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REVEALED: These 17 cheap and easy foods will help you LOSE weight

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THE top foods to lose weight have been revealed – and they are actually easy to find AND taste good.</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A researcher has listed 17 easy and tasty foods that might stop weight gain</td></tr>
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Tea drinkers can rejoice as a daily brew will help maintain a healthy weight.</div>
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Other tasty treats have been revealed as being high in flavonoids – a key compound could help prevent weight gain. </div>
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Flavonoids are plant compounds found in various foods and drinks, including a wide range of fruit and vegetables, tea, chocolate and even wine.</div>
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They have long been celebrated for their antioxidant effect which is thought to help prevent cell damage, but new recent research has found fruit and vegetables with a high level of this compound could help us maintain a healthy weight and even losing some.</div>
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A team at Harvard University and the University of East Anglia (UEA) found consuming just a small amount of flavonoids would be beneficial.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tea is included on the list</td></tr>
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Even a single 80g serving of the fruit or veg per day may improve health.</div>
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Professor Aedin Cassidy, from UEA Medical School, said the strongest links were found for foods containing anthocyanins, which are found in blueberries, strawberries, cherries, blackberries, grapes, radishes and blackcurrents.</div>
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He said: "We also found that flavonoid polymers - found in tea and apples - were particularly beneficial, along with flavonols - found in tea and onions."</div>
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Prof Cassidy's list of the best fruit and veg for maintaining a healthy weight is as follows:</div>
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Raspberries</div>
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Blueberries</div>
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Blackberries</div>
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Strawberries</div>
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Blackcurrants</div>
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Cherries</div>
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Grapes</div>
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Plums</div>
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Radishes</div>
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Tea</div>
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Cocoa</div>
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Pears</div>
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Apples</div>
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Citrus fruits such as oranges and grapefruits</div>
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Onions</div>
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Peppers</div>
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Aubergines</div>
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The experts found consuming just a small amount of flavonoids was linked to maintaining a healthy weight, and even a very small weight loss (0.1kg or 0.22lb).</div>
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They said many fruits provide huge or a number of benefits - for example a single serving of blueberries contains up to 121mg of anthocyanins and tea contains a range of flavonoids, including flavonols, flavan-3-ols and their polymers.</div>
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This means that choosing flavonoid-rich fruits and vegetables could help people shed up to 1lb or 2lb, the team said.</div>
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In the study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), experts examined data for 124,086 men and women in the US over a 24-year period.</div><script async src="//
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Prof Cassidy added: "This is the first large study to examine the associations between consumption of all flavonoids and weight gain in middle-aged and older adults.</div>
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"Most adults gain weight as they age and even small increases in weight can have a substantial impact on risk of high blood pressure, developing heart disease, cancer or diabetes - so strategies to help individuals maintain a healthy weight in middle-age are needed.</div>
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"We found that an increased consumption of most flavonoids was associated with weight maintenance, and even a modest weight loss. The results were found to be consistent across men and women, and different ages.</div>
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"However losing even small amounts of weight, or preventing weight gain, can improve health and these modest effects were seen with a small, readily achievable increase in intake of many of these fruits.</div>
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"Just a single portion of some of these fruits per day would have an important impact on health at a population level.</div>
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The team hope the results will help refine previous dietary recommendations and provide guidance on which specific fruits and vegetables to choose for preventing obesity and its potential consequences</div>
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Tracy Parker, dietitian at the British Heart Foundation, said: "Although the mechanisms of the benefit of eating fruit and vegetables are not well understood, this study suggests that eating fruit and vegetables that contain high levels of flavonoids, such as apples, pears, berries, and peppers, could help people maintain a healthy weight.</div>
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"We know that even small increases in weight can have a substantial impact on risk of high blood pressure, developing heart disease, cancer or diabetes. Eating a balanced diet high in fruit and vegetables along with regular physical activity is an essential part of maintaining a healthy weight.</div>
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"Unfortunately, most adults in the UK struggle to eat the 'five-a-day fruit and vegetables' recommendation, so the take-home message is still that we all need to be eating more fruit and vegetables, rather than focusing on particular types."</div>
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The way you furnish your dining room and kitchens holds the key to the tricking your mind to eating less food.</div>
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A team of food scientists examined the relationship between table/plate sizes and calorie intake.</div>
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They discovered participants ate less food if they dined at a large table. Conversely, those eating off a smaller table were more likely to eat twice as much.</div>
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The study found the large table distracted participants and created an optical illusion - because they assumed the food was larger than it really was. </div>
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Lead author Brennan Davis, a researcher at Cornell’s Food and Brand Lab said: “To eat less food, serve food in small portions and on large tables.”</div>
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The experiment saw 219 participants assigned to one of four tables. Each table was set with slices of pizza.</div>
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Young girl, 11, STOPS eating after school health professionals 'brand her overweight'

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A FITNESS fanatic mother has been left furious after her young daughter refused to eat for TWO days when school health professionals branded her overweight.</h2>
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Amelya Lyndsay, 35, was stunned when a routine height and weight measurement test at 11 year-old daughter Olivia's junior school claimed she was over the recommended BMI limit.</div>
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Olivia - who at 5ft 2ins is one of the tallest pupils in her year - was so shaken by the conclusion that she refused to let any food pass her lips for two days.</div>
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Ms Lyndsay, a personal trainer and nutritionist, had to dig out her old university study books to convince her she was perfectly healthy.</div>
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Now she has spoken out against the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), which aims to monitor obesity in children.</div>
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"It is unbelievable how much damage can be done by this program," she said.</div>
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"We never eat processed foods as I am always really careful of our diets, having a background in nutrition.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olivia was weighed and measured in her last term before leaving junior school</td></tr>
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"They never bothered to investigate what my background was, despite staff being aware of what I actually do for a living."</div>
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Olivia was weighed and measured in her last term before leaving Trewirgie Junior School in Redruth, Cornwall, last year.</div>
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The National Child Measurement Programme measures the height and weight of children when they start and leave all primary schools to assess obesity levels.</div>
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It was set up as part of a government strategy to tackle the issue and Olivia's tests were carried out by Cornwall Council's Public Health team.</div>
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Ms Lyndsay has not revealed Olivia's exact results, but she had a score which was just above the normal BMI range.</div>
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"Olivia is now 158cm tall and was one of the tallest children in her year," she explained.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Olivia is now 158cm tall and was one of the tallest children in her year," said Ms Lyndsey</td></tr>
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"After receiving the letter she was so distraught, I had to pull out my notes from university to convince her that she has no problem as she refused to eat anything for two days.</div>
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"They need to put something else in place, don't just bring a measuring tape and scales into school to stress children about it."</div>
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Olivia said: "I feel quite annoyed about it because it isn't that accurate and it's not that nice, I just felt really bad because I read the letter and was basically being called overweight by the NHS."</div>
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A spokesperson for the NCMP scheme said: "The results are sent home in a confidential letter to the parents and not to the child.</div>
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"It is a parent's decision to share the information; we are more than happy to provide advice and support about how to do this in the most supportive way, causing the least distress to the child.</div>
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"NCMP measurements are clinical measurements that a GP would use as an initial assessment of child body mass.</div>
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"The measurements should be used as part of a process to monitor child growth.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A spokesperson for the NCMP scheme said the results are sent in a confidential letter to parents</td></tr>
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"By sending information to parents they have the opportunity to review and monitor and important aspect of their child's health.</div>
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"The personal letter providing the measurement is sent to parents directly in a confidential envelope enabling parents to choose how and if they would like to discuss the measurements with their child, we offer support to parents through this process.</div>
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"If measurements are not what parents would expect or if measurements are outside the healthy weight range, we recommend having a discussion with a GP or the Cornwall Healthy Weight team to find out more about the measurement and what it might mean for their child's long term health.</div>
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"We listen to feedback from parents and schools and use this to continually improve the way the programme is delivered.</div>
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"The NCMP is one way we can start to tackle unhealthy weight in our children.</div>
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"BMI centile for children takes height, weight, age and sex into account and is an accurate indicator of when a child is carrying excess weight, even in tall children."</div>
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The letter was sent to Amelya by Cornwall Council's Public Health team - not by Trewirgie Junior School.</div>
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Trying to lose weight? Cancel out obesity gene with this ONE easy step

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IF you’re struggling to shift the stubborn pounds and think genes are to blame - scientists may have discovered the secret to losing weight.</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inherited obesity genes can be negated by physical activity.</td></tr>
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A new study has revealed inherited obesity genes can be negated by one factor - physical activity. </div>
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Previous research has suggested people are sometimes prone to obesity due to genetic factors, but new evidence has shown moderating lifestyle factors - such as increased physical activity - can mitigate obesity genes.</div>
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The team pitted 14 obesity-related genetic traits against the effect of exercise and found being physically active substantially reduces the influence of genetic factors on a person’s body mass index (BMI).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being physically active substantially reduces the influence of genetic factors on a person’s BMI</td></tr>
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More specifically, physical activity can halt the human fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) by up to 75 per cent. </div>
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Researchers say this link is feasible because the biological make-up of FTO is thought to be sensitive to environmental factors and exercise can change the expression pattern of genes in both muscle and fatty tissue.</div>
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The study authors reiterate the importance for health experts to include “vigorous” physical activity in obesity prevention programs for the “global fight against obesity.”</div>
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Data from over 17,000 people from six ethnic groups was looked at for the study. The scientists compared physical activity behaviours with BMI and the body adiposity index (BAI).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Data from over 17,000 people from six ethnic groups was looked at for the study.</td></tr>
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David Meyre McMaster's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine in Ontario, Canada said: "This provides a message of hope for people with obesity predisposing genes that they can do something about it. </div>
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“Our body weight destiny is not only written in our genetic blueprint. </div>
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“These promising results encourage us to investigate how additional lifestyle factors, such as diet, stress and sleep patterns, may impact the genetic predisposition to obesity."</div>
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The research was published in the journal Scientific Reports.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Experts suggest obese people take up "vigorous" physical activity of up to five hours a week</td></tr>
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This study is particularly pertinent as health experts warn obesity is set to boom over the next 15 years. A whopping 74 per cent of men and 64 per cent of women in UK are expected to be overweight by 2030.</div>
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) remarked the this rise will be problem “of enormous proportions” for the UK and other countries over the next decade and a half.</div>
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The Department of Health recommends most adults should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise every week, however the NHS recommended people who are obese or overweight take part in at least five hours of physical exercise every week.</div>
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FORGET the fads, experts declare this diet the best overall for weight loss and high fitness levels.</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The best diets for every occasion have been revealed</td></tr>
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It’s the time of year when people are exercising and eating healthy, trying to compensate for a Christmas indulgence. </div>
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But if new research is to be believed, there’s one diet people should follow in order to shed the most pounds and stay healthy.</div>
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The DASH plan has won the title of best overall diet for the sixth year in a row by US News in their annual awards.</div>
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The creators of the diet describe it as "a flexible and balanced eating plan that helps creates a heart-healthy eating style for life."</div>
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DASH, short for dietary approaches to stop hypertension, was created by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in order to lower blood pressure and cholesterol, manage diabetes and help with weight loss.</div>
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The institute came up with the diet on the basis nutrients like potassium, calcium, protein and fibre are essential for lowering high blood pressure.</div>
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Unlike many current diet trends DASH isn’t faddy and the rules are pretty simple. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The DASH and TLC diets rate very high in the research</td></tr>
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Dieters are advised to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products and lean protein.</div>
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People are also expected to cut out salt, fat-laden foods and those high in calories.</div>
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The Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Diet (TLC) diet - which claims to lower bad cholesterol by eight to 10 per cent in six weeks - came in a close second.</div>
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This diet focuses on cutting out foods high in fats, particularly the saturated variety and consuming more fibrous foods.</div>
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Coming in at third was the MIND diet aiming to prevent Alzheimers with brain healthy food, such as nuts, berries, fish, olive oil, poultry and vegetables. The diet is a combination of Mediterranean and DASH.</div>
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On the MIND diet, dieters are even permitted a small daily glass of wine.</div>
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The research threw up some surprising results, and the lesser known Fertility Diet was awarded top place for beating diabetes.</div>
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The Whole30 diet, a 30-day eating programme that forbids legumes, grains, dairy, alcohol, added sugar and process foods came in bottom, because of its restrictive and short term nature.</div>
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US News evaluated 38 of the most popular diets and identified the best, the complete list is below:</div>
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<strong>Best overall:</strong></div>
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1. DASH diet (4.1/5)</div>
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2. MIND diet (4/5)</div>
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3. TLC diet (4/5)</div>
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4. Fertility diet (3.9/5)</div>
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5. Mayo Clinic Diet (3.9/5)</div>
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6. Mediterranean Diet (3.9/5)</div>
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7. Weight Watchers Diet (3.9/5)</div>
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8. The Flexiterian Diet (3.8/5)</div>
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9. Volumetrics Diet (3.8/5)</div>
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10. Jenny Craig Diet (3.7/5)</div>
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<strong>The best weight loss diets:</strong></div>
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1. Weight Watchers </div>
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2. HMR Program</div>
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3. Biggest Loser Diet</div>
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<strong>Best commercial diet plans:</strong></div>
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1. Mayo Clinic Diet</div>
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2. Weight Watchers Diet</div>
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3. Jenny Craig Diet</div>
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<strong>Best diabetes diet:</strong></div>
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1. The Fertility Diet </div>
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2. Biggest Loser Diet</div>
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3. DASH Diet</div>
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<strong>Best diets for healthy eating:</strong></div>
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1. DASH Diet</div>
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2. TLC DIet</div>
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3. Mind Diet</div>
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<strong>Best fast-weight loss:</strong></div>
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1. HMR Program</div>
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2. Biggest Loser Diet </div>
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3. Weight Watchers Diet</div>
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<strong>Best heart-healthy diets:</strong></div>
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1. Ornish Diet</div>
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2. TLC Diet</div>
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3. DASH Diet</div>
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<strong>Best plant-based diets:</strong></div>
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1. Mediterranean Diet</div>
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2. Flexitarian Diet</div>
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3. Ornish Diet</div>
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<strong>Easiest diets to follow:</strong></div>
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1. Weight Watchers Diet</div>
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2. The Fertility Diet</div>
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3. MIND Diet</div>
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WEIGHT LOSS surgery may weaken bones and increase the likelihood of people suffering painful breaks.</div>
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Many nutrients are lost when patients undergo bariatric surgery procedures, according to a recent study.</div>
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The most commonly lost nutrients include vitamin D and calcium.</div>
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Both these nutrients are linked to the development of osteoporosis. </div>
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The research indicated that people who underwent weight loss surgery had a 21 per cent higher risk of breaking a bone over the next five years.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weight-loss surgery depletes patients of key nutrients needed for bone health</td></tr>
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People that had “malabsorptive” procedures - such as a gastric bypass - were almost 50 per cent more likely to experience a fracture. </div>
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The scientists revealed that longer bones, such as the ones found in the arms and legs, were more likely to break. </div>
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As obese patients lose weight, they also risk losing bone mass along with some muscle. </div>
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Doctor Kuo-Chin Huang of the College of Medicine at National Taiwan University in Taipei advised people undergoing this type of surgery should take vitamin D and calcium supplements.</div>
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Sun exposure and exercise were also two recommendations given by the lead researcher to prevent osteoporosis.</div>
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Despite the risk of brittle bones, Dr Huang pointed out that weight loss surgery provides the patient with immense health benefits.</div>
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People who lose 100 to 200lbs can also stop suffering from diabetes, their risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.</div>
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Another new study recently highlighted the ‘life-changing’ benefits of weight-loss surgery for the NHS.</div>
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It demonstrated that this type of surgery could not only prevent 80,000 cases of high blood pressure, but 40,000 cases of type 2 diabetes and 5,000 heart attacks over four years.</div>
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Bariatric surgery involves reducing the size of the stomach through reducing the size of the stomach with a gastric band, removal of a portion of the stomach or re-routing the small intestine to a small stomach pouch.</div>
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The study’s authors reveal that weight-loss surgery has increased at least SEVEN-fold worldwide in the past decade.</div>
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The NHS advise that these procedures should be the last resort for people who are dangerously obese.</div>
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As a cause for concern, the study estimated 15 to 20 per cent of middle-aged Europeans suffer from obesity.</div>
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WEIGHT-LOSS surgery could prevent thousands of cases of life-threatening health conditions in the UK including type 2 diabetes and heart attacks, according to a new study.</div>
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Scientists compared rates of obesity-associated illnesses in 3,882 weight-loss surgery patients and patients who had not undergone the procedures, which include bypassing the stomach or reducing its size.</div>
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They found that over a period of three and a half years, bariatric - or weight-loss - surgery significantly improved existing type 2 diabetes and lowered abnormally high blood pressure.</div>
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The findings, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, suggest that widening the availability of these procedures could improve the health of thousands of obese people in the UK.</div>
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The researchers estimate that if the 1.4 million people believed to be morbidly obese in the UK had bariatric surgery, it could prevent 80,000 cases of hypertension, 40,000 cases of type 2 diabetes, and 5,000 heart attacks over a four-year period.</div>
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It could also improve the lives of the 110,000 people already suffering with type 2 diabetes and the 13,000 people who have already been diagnosed with hypertension.</div>
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Just 5,558 bariatric procedures were carried out in the UK in 2013, compared with 37,300 in France, where the prevalence of obesity is lower than the UK.</div>
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The study also confirmed that the surgery, which is available on the NHS in extreme circumstances, leads to substantial weight loss that is sustained for at least four years.</div>
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Estimated average four-year weight loss was 38 kilos (six stone) for gastric bypass, 31 kilos (five stone) for sleeve gastrectomy, and 20 kilos (three stone) for gastric band.</div>
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Lead author Dr Ian Douglas, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "Obesity is one of the biggest health problems of our generation.</div>
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"Rates of cardiovascular disease, although slowly declining, are still alarmingly high while type 2 diabetes is on the rise, affecting 3.5 million people in Britain. Finding effective ways to tackle the obesity crisis is therefore a key public health strategy.</div>
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"Whilst effective prevention is clearly needed, our findings show that as well as helping patients substantially lose weight, bariatric surgery improves serious obesity-related illnesses as well as reducing the risk of developing them.</div>
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Study co-author Professor Rachel Batterham, Head of the UCL Centre for Obesity Research, said: "Bariatric surgery is safe and produces unrivalled health benefits that are life-changing for patients and cost-saving for the NHS.</div>
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"Unfortunately, less than one per cent of the patients who could benefit from this surgery currently receive surgery. This represents a major missed opportunity in terms of improving health and economic savings.</div>
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"Action is now needed to remedy this situation."</div>
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Couple TOO FAT to have sex undergo 'his and hers' weight loss surgery

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THROUGH thick and thin, couples will stick together - and this pair have decided to go the whole hog and go from large to slim together. </div>
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A Chinese couple who are too fat for sex have agreed to undergo weight loss surgery together, to prolong their lives and give them a healthier outlook. </div>
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The pair - who are undergoing his and her procedures - are going under the knife to fulfil their dream of becoming parents.</div>
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Husband Lin Yue and his wife Deng Yang, both 30, say married life had been difficult right from the start when they could not find a wedding dress big enough for the bride</div>
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In the end the super-sized pair had to have one specially made for the blushing bride. </div>
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But it doesn't stop there. The couple have admitted they've had problems having sex because they were both too fat.</div>
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Between them they have a combined weight of 63 stone.The couple, who describes themselves as being as wide as they are tall, married in 2010 after finally finding suitable clothes which would fit their physique.</div>
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Lin and Deng both work in south-west China’s Sichuan Province but travelled to Changchun, the capital of north-eastern Jilin Province, in order to undergo treatment for rapid weight loss.</div>
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They hope the gastric bypass surgery they're both having will help them in their fight against morbid obesity, which they have now decided to tackle in order to fulfil their dream of one day having a child.</div>
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Deng said the dream of becoming a parent alone is "enough" for them to want to try and lose weight.</div>
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But they both agreed they were inspired to take the step together after reading about a woman known as the heaviest person in China, who last month also underwent a gastric bypass to help her fight obesity.</div>
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Fat around the middle is actually more dangerous than being overweight - with stress a major cause. Here are the 10 golden rules for getting rid of excess weight around your waist.</div>
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Have you noticed that for some reason more weight accumulates around your middle? While your arms and legs may look great, your waist area seems to stubbornly defy all attempts at diet and exercise.</div>
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Well, not only does it look unsightly but that “muffin top” pouring over your waistband is also very bad for your health.</div>
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A new study shows that excess fat around the middle is in fact more unhealthy than being overweight.</div>
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Fat around the waist can increase your risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and even cancer (especially breast cancer). </div>
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Unfortunately, this type of fat is also hard to shift - you’ll find that most diets and exercise programmes have limited results.  </div>
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So what makes us gain fat around our mid-section - and how can we lose it? </div>
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Stress is the main cause of weight gain around our middles, explains Dr Marilyn Glenville, the UK’s leading nutritionist and author of bestselling Fat Around The Middle.</div>
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Our bodies are designed to react fast to danger. When your brain thinks you’re in danger, it stimulates the release of the hormones adrenaline and cortisol. Millions of years ago, just like wild animals, we were on constant alert so we could flee or fight if threatened.  This fight or flight response provides instant energy for five to 10 minutes.</div>
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These days, many of us live under chronic stress. However, our bodies can’t tell the difference between late trains, debt, work pressure and truly life-threatening stress. That’s why our body still gears up to the challenge and reacts exactly the same as it’s always done. </div>
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In our modern lifestyles, stress is almost continuous and comes without the natural release of fighting or fleeing. </div>
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After a stressful event, cortisol levels in the blood often remain high for a while, increasing your appetite. Your body thinks you should refuel after all this fighting or fleeing. That’s why people with stressful lives quite often feel constantly hungry. Their body urges them to stock up on energy foods - so they crave carbohydrates and fats. </div>
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If you don’t fight or run when your body expects you to, the fat and glucose in your system get deposited as fat – around your middle. Why? Fat targets our belly because it’s close to the liver, where it can quickly be converted back into energy if required.</div>
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<strong>The 10 golden rules for losing fat around the middle </strong></div>
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Ditch your diet and stop counting calories, otherwise your body will think there’s a famine and will raise stress levels, which contribute to fat storage.</div>
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Eat every three hours. Keep your blood sugar levels and energy levels stable by eating regularly. Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner plus a mid-morning snack and one mid afternoon. Try not to eat carbohydrates after 6pm. This will stop those roller-coaster highs and sugar cravings.  Because your blood sugar isn’t allowed to drop, your body will no longer have to ask you for a quick fix.</div>
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Don’t skip breakfast. If you miss breakfast your body immediately registers famine and holds on to your stores of fat.</div>
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Remove or cut down all added sugar and refined carbs. Avoid any foods that make your blood sugar rise quickly, because - as your blood sugar drops again - your body releases adrenaline and cortisol to stabilise it once more. Switch to whole grain alternatives that release energy slowly.</div>
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Add protein to each meal. It slows down the rate your stomach processes food and delays the passage of the carbohydrates with it. As soon as you add a protein (be it animal or vegetable) to a carbohydrate, you change it into a slower releasing carbohydrate, that keeps your sugar levels at bay.</div>
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Eat essential fats. Long term dependency on low fat products might mean that you’re consuming less saturated fat, but also that you deficient in the good fats – essential fatty acids, found in oily fish, nuts and seeds. They help to boost your metabolism so don’t forget to include them in your diet.</div>
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Don’t eat on the run. It tells your body that time is scarce, you are under pressure and stressed. Furthermore, your digestive system will be less efficient. Make a point of sitting down and eating your food as calmly, as possible.</div>
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<li>Watch what you drink. Cut out all caffeine and sugary drinks and significantly lower your alcohol intake (abstain completely for a month if you can). If you can’t live without your cappucino, make sure you don’t drink it on an empty stomach as it gets straight into the bloodstream and triggers cortisol release.</li>
<li>Exercise. If you have fat around the middle of your body, exercise MUST become one of your priorities. By simply making time for exercise in your life, you can control the potentially damaging fight or flight response.</li>
<li>Add magnesium. It calms the adrenal glands and helps to balance blood sugar by contributing to the production and action of insulin. If you're low in magnesium, eat more leafy greens and nuts.</li>
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