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Eggs Reintroduced Into Toddler’s Diet at Allergy and Asthma Center … – NBC4 Washington

Posted: February 28, 2017 at 1:41 am

A toddler suspected of being allergic to eggs underwent a challenge to make sure.

Up to 15 million Americans suffer from some kind of food allergy, and a good number of them are children. Food allergies in children jumped by 50 percent over 14 years, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Policing a child's diet can be a huge challenge, but a different kind of challenge may help.

For Sasha Welter, keeping eggs out of her 18-month-old daughter, Gabriella, has been difficult.

We brought her initially because she has eczema, and I was told that kids with eczema tend to have allergies, Welter said.

She also was told allergies can be hereditary, and she has food allergies.

So Gabriella took the egg challenge at the Allergy and Asthma Center in Rockville, Maryland.

We are back here today to do the egg challenge and see how she does eating eggs, her mother said. Hopefully we pass.

That just involves taking small amounts of the food of concern and introducing it at 15-20 minute intervals and just watching for any kind of reaction, Dr. Shelby Elenberg said.

Gabriella ate increments of one whole egg every 15 minutes.

Things we look for are hives, wheezing, difficulty breathing, swelling of the lips, some people also vomit, Dr. Jennifer Lan said. Its usually a constellation of symptoms we look for.

Gabriella passed her test.

This takes a load off of my shoulders and hopefully off of hers, too, Welter said. She may not have noticed, but that's okay. We can eat eggs.

The benefits of the challenges are that since they are performed in real time, they are pretty conclusive, and the child's diet can be safely expanded.

Published at 6:13 PM EST on Feb 27, 2017 | Updated at 6:45 PM EST on Feb 27, 2017

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Which heart-healthy diet is right for you? – Quad-Cities Online

Posted: February 28, 2017 at 1:41 am

Vegetables, fruits, beans and whole grains should be the centerpiece of your meals. These foods, which are rich in dietary fiber and antioxidants and low in saturated fat, are the centerpiece for both the Mediterranean and plant-based diets.

But which diet should you choose?That may depend on your particular health profile and whether you can embrace your diet choice for life.

If you find a plant-based diet too restrictive, you may prefer a Mediterranean style diet.

However, any change you can make in a healthy direction will lead to healthy outcomes, says Dr. David C. Huneycutt, Jr., Nashville, Tenn.

It might be (to) a Mediterranean diet. It might be a plant-based diet, says Dr. Huneycutt, a general cardiologist in private practice.

When used to emphasize the health aspects, its referred to as a plant-based or low-fat, plant-based diet, according to Dr. Huneycutt.

The benefits of eating only plant foods may come from what youre adding and what youre eliminating, according to Sharon Palmer, registered dietitian nutritionist, Los Angeles.

People who limit themselves to plant foods eat far more nutrient-rich plant food varieties, including vegetables, fruits, whole grains and legumes than omnivores, according to Palmer, who follows a plant diet.

Also, by eliminating meat in the diet youre not getting cholesterol. Saturated fat is lower in a vegan diet, she says.

Along with an abundance of produce, include whole grains, beans, peas and lentils, a modest amount of nuts and vegetable oil in small amounts in your menus, says Palmer.

The caveat is that you have to make wise choices.

Its very easy to make a vegan diet unhealthy. Potato chips are vegan, Dr. Huneycutt says.

The Mediterranean-eating pattern, based on the traditional foods and beverages of the Mediterranean countries also puts plant foods in the center of the plate.

What makes this diet effective in reducing the risk of heart disease?

Its the sum total, says Dr. Michael Ozner, medical director, Center for Prevention and Wellness, Baptist Health South Florida.

Its a wide variety of fruits and vegetables of all colors that bring different antioxidants to the table. It contains whole grains. Grains are very important to maintain good health. Nuts are very important, says Dr. Ozner, author of The Complete Mediterranean Diet.

The Mediterranean diet has significantly higher fiber than in the Western diet, he says. It differs from a plant-based diet with the inclusion of animal foods, along with moderate wine consumption, which is a long-standing part of Mediterranean meals.

Its a lot of fish and seafood, olive oil and modest amounts of dairy foods, poultry and eggs, and a limited amount of red meat.

A diet high in red meat ratchets up the risk of heart disease, Dr. Ozner says.

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Think Going on a Diet is Harmless? Think Again. – Huffington Post

Posted: February 28, 2017 at 1:41 am

Its National Eating Disorder Awareness Week--a great time to be reminded that we are put on this earth to do so much more than diet, put our bodies through hell, and obsess about weight loss.

The National Eating Disorders Association has published a series of infographics to help spread the word about eating disorders and some of the risk factors that can lead to disordered eating.

NEDA has found that dieting is one of the most important predictors of developing an eating disorder among 14- and 15-year-olds, and that among even non-overweight girls, over one third reported that they were engaged in some form of dieting.

Were in the midst of a global crisis when it comes to women and body image. 85% of women opt out of important life activities when they dont feel good about their looks, which means that almost every woman (see my video below) is holding back on life because she doesnt feel like shes pretty, or thin, or sexy enough.

The way we break through this barrier as a global community of women is by doing the work on an individual level to love ourselves, our appearances, and our bodies harder than ever before.

If you think that your choice as an individual woman to go on a new diet, to buy into yet another plan or program, or to otherwise engage in restricting your eating for the purpose of weight loss, is only affecting you--think again.

Each time you buy into the $60-billion-dollar diet industry, youre telling society (and other women) that you support a culture that makes women believe they have no value until they achieve their after photo status and lose 10 (or 20, or 30, or more) pounds.

Its time to put a stop to this, and to declare a new way for ourselves as women. It is no longer acceptable to define our worth on the basis of size. It is no longer acceptable to perpetuate the idea, as individuals and as a collective, that we should spend our precious time, money, and energy trying to lose weight and perfect our bodies.

To be clear, Im not advocating that you stop taking care of your body. Quite the opposite! I know for myself, as someone in recovery from Binge Eating Disorder, that its possible to use eating and exercise choices to hack our way into loving our bodies harder than ever before, rather than using those choices as weapons of self-destruction.

I still struggle as an individual with not letting my focus rest on perfecting my body. For me, a good day as a recovering binge eater is when I go to bed and my thoughts don't revolve around what I ate that day, or whether I got enough cardio in.

I know how tough it is, believe me. There's a ton of pressure out there to buy into the diet myth, and we're bombarded constantly with marketing messages that make us feel like who we are, and the bodies we organically have, are not enough. But when I'm able to make my days revolve around my purpose and the impact I'm making and the people I'm helping, rather than my exterior--that's a good day.

Bottom line: every woman deserves to be head-over-heels in love with her body.

Teenage girls shouldnt be developing eating disorders and dysfunctional feelings about their bodies that will plague them for a lifetime. They should be developing into young women that will make the world a better place through their contributions as mothers, sisters, friends, professionals, lovers, and citizens.

Our behavior as individuals matters a great deal in contributing to either fueling or ending this global crisis, and the pandemic of eating disorders that plagues our society. Which side will you choose?

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High-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet is ‘flexible,’ author says – Las Vegas Review-Journal

Posted: February 28, 2017 at 1:41 am

The popularity of low-fat diets has faded, but restricting one nutrient while increasing another is still popular in the world of weight loss. The ketogenic diet, which increases fats while reducing carbs, is the subject of a recent book, The Deliciously Keto Cookbook.

Authors Molly Pearl and Kelly Roehl say now is the time to jump onboard.

Theres a lot of hype around it, says Roehl, a licensed dietitian and nutritionist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Its important for the general public to understand it correctly.

With origins in ancient Greek medicine, this eating plan has been used effectively since the 1920s to help control seizures in children with epilepsy.

For epileptics resistant to anti-seizure medication, the diet combined with a fasting period has proved effective in reducing seizures in 30 to 40 percent of patients, and sometimes eliminating them.

But as a weight-loss prescription, the diet is controversial. High levels of fat, moderate amounts of protein and a very low carbohydrate intake fill out the diets pie chart.

It encourages healthy eating, lots of fibrous vegetables and healthy fats, Roehl said. Its a really flexible diet to follow.

The clinical plan includes 80 to 90 percent of daily calories from fats, 8 to 12 percent of calories from protein and the rest from carbs, according to Dr. Dominic DAgostino, whose research lab at the University of South Florida tests metabolic therapies including the keto diet.

The diet forces the body to burn fat instead of glucose from carbohydrates, a process known as ketosis. Adherents must check their blood ketone levels by urinating on a ketone test strip.

Detractors of the diet point out that ketosis is an unhealthy state for the body as it can lead to dehydration and a lowered immune response, known as the keto flu. If carbohydrate intake dips too low and ketosis goes too far, it can lead to ketoacidosis, where blood turns acidic. This can lead to a coma, or even death.

So how many carbs is the sweet spot? To reach a state of ketosis, between 20 and 50 grams per day is recommended. A cup of cooked brown rice, for example, contains 46 grams of carbohydrates.

Although DAgostino doesnt research ketogenic dieting for weight loss, he recognizes it as a convenient side effect. Its effective for weight loss because of the carbohydrate restriction. Ketones are energy molecules that tell your brain to stop eating, and the ketogenic diet suppresses your appetite, he said.

Proponents say the keto diet also provides better cognitive functioning, more satiety, and may even be protective against cancer and reverse metabolic diseases such as diabetes.

Las Vegas-based registered dietitian and nutritionist Michelle Albrecht, co-owner of the Food Connection, said the diet can be effective but not worth it in the long term.

Albrecht explained that the ketogenic diet switches the bodys fueling system from the carb cycle to a process known as glyconeogenesis. The problem, she said, is the body can become adjusted to this new fueling method and stop getting the same results.

Other problems could arise from the high amounts of fat.

Is keto ever the way to go? I wouldnt say, no, this wouldnt work, but it wouldnt work for everybody, Albrecht said. Is it good to be on something like this forever? I personally would never prescribe it to any of our patients.

Contact Brooke Wanser at bwanser@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Bwanser_LVRJ on Twitter.

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5 possible reasons your weight loss has plateaued – Fox News

Posted: February 28, 2017 at 1:41 am

As March rolls around, your New Years weight loss resolutions may be in the rearview mirror. If so, youll have plenty of company: According to a study conducted by the Statistic Brain Research Institute earlier this year, only 9.2 percent of people surveyed felt they were successful in achieving their 2016 resolution.

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But what if youve stuck to your diet and exercise program, and still arent seeing results? Fox News spoke to Los Angeles-based personal trainer Astrid Swan and dietician Ashlea Braun to get their thoughts on the most common reasons for weight loss plateaus, and how to push past them.

1. Your body has adjusted to the amount of exercise youre doing Over time, your body adapts to the exercise youre doing, Swan told Fox News. Once you get to that point of being comfortable, thats when you need to push it and start taking it up a level, Swan said.

Swan recommended challenging yourself with new elements to your workout, such as taking a new class or going to a fitness bootcamp.

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2. Youre not eating a balanced diet While calories are an important part of weight loss, so is paying attention to an overall balanced diet, Braun told Fox News. At The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where she works, dietitians typically recommend a primarily plant-based diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables which also tend to be lower in calories, Braun said.

3. Youre eating more than you think you are Most people tend to underestimate the amount of food they consume, Braun said. To stay vigilant, you can track your food intake on an app or just via pencil and paper, Braun said.

4. Youre not eating ENOUGH calories Oddly enough, sometimes eating too few calories can be the problem. If youre eating too little after upping your number of workouts, you may affect your metabolism, Swan said. The solution? Make sure that youre not skipping meals, that youre eating a proper amount of lean protein and fat, and really dissect whats going on with your diet, Swan recommended.

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5. Youre not actually in a plateau When you first start an exercise or diet program, you may lose a large number of pounds right away, Braun said. Youll then slow down to a healthy 1 to 2 pounds a week. This doesnt mean youre in a plateau, though it may feel like it if youre weighing yourself often, Braun noted. Make sure you set realistic expectations and have a sustainable plan in mind.

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Would You Swallow a Balloon to Lose 40 Pounds? – Men’s Health

Posted: February 28, 2017 at 1:41 am


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Personalized weight loss the approach at Medi Weightloss – Bristol Press

Posted: February 28, 2017 at 1:41 am

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Katherine Gaudet, nurse practitioner, left, and Elizabeth Camacho, senior regional operations director, right.

Posted: Monday, February 27, 2017 9:16 pm | Updated: 9:18 pm, Mon Feb 27, 2017.

Personalized weight loss the approach at Medi Weightloss

BRISTOL Medi Weightloss Clinics, which moved into Bristol Commons earlier this month, prides itself on being the one that works coming up with personalized weight loss plans for customers and helping them stick to it.

The clinic, which opened Feb. 6 at 99 Farmington Ave., is one of 130 locations in 31 states, including five in Connecticut. According to Elizabeth Camacho, office manager, Medi Weightloss Clinics have helped patients lose a combined 3.2 million pounds. Since opening in Bristol, she said the location is very busy. She added that the city has been very receptive and that she is considering joining the Bristol Chamber of Commerce.

We would love to get involved and hold health fairs to educate people on what we do and how we can help them get healthier, said Camacho.

Camacho said 34 percent of adults 20 or older in the U.S. are considered obese and that people who are obese typically pay 42 percent more on health-care costs. Medi Weightloss provides clients with the tools and resources they need to get back down to a healthy weight.

Schools are cutting athletic programs and adults and kids are spending more time on electronics and less time outside, she said. Medi Weightloss is a multi-step program, which depends on the weight loss plan that best fits each person, said Camacho. We can have one-on-one discussions about estimated costs and how we can help you get healthier. Our program also includes weekly visits so we can check in on progress and us providing resources such as food recipes, nutrition and different exercises to support you. Education is what really helps to keep the weight off.

Medi Weightloss also offers a free assessment which includes a body mass index analyzer. This machine lets clients know what percentage of their body is fat, what percentage is water, what percentage is muscle and what their ideal weight should be. Another machine tells people what their metabolism rate is, how many calories their body needs and their resting energy expenditure.

Medi Weightloss Clinics accept Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna insurance. Their hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

For more information, call 860-516-5900 or visit their website at mediweightloss.com.

Brian M. Johnson can be reached at 860-973-1806 or bjohnson@bristolpress.com.

Posted in Bristol Press, News, Bristol on Monday, February 27, 2017 9:16 pm. Updated: 9:18 pm.

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Diet or Exercise: The Final Verdict on Which Is Better for Weight Loss – Reader’s Digest

Posted: February 28, 2017 at 1:41 am

Nicole Fornabaio/Rd.com, iStockYouve heard it over and over again: Diet and exercise are the key to a healthy weight. As it turns out, though, one is far more important than the other. If youre looking to drop pounds, your best bet is to focus on food.

Despite the constant message to burn fat and calories away at the gym, people who only change their diets lose more weight than those who only increase physical activity, according to a report in the journal Systematic Reviews. In fact, another recent study in the journal PeerJ found that over three years, people who got 30 minutes or more of physical activity a day actually had higher rates of weight gain than those who exercised less. So why isnt gym time the miracle weight-loss machine weve been led to believe?

Basically, its way easier to avoid calories in the first place than to try to burn them off, says registered dietitian nutritionist Marjorie Nolan Cohn, MS, RDN, spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Working off a 100-calorie cookie is one thing, but it would take hours at the gym to negate 1,200 calories from a burger and fries. You cant exercise off a weekend of terrible eating, says Nolan Cohn. Committing to a 30-minute workout program? Easy enough. Turning your entire eating plan on its head? Not so much.

Plus, if you dont pay attention to portion sizes, you might eat more after you start a new workout routine, says Nolan Cohn. Not only will your appetite increase naturally from the energy burn, but you might also slack off on healthy food choices. Theres this idea that youve earned it to eat something because you worked out, says Nolan Cohn. It winds up holding people back. Half an hour on the treadmill might blast away 300 calories, but just one slice of cake could totally negate that hard workand then some.

You might have heard that muscle weighs more than fat. Thats true, but it doesnt mean you should claim that bigger number on the scale is all muscle. Thats a few pounds, not 20 or 30 pounds, says Nolan Cohn. Its not an excuse for the weight gain. If youve been exercising without results, your diet is probably to blame.

Still, dont cancel your gym membership. The Systematic Reviews study found that pairing diet with exercise was even more successful for weight-loss than diet alone. Exercise doesnt just burn calories and build musclesit boosts endorphins too, says Nolan Cohn. It improves feelings of positivity or accomplishment, she says. When you combine those forces [of diet and exercise], it reinforces losing the weight and keeping it off. While adding exercise to a healthier diet doesnt lead to additional weight loss in the first six months of a program, those who both diet and exercise have better long-term results over a year, found a review in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Plus, weight maintenance is just the beginning when it comes to reasons to exercise. Studies have linked physical activity to all kinds of other healthy benefits, from heart health and immune system function to mental health and sleep improvements. The list just never ends, says Nolan Cohn.

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This Is The Best Workout For Weight Loss, According To Science – Women’s Health

Posted: February 28, 2017 at 1:41 am


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Blandine Lacroix Part 2, Weight Loss Tools – Diabetes In Control

Posted: February 28, 2017 at 1:41 am

Blandine Lacroix talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed at the 2016 AACE Meeting.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Blandine Lacroix shares the weight loss tools that Novo Nordisk provides to help practitioners as well as patients with the disease of obesity, including websites that share the science of obesity and weight loss.

Blandine Lacroix is the Vice President of Obesity Marketing at Novo Nordisk.

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Steve: Thats great. I find it interesting that Novo Nordisk has always been involved with the patient aspect of diabetes. And now were talking about obesity. One of the things, first of all, most of the, if not all of the people here are attending are endocrinologists. But 90% of the people dont go to endocrinologists if they have diabetes and certainly for obesity Im sure its the same number, they go to family practitioners. Those are the people that have to deal with it. And they usually only have 5-10 minutes to deal with obesity which is certainly not enough time to get a person to change their lifestyle. And I know that Novo is always participated by providing tools, not just for the physician but for the patients. I assume youre here and you have some tools and probably new tools because obesity, and you have a new drug for that, and basically you want to help that physician and make it easier for them, and thats great. So, if youre talking to physicians and educators, pharmacists, dietitians, what kind of tools can Novo provide to help them in their practice and help them with their patients?

Lacroix: So youre right Steve, a lot of our efforts is around how do we support the team that support the person with obesity and that team is a medical team. We do have, over the last 3 years, been engaging a lot of people to understand their needs. And weve been able to develop tools to help them engage in their dialogues with each other. So we do have a platform, called Rethink Obesity with a website called rethinkobesity.com that is open to the medical community to understand how to engage the person with obesity successfully and set some achievable goals together and to engage in that critical weight management journey. So thats the element of information and tools that we have at the disposal of the person in the medical community. We also have on the other side, the platform called truthaboutweight.com which is focusing on the person with obesity and of society for them to understand what are we talking about. So many of those people have engaged in trying to lose weight for many, many years, and what theyve experienced is Im sometimes very successful in losing my weight but my weight comes back, and it comes back sometimes more than I used to have it before I tried to lose weight. And with the progress in the science of obesity that are very recent. People are now able to understand now that obesity is a disease, and every time you lose weight, your body is going to try to work against you to bring that weight back on, and theres a number of mechanisms in your body that drive that phenomenon. And with the science of obesity and the medical understanding of it, were are now able to have the person understand that there is help at hand in the medical community around the journey of losing weight. So the truthaboutweight.com platform allows the person to understand more about obesity and their journey around weight but also understand how they can engage their practitioner, their nurse, their pharmacist in a different dialogue around that weight journey.

Steve: So maybe we can repeat those two websites.

Lacroix: Yes, so Im going to be advertorial and Im going to talk about rethinkobesity.com, so its rethinkobesity.com for the healthcare professional, and truthaboutweight.com which is about obesity in the weight journey for the person with obesity in the society.

Steve: What kind of tools do you use on the website for well its actually for the patients its for the physician to send the patients there. Otherwise they would have no way of knowing where that website is.

Lacroix: Yeah, so Truth about Weight is something that you can, when you google anything around weight you should be able to land on that website. Its something that from the traffic that we have to date, we see that people find this information on their own, what weve learned over the last 3 years engaging with the person with obesity, they dont necessarily rely or think that the practice or the physician or the pharmacist is the person that can help them. So they dont actually ask for information. So they usually use the internet and their friends and family to find information. So weve found ways to reach them through a number of avenues online so that they can find the truth about weight. On that website they have the opportunity to document the journey theyve engaged into for weight. As an outcome they can print out, kind of a journal that they can bring to the practice or to the physician or to the pharmacist for them to start showing them the journey theyve gone through. So thats the patient coming to the doctor saying look this is my journey, I need your help. Another thing weve learned over the last 3 years is, as I said, that the person with obesity doesnt always think about the practitioner, the pharmacist or the nurse as someone who can help. So on the other hand what we are trying to do through the rethinkobesity.com website and the tools is were providing some training opportunities and education for the medical community to understand what are the questions you can ask to uncover this whole journey the person has gone through around their weight? You may have the health record that shows the weight progression, the losses and the regains, throughout time, but have you ever spent the time, sat down and said so let us understand whats going on here? So theres an important tool which is what we call motivational interviewing, so the person knows how to engage positively in that dialogue with the person with obesity, which allows the two people to connect and to start the engagement, so thats one set of tools. The other tool is around tool that they can share with their patients so they understand the science of obesity, so they understand whats going on in their body and that is fighting against your will, as you wish, and start looking at options. Theres a lot of work in that Rethink Obesity platform around how do we engage in changing the way we eat, the way we work around food, so healthy eating. Theres information around how do we engage in the right program for physical activity. Theres a lot of conversations or information outside of rethinkobesity.com on the medications that are available, so thats outside of that obesity conversation, but know about some of the medical solutions. We also have tools and sites around the products that are available including Novo Nordisk products.

To view other segments in this video series:

Part 1: Understanding Obesity the Disease

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