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There is nothing more magical than a day spent eating through theme parks. The most magical of these parks, one might argue, is the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, nestled within Universal Orlando Resorts. So, one might further deduce, the most magical way to spend a day is eating your way through Universal.

All this is to say that a few weeks ago, I tried my hand at recreating some of Universal's most iconic recipes from self-quarantine in my parents' home in New Jersey. It was...not easy. But it was fun.

I started with the Green Eggs & Ham tots you can only find at Green Eggs and Ham Caf in Islands of Adventure. It was the easiest of the three recipes I attempted, as it essentially amounted to queso-drenched tater tots being covered in pesto-y eggs and ham, and I cannot recommend more that you attempt to make it, too.

From there, we tried to make pumpkin pasties and that was...harder. Granted, I did not try to make dough from scratch, I could not find any pumpkin, and I was flustered and sweating by that point, but stilldelicious!

Thirdly, there was the butterbeer. Ohhhh, the butterbeer. So, so good. So, so sweet. So, so not what it tastes like in the park (for no reason other than that I could not find butterscotch syrup, and also I am bad at whisking things).

Anyway. Follow along with my magical journey above. And have a magical day, or whatever.

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Companies made more than 150,000 queries regarding safe distancing measures and guidelines between April 3 and Monday, government agency Enterprise Singapore (ESG) said yesterday.

Of these, 110,000 were phone calls to ESG's information hotline, while about 45,000 were made through e-mail.

Speaking to reporters after a visit to ESG's dedicated call centre in Tai Seng yesterday, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said that the centre's operations will now focus on helping businesses reopen safely in phase two, which begins on Friday.

The centre previously focused on helping businesses understand if they could operate safely or at all, he added.

As a next step, the centre will help companies adapt and transform some of their business models to serve new customers, Mr Chan said, noting that the centre is expected to continue operating in the coming months.

The agents at the call centre do not just address companies' problems and queries, but also facilitate a "two-way" communication between businesses and government agencies, the minister added.

"From the questions that businesses ask, we also get a good sense of the pulse (on the ground), the pain points, the opportunities, and it helps us refine some of the rules that we implement," said Mr Chan.

The call centre was set up in April when circuit breaker measures were announced, with close to 800 volunteers from 48 government agencies manning the Enterprise Infoline during the period of heightened safe distancing measures. Currently, around 50 to 60 call centre agents answer phone queries daily.

Agents at the ESG call centre include workers who have been redeployed from companies badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, operators hired through recruitment agencies, volunteers from other government agencies and ESG staff.

Among those manning the lines is Mr Louis Loo, 70, who worked as a tour guide and a part-timer doing customer service at the Singapore Tourism Board's visitor centre after retiring in 2017.

As tourism suffered massively from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, he joined the centre as his "interest is in meeting and talking to people".

Several businesses were frustrated when calling in, as their registered primary activities were not on the list of essential services allowed to operate, he said, but such instances were where "soft-skills training kicked in".

"Subsequently, after listening to them and... letting them throw out their frustrations, they would eventually cool down and accept what you're telling them," Mr Loo said.

Mr Chan said that trade associations and chambers have also played an active role in designing and developing measures for particular industries.

The Singapore Business Federation's CovidBiz Helpline, which helps businesses navigate government advisories and updates, received about 960 inquiries from more than 600 companies between April 6 and Monday.

In addition, the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry has engaged more than 1,100 companies through means such as industry group discussions and webinars, while the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has negotiated preferential interest rates with banks and private financial institutions for its members and Singaporean Indian businesses to address cash flow concerns.

Said Mr Chan: "We hope that in many of the industries, we will be able to set new benchmarks on how we can do (things), not just for ourselves, but also to demonstrate to the... regional market how we can resume activities in a sustainable way."

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If you are on your weight loss journey, you must be realizing that it is not an easy thing to do. There are so many diets and so many exercise regimens that promise quick weight loss, that you are bound to be totally confused. The worst thing is that losing weight requires really hard work. You have to stick to restrictive diets and strenuous workout routines. No wonder so many people give up when they are not even halfway through. Most diets leave you with a sense of deprivation and more often than not you are always hungry. But yet you need to cut down on your food intake if you want to lose weight. So what do you do? Apparently, the plate you eat from can decide how much you eat and if you will lose weight. Also Read - Want to lose weight fast? Eat dinner early

Some colours can make you lose your appetite. If you choose your dinner plate according to this logic, you may lose weight faster. It will prevent you from overeating by curbing your appetite. Here are a few facts that you must consider when taking out your dinner plate. Experts say that yellow, orange and red makes you eat more. This is because these colours can increase your blood pressure and heart rate. This triggers hunger in you. But if your dinner plate is gray, black, brown and purple, you are less likely to overeat. These colours prevent you from overeating and make you feel full sooner. The same science applies to ambience too. Avoid eating in a room with yellow, orange and red coloured walls and lights if you want to lose weight. Also Read - Want to lose weight fast? Try the 5:2 intermittent fasting diet

According to experts, if you eat from a plate with a wide-colored rim, you are likely to overeat. A study in the International Journal of Obesity says people overestimate the amount of food on a wide rimmed plate by almost 10 per cent. Researchers saw that when people looked at food served on a plate with a colored rim, they thought that the amount of food is 1.5 to 3 per cent more as compared to meals served on plates with uncolored rims. So, now you know what you must look for when shopping for your dinner plate. Also Read - Lose weight as you sleep: These tips will do the trick

The colour of your dinner plate can help you lose weight without any side-effects. But along with choosing the right colour plate, you also need to do a few other things to ensure that you lose weight fast. Have a lot of vegetables and fruits. In fact, half your plat must contain fresh fruits and veggies. Carbs and proteins can occupy a fourth of the plate for each. Choose foods that are low in calorie, and nutrient-rich. One important thing to do when trying to lose weight is to never ever eat out of a box or takeaway package. Always take the food out on a plate before eating. This will also help you lose weight.

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Its been reported that Adele used the Sirtfood Diet to shed the pounds, a diet formulated by two celebrity nutritionists.

The diet plan relies on the idea of turning on your skinny gene by focusing on foods that increase levels of a specific protein in the body that helps to regulate metabolism.

The proteins are called sirtuins (SIRTs), and so the founders named the foods containing them sirtfoods as part of their revolutionary plan.

The successful diet plan has been outlined in the founders book, and promises that you can lose as much as seven pounds in seven days.

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The best snack according to the Sirtfood pros is a portion of nuts, which have plenty of health benefits.

Nuts are high in healthy fats, as well as being a source of protein, fibre, magnesium and vitamin E.

In fact, some studies have even shown that they can help you to live longer, as they can help to lower cholesterol and blood pressure.

The Sirtfood Diet shared the advice on their Instagram page, with the caption:

The health benefits of nuts? Where do you even start? A true champion food linked to reduced body weight and for slashing the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

They then shared a recipe to add a bit more flavour to walnuts, pecans and cashews for those who are following the healthy diet plan.

And the ultimate snack food? Its hard to argue with that. So to bring a bit of a flavour kick, why not give these tasty Cajun spiced nuts a try?

250g mix of walnuts, pecans and cashews

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp dried thyme

1 tsp sea salt

1 tsp dried oregano

1 tsp chilli powder

Heat the oven to 160 degrees centigrade/gas mark three.

Mix all the spices together and combine with the nuts and oil. Place the nuts in a single layer on a roasting tray and roast for 25-30 mins.

Tip the toasted nuts into a bowl to cool."

The account regularly posts new recipes to its page for dieters to make at home.

The previous post talked about vegan recipes, saying: While you don't need to be vegan to follow The Sirtfood Diet, it is a celebration of plant foods and their unmatched health benefits.

Plant-based meals are not only great for us but for the health of the planet too. This is why we encourage that people should include some vegan meals in their weekly diet.

The post included an easy chickpea curry recipe from the founders Sirtfood recipe book.

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Age: 53Occupation: Assistant ProfessorHometown: PittsburghStart Weight: 230 poundsEnd Weight: 175 poundsTime Cycling: 12 years

I used to be a fitness instructor when I was in my 20s. Then in 1990, I moved from Sacramento, California to Pittsburgh, where I focused on my advanced educationa masters degree in rehab counseling and later a Ph.D. in counseling psychology. I married in 1994, and we had children in 99 and 2003.

Basically I was focused on other areas of life, and exercise and fitness became an afterthought. After we had our first child, I weighed around 230 pounds (fat not muscle), my cholesterol was high, and I had a bad back and knee pain.

There was a brief period around 1995 or so when I went on Weight Watchers and lost about 40 pounds, but I gained that back fairly quickly. Eating too much combined inconsistent exercise at minimal intensity kept the pounds on. I never challenged myself beyond 60 to 70 percent of my target heart rate.

Around 2008 I was having health issues with high cholesterol and severe back pain. I weighed around 220 pounds. That same year, I had a career change with a new office space. I decided that enough was enough with my unhealthy lifestyle and decided to start riding an old Trek bike that I had for many years. I began riding to work regularly which helped with a great deal of weight loss.

In 2010, a friend introduced me to mountain biking and took me into a local park (Frick Park) which has some great mountain bike trails. I loved it immediately and bought my first real mountain bike that year. Around 2013, another friend suggested riding with a cycling team. I gave it a try and entered my first race in 2013a mountain bike short track race.

I thought I was in good shape having ridden to work the last few years, but after the race I thought I would have a heart attack from the exertion! I was not in race shape. I tried some cyclocross races which further reinforced to me that I was not in race shape. I ended up joining a team in 2013 and began riding with other riders to get into race shape. From that point on Ive raced mountain bikes and cyclocross every year.

I now weigh 175 pounds and rarely go above 180. Additionally, cycling has been a blessing on my lower lumbar back problems. Just as an example, one time while in grad school when I was overweight, had a back flare up after just sitting down on a chair. The pain was so bad my fellow students had to call EMS to have me taken to the emergency room, and my wife drove from Pittsburgh to West Virginia to pick me up. Since Ive been consistently cycling at a competitive level, my back has not flared up like that again.

As for my eating habits, at first I was on a very low-fat diet with limited calorie intake because of my tendency toward high cholesterol. Since Ive been racing and riding at high levels, Ive been able to cheat a little more and still maintain my weight. I still do not eat fast food or fried food, I limit eating fats like butter, I mostly eat egg whites with only a small bit of yolk, and I maintain a good level of protein especially now that Im in my 50s.

Though exercise has helped me with most health problems, I still have joint arthritis, but it rarely bothers me. Its mostly mountain biking that affected my arthritis because of the constant tension and jarring of the legs and arms. My arthritis is advanced in my left knee and I also have right shoulder arthritis. However, the most I do is take Advil after a long or intense mountain bike ride. Casual mountain biking (two hours at a moderate pace) doesnt bother me that much.

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Now, I average 80 to 100 miles a week, sometimes more. To get my miles in, I road ride to work. On weekends (sometimes during the week) I gravel or mountain bike ride. I occasionally do off-road and mountain bike races. I also work in strength training twice a week and play tennis a few times a month. And, I participate in about 12 to 16 mountain bike and cyclocross races a year.

In the future, Id like to go on more mountain bike rides in new and interesting places. I would like to be a mountain bike instructor to help people in my age range, and maybe younger, learn the fitness benefits of cycling.

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You may have put on a pound or two or 19 during the quarantine (hey, we all can relate to finding comfort in a chocolate babka or a chewy loaf of homemade sourdough!). But now that some states are starting to open up and people are emerging, bleary-eyed, from their lockdowns hoping to get back into shape, new diets are starting to bounce around social media again. And one of the buzziest is the lazy keto diet.

Both lazy keto and its sloppier cousin dirty keto have been trending, and it may be because while many people are interested in losing their quarantine weight, they've also lost patience with the strict keto, which can feel like it requires more math than an AP calculus class.

"During the quarantine, I didn't hear anyone ask about any fad diets," points out Bonnie Taub-Dix, RDN, author of Read It Before You Eat It: Taking You from Label to Table. "I'm not a fan of any keto diet, but that doesnt mean it doesnt work for some people who are doing it with the guidance of a dietitian."

With a standard keto diet, you have to pay very close attention to every gram of food you eat, in an attempt to take in roughly 70 to 75% of your calories from fat, 20% from protein, and as little as 5 to 10% from carbs, which puts your body into a state of ketosis, where it starts burning fat for energy. This means a whole lot of meat, butter, cream, and avocado, but precious few fruits and vegetables.

But with lazy keto, you only need to focus on one number: your daily intake of carbs, which according to the buzz, should be about 20 to 50 grams per day. The rest? As long as you generally try to eat more fats than proteins and you stick to relatively healthy food choices, the percentages dont matter and you can put away your calculator. (But focus on whole foodsif you want to try to lose weight eating greasy fast food, youre looking at dirty keto, which no dietitian we know would ever recommend.)

Though the name is new, the idea of lazy keto has been around for a while, says nutritionist DJ Blatner, RDN, the author of The Superfood Swap.This is actually what many people do when they say they are following a 'keto' diet, she explains. Most people arent counting all their macros, theyre just trying to eat low carb/high fat. They hear about the keto plan from a friend and create their own version.

Well, sure, says Blatner, but thats more likely due to the fact that youll be paying closer attention to what you eat rather than any keto magic (without paying attention to the fat/protein ratio, you will not likely achieve ketosis). You can lose weight this way if the portions of protein are moderate and there are low-carb veggies included for nutrition, fiber, and fullness, she says. But truthfully, once people start paying attention to what they're eating, no matter what type of diet they follow, they tend to lose weight compared to when they werent paying attention at all. Plus, if you're cooking more at home rather than eating out in restaurants or chowing down processed food, you'll likely experience some weight loss.

Lazy or not, slashing your intake of carbs to as little as 20g a day (say, a cup of blueberries or a small green salad) is always a risk, says Blatner. "Carbohydrates are important to the health of our gut because they feed the good bacteria," she explains. "When you limit carbs and eat excess protein and fat, you potentially throw off gut bacteria, which can be linked to everything from digestive problems to immunity impairments to mood fluctuations. It's also a challenge to get enough phytonutrients to help keep cells healthy, strong, and disease-free.

Taub-Dix agrees that keeping carbs to such a tiny percent of your diet is problematic. "You have to think of the value of the vitamins, minerals, and fiber you get from healthy carbs, not to mention the emotional satiety," she says.

Americans do tend to overeat simple carbs, especially the refined, white, processed carbs of breads, wraps, buns, pasta, rice, crackers, pretzels, pizza, cakes, and cookies, says Blatner. Swapping those out for whole-food versions, including fruits, vegetables, and small portions of whole grains such as oatmeal, quinoa, wild rice, and bulgar, is a great way start. It might not technically be "lazy," but achieving a healthy lifestyle rarely is.

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Ever wondered why some people can eat to their hearts content while others agonise over every calorie and still struggle to shed those stubborn kilos?

A study published in the journal Nature Food might offer some consolation for the battlers.

It adds to mounting evidence that people have uniquely individual responses to diets, showing some bodies are better at expelling calories than others, regardless of what theyve eaten.

Healthy volunteers were given four different diets in random order over three days under supervision so they couldnt cheat and daily urinary chemical metabolites were measured using molecular profiling.

The diets had varying levels of adherence to the World Health Organisations dietary recommendations for eating lots of fruit, vegetables and fibre, ranging from high to low compliance (low being equivalent to a fast food diet).

Each diet triggered different metabolic responses within and between individuals, and these were related to blood glucose levels, says co-author Jeremy Nicholson from from the Australian National Phenome Centre at Murdoch University.

Perhaps not surprisingly, they found that our microscopic friends played a role.

Several of the chemicals that changed in the urine were generated by the gut bacteria, says Nicholson, which is consistent with the fact that people have different gut bacteria and that these bacteria can use different foods as fuel.

Interestingly, volunteers metabolic profiles following the healthiest diet corresponded to those seen in lean people, while the junk food diet profiles aligned more closely with that of obese people.

So, on balance, eating healthier food is clearly better; but its not so black and white.

Developing a dietary metabolic score from their results, the team found that 12 out of 19 participants increased their score positively in response to the healthy diet while 13 individuals scores went down after the fast food diet.

The difference between the least and most calories excreted in peoples urine was four percent, equating to four calories a day. That might not sound like much, but it adds up to 1500 calories a year, or 215 grams of fat difference.

As many people would attest, such small changes can creep up over time. The researchers explain that adults gain an average of 500 grams per year, which is about 3500 calories an excess of less than 10 calories per day.

The study adds to the growing field of precision medicine, which could help health professionals tailor peoples diets to individual metabolic profiles, helping to boost weight loss and mitigate risk of chronic diseases.

This is a real paradigm shift in personalised nutrition research, says co-author Gary Frost from Imperial College, UK.

[F]or the first time we have tools that can rapidly evaluate the diet-microbiome interactions that affect individual responses to complex diet patterns in the real world.

It might also help inspire people to change dietary habits, a notoriously difficult feat. As Nicholson suggests, knowing something is specifically good for you is more motivating, making it more likely that youll do something about it.

Obesity researchers would argue this still doesnt let the fast food industry off the hook for its pervasive influence on diet, disease and health inequalities.

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Walking is a form of exercise that can significantly improve your physical and mental health. Not only can it extend your life and prevent disease, but it can also boost your energy and mood.

In addition, studies show that if you walk regularly and quickly enough, it could be the only aerobic exercise you need to keep your heart and lungs healthy.

It's also accessible, easy, and free. So if you're one of the 47% of adults in the US who don't meet the CDC's Physical Activity Guidelines for aerobic activity, then walking is a habit worth pursuing and keeping.

Here's seven research-backed health benefits of walking, as well as how fast, long, and regularly you should walk to reap them.

Walking increases your heart rate, causing you to expend energy and burn calories just like other forms of physical activity such as running, swimming, or cycling. How many calories you burn depends on how fast you walk, for how long, the terrain, and your weight.

A 2020 study published in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research found that participants burned an average of 89 calories walking 1,600 meters (about 1 mile). That was only around 20% less than the 113 calories other participants burned running the same distance.

And across the results of nine different walking studies in this 2008 review published in the Annals of Family Medicine, participants lost an average of 0.05 kilograms (0.1 pounds) per week as a result of increasing their step count by between 1,827 and 4,556 steps per day. Overall, that translated to a weight loss of about 5 pounds a year on average across all studies.

The American College of Sports Medicine offers recommendations for how much time people who are overweight or obese should dedicate to physical activity each week to prevent and promote weight loss. It goes as follows:

It's important to note that, if you consume more calories than you burn every day, no amount of walking or any other physical activity will help you lose weight.

Walking increases blood flow around the body so that more blood containing oxygen and nutrients for fuel can reach the large muscles in the legs as well as the brain. This is what makes you feel energized, according to Pete McCall CSCS, exercise physiologist, personal trainer, and author.

In addition, walking and other types of physical exercise have been shown to increase the amount of a type of protein found in the brain, called brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF may be responsible for how well you can think, learn, and memorize amongst other functions in the brain.

"There is a correlation between a brisk walk and elevated levels of BDNF, which can help improve overall cognition, or thought processing," says McCall.

A 2008 study published in the Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic journal found that previously sedentary adults reported feeling more energetic and less fatigued after just 20 minutes of low to moderate aerobic exercise including walking for three days a week over a six week period.

And this 2017 study conducted on sleep deprived women aged 18 to 23, published in the journal of Physiology & Behavior, found that walking up and down the stairs for just 10 minutes at a low to moderate intensity was more energizing than consuming 50mg of caffeine, or about half a cup of coffee.

Walking briskly and regularly can also help protect you from getting a cold, the flu, or other immune-related illnesses.

That's because physical exercise like walking increases the amount of white blood cells circulating in your blood. These cells fight infection and other diseases as part of the body's immune system.

A 2013 study of 800 young adults over six years published in the World Journal of Experimental Medicine showed that white blood cell count increased significantly after just five minutes of exercise.

And this 2005 study published the American College of Sports Medicine's flagship journal measured the white blood cell count of 15 adults immediately after a 30 minute walk as well as after sitting down for the same amount of time. It also found a significant increase in white blood cells.

Walking has also been linked to a lower number of sick days taken. A 2011 study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine tracked 1000 adults during flu season. Those who walked at a moderate pace for 30 to 45 minutes a day had 43% fewer sick days and fewer upper respiratory tract infections overall.

Their symptoms were also less severe if they did get sick. That was compared to adults in the study who were sedentary.

Walking can also help relieve pain from stiffness in your body by warming up your muscles, making it easier to move, according to McCall.

"The motion can elevate tissue temperature making it easier for muscles to lengthen and shorten as temperature increases, muscles move more easily," says McCall.

In addition, walking can increase levels of certain types of chemicals in your brain known scientifically as neurotransmitters which help your nervous system work effectively. This can include a type of neurotransmitter that reduces pain.

"The first few minutes of walking might be uncomfortable but after five to seven minutes the body warms up, blood is flowing, and neurotransmitter production increases helping reduce pain," says McCall.

For this reason, walking is often recommended to alleviate pain and reduce disability in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions that is, pain that affects the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves such as lower back pain.

There is also evidence of patients who are hospitalized with chronic musculoskeletal pain in the spine or limbs reporting less pain the more they walked.

Walking has been found to reduce your risk of cardiovascular events that's any incident which causes damage to your heart, such as a heart attack by 31%.

This was evident even at a moderate pace of about 2 miles per hour and at distances of just over one mile a day for five days a week, or 5.5 miles per week.

But the longer and faster you walk, the greater the benefits and protection of your heart. A 2017 study of more than 50,000 adults in the UK, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that people who walked at an average or quick pace between five and 10 hours a week were about 24% less likely to die from heart disease compared to slow walkers.

Aerobic exercise including walking can help you feel more relaxed, reduce stress, and fight depression.

The reason aerobic workouts lift our spirits seems related to their ability to reduce levels of natural stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol, according to this 2015 study in the Journal of Physical Therapy Science.

Just a 30-minute walk is enough to lift the mood of someone suffering from major depressive disorder, according to a 2005 study published in the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.

And a 2019 study published in the official journal of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) found that three hours of exercise a week, no matter the type of activity, decreased the risk of depression in people who had already experienced feeling depressed.

Walking has also been linked to a decreased risk of mortality, or a longer life expectancy. And the longer and faster you walk, the more it increases your life expectancy.

This 2011 study published by the British Medical Association followed 27,738 participants aged 40 to 79years for a 13 year period and found that participants who walked for more than one hour a day had a longer life expectancy than participants who walked for less than one hour a day.

Following 50,225 walkers over 14 years, another 2018 study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine looked at the association of walking at a faster pace with factors like overall causes of death, cardiovascular disease, and death from cancer.

The researchers found that the quicker you walk, the lower your risk of overall death. For example, walking at an average pace resulted in a 20% reduced risk of overall death when compared to walking at a slow pace. And walking at a brisk or fast pace at least 4 miles per hour reduced the risk by 24% compared to walking at a slow pace.

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Remember to consult your doctor before making major changes to your diet and exercise plan.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced Americans to stay home and juggle quarantine life, which includes: working from home, schooling kids, cooking, cleaning and worrying about our health. The anxiety can be overwhelming, and for many, snacking on our favorite foods has offered a feeling of comfort.

If youve noticed youve put on the quarantine 15, its OK and expected, says Dr. Taz Bhatia, an immune support and wellness physician, who shares with Yahoo Life five things we can do to lose (if we choose) the lockdown pounds.

Losing weight, it's not just about looking in the mirror and trying to look fantastic, she explains. It's really more about your overall health.

Avoid buying cookies, potato chips and foods high in sugar and salt. Seems obvious, right? But the way comfort foods work is they show up when we need immediate relief. As a result, were left craving more and overeating. When we're stressed and upset, those are the things we naturally run back to, Bhatia says.

Youve eliminated the comfort foods, now its time to add healthy foods to your fridge. I would start by organizing it by category, she says. That's the easiest way to think about food. Bhatia suggests a shelf dedicated to lean proteins, one to vegetables rich in fiber, and another shelf devoted to healthy fats.

Exercise and healthy eating go hand in hand when youre trying to shed those extra pounds. The real secret to weight loss is that we need to move throughout the day, Bhatia explains. Instead of putting in a full hour of a hardcore workout, try exercising three times a day for 30 minutes.

Intermittent fasting has gained popularity because of its results. Fasting creates clear boundaries, Bhatia says. It structures your schedule, telling you when you can and cannot eat. When you fast, you put the gut in a resting state, allowing it to digest the food from the previous day.

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One of the ways you can balance your digestion and then lose weight is by adding in gut-friendly foods, says Bhatia. These foods include: bone broth, yogurt, kefir and fermented vegetables like sauerkraut. They offer good bacteria, which in turn helps balance the gut and improve metabolic rate.

For the latest coronavirus news and updates, follow along at https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus. According to experts, people over 60 and those who are immunocompromised continue to be the most at risk. If you have questions, please reference the CDCs and WHOs resource guides.

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10. Shawn Porter

Coming from USA, Shawn Porter is a former WBC, and IBF welterweight champion of the world. He most recently put on an amazing showing in a narrow defeat against Errol Spence.

The former WBA, IBF, and WBO, and The Ring light heavyweight champion from Russia lands at number 8 on our list. Most recently he took a hit on his record, however, with a knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez.

Lomachenko is growing his name in boxing through devastating performances and world titles in three weight classes. Luke Campbell was his most recent win, and he looked in fine form.

AJ is a huge name in British and in world boxing. He is the reigning unified heavyweight champion of the world, and with only one loss on his record, (which he avenged), he is looking for a monumental showdown with fellow brit Tyson Fury.

Pac-Man has been around for a while, and even though he serves in the government of his native Philippines, he is still active. His recent win over Keith Thurman for the WBA welterweight title has people calling for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather.

The American former WBC heavyweight champion breaks the top five of this list. He just suffered his first loss, however, losing by TKO to Tyson Fury in February.

Hailing from Kazakhstan, the fighter known as GGG has only one loss on his record in a close decision to Canelo Alvarez. He then rebounded quickly and is now the reigning IBF middleweight champion of the world.

The American unified welterweight champion known as "The Truth," has made a name for himself by dominating most of his opponents with his power and speed. His most recent fight was against Shawn Porter, where he showed heart and determination to get through a dog fight with his belt and Potter's.

What a story it has been for Tyson Fury. The Brit, who beat Wladimir Klitschko for the unified heavyweight championship, went through drug issues, weight gain, and mental health problems. But he has made a huge comeback and is now the WBC and The Ring heavyweight champion of the world.

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is on the top of this list for good reason. He has won world titles in the light middleweight division, the middleweight division, the super middleweight division, and most recently, the light heavyweight division, with an 11th round knockout of Sergey Kovalev.

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The 20 greatest pound-for-pound boxers active today ranked by BoxRec (10-1) - GiveMeSport