Lena Dunham is on what she calls the Trump Diet, and surprisingly, it does not involve eating carrots until ones skin turns orange.

The Girls star went on Howard Sterns SiriusXM show on Monday and spoke about her recent weight loss.

Donald Trump became president and I stopped being able to eat food, the 30-year-old told Stern, via Entertainment Weekly.

Everyones been asking like, What have you been doing? she said. And Im like, Try soul-crushing pain and devastation and hopelessness and you, too, will lose weight.

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After the news broke, Dunham posted her very funny Trump Diet to Instagram, in which she shares what she eats throughout the day and how she curbs her appetite (she doesnt recommend this lifestyle).

8 am Green Tea (read news, forget about it, grows cold), she writes in the post.

Oh, girl, we can all relate.

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Losing weight after menopause is associated with a lower risk of developing endometrial cancer, particularly but not exclusively among women who are obese, reports a study published online this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO).

"Many older adults think it's too late to benefit from weight loss, or think that because they are overweight or obese, the damage has already been done. But our findings show that's not true," said Juhua Luo, the studys lead author and a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Indiana University, in a statement released by the Association of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which publishes JCO.

"It's never too late, and even moderate weight loss can make a big difference when it comes to cancer risk," Luo added.

Cancer of the endometrium (inner lining of the uterus) is the fourth most common type of cancer among women in the United States. Each year, more than 50,000 women are diagnosed with the disease, usually with early-stage tumors, which have a high cure rate. But, as an editorial that accompanies the JCO study points out, the death rate for endometrial cancer has been increasing in recent years. In 2016, the disease took the lives of 10,170 women in the U.S. a 25 percent increase compared with just five years earlier.

About 75 percent of women diagnosed with endometrial cancer are aged 55 or older (postmenopausal). The cancer is also strongly associated with obesity. Onestudy suggested that almost 60 percent of endometrial cancers are attributable to excess weight.

So, this new studys finding that intentional weight loss helps lower the risk of endometrial cancer has some important preventive-health implications.

For the study, Luo and her colleagues analyzed data collected from more than 36,000 women, aged 50 and older, who participated in the national Womens Health Initiative. The gathered information included the womens weight and body mass, which were recorded at the start of the study and at year three.

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The women were followed for an average of 11 years. During that period, 566 of them developed endometrial cancer.

The analysis found that women who had intentionally (through dieting, not through illness) lost more than 5 percent of their body mass during the first three years of their enrollment in the study were 29 percent less likely to develop endometrial cancer than women whose weight stayed stable.

The association was even stronger for women who were obese (who had a body mass index, or BMI, of 30 or greater) at the start of the study. They experienced a 56 percent reduction in risk after shedding at least 5 percent of their weight.

The study also found that women who gained more than 10 pounds had a 26 percent higher risk of developing endometrial cancer than those whose weight remained the same.

These findings should motivate programs for weight loss in obese postmenopausal women, Luo and her colleagues conclude.

The study is observational, which means its findings are not proof that weight loss will lower the risk of endometrial cancer. Other factors, not considered in the analysis, may explain the results.

The study also didnt account for weight change beyond year three of the study.

Still, the findings are consistent with other research on the topic that has found a strong association between gaining weight and an increased risk of cancer.

"There have been more than a thousand studies linking obesity to an increased risk of endometrial and other cancers, but almost none that look at the relationship between weight loss and cancer risk," said Dr. Jennifer Ligibel, an ASCO expert in cancer prevention, in the organizations released statement.

"This study tells us that weight loss, even later in life, is linked to a lower risk of endometrial cancer, she added. The findings also support the development of weight loss programs as part of a cancer prevention strategy in overweight and obese adults.

FMI: The study and the editorial can be read in full on JCOs website.For more information about endometrial cancer, including its symptoms, go to the National Library of Medicine's website.

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10 Habits Holding You Back From Health and Weight Loss Observer Do you spend hours at the gym but can't lose weight? Have you ever been extremely good about your diet for a few weeks, only to fall off track and wind up right where you began in the first place? Unfortunately, even when we have the best intentions ...

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There have been lots ofstudies on marriage that focus on younger women, so researchers wanted to take a closer look at the health effects of marriage and divorce on older women.

The interesting thing we found in our study is that with divorce in postmenopausal women, its not all negative, at least not in the short term, says Randa Kutob, an associate professor of family and community medicine at the University of Arizona.

It does seem that these women are consciously engaging in healthier behaviors after divorce.

For women who marry later in life, a few extra pounds may accompany their nuptials. On the other hand, older women who go through a divorce or separation may lose weight and see some positive changes in their health, according to the research, which is forthcoming in the Journal of Womens Health.

Using data from the national Womens Health Initiative, researchers looked at postmenopausal women ages 50 to 79 over a three-year period. The women fell into one of these groups:

Researchers looked at a number of health measures, including weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure, as well as health indicators such as diet, exercise, smoking, and alcohol consumption.

All of the women who started the study unmarried (either they had never been married, were divorced, or were widowed) saw some weight gain over the three-year period, which is not uncommon for women as they age, Kutob says.

However, those who went from unmarried to married gained slightly more weight than those who remained singleon the order of two or more additional pounds than their unmarried counterparts.

While the reason for the extra weight gain is not entirely clear, one theory on marriage-related weight gain at any age is that it may come from couples sitting down more often together for regular, sometimes larger, meals, Kutob says.

Potentially its portion size, because it doesnt seem to be related to their food choices, she said.

Both groups of womenthose who remained single and those who marriedsaw a decrease in diastolic blood pressure, but the decrease was greater for women who remained unmarried. The unmarried women also drank less alcohol than those who wed. There were no significant differences in smoking or physical activity between the two groups.

When researchers compared women who stayed married throughout the duration of the study to those who went from married to divorced or separated, they found that divorce was associated with weight loss and an increase in physical activity.

Women who stayed married gained about two pounds and saw a slight increase in their waistline over the three-year study period, while women who divorced lost a modest amount of weight and went down some in inches.

The married women also saw a decline in physical activity, while divorced womens physical activity increased. Alcohol consumption remained about the same between the two groups.

The researchers controlled for womens self-reported emotional well-being and found that the divorced womens weight loss did not appear to be related to depression. That is, women werent simply eating less and losing weight as an emotional response.

With regard to dietary quality, all women in the study showed improvements in the ratio of healthy to unhealthy food consumed. However, women who went from married to divorced had the most improved diets.

It does seem that these women are consciously engaging in healthier behaviors after divorce, Kutob says.

The one area in which divorced women lagged was smoking. Women who went from married to divorced were the most likely group to start smoking. However, its important to note that those who picked up the habit were typically former smokers, not first-time tobacco users, Kutob says.

While the studys results dont challenge existing research on the long-term health benefits of marriage, they offer new insight into some of the more immediate health effects of late-life marital transitions, and this could have important implications for postmenopausal women and their health-care providers, Kutob says.

As a health provider, my takeaway is that I should be thinking about marital transitions, and when people get married, say congratulations but also give them some advice and tools for their health, and encourage all women as they age to continue being physically active, she says.

With divorce, some women take that moment to focus more on their own health, as it would appear from our results. As a health provider, I should be encouraging them in those efforts so that those efforts arent short-term but become lifelong, Kutob says. Even a pretty devastating life event like a divorce can have some positive outcomes, and if we can encourage the positive it will probably help those people cope as well.

Additional collaborators were from the Brown University School of Public Health; the University of California, Davis; the University of Texas Health Science Center; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and the University of Iowa.

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A recent study of Biggest Loser participants showed that metabolism decreases during weight loss and persists for six years. Recently,San Luis Obispo weight loss expert Carol Rowsemittweighed in as to why this occurred. To view her report, see below:

Dr. Kevin Hall and colleagues have gotten a lot of well-deserved attention for their work on metabolism in weight loss attempts in recent years. Our metabolism is determined by thyroid function.

Rowsemitt: The thyroid gland is in the neck. The hormones from the thyroid regulate metabolism. If your metabolism is high, you burn more calories at rest than would be normal. If your metabolism is low, you burn fewer calories at rest than normal. Symptoms of low thyroid include: cold, cold hands and feet, extreme fatigue, constipation, dry skin, hair loss. And with low thyroid, its hard to lose weight and easy to gain weight. Its also really hard to get out and exercise because you are exhausted.

Rowsemitt: Many different problems can cause low thyroid, including lack of iodine in the diet and eating large quantities of cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, Brussel sprouts). However, what is less well known relates to trying to lose weight.

In 1950, a study showed that young men fed a low calorie diet decreased their metabolism. Studies have confirmed this over the years, but the concept was not well known. That same year, a

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researcher burned a pound of fat and found it contained 3500 kilocalories (commonly referred to as calories). The guy with the pound of fat must have had a better press agent because weve all been taught for years that if you eat 3500 fewer calories, you will lose a pound. But if you put the two ideas together, you get a better understanding of the real problem.

We have a thermostat in the hypothalamus, a small portion of the brain. This thermostat sets your rate of metabolism. Eat less and your thermostat recognizes that youre arent getting enough food to support your current weight; the thermostat resets to a lower rate so youll burn fewer calories at rest. You may be carrying an extra 100 lbs. that youre trying to lose, but the body pays more attention to the lack of current food supply. This response results from eons of evolution so that we can survive famine. So the thyroid has decreased function ON PURPOSE. We currently have no way to convince the thyroid to make more hormone during this time.

Rowsemitt: We were all taught to measure just TSH, the pituitary hormone that tells the thyroid gland how much thyroid hormone to make, rather than the actual thyroid hormones. That works fine most of the time. However, when you are in the famine response, youre burning fewer calories at rest, but TSH is perfectly normal because the thermostat has been reset lower. So if youre dieting, doing everything youre supposed to do to lose weight, and your thermostat is reset down, your doctor or other provider may order TSH, find its normal, and tell you your thyroid is fine. The active thyroid hormone, T3, is likely to be at the low end of normal and your metabolism will be low.

Rowsemitt: Sort of. However, most health care providers are not aware of the resetting of the thermostat and how to effectively treat the thyroid to safely eliminate low thyroid symptoms. I gave a presentation at the Obesity Medicine Association meetings in late September addressing these issues.

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If you really want to lose weight, you need to stop stuffing your face Men's Fitness But whatever you shovel down your gullet (and how much of it you shovel) will impact your lifetime weight far more than going to the gym or running 5 miles. In fact, a new study suggests that over the long term, your workouts might not matter at all ...

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This subject is probably one of the most annoying things in my life besides my husband's loud chewing and the kids' toe nail/boogie picking. Don't get me wrong, I've come a long way with my weight issues and nowadays I actually don't care about "the number" and I don't even hate my body anymore. In fact, I totally accept it and most days I quite like it. Sure, it's not a Ferrari, but it's a pretty economical and reliable station wagon and for that I am grateful.

BUT. But. But. But.

How is it that when a man says "I'm going on a diet!" he simply quits one or two things, such as beer or Coke (and instead takes up vodka and creaming soda), eats pretty much as he usually does after the healthy food thing wears off a few days in, then does a gigantic crap one morning and magically loses 6kg? Boom! Goal weight in well under a fortnight, motherf**ker!

Yet when a woman says "I'm eating healthy and changing my lifestyle" it is a serious declaration. She gives up coffee, she gives up wine, she gives up sugar and flour and starchy carbs. She takes up green drinks that taste like cold vegetable soup mixed with the grass out the back... in fact, she increases her intake of everything remotely green grass looking. She limits her portion sizes at meal times using a side plate to trick her brain, she drinks 2 litres of filtered water and exercises for a minimum of 30 minutes every day. She meditates and cleanses her soul, keeps a food journal and spends most of her day in the kitchen preparing and cleaning up healthy meals for her and her family. She has never been 'healthier' yet she is constipated for six out of seven days and when she's not in the kitchen prepping/cooking/cleaning she is on the toilet urinating like some kind of wee God. She resists the urge to weigh in because it is about a lifestyle choice and not a number but surely 18 days of pure good health will harbour some results that are worth seeing...

Am I right?

Arrrr... Nup! A measly 300g gone! How can that be?

Lucky for him, I feel good about myself anyway. I'm not hangry which means he gets to live and I am okay with not losing a single kilo which is good because otherwise I might just have to lace his food with laxatives. But then he would gloat even more over the diarrhoea weight loss. He actually would.

So what the f**k is happening here?

Well this is what it feels like is happening...

The Man body says: "Let's not f**k around mate. We've got a piss up next week and we ain't telling the boys we can't drink coz we are on a diet. So process every fat cell in sight at lightening speed and drop an ungodly 2kg log on day six! Job done!" Cue the naked mirror happy helicopter dance and bicep pashing.

The Woman body says: "Huh? What? We are trying to lose weight? Oh, I thought you said wait! Wait and hold on to every fat cell and digested green bit until it is safe to let it go... Let it go... Let it goooo... Oh, but I can't. Yes you can! Let's do this! This is your time! No... No... I'm not ready... Oh but you are... But what if we need to reserve our fat cells for possible starvation? What the f**k are you on about?" and on and so forth...

What is actually happening?

Simply put, men have more muscle than women and the more muscle you have the more fat you burn. Hence the reason they shed it quicker. Men also have 10 times more testosterone than women, which means their metabolism is 5-10 percent faster than women.

Women have oestrogen -- which helps with the obvious procreation thing -- but this funny little hormone makes it harder for us to burn fat after a meal. Yes, it makes us hold onto it. Which is great if we are in the dark ages and food is scarce. Women also have more cravings -- I don't know why but the research says so. Research also says we are more likely to turn to emotional eating -- yay for us.

And this all must be true because I googled it. So blame the testosterone/oestrogen you don't have/have. Men may have the weight loss edge over us but we can do so much more than they can -- like get aroused without anyone noticing, have multiple orgasms, wear male clothing without anyone raising an eyebrow, multi-task and, if we want, we can push a gigantic baby out of our vagina.

So f**k the testosterone and their fast weight loss. Feel good inside and outside because that is all that really matters.

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Sleep is not only a time for rest and recuperation, but also a time for our body to heal and restore.

Nutritionist Sarah Flower, has explored why a good nights sleep can help us lose weight and is vital to our health and wellbeing.

She said: Lack of sleep can affect our relationships, our work, and our energy levels, making us moody, irritable, unable to concentrate, hungry and tired, however, what is less known, are the ways it can also affect our health and even our weight.

How sleep can aid weight loss

When you are sleep deprived, you upset your natural hormone levels including Ghrelin - a hormone that sits in your stomach telling you to eat more, stimulating our appetite, especially for carb-rich and sugary food.

At the same time, our leptin response falls, failing to tell the brain when we are full, so we are constantly hungry - a reason why shift workers find it so hard to maintain a healthy weight.

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Lack of sleep can affect our relationships, our work, and our energy levels, making us moody, irritable, unable to concentrate, hungry and tired, however, what is less known, are the ways it can also affect our health and even our weight

A study by the University of Chicago, found dieters lost more than 56 per cent more fat than those who were sleep deprived. Those who were sleep deprived lost the same amount of weight but this was found to be more from muscle mass.

Reduce inflammation and repair

Sleep is a time for our bodies to repair and rejuvenate, as well as conserve energy.

When we sleep, we move from a catabolic state (where energy is used by the body for multiple functions) to an anabolic state (when we conserve energy in order to repair).

Research has also shown that those who are sleep deprived have higher levels of inflammatory proteins in the blood, making them more susceptible to whole body inflammation, putting them more at risk of diseases such as heart disease.

Lack of sleep also lowers the immune system, and it has been shown that those who have long-term sleep problems have a shorter lifespan.

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Memory function

Sleep plays a vital role in setting and consolidating our days activities and memories as well as learning from these experiences.

Recent research demonstrates how our brains declutter and detoxify as we sleep, clearing away any toxins and plaque, which is believed to help lessen the risk of Alzheimers.

Lack of sleep can make it hard for us to concentrate and focus the following day. Being sleep deprived can affect our focus and even our reaction time. Studies have shown that our section time when driving after lack of sleep is, shockingly, as detrimental as being drunk at the wheel.

Relax

Our whole body goes through a relaxation period when we sleep. Our muscles relax and repair, our breathing slows down, our blood pressure lowers and our heart beat reduces.

As we get more tired and sleep deprived, our body slows down in preparation for sleep - a natural way for our bodies to reduce inflammation and repair itself.

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Temperature regulation

Our body temperature dips as we start to sleep, being at its coolest in the early hours of the morning. The cooler our body temperature, the better our sleep, which is why it is always advisable to have a cool bedroom as this not only aids sleep but also produces better quality of sleep.

Hormone regulation

We are governed by our hormones. To get a good nights sleep, our body converts serotonin into melatonin. Melatonin synthesis is triggered by darkness which helps induce and maintain sleep.

The production of melatonin is affected by lack of nutrients as well as computer and TV screen glare. Research has shown that exposure to noise and light during sleep can suppress the immune system as well as disrupt natural sleep patterns.

During sleep, our body pumps out a growth hormone which is responsible for repair and rejuvenation of our cells. It also help regulate our other hormones such as cortisol.

When we are stressed our bodies produce more of the hormone cortisol. This can have a negative effect on our health as well as our sleep. When cortisol is working correctly, it can help maintain our blood sugar balance as well as aiding a good nights sleep, making us less prone to weight gain, hearth disease and even diabetes.

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