Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima Reveals Her Shocking Pre-Show Diet. Lima at the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show via Getty Here at TheGloss, we like to send earth-shattering eyerolls in the direction of famous (and famously svelte) women who’d expect you to believe that they eat whatever they want and never work out and roll out of bed with loose, beachy waves.
Most (not all) of them are lying and we find it more than a little insulting to our intelligence. …However, we also find it kind of astounding–if not a little distressing–when a model steps forward and tells us what it actually takes: Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima recently shared the details of her grueling pre-show routine. Her fitness makes sense–intense cardio like jumping rope and boxing, with some weight lifting–but it’s her diet that gets a bit jaw-dropping… She sees a nutritionist, who has measured her body’s muscle mass, fat ratio and levels of water retention. Wait, though! (via The Telegraph) You can reach this post's author, Ashley Cardiff, via e-mail at ashley@thegloss.com.
Mark Hyman, MD: Gluten: What You Don't Know Might Kill You. Something you're eating may be killing you, and you probably don't even know it!
If you eat cheeseburgers or French fries all the time or drink six sodas a day, you likely know you are shortening your life. But eating a nice dark, crunchy slice of whole wheat bread--how could that be bad for you? Well, bread contains gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, kamut, and oats. It is hidden in pizza, pasta, bread, wraps, rolls, and most processed foods. Clearly, gluten is a staple of the American diet. What most people don't know is that gluten can cause serious health complications for many. In today's blog I want to reveal the truth about gluten, explain the dangers, and provide you with a simple system that will help you determine whether or not gluten is a problem for you. The Dangers of Gluten The findings were dramatic. Yet an estimated 99 percent of people who have a problem with eating gluten don't even know it.
And here's some more shocking news ... • Total IgA antibodies. Could Cutting Carbs Cut Breast Cancer Risk? Cutting carbohydrates from your diet just two days a week could lead to greater weight loss than adhering to a more traditional low-calorie diet, a new, preliminary study found.
And those finding may also have implications for lowering breast cancer risk, by helping control levels of insulin -- a cancer-promoting hormone. In new research being presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Thursday, researchers from England assessed the impact of three different diets on the weight and insulin blood levels in 115 women. A third of the participants followed a calorie-restricted, so-called Mediterranean diet every day, while another third went on a diet that restricted carbs in addition to calories, but for just two days a week. A third group followed a low-carb diet two days a week as well, but they were allowed to eat unlimited protein and healthy fats. Both of the two-day, low-carb options resulted in greater weight loss than full-time dieting. Dr. Michael J. Breus: Sleeping Late, Eating Late Leads to Gaining Weight. A message to night owls: There's news that your bedtime -- and those late-night snacks -- may be preventing you from dropping those stubborn extra pounds.
A recent study took on an important, and under-examined, aspect of the sleep-weight loss connection: how the timing of sleeping -- and of eating -- can affect weight. Researchers at Northwestern University examined the effects of sleep timing on diet and body-mass index (BMI), and found that late bedtimes and late mealtimes can lead to less healthful diets and to weight gain. A group of 52 adults -- 25 women and 27 men -- spent seven days keeping food logs and having their sleep and waking activity measured by a wrist sensor. The researchers divided participants into two categories of sleepers: "Normal sleepers" reached the midpoint of their night's sleep before 5:30 a.m. Researchers tracked the eating habits of these two types of sleepers through the information provided to them from the participants' food logs.