The 3-Day cardiac diet is one of the popular fad diets for weight-loss.

The idea of a healthy weight loss rests on the pillars of regular exercise and healthy food choices. The 3-day cardiac diet proposes a considerable weight loss in a short time which may be dangerous to your health. Furthermore, experts suggest that such a sudden weight loss mainly constitutes the loss of water and muscle mass rather than fat. This may make you feel weak and lead to repeated cycles of weight loss and weight gain. Such changes in weight can be damaging to the heart and overall health.

Due to the restricted food options in the 3-day diet, you may end up having unhealthy cravings and nutritional deficiencies. A restricted food plan is also not practical and may be difficult to continue in the long run. The deficiency of essential nutrients in such diet plans can make your immune system weak. This will make you prone to various infections.

A good diet is not the one that just helps you lose weight quickly. A good diet plan must help you meet your nutritional requirements as well. A modest weight loss of even five to 10 percent of your total body weight can protect you from various diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol.

You must consult your healthcare provider to know what diet and lifestyle changes will help you achieve a healthy weight safely.

What is the 3-Day cardiac diet?

The 3-Day cardiac diet is one of the popular fad diets for weight-loss. The diet claims a weight loss of about 10 pounds or 4.5 kilograms in a week. The diet makes robust claims of faster and significant weight loss, detox, lowered cholesterol and increased energy. None of these claims, however, have been scientifically substantiated. The diet is also called the Birmingham Diet because the advocates of this diet claim that it was developed at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. The researchers at the university, however, deny such claims.

The diet constitutes a three-day diet plan (on days) that provide between 800-1000 calories. This is followed by four days of responsible eating when a person can have a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, lean meat and nuts. The diet pattern can be followed over and again till the desired weight loss is achieved.

What does a 3-day cardiac diet menu contain?

The 3-day cardiac diet offers an inexpensive but restricted menu. Sticking to the menu is proposed to result in 10 pounds of weight loss in seven days. You are not allowed to make any substitutes to the menu or add anything except salt and pepper.

DAY 1:

Breakfast

1/2 Grapefruit or juice1 Slice of dry Toast1 Tablespoon of Peanut ButterBlack Coffee or Tea

Lunch

1/2 Cup of Tuna1 Slice of dry Toast or 1 Oz. of cheddar cheeseBlack Coffee or Tea

Dinner

3 ounces of any lean meat1 cup of string beans1 cup carrots or beets1 small apple1 cup of vanilla ice cream

DAY 2:

Breakfast

Black coffee or tea

1 egg1 slice of dry toast1/2 banana

Lunch

Black coffee or tea

1 cup of cottage cheese or cup tuna5 saltine crackers

Dinner

2 beef franks1 cup of broccoli or cabbage1/2 cup of carrots or turnip greens1/2 banana1/2 cup of vanilla ice cream

DAY 3:

Breakfast

Black coffee or tea

5 saltine crackers1 Oz. of cheddar cheese1 small apple

Lunch

Black coffee or tea

1 hard-boiled egg1 slice of dry toast

Dinner

1 cup of tuna1 cup of beans or cauliflower

1 cup carrots or beets

1cup melon

cup vanilla ice cream

Medically Reviewed on 9/17/2020

References

https://blog.partnersforyourhealth.com/blog/3-day-cardiac-diet

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/losing_weight/index.html

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Celiac is estimated to affect one in 133 people worldwide.

Dining as a college student is notoriously difficult. Many of us are financially independent for the first time, responsible for figuring out where, when and what to eat each day. With time constraints, stress and easy access to junk food, eating healthy is particularly hard for us college kids.

Fortunately, living in a city provides most students with a wide range of options. The Eatery at Market Central alone has more than half a dozen food stations, and within a few blocks of campus students can find everything from Halal Pitt to Atarashi sushi. But the difficulties of dining become compounded for students with dietary restrictions. As someone who was diagnosed with celiac almost a decade ago, Im familiar with these challenges. There is one station celiacs can eat at in Market Central, and there are a select few restaurants in South O that are celiac-safe. Dining with celiac disease presents unique obstacles that many people fail to recognize or understand here are three things I wish everyone knew about celiac disease.

Basic understanding of celiac

Celiac is estimated to affect 1 in 133 people worldwide, but there is a widespread lack of knowledge about the disease, even within the food industry. Many people have never heard of celiac disease, including restaurant staff. I cant count how many times Ive gone to a restaurant and told the staff I have celiac, only for them to tell me theyve never heard of celiac. This is a problem because when people dont know what celiac is, or how careful we must be with our gluten-free diet, it is harder for us to eat safely. Also, just as importantly, the lack of knowledge on celiac means that people go undiagnosed, including the estimated 2.5 million undiagnosed Americans.

So heres my quick little run down. Celiac disease, as stated by the Celiac Disease Foundation, is a serious autoimmune disease that occurs in genetically predisposed people where the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine. When we eat gluten, our body attacks itself and we are no longer able to absorb nutrients. Theres no cure, and adhering to a strict gluten-free diet is the only treatment.

We dont mean to be difficult

Along with a lack of understanding, many people fail to recognize the severity of celiac disease. We must adhere to an incredibly strict gluten free diet because any more than 20 parts of gluten per million parts of food sample can cause damage. To put this into context, a 1-ounce slice of gluten-free bread containing 20 parts per million of gluten would contain 0.57 milligrams of gluten. This is why those of us with celiac must worry about cross-contact from shared toasters, cutting boards, and other areas where our food could be exposed to gluten particles. The damage has immediate effects, which could include some of the more than 200 known symptoms, which range from abdominal pain to arthritis, from seizures to behavioral issues. Even eating a small particle of gluten can cause symptoms that last for months. Additionally, there are long-term health effects people with celiac are more likely to develop heart disease, GI cancers, fertility issues, other autoimmune diseases and other problems if they eat gluten for long periods of time.

All of this is to say that celiac disease is very serious. Even one slip up can cause painful effects, so people with celiac are very careful about what they eat. We may need to turn down your homemade meal, or ask that you be willing to go to a different restaurant that can accommodate us. We often have to ask extra questions when eating out, or we may not want to eat out at all. If we do get glutened, we may be irritated and fatigued, and may need to cancel plans. We know that these are inconveniences to you, and we know it sucks. All we ask is that you recognize we dont mean to be high-maintenance, we just want to stay healthy and safe.

The gluten-free fad

I understand youre probably tired of everyone and their mother trying a new gluten-free diet, especially if you work in the food industry. People have claimed that gluten-free diets help with weight loss, acne and general health despite the fact that few of these claims are supported by science. It can be frustrating when people start a gluten-free diet as a fad because it creates backlash for celiacs. The rise of gluten-free diets by choice has led to the perception that all gluten-free diets are by choice. Failing to see celiac as a medical necessity, and instead seeing it as part of the fad, leads to people discounting the seriousness of our requests. Trust me, we are tired of the fad too, but its important to recognize that celiacs are very different from the people who go gluten-free for a month as part of an Instagram weight loss challenge.

If you are inclined to maintain a gluten-free diet without the medical need to do so, please consider how your actions affect those of us with celiac and other disorders that require a gluten-free diet. Many people who follow the fad will tell restaurant staff that they have a gluten allergy or celiac, which is problematic because it confuses restaurant staff about what restrictions celiacs actually need. For example, if you say you have celiac, but then dont ask the staff to use a different kitchen space to prepare your food, it could leave the staff with the impression that they do not need to do so for future celiac requests which is incorrect. Of course, when an actual celiac goes they will ask for a separate kitchen space, but then we are just seen as a nuisance the staff didnt have to do that for the last celiac, so they assume they dont need to for us. Claiming to have a disease when you do not have it for personal gain can negatively affect the community, and all we ask is that you be mindful of the consequences of your actions.

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Cholesterol can be confusing. But understanding it could help you live a longer, healthier life.

So in honor of Cholesterol Education Month, we asked a pair of experts to clear up five common questions.

Do my blood cholesterol numbers matter?The answer is yes, said Dr. Neil J. Stone, Bonow Professor in Medicine-Cardiology at Northwestern Universitys Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

Studies show healthy people with LDL levels of 100 mg/dL or below tend to have lower rates of heart disease and stroke, supporting a lower is better philosophy, according to cholesterol guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association in 2018.

Older recommendations emphasized targeting specific cholesterol numbers. But today, doctors use cholesterol tests as part of a personalized assessment of overall cardiovascular risk. Those with the highest risk have the most to gain from cholesterol-lowering, said Stone, who was vice chair of the task force for the guidelines.

But cholesterol doesnt exist in isolation, he said. One has to think about diet and lifestyle and medication to treat the whole risk continuum of blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and weight.

The guidelines recommend getting cholesterol and other traditional risk factors checked every four to six years starting at age 20. If the COVID-19 pandemic has complicated those plans, get up to date when you can do so safely, said Kristina Petersen, an assistant professor in the department of nutritional sciences at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Im confused about good cholesterol versus bad. What should I focus on?When you get your blood tested, youll probably see numbers for total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides.

LDL is the so-called bad cholesterol because it increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and other health problems. HDL is dubbed the good cholesterol because having a higher level is associated with lower risk of heart disease and stroke.

Lowering LDL should be the priority, said Petersen, co-author of an AHA science advisory on dietary cholesterol and heart disease published in December in the journal Circulation.

The most important thing is to lower LDL cholesterol, because that is what ultimately increases your risk of heart disease, she said.

Should I worry about cholesterol in food?Many sources of cholesterol in the diet also are sources of saturated fat, Petersen said. We do want to limit dietary saturated fat intake. And if you do that, your intake of dietary cholesterol will be low. Cutting back on saturated fat can improve your LDL number in four to six weeks, she said.

The advisory on dietary cholesterol emphasizes that a healthy diet is more important than focusing on a specific cholesterol target, and such a diet highlights fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat or fat-free dairy products, lean animal protein or plant protein sources, nuts, seeds and liquid vegetable oils.

Selecting the right food may be particularly important for people who are sensitive to dietary cholesterol, which some studies suggest could be the case for roughly 1 in 4 people. A 2019 review published in JAMA of long-term studies suggested that each additional 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol consumed per day was significantly associated with higher risk of heart disease.

The patient should talk to the doctor about individualizing limits on dietary cholesterol, Stone said.

Is it OK to eat eggs?Egg yolks are known for their cholesterol, with one large scrambled egg containing 169 milligrams of cholesterol.

You can eat eggs, Petersen said. We suggest eating no more than one full egg per day in order to keep your cholesterol intake low, but you can definitely have eggs as part of a healthy dietary pattern.

The research is inconsistent, she said, because eggs often are consumed with foods high in saturated fat, making it hard to parse out potential harm.

And people vary, Stone said. Some patients have two eggs a day, and their cholesterol doesnt budge. Other patients have two eggs a day and their cholesterol goes up 50 points.

Is possible to inherit high cholesterol?High LDL cholesterol is sometimes caused by a genetic abnormality called familial hypercholesterolemia that affects an estimated 1 in 212 U.S. adults. If its picked up early, medication combined with a healthy diet and exercise can be very effective.

The ACC/AHA guidelines say its reasonable to check cholesterol in children as young as 2 who have a family history of early heart disease or high cholesterol.

Everyone needs to stay aware of their cholesterol levels and be mindful of the connection to overall health, even amid the pandemic, Stone said.

This is exactly not the right time to let diet and regular exercise go to develop habits that are not heart-healthy, he said. This is exactly the right time to learn how to eat less, eat smarter, move more daily, and keep from gaining weight.

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Are you experiencing work from home burnout? Know the signs, symptoms and management  |  Photo Credit: iStock Images

New Delhi: One thing that every employee will nod their head in agreement with is that ever since working from home became a practice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work hours and workdays have been all over the place. While this initially did not seem like a big deal, a lot of people are now experiencing low productivity, and low mental, physical energy to sit and work all day anymore. While stress and mental health issues are on a rise during the pandemic, these feelings could have a link with what people are now calling the 'Work from home burnout.'

Burnout is defined as a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused due to excess and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to keep up with your own expectations, and demands of others. While people who have gone back to working from offices are at a high risk of the viral infection, it seems that those working from home do not have it very easy either.

Distinguishing burnout from regular stress or another mental health issue is not very difficult, but people mostly live in denial, as there are no set norms r symptoms to define the condition. Some signs that you have reached a point of burnout include -

While burnout is not a clinically diagnosable mental health condition, it needs to be taken seriously, especially during this time when mental health issues are soaring high. Here are some ways to manage burnout.

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ROCKVILLE, MD For those looking to adopt a pet, a great place to look for your new family member is at Montgomery County's adoption center. The facility houses dozens of cats, dogs, and other adorable critters. And all of them need a furever home.

Here, we've rounded up a list of five adoptable pets for a series called "Patch's Adoptable Pets of the Week." This week, we're featuring Kelp, Carson Daly, Mack, Alex, and Bart.

Due to COVID-19, the facility is open for adoptions by appointment only. Click here for instructions on how appointments work.

Name: Kelp - ID#A467532Sex, Breed: Neutered male, black and white American Bulldog.Age: Approx. 1 year old.Arrived at Shelter: Sept. 21, 2020.

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Name: *Carson Daly - ID#A461427Sex, Breed: Neutered male, black and white Domestic Shorthair.Age: Approx. 6 years old.

I am currently in foster care. If you would like to meet me, please email my foster parent to schedule a meet and greet.

Name: Mack - ID#A451359Sex, Breed: Unaltered male, brown and white Welsh Corgi - Cardigan and Staffordshire Bull Terrier.Age: Approx. 4 years old.Arrived at Shelter: Sept. 22, 2020.

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Name: Alex - ID#A434756Sex, Breed: Neutered male, brown tabby Domestic Shorthair.Age: Approx. 2 years and 7 months old.Arrived at Shelter: Sept. 17, 2020.

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