic disease that needs good management.

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Cinnamon tea, with its high nutrient profile, may help with weight loss.

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Holidays and festivals equate to mindless eating and uninvited weight gain. With the merry festive vibe all around us, it can get difficult to stick to our routine of eating healthy foods and working out every day. Thankfully, there are some ways out that can help you not break out of your clothes, at least. Drinking cinnamon tea at bedtime may avoid excessive weight gain and may also help in losing some. Even if you are busy with the Christmas or New Year celebrations, or are marking the end of the year by holidaying, adapt this healthy ritual that will not throw your diet completely off the track.

We all love cinnamon in our curries and smoothies, but cinnamon tea is something you might have never really tried before. But don't worry; the bitter-sweet spice in its tea form will be just as pleasing to your taste buds.

Cinnamon tea, with its high nutrient profile, may boost your metabolism and keep your cholesterol level and blood sugar level in check. Its anti-inflammatory properties avoid bloating of belly. The spice is also known to aid digestion of foods that can contribute in losing extra calories.

Bengaluru-based nutritionist Dr Anju Sood says, "Cinnamon can boost the metabolic rate of the body. Often times, when a person's insulin become resistant, sugar doesn't get metabolised and it gets converted into fat. Cinnamon can help stimulate insulin and metabolise sugar from the foods ingested.

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Cinnamon is a spice that can help with faster weight loss.

There are a number of recipes for cinnamon tea that you can experiment with. The following recipe is most commonly used and suits all kinds of taste preferences. So we suggest, get your taste buds used to cinnamon tea with this basic concoction.

Ingredients:

1 cup water

1 teaspoon cinnamon powder

1 teaspoon honey

1/4 teaspoon black pepper powder

1 teaspoon lemon juice

Method:

Boil the water in. In a cup, add cinnamon powder, black pepper powder, honey and lemon juice, and mix well.

When the water is boiled, pour it over the cinnamon, honey and lemon mixture and give it all a nice stir. Pass the drink through a sieve and drink it warm.

Note: You can also use cinnamon sticks in place of cinnamon powder. In this case, boil half inch cinnamon stick along with the water.

(Also Read:This Apple-Ginger Tea May Help Speed Up Fat Burning Process)

It is said that drinking cinnamon tea at night before going to bed helps relax tired muscles, build immunity, boost metabolism and aid digestion of foods eaten throughout the day all this while you are sleeping peacefully! Try having cinnamon tea in your weight loss journey to a healthy, new you.

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Every year, millions of Americans set out to tackle their resolutions. Losing weight often tops the list, but by February, our willpower begins to fade, and suddenly, it isn't so hard to find an open machine at the gym. Most of us abandon our resolutions before they're accomplished, myself included.

But this year, I'm doing things differently. Instead of panicking and overcorrecting on all of my perceived shortcomings, I'm setting small, attainable goals. If you're like me, you want to go all in on resolutions. I equate it to spring cleaning: when the urge to do it hits, you want to fix up everything. You start strong, but by the end, you're brushing dust under the rug and piling junk into closets. The same goes for resolutions. We've heard that real weight loss doesn't happen fast, that meditation takes practice, and that overexerting ourselves when starting a new fitness routine will backfire - yet I'll admit I've made these mistakes and more in the name of tackling my resolutions. So, this year, I'm setting two larger goals and breaking them down into mini and micro goals I can accomplish without burning out. I'm also not labeling my resolutions in a way that causes me guilt or shame.

This year, my goals involve my weight and my writing - two emotionally triggering words. I have insulin-resistant PCOS, and for my health, I need to lose about 30 pounds. If you've ever been in the same boat, you know how scary that number can sound. I also have a daunting goal to finish a novel before I turn 30 (I'm 28 now). Both of those resolutions sound stressful when written as "lose 30 pounds" or "write the great American novel." I know I'll end up feeling overwhelmed and defeated if I frame them in that way. So instead, I'm making it my goal to "run a race for charity that's longer than a 5K" and "finish a (very) rough draft of the shortest acceptable novel." Neither of those goals sound as scary to me, and they trick me into remembering that I can definitely do this.

Under those big goals, I have mini goals. To prepare for the charity race, I plan to run longer and longer races every three months. I'll start with running just one mile, then maybe a 5K, and ultimately I'd love to run a half-marathon in October. Sure, 13 miles sounds like a lot, but one mile per month doesn't. My micro goal for this? Just run every day. It doesn't matter if it's 10 minutes or an hour. By next January, I'll bet I'll have lost weight, too, without the feelings of guilt or shame.

For the novel, I'm setting mini goals, too. I'm joining a local writers' group to hold me accountable. Every meeting, I'll have at least one new chapter to review with them. My writing micro goal? Write 1,000 words every day. This usually takes me less than an hour to do, and guess what? A novella is about 50,000 words. If I just hit my word count consistently, I can have a draft of a novella written in 50 days, leaving plenty of time in the year to make additions and edits.

Of course, this all sounds great in theory, but what about those days when you just can't get motivated? For me, that's where author Mel Robbins comes in. She has developed this simple but revolutionary concept she calls The 5-Second Rule. The concept is simple: no matter what it is that you're dreading - exercising, getting ready for work, meditating - just count backwards from five and "blast off" into that activity.

Mel goes into the science of this technique in her book, but I can tell you without any expertise that it works. I suffer from anxiety and chronic health issues, but trying this rule has made me brave, excited, and motivated. It launches me into action even when I'm scared, anxious, or feeling lazy. So, when I think I have nothing to say, I count down from five and just start writing. When I think I don't have the energy to run, I hit the pavement anyway! Once I'm moving, it stops the spiral of excuses, and usually the forward momentum keeps me going for a while. After all, it's only 1,000 words or a 10-minute run, not a novel or a marathon. I can totally do that, and I'll bet you can, too, whatever your goals.

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This paleo, vegan mashup is the latest trendy diet sweeping the nation. Here's how it works. USA TODAY

As 2019 comes to a close, we're taking a look back at the biggest health and wellness trends this year.

From certain diets to specialized products, the year has brought a variety of buzzy wellness trends.

Not only headlines have held the names of these wellness trends, celebrity social media posts have also promoted certain diets.

The keto diet, for example, has gotten praise from"Jersey Shore" star Vinny Guadagnino, which he credits for losing 50 pounds. And although they never directly referenceketo,Khloe Kardashian andVanessa Hudgens both credit their weight loss to a high fat, low carb diet.

We've rounded up some of the biggest headline-making trends, in no particular order:

Though vegan diets started creeping into the mainstream in the last couple of years, 2019 saw the biggest increase in vegan hype and headlines.

From plant-based fast food optionsbecoming available across the country, like Burger King's Impossible Whopper, to articles on how to vegan-ize your Thanksgiving, this year has brought veganism to the forefront.

And it's not only fast food other industries are taking note too.

In September, Walt Disney Worldannounced that it will begin offering hundreds of plant-based options for its park-goers at all of its major quick and table service restaurants. Vegan options are also coming to Disneyland in spring 2020.

Celebrities speaking up about veganism has also been prevalent this year, fromJaden Smith's ups and downs with the dietto pop newcomer Billie Eilish slamming Lady Gaga's meat dress.

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Though the ketogenic diethas been around for a while, it was everywhere in 2019, from keto movie theater snacks to celebrity endorsements.

In the diet, carbs are ditched to make room for high-quality fats and proteins. After several days of strict adherence, the body pushes through a period of lethargy to arrive at ketosis. In this highly efficient metabolic state, you burn stored fat for fuel and those stubborn love handles finally fade away.

To enter ketosis, dieters need to be eating fewer than 50 grams of carbs a day for a few days while maintaining a diet that's high in fat.

Some celebrity endorsements include Vanessa Hudgens plugging the "perfect keto snack!!," on her Instagram April, which was aSlim Fast keto peanut butter cup.

Alicia Vikander's trainer says she got her "Tomb Raider" physique from seven months of hard training and adhering to the keto diet.

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Cannabidiol, the popular hemp plant derivative marketed as a cure-all for just about any condition, has only been approved by federal regulators to treat some rare forms of epilepsy, but its popularityquickly grew in 2019.

In April 2019, there were 6.4 million CBD Google searches, according to research in the peer-reviewed JAMA Network Open.

CBD,a non-psychoactive that shouldn't contain the"high" producing THC chemical,has poppedup on shelves across the country in oil, extract, vaporized liquid and capsule form.

The product, which as found its way into natural medicine, cosmetics and even food has caused some issues, however, due to confusion surrounding its legality.

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Forget soy and almond milk, 2019 was all about oat milk for a go-tonon-dairy alternative.

Oat milk gained popularitythanks in part to the U.S. arrival of Swedish company Oatly. The company, which was formed in the early 90s,brought its oat drink to the statesstarting at Intelligentsia coffee shops last year.

Nowthe gluten-free and sugar-free product is available in upwards of 2,200 coffee shops and 1,000 grocery stores across the countryfrom Seattle to Northwest Arkansas and Brooklyn, says Oatly's general manager Mike Messersmith.

In addition to a milk-change up for yourcereal and lattes, oat milk is also coming in the form of yogurt soon.

Earlier this year, Danone North America, which sells Dannon yogurt, announced a line of oat-milk yogurt alternatives under its Silk brand.

Sorry, soy and almond: Why oat milk is the new 'it' milk alternative

A cross betweenpaleo and vegan diets, the Pegan diet was originally written about on functional medicine doctor Mark Hyman's blog in 2014. The doctor's buzzworthy brainchild caught on to the mainstream in 2019, however, withPinterest reporting a 337% increase in people searching for the term as of October.

"While Pegan involves leaving out certain foods like refined sugar and flour, conventionally raised animal products and chemical additives its so much more focused on what we can eat for optimal health," Hyman explained to USA TODAY partnerMakeItGrateful.com.

He continued, "Eating this way means you dont have to count calories because when you eat the whole, nutrient-dense foods, youre naturally satiated."

Most people are aware of fasting for religious reasons, but 2019 brought a whole new meaning to the practice when paired with the word "intermittent."

The trendy dieting advice suggestalternating between certain periods of eating and not eating. The methodhas been used as a way to lose weight and for other benefits. A study from The National Institute on Aging last year suggests that intermittent fasting could be the key to longevity.

Food fasting isn't the only kind to pop up this year, either.

Dopamine fasting has become a mindfulness practice that has taken off at the end of the year, about a year after Youtuber Improvement Pill published a video where he perhaps coined the term while describing his routine meant to Get Your Life Back Together, as the video title says.

The term has a different definition for everyone, but for American Authors musician Dave Rublinit means making a concerted effort, in a set amount of time, to avoid social media and TV.

Contributing:Jennifer Mattson, MakeItGrateful.com; Ryan W. Miller, Marina Pitofsky, Carly Mallenbaum, Brad Japhe, USA TODAY

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Over 40 percent of Americans make New Years resolutions, and nutrition is at the top of the list. According to one poll, 54 percent of respondents said eating healthier was the goal of their resolution. But while making healthier food choices is great in theory, it is challenging in practice. A recent study found that nearly 80 percent of Millennials thought their diets could be healthier. And with so many fad diets popping up, it can feel hard to know which is the healthiest and the most effective and sustainable way to lose weight.

For many of us, right after the ball drops, we begin our plan and give our resolution our all for the first month. Then work, family, and old habits creep in, and we lose sight of our goal and fall back into our old ways and only 6 percent of Americans accomplish their resolutions. But dont let that be you: Thrive has attainable Microsteps (a much more sustainable alternative to traditional resolutions) to get you to your 2020 goal. Here, top registered dietitians share their best tips and tools to change up your diet and form long-lasting, good nutrition habits.

We can safely say that resolutions havent worked, and its most likely because the goals people set are more about what they dream of having. They set actions without a well-thought-out self-assessment and plan. Theyll say, Im going on a diet in January because I need to lose 25 pounds. Instead, people need to start with self-reflection. Ask yourself honestly, Why am I not eating well in the first place? Is it because you have no time? Cant cook? Lazy? Not motivated? Stressed? Cant afford it? What stories are you telling yourself? What patterns are reinforcing your bad behavior choices? Once you have been honest with yourself, create a plan for change. Be specific and write it down. Goals without clarity are doomed to fail. Define how you want to eat and feel, the type of body you want, the amount of energy you want to have, etc. Get rid of the word diet, in your mind, and acknowledge that you are creating a lifestyle, and the healthy habits you form will change your self-image. Your identity will morph from, I am a person who wants to eat healthy, to I am a person who honors my body and chooses quality food. Think about habits as the method through which you embody a particular identity. In other words, every time you eat well, you embody someone who is fit and healthy. Or every time you eat and cook food at home, you embody someone who doesnt eat fast food.

The next ingredient for lasting change is to restructure your environment for success. This includes both your physical and social surroundings. Is your home set up so that eating healthy is easy, or do you have a six pack of soda in the fridge and a gallon of ice cream in the freezer? Lets face it, we all fight the gravitational pull of junk food. The best solution is not to keep it in your home or work environment where its obvious, available, and visible. Give your pantry and fridge a makeover. Make it hard for you to access the foods that sabotage your nutrition. Do you get tempted driving by fast food every day? Take a different route to work. Do you get tempted by the unhealthy food in your office conference room? Stay out of the room and bring healthy snacks from home. Your social environment is equally important. Seek out tribes that share your vision for healthy eating both in person and online. Pair up with friends or coworkers that can socially reinforce your desired behaviors. Be intentional with your social media use, and join online communities that are in line with your health values. Its here that you will find like-minded people who share information and videos that can teach you not just what to eat, but also model what a healthy lifestyle looks like. A lot of small habits turn into big changes, and every action you take is a vote for the type of person you want to become.

Nicole Magryta, M.B.D., R.D.N., Integrative Clinical Nutritionist and author of Nourish Your Tribe

Im a physician and a scientist, and what I follow is the research that is evolving our understanding of health. Some of the discoveries actually shift what we once thought was the right way to eat into new ways to make good choices. Here are some health tips that can revolutionize your approach to better living in the new year:

1. Shop the middle aisle: Unlike the old adage that you should avoid the middle aisle to only buy fresh foods, it is now clear that the middle aisle offers foods that can activate our bodys health defense systems. For example, dried or canned beans are a good source of dietary fiber that feed our healthy gut bacteria, or microbiome, which improves our immunity. Similarly, some tinned smaller fish like sardines, anchovies, and even tuna can be a source of healthy marine omega-4 fatty acids. Canned tomatoes can be a source of lycopene, which protects your DNA. And dark chocolate has been shown to activate stem cells that help us heal from the inside out. Visit the middle aisle, and choose wisely.

2. Dont worry so much about individual elements, like gluten or lectins or sugar, its the sum total that counts: Research has shown us that dietary patterns matter more than individual elements. Thats why the Mediterranean diet works its not just one aspect of the diet. If you eat mostly plant-based foods, youll be building up your bodys health defenses, and its OK to occasionally eat something less healthy. Fashion your eating habits after the healthiest cultures, and dont stress about any single healthy or unhealthy ingredient.

3. Love your food to love your health: Start a new health regime when it comes to nutrition by looking at what you love that is healthy, and find delicious ways to cook and combine those ingredients. Be bold and explore new foods that are healthy so you can discover new pleasures to enrich your life. Its time to move away from deprivation, guilt, and shame when it comes to healthy eating. Living well means leaning into the healthy food that you enjoy.

William W. Li, M.D., author of Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself

Your resolution should be something that youre actually motivated to do. It may sound obvious, but we often make goals that we think we should make, rather than ones that we actually want to take action on. And without being truly motivated, maintaining your goal will be much harder.

Accountability is an essential part of sticking with your goals in the long term. Options like seeing a dietitian, signing up for a race, and tracking your progress in an app like Lose It! can all go a long way in keeping you motivated and on track. As you go through your year, its also important to maintain the mindset that a slip up isnt a failure. Just because you got off track once, that doesnt mean your goal goes out the window. Instead, its important to accept the mistake and move on guilt-free. You may even be able to learn from the experience and make a plan to avoid similar situations in the future.

When it comes to setting resolutions, two common mistakes I often see are making goals that are either non-specific or unrealistic, or both. As a result, we end up with goals that are difficult to achieve.

To make goals more specific, make sure that youre clear on how you will take action on your goal, and you have a way to measure when youve made progress on it. For example, using tracking apps like Lose It! can help with measuring your progress, as they can give you data on the nutrient content of your meals, and track changes in weight loss, food or macronutrient intake, water consumption, and exercise.

One way to ensure your goals are realistic is to avoid the all or nothing mindset. So rather than saying youre going to stop eating dessert altogether, a more realistic goal would be to start by reducing how often you consume dessert. Again, apps like Lose It! can be helpful since they can help teach you the nutrient content in different foods, and see how some popular off limits foods can still fit into your healthier lifestyle.

Kelli McGrane, M.S., R.D. at Lose It!

The biggest mistake I see with my clients, and most people struggling to lose weight, is that they have an all or nothing mentality. People need to stop looking for a fast way to lose weight and move on, and start getting real about making lasting changes they can sustain. To keep weight off and maintain weight loss, you must change how you look at food. Start writing down every single thing you eat. Then add the calories. Weight loss is calories in versus calories out. When you start to monitor what you eat, add in healthy foods. I actually encourage all of my clients to eat carbs at every meal. So often, people eat something bad, or skip a workout, and their mindset switches to, Oh well, Im going to stop working out, or Im going to continue eating badly. A little planning goes a long way when it comes to losing weight. Sunday is a great day to plan and prepare. Plan your food for the week and then hit the supermarket.

Gladys DiTroia, weight loss specialist and coach

To ensure your New Years resolution success, I recommend focusing on one thing at a time, and doing that one thing well before you try to change something else. Multiple habits that we do on a day-to-day basis combine and form our behaviors. If we set a New Years resolution to start eating better a behavior then that requires us to start shopping for healthier food, portioning our foods, ensuring that we eat the right amount of food on a daily basis, drink enough water throughout the day, and so on and so forth a habit. So by choosing to make one behavior change, were actually trying to change multiple habits at the same time. Statistically, it takes about 66 days to form a new habit. Choose one habit to focus on for 66 days. Once you can successfully do that one thing for 66 days, then work on another. Over time, after continuing to use this model, youll then form long-lasting and sustainable behavior changes.

For those who are looking to add more movement into their days to enhance their well-being, I recommend doing something first thing in the morning to get your body moving. This is when your mind and your body are at its best, without all the stress. For those of you with a morning routine, I would strongly encourage to add movement into your routine, and notice how it will enhance everything else you do. For those of you without a routine, this is a simple place to start, so that you can take care of yourself first, as most of us spend our days taking care of others. Start by getting up 15 to 20 minutes earlier to establish a morning routine such as mobility, stretching, yoga, or even taking a brisk walk outside without distractions, honoring yourself and your body.

Nathan Kohlerman, Founder of NeuIntention

The key to healthy eating is making small changes that are specific, measurable, and attainable. For example, instead of declaring you want to eat healthier or lose weight, try setting specific goals like replacing one sugar-sweetened beverage each day with fruit-infused water, or incorporating one more serving of veggies per day from what you previously ate.

My number one healthy snacking tip is to have protein, and produce options at eye level in the fridge and pantry so they are the first to grab when hunger strikes. Some examples are hummus and sugar snap peas, cheese and grapes, or an apple and peanut butter. Pairing protein and produce is what I call a snack with staying power, and one I recommend to my clients wanting to lose weight or have more energy.

Mia Syn, M.S., R.D., Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist at Goli Nutrition

Really think through what you want to accomplish and why you want to accomplish it. You need to have a well-thought-out reason for what you want to do, and why you want to do it, because this is what you will keep returning to for willpower even when you feel like you have lost some of your motivation to keep going.

Break the goal into bite-sized pieces. When you just keep looking ahead and the destination looks too far is when you are most likely to quit. Make a plan that is divided up week by week, with weekly goals that at the end add up to your plan, but where you can just focus on the goal of the week in the moment.

Give yourself concrete rewards. Brains respond to positive feedback, and a reward at the end of bite-sized accomplishments will encourage a good feeling about moving forward with the next weeks goals.

Create a support system to also hold you accountable. Its easier to deceive yourself that you are sticking with a goal than it is to deceive others. Form a small group of people who will emotionally invest in keeping you honest, cheering you on, and being brutally honest when you lean towards throwing in the towel. Studies find social support does make a difference in goal-keeping.

Dr. Gail Saltz, M.D., psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, columnist, and best-selling author

One small, actionable tip that you can easily integrate into your life for a healthier 2020 is to eat more fruit. Nine out of ten Americans do not eat the recommended amount of fruit per day according to the CDC. Whole fruit contains vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytochemicals, fiber, and most importantly, water.

At Mastering Diabetes, we consider water a micronutrient. The reason we do so is because much like vitamins and minerals, water assists in thousands of chemical reactions in your blood and in tissues, and is an underappreciated component of whole foods that rarely gets mentioned. Every second of every day, thousands of chemical reactions are taking place in your body simultaneously, and water is an essential participant that enables them to be carried out efficiently.

Water helps in many aspects of nutrient digestion and absorption. In your stomach, water helps unfold intact food material. In your small intestine, water helps digest and absorb glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids into your blood. In your large intestine, water plays a vital role in bulking your stool, feeding your microbiome, and helping to regulate the electrolyte balance in your blood.

Refined and processed foods are significantly lower in their water content than fruits. For example, cornflakes contain four percent of water by mass, and a typical whole-wheat bagel is 34 percent water by mass. On the other hand, fruits generally contain between 70 and 95 percent water by mass. This means that when you eat fruit, you actually eat water, which helps keep you hydrated and improves both mental and physical performance.

Robby Barbaro, M.P.H. and co-founder of Mastering Diabetes

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The 2010s was the decade that wellness shed its fringe, hippie-dippy connotations and exploded into mainstream consciousness. According to the New York Times, the term was first coined in the 1950s, which is apparently when people figured out that there was more to health than reactively treating illness. Now, the term is so ubiquitous its hard to imagine life without it. So what, exactly, is wellness? It's fuddy-duddy health's hot younger sister. Its not a luxury, its a necessity. Fly to Bali for a meditation retreat, or slather yourself in skincare products that cost more than a new washer/dryer combo; thats wellness, baby. Drink some water or just b r e a t h e (because, duh, your insurance doesnt cover therapy!!), and thats wellness too.

It also happens to be incredibly profitable. Because wellness is so vague (its hard to argue with listen to your body) and also everyone feels kind of terrible all the time, wellness is fertile ground for entrepreneurial types peddling practices and products they insistedwith no real proofwould change our lives. In 2018, a non-profit called the Global Wellness Institute said the industry was booming (it grew 12.8% from 20152017), and valued at $4.2 trillion.

But whether you engaged in wellness this decade in the pursuit of optimization or just in lieu of like, actual healthcare, its undeniable that you probably encountered some pretty wild trends along the way. Did you also almost pass out during CrossFit, or accidentally broil your vag with a Goop-recommended yoni steaming? Double fist bone broth and kombucha while furiously performing barre exercises to prepare for your next Tough Mudder? Fidget spin for hours to distract yourself from the teatox ravaging your insides? Catch measles from a wealthy, unvaccinated third-grader? Then help us pick the worst wellness trend of the past 10 years!

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Between Dec. 16 and Dec. 20, you'll be able to vote via Twitter polls for the things you believe made us stray furthest from God's light. (Matchups 1-16 will happen throughout the day on Monday; matchups 17-32 will kick-off on Tuesday. You can revisit this post every day to see winners and links to the latest updates.) Ranging from the overhyped to the straight-up dangerous, the things we ate and did and wore for our health are worth taking a look back onif only to laugh, and then make sure to never, ever do them again.

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Menstrual cupsMark this as the decade in which many people began fisting themselves in public restrooms, in order to empty their menstrual cups. Long popular in other countries, the menstrual cup went mainstream, big-time, in the U.S. in the latter half of the decadeeven traditional tampon makers manufacture their own versions now. Cups are firmly chaotic good; theyre good for the environment, but you cant use them without getting covered in your own blood.

MMAMMA has been a competitive sport for some time, but in the 2010s, it enjoyed a moment of popularity as a workout until everyone realized its too violent to reasonably pursue much beyond throwing some practice punches and doing some very light grappling. Arm bars hurt.

The Shake WeightThe Shake Weight, a dumbbell that shifts around as you essentially jerk it off, was invented to capitalize on a nationwide fixation on Michelle Obama's toned arms. More than two million of them were reportedly sold after the 2010 debut of a lurid advertisementin which women demonstrated how to use the device (again, by giving it a vigorous handjob)that went viral.

Juices/juicingIs juicing fruits and vegetables any healthier than simply eating fresh produce whole? No. Is there any scientific evidence that proves that drinking something like celery juice, which had a moment in 2018 thanks to self-professed psychic healer Anthony William, will reduce inflammation, boost your immune system, reduce your risk of cancer, or sustain your microbiomes (whatever the hell those are)? No. Is a fancy bottle of cold-pressed juice cheaper than a weeks worth of produce? No. Nevertheless, juicing persisted, becoming one of the biggest wellness trends of the past 10 years.

MicrodosingMicrodosing, or the act of regularly consuming a small amount of a psychedelic like LSD or psilocybin, rose to popularity in late 2015 among (where else?) Silicon Valley circles. The practice has been touted as a way to increase productivity and creativity. But microdosing is also just... being high at work, something not everyone can get away with.

KaleIn 2011, Gwenyth Paltrow (a harbinger for many items in this bracket) went on Ellen to demonstrate kale chips, and since then, the leafy green has known no peace. It has been massaged, chopped, baked, fried, and left to wilt in the homes of countless Americans, who, it now seems, are ready to abandon it.

KetoKeto, or the ketogenic diet, is a high-fat, low-carb meal plan designed to send the body into a state called ketosis and burn up stored fat; it spiked in popularity around 2017. Studies have shown it has benefits for people looking to control neurological disorders like epilepsy. Otherwise, its potentially bad for your brain because it deprives it of the glucose it needs to run smoothly. Plus, its notoriously hard to sustain. Have you ever gone out to eat while doing keto? Its almost as bad as going out to eat with someone whos doing keto.

IsagenixIsagenix is a brand that combines two of everyones favorite things: multi-level marketing schemes, and an extreme low-calorie diet in the form of weight-loss drinks and foods. Its been around since 2002, but enjoyed a moment in 2015, and it continues to advertise to vulnerable populations through multilevel marketing.

CryotherapyThe thinking behind cryotherapy is that, if ice packs help reduce muscle pain after workouts, then so will stripping down and standing in a booth in sub-freezing temperatures. There's no science to back up that cryo will help with sorenessbut what it can do is give you frostbite, as Olympic champion sprinter Justin Gaitlin illustrated when he showed up to the 2011 World Championships with his feet scarred after he wore sweaty socks in a cryo booth.

Yoni eggIn 2017, we were reminded not to put just anything in our pussies when Goop began selling jade eggs meant to be shoved up one's vagina. The site claimed the crystal eggs could balance hormones, regulate menstrual cycles, prevent uterine prolapse, and increase bladder control, which was quickly and noisily refuted by gynecologists, and for which Goop was eventually fined $145,000.

#nodaysoffBecause of our deep aversion to loving ourselves, we closed the decade bragging about #grinding, #nevernotworking, and taking #nodaysoff from our jobs on social media. Come on, bb, lets get that bread and that engagement! Its not like the labor movement of the late 19th and early 20th century worked tirelessly to get us weekends, paid time off, the 40-hour week, and other necessary reprieves from capitalisms clutches or anything!

Standing desksIn 2011, people rushed to rearrange their office spaces after a New York Times story quoted a doctor who said that sitting all daylike a lot of us do at our desksis "lethal." Standing desks were supposed to be the solution to this, but even though they're somewhat helpful, they don't fully counteract the problems of sitting unless you're actually moving around. Rats.

Corporate wellnessCorporate wellness is the latest iteration of workplace wellness, which has been around since the late 1800s, and has always existed to increase worker productivity. The current iteration of corporate wellness is mainly focused on mindfulness, but can also include, uh, taking DNA samples from employees or harassing a double-mastectomy patient into getting a mammogram. Surprisingly, these programs dont actually contribute to workplace wellness. Go figure!

Bone brothEvery January since 2015, Google searches for bone broth have popped. A natural extension of the paleo, protein, collagen, and clean eating trends, bone broth is made by simmering animal bones in water but enthusiasts claim its better than regular stock because it cooked for hours longer, thus pulling more nutrients from the bones. Bone broth promised to heal your gut, strengthen your bones and immune system, and give you healthier hair and skin. By 2016, you could make it in your Keurig. 🙁

CollagenYou are what you eat or, at least, thats what we tell ourselves when we chow down on some collagen. The tissue-binding protein, which one dermatologist described as the glue that holds the body together, has become a $100 million industry over the past few years, with consumers gobbling down chewables, powders, and capsules of the stuff with the hope of increasing collagen production, reducing wrinkles, and looking younger. Does it work? Perhaps. There are some studies that suggest collagen supplements might improve skin elasticity and decrease signs of aging, though, as The New York Times pointed out in a recent deep-dive into collagens effectiveness, a lot of those studies are small and paid for by companies trying to sell us the stuff.

Chia seedsOne of the early "superfoods" that was strangely accessible (because they are, quite literally, the same seeds that produce Chia Pets). chia seeds first caught on as an addition to overnight oats (remember those?) in 2013. They magically add fiber to any dish and infinite wellness blogs purport them to be filling, but they also sometimes taste like dirt. They fell somewhat out of favor when bougie grocery stores starting packing them in tiny bags at an enormous markup.

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QuinoaThough it's been around for thousands of years, quinoa, the ancient whole grain with origins in Peru and Bolivia, crested in popularity in Western culture over the past decade right alongside Americans' aversion to simple carbohydrates. In fact, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization declared 2013 the "International Year of Quinoa." So throw it in a bowl! Watch those wild li'l spirals unwind! Remember that expensive fast-casual restaurants for the upwardly mobile didn't invent this! It's called quinoa, baby.

FitBitsEven though humans have had the ability to walk for millennia, this decade is when we decided to really get into walking, and the FitBit will forever live as a relic of this time. When aliens write their textbooks on the history of the Earth, FitBits will be documented as a mostly forgettable device that gently nudged us off our asses... at least until they all inevitably broke, and were shoved away in some drawer.

Gut bacteriaDoctors have only begun to realize that gut microbiomes are an indicator of health, and that certain things like eating more fiber and probiotics can help maintain them. But with new findings come predators trying to capitalize, like those pushing cures for leaky gut syndrome and unproven diets personalized to ones microbiome.

Not vaccinating your childrenBeing anti-vax is extremely stupid and actively harmful, and is the rare value shared by extremely wealthy liberals and Republicans. People who neglect to vaccinate their kids mostly do so because theyre worried about disproven side effects like autism. Vaccines are so soundly safe and medically advisable, that not believing in them is like thinking chemtrails are what happen when angels fart.

MeditationWhat havent people tried to cure with the ancient practice of meditation? Opioid addiction, depression, and anxiety are just a few conditions that have found themselves in the meditation crosshairs. Transcendental meditation, in particular, began having a moment in 2011. While meditation is itself not a bad thing, no one could accuse us of under-applying it.

NootropicsA late entry into the dumb things we did this decade, nootropics are essentially just supplements like vitamins or OTC male enhancement tablets, but for the brain. Like many things on this list, the sweaty insecurity of Silicon Valley dwellers is to blame for this one.

Apple cider vinegarInstagram loves apple cider vinegar, which is supposed to be something of a cure-all: ACV will solve indigestion! Get rid of dandruff! Take care of a sore throat, reflux, and eczema! People use it topically for skin and hair issues, and take shots of it (diluted with water, one hopes) for digestive and other internal issues. There is no evidence it has any health benefits whatsoever, unless you're eating a salad underneath itit makes for delicious dressing.

MindfulnessMindfulness is the act of being present in a given moment through meditation and other mental training, rather than spending the present lost in rumination or distracted thought. It originated in Eastern religious practices, but grew popular thanks to endorsements from the likes of Oprah in the mid-2010s; Time Magazine declared the advent of a mindful revolution in 2014. Now, its basically the copy-paste solution for any mental health woe one could experience and has ballooned into a $4 billion industry. Deep breaths, deep breaths.

Coconut waterCoconut water is water-like fluid harvested from the inside of young coconuts. Its sales doubled in 2011 and has enjoyed a steady popularity ever since thanks to its successful marketing as a healthy alternative to sports drinks and carbonated beverages. It is a natural source of potassium and electrolytes. But so are a lot of things. And coconut water, if I recall correctly, kind of tastes like cum.

Organic period productsIn prior decades, it was enough to merely consume organic food; throughout the 2010s, the organic concept was expanded to include essentially anything that goes into your body. Despite no real scientific evidence that regular tampons are toxic, Gwyneth Paltrow suggested they might be, and so organic period products became incredibly trendy. This trendwhich is still going strong, by the wayis particularly noxious because it frightened regular people into spending even more money on already expensive, overly taxed health products.

Activated charcoalWhile it has long proven effective at treating overdoses and improving digestion, activated charcoal got a cute new wellness makeover during the 2010s, popping up in everything from toothpaste to ice cream by mid-decade, largely thanks to its super Instagrammable, rich black color. Unfortunately, putting activated charcoal in something like ice cream has, if anything, a detrimental effect, sucking the calcium, potassium, and other vitamins right out of the frozen dairy treat before your stomach can absorb them.

ProteinAfter we thoroughly vilified carbs and fats, everyone realized that protein was the only macro left that we were allowed to eat. Diets front-loading protein including Atkins, paleo, and ketosurged in popularity during the 2010s, and the boogeyman of getting enough protein continues to haunt everyone to this day.

Tough MudderIn 2010, Tough Mudder (and, later, Spartan Race and Warrior Dash) invited participants to run through mud, crawl under barbed wire and across giant nets, carry other entrants on their backs, and work together to form a human pyramid against the steep, slick wall to get over the top. By 2014, Racked reported, Tough Mudder has soiled over 1.5 million participants... more than 4,000 of them even have Tough Mudder tattoos. Thanks to the huge cost of putting them onincluding the major marketing campaigns intended to convince people that they were actually safeand the fact that most people do them once and are like Im good, the races future remains uncertain.

CBDCBD was undeniably the hottest wellness trend of 2019. CBD is a cannabis-derived chemical compound purported to produce a calming effect without the typical weed high, and its popularity exploded when it became gray-area legal thanks to hemps legalization. CBD is basically available everywhere, in many forms, but buyer beware: Its still not federally regulatedthanks to FDA stall tacticsand thats a big part of why it usually doesnt do anything.

TeatoxesIn the early 2010s, there was an explosion of fit teas with names like Bootea, Skinny Me Tea, and Flat Tummy Tea. Despite seeming to come out of nowhere, the brands apparently had big enough #sponcon budgets to get into the hands of influencers and A-list celebrities who shamelessly promoted them on Instagram. The teas promised to help you feel light or fight bloat... thanks to the help of senna, an FDA-approved ingredient that is essentially a laxative. In reality, they either did nothing or made you shit your brains out.

Fidget spinnersFidget toys were supposed to reduce anxiety and help people concentrate; advocates claimed the toys could be especially helpful for kids who are on the autism spectrum or have ADHD. In December 2016, Forbes named them the must have office toy for 2017. By spring, they occupied every one of the top 20 bestseller slots in the "Toys and Games" category on Amazon, schools were banning them, and kids were choking on them.

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InsanityMarketers know people love the (unachievable) idea of getting ripped without ever stepping foot in a gym. Insanity and P90X are high-intensity interval training (aka HIIT), but with extremely short rest periods between intervals. This makes the workouts so difficult, its almost as if no one could reasonably complete them, so anyone who tries ends up blaming themselves for not achieving the results. Interesting how that works.

Bulletproof coffeeAlso known as coffee with butter in it, bulletproof coffee took hold in the Bay Area in mid-2014, with many coffee shops blending melted butter into hot coffee. That was it. People claimed drinking this beverage instead of breakfast suppressed hunger and promoted weight loss. As you can see, it worked and everyone is thin now.

Essential oilsScented, plant-derived oils surged in popularity around 2017, in part thanks to wellness conspiracists like InfoWars' Alex Jones and Goop's Gwyneth Paltrow, who marketed their purported health benefits to their followers. Multi-level marketing companies like doTerra and Young Living also popped on Facebook, where distributors push them to their friends, claiming they can cure just about anything a person might like for them to. Medical science points out that they're possibly good for aromatherapybut that you might want to also try actual medicine for what ails you instead of what amounts to homeopathic perfume.

AdaptogensWhile adaptogenslike so many other modern wellness trendshave roots in Chinese and Ayurvedic healing traditions, a lot of (white) people came to the herbs in the twenty-teens via Gwyneth Paltrow. The most famous adaptogen of this era was the GOOP-approved Sex Dust, a stimulating adaptogenic blend of Shatavari, Shilajit, Epimedium, Schisandra, Cacao & Maca that ignite[s] creative energy, in & out of the bedroom and costs $38 for 1.5 ounces.

The moonGiven the Moons historical associations with some kind of divine feminine, its no wonder that the modern wellness industrywhich often targets female consumers whose experiences with mainstream medicine have been alienating and unsatisfyingcommodified the shit out of lil baby roundie in the 2010s. There was Moon Milk (a.k.a., hot milk with added spices, honey, and nutrient-dense supplements called adaptogens); Moon Juice (a wellness brand that sells stuff like Beauty Dust and Yoni Oil); and apps like Co-Star (teaching people what to say when their Tinder date asks them Whats your moon sign?) Even non-wellness brands got in on the action, selling moon phase-themed home dcor and moon-shaped jewelry to crunchy aunts in Vermont and women from L.A. who wear those big floppy-brimmed hats. Congrats to the Moon for selling out!

Whole30Scientifically speaking, Whole30 is a diet; its creators, however, would prefer that you consider it an entire lifestyle overhaul, a way to heal your bodys woes with carefully selected food. Like with most draconian diets, the two major problems with #Whole30 is that it is so obsessive it hedges on disordered eating; and its impossible to follow without talking about it constantly.

Cauliflower rice/zoodlesWho didnt buy a zoodler or ricer three-ish years ago? It seemed so fun: all the delightful shape of pasta but without the dreaded carbs. Wellness blogs and influencers pushed this for years before everyone realized these versions of wet mush are no substitute for the real thing, and carbs are not actually the enemy.

Oil pullingOil pulling, or swishing an oil around ones teeth for 10-20 minutes at a time, comes from a time before we had anything resembling modern dentistry. Yet in 2014, everyone started talking about it. Then everyone realized it was gross, time consuming, and didnt replace regular brushing. Ah, well.

Rock climbingWas the 2017 deluge of dating app photos of men rock climbing worth any of the health benefits people got from rock climbing? The matter is extremely debatable. Still, rock gyms where people could climb walls with the literal and figurative support of their rock climbing peers are going to remain popular into the next decade.

Arianna Huffingtons $65 phone bedStep back into the fever dream that was Arianna Huffingtons mid-2010s rebrand as the Queen of Sleep, as one SELF contributor called her. In 2016, the billionaire author and businesswoman published The Sleep Revolution, and the following year she began selling a $65 phone bed through one of her companies, Thrive Global. The phone bed is exactly what it sounds like. You put your phone under the blanket and you tuck it in and say goodnight, she told a CNBC reporter in 2017. Failing to solve capitalism with an overpriced piece of doll furniture, Huffington pulled the phone bed from the market and we all collectively forgot any of this ever happened.

Hair gummiesThanks to the pioneering efforts of The Bachelors most shameless castoffs in the mid-2010s, the world got sold on the idea that a blue pastel gummy bear could maybe give us luxurious locks. But do hair growth gummies really work? Publications have been asking that question since at least as far back as 2015, and, despite the completely static scientific evidence about biotins ability to strengthen brittle nails and make hair grow thicker and faster (its insufficient, babes!), they always come to the same conclusion: We should write a blog about it and find out. Meanwhile, in 2019, influencer overlords James Charles and Tati Westbrook almost murdered each other over SugarBearHair promo. As Natasha from Americas Next Top Model Cycle 8 would say, some people have war in their countries!

Intermittent fastingWhat even is intermittent fasting? became a popular question at the end of this decade, typically followed by, Isnt that just skipping breakfast? Basically, yes. There are a few different popular models that people follow, and all of them involve mindfully not eating for some period of time, under the guise of wellness. The limited studies on IF were mostly performed on mice, so, if youre not currently in a fast period, take the evidence on this diet with a tremendous grain of salt.

SeltzerYou may feel like a beacon of virtuous hydration if you're never without a seltzer close at hand (even if it erodes the enamel on your teeth if you drink it constantly, or by itself without food). This may be because, somewhere between 2010 and 2015, more and more people started to ride the La Croix wave and continue to surf those same carbonated Peach-Pear tides today. It's not just this one brand, thoughSodaStreams, though ethically contentious in 2014 (coincidentally, the same year I blew mine up trying to carbonate a bottle of vodka), were hugely popular in the 2010s, and seltzer's popularity has now blossomed into a national obsession with canned alcoholic seltzers like Truly and White Claw (arguably a better approach to carbonated booze than my own). People just love this churched-up water.

PelotonA Peloton is a $2,200+ exercise bike with a screen attached that allows riders to stream Peloton workout classes ($39/month), from the comfort of their beautifully sparse Black Mirror-esque homes. The brandwhich is beloved by celebrities like Hugh Jackman and other unknown Rich Peoplewas founded in 2012 and has been selling happiness (again, for $2,245 + $39/month) ever since. If you are looking for a vaguely culty bougie fitness trend to get into, but cant afford to buy a Peloton for yourself, theres always the possibility that Hubby will gift you one.

KombuchaKombucha is a fizzy fermented drink that tastes like alcohol (not in a good way) but is not actually alcoholic. Lovers of the yeasty bev claim it helps with digestion (thanks to probiotics) and rids your body of toxins. Around 2014, several kombucha brands launched, and true fans started making their own at home (which requires something called a SCOBY or Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeastyum!). But for all its faults, kombucha did bring us this good meme.

My Fitness PalThis app, which allows users to document the foods they eat and the exercise they do, made counting calories (also a practice common to eating disorders, by the way) mainstream when it topped the first edition of Consumer Reports' dieting-program ratings in 2013. CICO, or logging one's "calories in, calories out" is the colloquial term for the app's central approach to weight loss (which is also highly evangelized on the popular subreddit r/loseit), and My Fitness Pal is how its followers log their daily bread. There are now more than 140 million MFP users, meaning a whole lot more of us who now know exactly how many calories are in cherry Blow Pops, hummus, Flamin' Hot Cheetos, and everything else we put into our bodies.

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Waist trainers"Who doesn't love to feel tight & right?!?" wrote Khloe Kardashian in a 2014 Instagram caption underneath a photo of herself in what appeared to be a tight black corset. She and her sisters Kim and Kourtney proceeded to wallpaper the internet with photos of themselves wearing waist trainers, often while working out. The compressive abdominal sleeves squinch their wearers' stomachs restrictively, supposedly to target fat loss around that area and help you sweat more. This has no basis in science, and is actually mad dangerous, no matter how "tight and right" they purport to make their wearers feel in a gym selfie.

All the milksThe 2010s saw an explosion of milks that arent actually milk, much to the chagrin of the dairy milk industry, which launched a legal battle against the plant-based milk industry over their flagrant use the term milk. I, too, take issue with all the new non-milk milks, but not because they call themselves milk. Theres just too many of them! Look, I love oat milk as much as the next white woman, but between oat, soy, almond, coconut, cashew, pea, and hempnot to mention all your standard dairy milk varitalsthere are simply too many milks now!

MatchaEvery cafe in 2015 was serving matcha, a powdered green tea that appeared first in 12th century Japan. Matcha has a meticulous preparation process that involves whipping the powder into water with a particular type of whisk, because the mindfulness aspect of creating the tea is supposed to be equally as important to ones health as the tea itself. Eventually people realized they didnt have time for this between meetings.

BarreDespite being around in the U.S. since the early 70s, barrea boutique fitness class where regular people pay upwards of $30 to do tiny, isometric moves, meant to give them the physique of a professional ballerinaexploded throughout the decade. By 2015, Pure Barre (one of the biggest barre chains in the U.S.) had opened nearly 300 studios; its since become impossible to go anywhere without seeing hordes of women in Lululemon tights and barre-themed graphic tees.

CrossFitSorry to everyone who has no desire to hear the word WOD (workout of the day, pronounced wad) thrown around in casual conversation like its a giant tire. CrossFit, a no-frills workout class with timed activities like Olympic lifts, headstand pushups, and flipping tires, exploded in the twenty-teens. But anyone who is Facebook friends with a CrossFit enthusiast already knew that.

CrystalsCrystals are gorgeous rocks that believers say harness energy, which can then be used to heal, to attract, and to manifest (or, at least, look nice on a table). The trend apparently sprang out of an uptick in interest in quartz jewelry around 2007, and gained traction throughout the decade. Were still in the thick of it, even though crystal mining is deeply unethical and environmentally unsound. At least its also proven pseudoscience!

"Cool girl" vitaminsFrom bidets to toothbrushes to face rollers, the budding direct-to-consumer wellness industry excels at making decades-old products seem hot, fresh, new, and somehow superior. Case in point: companies like Ritual and Care/of, which ushered in a new age of cool girl vitamins with super shareable packaging and branding despite literally just selling the same old stuff that our moms have been buying for years.

TRXTRX, or the more general suspension training, is a kind of workout that popped in early 2018 and involves using woven nylon straps suspended from the ceiling. It sounds cool and futuristic, but imagine the disappointment when we all got to the TRX class held at the local gym, only to find out its still pushups and rows, just harder.

Clean eatingClean eating, a fairly vague method of consuming strictly whole or unprocessed foods, was a major addition to the its not a diet, its a lifestyle change canon. Thanks to the tireless work of young, thin, white female Instagram influencers, it became a trendy umbrella term that can include nearly anythingvegetarian, vegan, raw-vegan, sugar-free, gluten-freebut almost always includes cauliflower pizza.

No Fap/No Nut NovemberNo Nut November is a trend rooted in mens proclivity toward doing stupid shit that harms only themselves for no reason and/or for reasons rooted in deeply held misogyny. The Reddit-based challenge involves simply not orgasming for a month, despite this having no health benefit or implication at all.

SoylentSoylent is a line of meal replacement products, best known in ready-made beverage form. It hit the U.S. marketplace in 2014 after one of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns ever, and has remained a hit with engineers and people who hate eating food. Its original flavor tastes like extra bland cereal, and its founder has been explicit about his desire to completely obliterate food. Good luck with that.

SoulCycleThat recent dystopian Peloton ad makes it easy to forget when SoulCycle, the boutique chain of indoor group cycling studios (which now boasts over 80 locations in North America and the U.K.) was the hot new bougie wellness craze at least among the wealthy, coastal types who lived near one of the exclusive studios and could afford to pay $35 a class to visit. But at the end of the decade, SoulCycle was dealing with a failed IPO, Pelotons emergence as a bona fide competitor, and the news that Stephen Ross (the parent companys chairman) was fundraising for Donald Trumps reelection campaign. Chrissy Tiegan boycotted, the CEO stepped down, and Manhattans woke trophy wives were left wondering how theyd tone their asses going forward.

e-cigs/juulThe rapid glow-up (and even-more-rapid fall) of e-cigs and vapes was pretty incredible. At the beginning of the decade, e-cigs were cumbersome contraptions that earned their users a fair amount of bullying; cut to 2018, and everyone (including teens) could be found sucking on their JUULs. The decade comes to a close with vapings safety in serious question.

Vaginal steamingVaginal steaming is sort of what it sounds like: You steam some water, add a blend of herbs, and squat, all in the pursuit of a cleaner vagina. Vaginal steaming caught some heat after Gwyneth Paltrow recommended the procedure on Goop in 2015, and a bunch of gynecologists were immediately like, Hey, dont do that, you could burn your vagina and also, its a self-cleaning oven.

PaleoThe paleo diet, which hit big in January 2014, is based on the idea that for optimal health, we should all be eating like cave people didbecause, the thinking goes, humans havent evolved enough to be able to eat foods like dairy, legumes, or even potatoes without it leading to health problems. Its mostly just a low-carb, high-protein diet, and despite the fact that theres no real evidence backing it upand only a cop would ban potatoesits probably the reason there are now 30 types of artisanal jerky brands with names like Mastadon and Prmatv available at Whole Foods.

AthleisureAthleisure is all about paying a lot of money to look like youre at the airport. Think Lululemon leggings, the Outdoor Voices Exercise Dress, and hideous sneakers with four-digit price tags. The Im-not-actually-working-out workout clothes hit the mass market around the mid-2010s and have remained a surprisingly controversial topic ever since. Critics say athleisure essentially makes you a banner ad for conspicuous consumption and force strangers to get an up-close and personal view of your rear end. (But, cmon, is anyone really gonna turn down an excuse for looking like garbage in public? Athleisure isnt going anywhere.)

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Weve all established that for fat loss, the only thing that matters is a caloric deficit which you achieve by weighing your food and tracking. To track your food efficiently, you have to cook your food yourself. While this isnt a problem for most, it can be quite challenging for students in hostels, people that work long hours or anyone that doesnt want to go through the stress of extreme tracking. Here are some great tips on how you can achieve a caloric deficit without strict tracking. All youre going to need is a free application called myfitnesspal, a kitchen scale to weight your food and a bathroom scale.

Focus on foods with fixed calories

There are a lot of foods that have set amounts and hence set calories for example eggs, bread slices, frozen foods, foods packaged in single servings. Adding these into your diet allow you to track your food without weighing them on a scale.

Meal prep is your best friend

For foods that need to be weighed like chicken, vegetables, rice, pasta etc, all you have to do is dedicate a few hours to meal prep for two weeks and youre sorted. Boil chicken and add 100g into packets, steam veggies and store in single servings, boil rice/pasta/cook a chapati in single servings and store them. Toss one serving of rice, one serving of veggies and one serving of chicken together in a lunch box, top with your favourite sauce and your meal is ready in less than three minutes. Alternatively, you can mix the boiled chicken with your favourite sauce and add into a sandwich with a side of veggies.

Frozen foods go a long way

If youre one of those people that cant manage meal prep, frozen foods have a large variety of protein options that you can use instead of chicken. They also have all the nutritional info mentioned on the box making them really easy to track.

International fast food chains

If you can order take out frequently, international fast food chains have all their nutritional info available on their websites through which you can track the foods you eat. Just remember to overestimate calories a bit since theyre not efficiently weighing all their portions.

A little uncertainty wont make much of a difference

Nutritional info for fruits is available by pieces. While Id prefer weighing in grams, it wont make enough of a difference to harm your progress even if youre tracking by pieces. Similarly, almost all vegetables are extremely low calorie. Estimating amounts with vegetables shouldnt make much of a difference either.

Sweet cravings

Now that meals are sorted, what do I do about deserts? Again, packaged goods! Chocolates, cupcakes, soft cakes, biscuits, basically anything with a label that you can track and youre good to go.

Fat loss requires consistency, dedication and most importantly no excuses. If youre determined, youll find a way no matter where you are or what you do.

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When you google weight loss, the challenge to sort fact from fiction begins. These five supplements claim to speed up weight loss, but lets see what the evidence says.

Raspberry ketones, sold as weight loss tablets, are chemicals found in red raspberries responsible for that distinct raspberry flavor and smell. You can also make raspberry ketones in a lab.

A study in obese rats found raspberry ketones reduced their total body fat content. In one study, 70 adults with obesity were put on a weight loss diet and exercise program, and randomized to take a supplement containing either raspberry ketones or other supplements such as caffeine or garlic, or a placebo.

Only 45 participants completed the study. The 27 who took a supplement lost about 1.9 kilos (4.18 pounds), compared to 400 grams (0.88 pounds) in the 18 in the placebo group. The drop-out rate was so high that these results need to be interpreted with a lot of caution.

A small pilot study of five adults found no effect on weight when the participants were told to maintain their current eating and exercise patterns and just took supplements of 200mg/day of raspberry ketones.

Concerns have been raised about potential toxic effects of raspberry ketones on the heart and for reproduction.

Verdict: Fiction! Leave the raspberry ketone supplements on the shelf. Spend your money on foods that contain them, including fresh berries, kiwi, peaches, grapes, apples, and rhubarb.

Matcha is a green tea made from leaves of the Camellia sinensis, or tea plant, but its processed into a green powder and can be mixed into liquids or food. Before the leaves are harvested, the tea plant is put in the shade for a few weeks, which increases the content of theanine and caffeine.

No studies have tested the effect of matcha on weight loss. A review of six studies using green tea preparations for weight loss over 12 weeks found a difference based on the country. In studies conducted outside of Japan, people consuming green tea did not lose more weight than controls. In the eight studies conducted within Japan, the mean weight loss ranged from 200 grams (.44 pounds) to 3.5 kilos (7.7 pounds) in favor of green tea preparations.

Verdict: Fiction! There are currently no studies testing whether matcha tea accelerates weight loss.

Garcinia cambogia is a tropical fruit that contains a large amount of Hydroxycitric Acid (HCA), claimed to aid weight loss.

In animal studies, HCA interferes with the usual production of fatty acids. If this was transferred to humans, it could theoretically make it harder to metabolize fat and speed up weight loss. Research studies in humans show this is not the case.

While one 12-week trial in overweight women randomized them to a low kilojoule diet, with or without HCA, and found the HCA group lost significantly more weight (3.7 kilos (8.1 pounds) compared to 2.4 kilos (5.29 pounds) for placebo), two other trials found no difference in weight loss.

A 12-week trial in 135 men and women found no difference in weight loss between the HCA group (3.2 kilos, or 7 pounds) and the placebo group (4.1 kilos, or 9 pounds). A 10-week trial in 86 men and women who were overweight and randomized to take either Garcinia cambogia extract or placebo, but were not also put on a weight-loss diet, found minimal weight loss of 650 grams (1.4 pounds) versus 680 grams (1.5 pounds), with no difference between groups.

Verdict: Fiction! Garcinia cambogia does not accelerate weight loss.

Caffeine is claimed to increase your metabolic rate and therefore speed up weight loss. Research studies in volunteers of a healthy weight found an increase in metabolic rate, but it depended on the dose. The more caffeine supplements consumed, the more the metabolic rate went up.

The lowest caffeine dose of 100mg, the amount in one instant coffee, increased the average metabolic rate by nine calories per hour, while the 400mg dose, which is roughly equivalent to the caffeine found in two to three cups of barista-made coffee, increased metabolic rate by about 34 calories per hour over three hours.

When adults with obesity were given caffeine supplements at a dose of 8mg per kilo of body weight, there was an increase in metabolic rate of about 16 percent for up to three hours.

In a study in which adults with obesity were asked to follow a weight-loss diet, then randomized to receive either 200mg caffeine supplements three times a day for 24 weeks or a placebo supplement, there was no difference in weight change between groups. For the first eight weeks, the group taking caffeine supplements experienced side effects of insomnia, tremors, and dizziness.

Verdict: Fiction! While caffeine does speed up the bodys metabolic rate in the short-term, it does not speed up weight loss.

Alkalizing products are promoted widely. These include alkaline water, alkalizing powders, and alkaline diets. Youre supposed to measure the acidity of your urine and/or saliva to assess body acidity level. Urine usually has a slightly acidic pH (average is about pH6) vegetables and fruit make it more alkaline, while eating meat makes it less so.

Saliva has a neutral pH of 7. Alkaline diets recommend you modify what you eat based on your urine or saliva pH, claiming a more alkaline pH helps digestion, weight loss, and well-being.

But your stomach is highly acidic at a pH less than 3.5, with this acid helping break down food. It then moves into the small bowel for digestion and absorption where the pH increases to 4.5-5.0, which is still acidic.

Your body has finely controlled pH balancing mechanisms to make sure your blood pH stays between 7.35-7.45. If it did not, you would die.

On the positive side, alkaline diets encourage healthier eating by promoting plant-based foods such as fruit and vegetables. There is some evidence lower intakes of foods of animal origin that contribute to acid load are associated with better long-term health.

Verdict: Fiction! There is no scientific evidence to support alkaline water or powders speeding up weight loss.

This article was originally published on The Conversation by Clare Collins, Lee Ashton, and Rebecca Williams. Read the original article here.

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Intermittent fasting has shown success in helping people lose weight, but some people can find it difficult to eat normally most days and then severely restrict their food intake other days.

A new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism offers an alternative time-restricted eating.

Time-restricted eating allows you to eat the same every day, but you limit the time during which you can have food to a 10-hour window. So, if your first meal is at 8 a.m., your last calories for the day will need to be consumed by 6 p.m. For the next 14 hours, you fast.

The new study is small, following 19 people for three months. At the time of enrollment, all participants met three or more criteria for metabolic syndrome:

1. Waist circumference of 102 cm (men) or 88 cm (women)

2. Triglycerides of 150 mg/dL or higher (or on drug treatment for elevated triglycerides)

3. Reduced HDL-C below 40 mg/dL (men), 50 mg/dL (women) (or on drug treatment for reduced HDL-C)

4. Elevated blood pressure, systolic blood pressure of 130 or higher and/or diastolic blood pressure of 85 mmHg or higher (or treatment with an antihypertensive drug with a history of hypertension)

5. Elevated fasting glucose of 100 mg/dL or higher (or drug treatment of elevated blood glucose)

Participants logged the timing of their meals and their sleep in the myCircadianClock app. They were encouraged to stay hydrated during their fasting periods.

"We didn't ask them to change what they eat," NPR reported Pam Taub as saying. Taub is a cardiologist at the University of California, San Diego's School of Medicine, and an author of the study. Nonetheless, study participants consumed nearly 9% fewer calories.

In addition to weight loss a 3% reduction in weight and 4% reduction in abdominal visceral fat Taub said study participants' cholesterol levels and blood pressure improved.

"We are surprised that this small change in eating time would give them such a huge benefit," Satchidananda Panda, a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and a co-author of the study, told NPR.

"When you go into a fasting state, you start to deplete the glucose stores in your body and you start to use fat as your energy source," Taub said.

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