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Posted: February 24, 2017 at 2:47 pm
Referring to heart disease, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD, asks, Why is there reticence to provide the public with guidelines that will spare them this disease or its progression? in an article published in The American Journal of Cardiology. The National Research Council position was that a dietary fat recommendation lower than 30 percent would be too frustrating for those attempting to achieve a significant reduction. Although it is uncertain to what extent people will adopt the advice, it is nevertheless scientifically and ethically imperative to inform the public what constitutes an optimal diet. We must tell the public the truth about what is best for their health, and let them decide their degree of compliance, he asserts.
My video belowexplains how Dr. Esselstyn challenged an expert panel to answer these questions from patients: Ill do anything, but I never want to have heart disease and Ive had a heart attack, and I never want another. Answers ranged from having them eat beans, beans, and more beans to time for the public to embrace a plant-based diet.
The recommended plant-based diet is not the same as vegetarianism. Vegetarians often consume all sorts of less-than-healthful foods, such as oils, margarine, dairy products, and eggs. Vegans do, too, for that matter. This new paradigm is exclusively plant-based nutrition, Dr. Esselstyn explains. In other words, it consists only of whole plant foods. Why exclusively? Because, as reported in the Cornell China Study, there does not appear to be a threshold beyond which further benefits do not accrue with increasing proportions of plant-based foods in the diet. It appears the more plant-based foods and the fewer animal-based foods, the better.
In a separate paper published in The American Journal of Cardiology, Dr. Esselstyn acknowledges that he is acutely aware of the castigation that accompanies recommending a plant-based dietnamely that the recommendation will be met with skepticism and hostility on the part of the general publicthough less so these days as millions jump on the plant-based wagon. But that hostility is peculiar, Dr. Esselstyn continues, because many cultures sustain themselves with such a diet, enjoying its taste, texture, and variety, as well as its health-promoting qualities. However, dietary preference is deeply personal, and one can easily be offended. Nevertheless, the public has a right to know the truth as understood by experts in nutritive biology about what constitutes the safest and healthiest diet. I couldnt have said it better. The public has a right to know the truth.
Some criticize this exclusively plant-based diet as extreme or draconian. Websters dictionary defines draconian as inhumanly cruel. A closer look reveals that extreme or inhumanly cruel describes not plant-based nutrition, but the consequences of our present Western diet, Dr. Esselstyn writes, adding that having a breastbone sawed in half for bypass surgery or a stroke that renders one an invalid unable to speak can be construed as extreme, and having a breast, prostate, colon, or rectum removed to treat cancer may seem inhumanly cruel. Thats extreme.
In health,
Michael Greger, M.D.
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Posted: February 24, 2017 at 2:47 pm
BEIJING China is still coming to terms with President Trump, but his daughter Ivanka has never been more popular here.
Chinese companies have been scrambling to add her name to their products since her father won the U.S. presidential election in November. Theres even a new Chinese cosmetic-surgery firm offering the chance to look a little more like her.
An incredible 258 trademark applications were lodged under variations of Ivanka, Ivanka Trump and similar-sounding Chinese characters between Nov. 10 and the end of last year, records at the China Trademark Office show.
None appear to have a direct business link with the U.S. presidents daughter.
The trademark applications cover a dizzying array of products, including diet pills, anti-wrinkle cream, spa services, massage machines, cosmetic surgery, underwear and sanitary napkins.
Then there are applications for womens blouses, jewelry, swimwear and towels, as well for a whole range of products that seem to bear little relation to the business executive and former model: milk powder, canned food, honey, candy, coffee, wine and beer; mirrors, mattresses and sofas; medical equipment; and even agricultural technology.
Ivanka, of course, has her own line of fashion items and has registered nine trademarks in China, with 26 applications pending and three rejected. Her applications include items such as skin care and cleansing products, leather goods, purses, suitcases, umbrellas, dresses and other clothes, and computer software.
Ivankas pending applications were all submitted in May and June last year by Chinese attorneys Chang Tsi & Partners.
But many other companies want to take advantage of her fame.
Li Jun, the founder of Foshan Bainuo Sanitary Productshas applied for the trademark for the Chinese characters for a range of womens sanitary napkins, underwear and incontinence pads, using the usual transliteration of Ivankas name in Chinese, yiwanka (pronounced ee-wan-ka).
I first saw her giving a speech on television to support her fathers election, he said. I was captivated by her incomparable disposition and air, even the way she tucked her hair behind her ear. Her speech was full of elegance and charisma.
Ivanka was popular even before the election, admired for her fashion sense and what Chinese Netizens call her goddess good looks.
A video of her young daughter, Arabella, reciting a Chinese poem to celebrate Chinese New Year in 2016 went viral on the Internet here after the election, garnering nearly 9 million views in just a few days.
Ivanka won more fans when she and Arabella visited the Chinese Embassy in Washington to celebrate Chinese New Year this month.
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I think her name will be very helpful for the publicity of our brand and products, because I believe she is a very positive role model for all women, Li said.
Other applications have been lodged for Ivanka, Ivanka Trump, and a few for the characters , which also spell yiwanka.
Another company in the southern city of Foshan had the foresight to register its name Foshan Yiwanka Medical Management just before the election. With just 15 employees, it offers cosmetic surgery around the eyes and nose, as well as liposuction and breast enlargement, said human resources manager Li Yunxing.
Young women in China like to change their looks to copy film stars eyes, noses and lips, he said. No doubt young women here want Ivankas big eyes, her pretty nose and lips and her flawless figure.
Her facial features, disposition and appearance are perfect, Li added, no matter whether they are judged by the beauty standards of the East or the West.
Taking advantage of or faking foreign brands is common in China, as is the practice of trademark squatting, whereby someone preemptively registers a spurious trademark claim in the hope they will later be paid to relinquish it.
Whether any of these trademark claims will be successful is another matter entirely.
Chinas enforcement of trademarks has been brought closer to global standards in recent years, and in January the Supreme Peoples Court issued guidelines specifically outlawing use of the names of public figures involved in politics, economy, culture and religion.
In December, the court also revoked the right of sportswear-maker Qiaodan Sports to use Michael Jordans last name written in Chinese characters, ruling that Jordan is well recognized here and should have the legal right to his name.
At Foshan Bainuo Sanitary Products, Li said he realized there was a possibility his trademark application would be rejected. But I have to try, he said. I cant let go of such a good name from this influential woman for our sanitary napkins.
President Trump has also waged several battles to trademark his own brand name in China, winning an appeal last year to claim the TRUMP name for construction services from a man named Dong Wei, who had held the trademark for a decade, apparently without using it.
Although trademark lawyers said there were sound legal reasons for Trump to have won the appeal, the victory did prompt speculation he may have received special favors from the Chinese government.
The Chang Tsi law firm declined to comment for this story, but if Ivankas company chooses to contest any trademark claims in China, the cases are sure to attract international interest and scrutiny.
Scott Palmer, a partner and leading trademark lawyer in the China office of Sheppard Mullin in Beijing, said he had seen no evidence whatsoever that the Chinese government had provided Trump any favors over his trademark. But, he added, the fact that Trump has long traded on the value of his name makes this uncharted waters for an American president.
How can you divorce yourself from your business interests, if your business is really your name? Palmer said.
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Posted: February 24, 2017 at 2:47 pm
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GLENDALE, Ariz. >> Yasmani Grandal knew his new diet had really taken hold when his 7-year-old daughter was visiting her grandmother.
As soon as you mention vegetables to a little kid, they say, No, Grandal said. So we just started making food and we never really mentioned that it was all vegetables. We didnt make a big deal.
Two, three weeks ago she was at her grandmas house and her grandma bought her some candy. She goes back and reads the label and it said 57 grams of sugar or something like that. She goes up to her grandma, Hey, grandma this has too much sugar. I can only have one or two. It was pretty funny.
Grandal didnt exactly take the idea of a plant-based, meatless diet seriously right away himself. His wife, Heather, works as a nurse. She wanted to watch a documentary that a cardiologist she works with had mentioned.
She put it on and I wasnt too interested in it, Grandal said. Then as I started to hear things here and there and some athletes were giving their testimony about how their performance had improved and it kind of caught my attention a little. So I went back and watched the whole documentary by myself and kind of got into it.
The Dodgers catcher decided to give it a try for 15 days and 15 days turned into a month, turned into two months and here we are now.
But the real focus of Grandals off-season was putting the meat back in his right-handed swing.
The switch-hitting catcher did not want to platoon against left-handed pitching as he had the past two seasons with veteran backups A.J. Ellis and Carlos Ruiz and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didnt want to have to sit his front-line catcher based on the opposing pitcher.
In a perfect world, I think its more contingent on the schedule and not left-vs-right, Roberts said this spring. I think in the past couple years its been that because his right-handed swing hasnt been where we would have liked, where he would have liked.
The Dodgers made the obvious known to Grandal that a better right-handed swing would mean more playing time in 2017 and persuaded him to work with former big-league hitting coach Jeff Pentland this winter.
Coming up through the minor leagues, my splits were the same. I actually hit for more power from the right side, Grandal said. But it was the fact that I was playing every day. Whether it was a righty or lefty didnt matter, I was in. It was the daily repetitions I was getting so my swing was there.
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It was more than that, though. Grandal injured his right knee in July 2013 and then his left shoulder in August 2015. Both had a greater effect on his right-handed swing. He wasnt able to sit back (on his right leg) and turn on it from the right side as much as he used in 126 right-handed at-bats the first two seasons after the injury he had just one home run.
And the shoulder injury appeared to affect Grandals swing plane. While his exit velocity from the left side (92.8 mph) and right side (91.1) last season were nearly equal, the launch angles were drastically different 14 degrees as a left-handed hitter, 7.7 as a right-hander. The result was a 53.6 percent ground ball rate as a right-handed hitter.
It looks good. Its not as steep. Its not as in-and-out of the zone, Roberts said of the adjustments Grandal has made in his right-handed swing this spring. The balls he did square up (last year), the trajectory just wasnt right. It was more negative, down into the ground.
So weve talked about elevating the ball to the pull side. That with the contact rate, it should be a productive right-handed player. He worked real hard. Hes healthy No. 1. But he also feels good about the right-handed swing.
Indeed, Grandal doesnt lack confidence from either side of the plate.
Ive always been very confident from both sides. I know I can do it, he said. Its just a matter of gaining confidence from the coaching staff for them to say, OK, we dont have to think about whos catching today. We know Yaz is going to be there.
Clayton Kershaw will start the Dodgers first Cactus League game on Saturday against the Chicago White Sox followed by Rich Hill on Sunday and Kenta Maeda on Monday. The starting pitchers will likely only throw one inning the first time around. The rest of the starting lineup will get two plate appearances each in the opener Saturday. ... Last years assistant hitting coach on the major-league staff, Tim Hyers, will serve as a roving instructor in the minor leagues this year. Triple-A hitting coach Shawn Wooten will occasionally work with the big league team this year.
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The Environmental Working Group has just released its new Cancer Defense Diet, developed based onexisting research linking diet to cancer and designed to help people consume more cancer-fighting foods through a varied, plant-based diet.
The real strong evidence for reducing cancer risk in terms of diet is focused on broader dietary patterns, explains EWG Senior Scientist Curt Della Valle, Ph.D., director of the organizations Cancer Prevention Initiative, noting that the synergy of nutrients in a varied diet is more likely to have cancer-fighting benefits than a sole fad superfood.
Those might be part of a healthy diet, but thinking that any one nutrient or one food source is going to be the cure-all probably is not true, he says.
EWGs philosophy in creating the Cancer Defense Dietwas to makeinformation about cancer-fighting foods more easily accessible, thus encouraging people to abide by these guidelines.
Most people know thateating more fruits and vegetables is good for you, explains Della Valle, But most people, at least most people in the U.S., arent doing that.
He and his team believe that by presentingnot only the what, but also the why of adiet based oncancer-fighting foods, EWG is offering people the ability and the motivation take control of their own health.
The Cancer Defense Diet website includes anutrition calculator, whichallows people to check whether theyareconsuming cancer-fighting foods or likely carcinogens.
EWG also highlights food pairings that can enhance the bioavailability of nutrients and phytochemicals or even reduce risk factors in possibly carcinogenic foods. Della Valle notes, for example, thatthe nitrates in hot dogs are a big concern from a cancer perspective andare less likely to become carcinogenic when consumed with vitamin C or another antioxidant.
Its great to have more resources out there to help people transition to a plant-based diet, says MicheleSimon, JD, MPH, Executive Director, Plant Based Foods Association, of the new diet. In addition to education, however, we need policy change to help ensure that people have access to healthy, plant-based foods.
Simon notes that while there is definitely a consumer shift toward a more plant-based way of eating, increasing the availability of plant-based foods and continuing to promotethem through policy change are also important factors infurthering these healthy living goals.
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Cutting carbs has long been considered a key to weight loss, just look at the Atkins and South Beach diets. The newest in the low-carb craze is the ketogenic diet.
The ketogenic diet arose about a century ago as a way to treat children with epilepsy, but recently, its been revived and retooled as a method for weight loss.
While many versions of the diet exist, the basic idea is that by severely restricting carbohydrates and boosting fats, the body enters into a state of ketosis, so that instead of burning sugar and carbohydrates for fuel, it uses fat.
But getting to ketosis is tough. Under many versions of the diet, daily carbohydrate intake cant exceed 20 gramsthe equivalent of a little more than one apple. So in addition to cutting starches such as bread, pasta and rice, followers of the diet also have to eliminate fruit and some vegetables, and instead rely on meat, poultry, fish and high-fat dairy products.
The Benefits
Adhering to a real food version of the ketogenic dietconsuming foods such as meat, fish, eggs, cream, butter and vegetablesis an effective way to lose weight, according to Eric Westman, M.D., MHS, director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic.
You basically use for energy what you eat, said Dr. Westman. If youre eating lots of carbohydrates, youre going to burn them for energy. If youre eating fat and not carbohydrates, youre going to be burning fat for your energy.
Following the ketogenic diet, Westman explained, can aid in weight loss and managing diabetesresults that are backed by science. Its now one of the most studied diets ever, he said. Since 2002, there have probably been 50 to 75 papers, the longest one over two years. The best way to say it is that theres as much evidence for this kind of diet as there is for any kind of diet.
Dr. Westman has also seen the same positive results in his own clinical work. In the short run, I can fixmeaning put in remissionsomeones diabetes in just a few weeks even if theyve had it for years, he said. In addition, he explained, pre-clinical science has pointed to the possibility that the diet may also be helpful to patients with Alzheimers disease and certain types of cancer.
Meanwhile, the effectiveness of low-fat diets hasnt been proven, according to Dr. Westman. The low-fat diet was actually tested among about 50,000 women for eight years, he said. And the low-fat diet didnt help with anything.
But Dr. Westman said more research is needed into the specifics of the ketogenic diet to better understand the optimal ratio of macronutrientsfat, protein and carbohydratesa person should consume. While everyone thinks they know what the right number is, I dont think anyone really knows, he said. When I use this diet in a clinical setting, I allow people to choose their own foods within a range of certain foods, and not really fine-tune the macronutrient mix at all.
The Drawbacks
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While the ketogenic diet can aid in weight loss, it may not be nutritionally sound, said Jim White, RDN, owner of Jim White Fitness and Nutrition Studios in Virginia Beach.
It really almost avoids three food groups, he said of grains, dairy, and fruits and vegetables. Those are some major foods that can help to decrease cholesterol, decrease the risk of cancer and help improve the body.
The carbohydrates that are severely restricted under the ketogenic diet are an important macronutrient, said White. While reducing added sugars and highly processed carbohydrates is helpful, he explained, eliminating nutritious carbohydrates can deprive the body of the energy it needs to function properly.
White also hesitates to recommend a diet that restricts fruits and vegetables, since most Americans struggle to eat the recommended five servings per day. Before we make all these other suggestions, just getting them to eat fruits and vegetables is a big goal, he said. Studies show that fruits and vegetables, grains and dairy products help you lose weight and give you nutrients for vitality. I never have people come to my clinic and say theyre obese because they eat too much fruit.
And he doubts the long-term viability of extreme eating regimens. If you look at a lot of the studies, not just ketogenic, many of the diets are effective for a 12-week span, but longevity is very challenging, he said. Most people end up starting to eat carbs again and it knocks them out of ketosis, and they end up right back where they were.
Instead, White recommends a more balanced approach of about 50 percent carbohydrates, 20 percent protein and 30 percent fat. If we start neglecting one of these, were out of balance and were not getting the nutrients we need, he said.
Tips and Tricks
For Maria Emmerich, author of several ketogenic cookbooks including Quick & Easy Ketogenic Cooking: Meal Plans and Time Saving Paleo Recipes to Inspire Health and Shed Weight, eating this way doesnt have to mean giving up favorite foods.
I love food, so I recreate my and everyones favorite dishes into ketogenic dishes, she said. If you dont mind spending a little time in the kitchen or being creative, it definitely can become a lifestyle.
Emmerich replaces starches with cauliflower rice (which she said can be made from scratch or even found pre-made in some grocery stores), zucchini or cabbage noodles and baked avocado fries wrapped in bacon. Some of her go-to homemade dinners include pizza with a zucchini or almond flour crust and skillet lasagna.
Eating out is where many people slip up on the diet, she said. But its not impossible. At brunch, instead of French toast, order an omelet or salmon, eggs and hollandaise sauce. For lunch or dinner, try a burger with a side salad instead of a bun, but be wary of condiments like ketchup, which are full of sugar.
Even dessert using alternative sweeteners such as Stevia isnt off limits. One of Emmerichs favorites is a flourless chocolate torte, which she always keeps on-hand in her freezer, and push pops made of heavy cream, unsweetened almond milk and avocado.
I learned to have desserts at home, she said. Prepping ahead helps you to say no when the dessert is staring at you in the face.
Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil is a journalist based in Southern California who covers social issues, culture, food and health.
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An international clinical trial conducted by the University of Liverpool has shown that the drug liraglutide 3.0 mg may reduce diabetes risk by 80% in individuals with obesity and prediabetes according to a study published today in The Lancet.
This three-year SCALE obesity and prediabetes trial followed 2254 adults with prediabetes at 191 research sites in 27 countries worldwide. The aim was to evaluate whether liraglutide 3.0 mg can safely delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in participants with prediabetes.
Prediabetes, also commonly referred to as borderline diabetes, is a metabolic condition and growing global problem that is closely tied to obesity. If undiagnosed or untreated, prediabetes can develop into type 2 diabetes; which whilst treatable is currently not fully reversible.
Significant health cost
In the UK 1 in 10 of the population have prediabetes. The associated health care cost to the economy is significant. These individuals are at risk of a range of conditions that can affect their overall health including type 2 diabetes and its complications as well as cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Liraglutide promotes weight loss by interacting with the areas of the brain that control appetite and energy intake.
The participants in the study, which was conducted at University Hospital Aintree, were randomly allocated to either liraglutide 3.0 mg or a placebo delivered by injection under the skin once daily for 160 weeks. They were also placed on a reduced calorie diet and advised to increase their physical activity.
The study showed that three years of continuous treatment with once-daily liraglutide 3.0 mg, in combination with diet and increased physical activity, reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 80% and results in greater sustained weight loss compared to the placebo.
New therapeutic approach
Professor John Wilding, Professor of Medicine at the University of Liverpool and Honorary Consultant Physician is an obesity specialist was an investigator in the trial and an author of this study.
Professor Wilding, said: "In this study, we wanted to see if this drug in combination with a reduced-calorie diet and lifestyle intervention could delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in a high-risk population with obesity and prediabetes.
"On the basis of our findings, liraglutide 3.0 mg can provide us with a new therapeutic approach for patients with obesity and prediabetes to substantially reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes and its related complications.
"As healthcare professionals, it is important that we can offer a treatment to our type 2 diabetes patients that we are confident will achieve results in the real-world that are consistent with the results of the clinical trial programme."
The study is a continuation of work started by Professor Wilding in 1996 when he was working at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, and was part of the team that first showed that the hormone GLP-1, on which liraglutide is based, was involved in the control of food intake. Professor Wilding adds "It is very exciting to see a laboratory observation translated into a medicine that has the potential to help so many people, even though it has taken over 20 years."
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This is not a "how to get the perfect beach bod" article. My goal is not to promote crash diets or intensive quick-fix workout regimens.
At this point, with a little over a week until break, it really is impossible to get that bikini bod you promised yourself last year.
Crash dieting will produce results, but those diets are impossible to maintain and leave us so hungry that we end up heavier than before starting the diet.
However, there are small changes that could make you feel less comparable to the Pillsbury Dough Boy without putting your health in jeopardy.
Say no to soda.
Put down the Coca-Cola and drink some water instead. If water isnt your forte, try green tea. It is zero calories and a good metabolism booster. All tea without sweeteners is good for the body.
For the diet soda advocates out there,this video from SourceFed might change your minds. Diet soda slows the metabolism and tricks the body in gross ways.
Next tip: put down the alcohol.
Here's the problem with all alcoholic beverages, and the reason I recommend refraining from alcohol consumption on the diet. Alcohol, whenever taken in, is the first fuel to burn. While that's going on, your body will not burn fat, said Robert C. Atkins, diet guru, in anarticle about how alcohol hinders fat loss.
Though I am not encouraging crash diets, I will say there are plenty of foods to cut out while in pursuit of a leaner figure. Cutting these out for the rest of your life would be optimal, but that probably is not realistic.
Foods to avoid: pizza, cookies, cake, chocolate, fried foods, etc.
Avoid grains. The body does not need bread. Eat vegetables instead. Vegetables do not digest as quickly, therefore you will feel full longer with less.
Try sweet potatoes. They are full of nutrients and can be prepared inunlimited ways. No, the sweet potato fries from Burger 37 are not healthy.
If you find yourself wanting a burger, it wouldnt hurt to ask if the restaurant has a lettuce wrap option. This way, you get the experience of the burger without the calorie-filled sponge of regret traveling through your intestines.
Surprise adults do not need dairy. Once we stop being babies, milk becomes an unnecessary fattening agent. Milks purpose is for growth. If you are in college, you are probably way past puberty and have likely ceased growing.
It pains my soul to write an article about quick fixes. If your doctor says youre healthy, stay that way.
If you are a broke college student and prefer to steer clear of doctors, check in with yourself and honestly determine if you feel good as you are.
"Dont starve. Dont vomit. Dont spend three hours at the gym every day. Its not worth it. Obsession only leads to misery."
Dont starve. Dont vomit. Dont spend three hours at the gym every day. Its not worth it. Obsession only leads to misery.
However, still work out. Exercise is great for more than just weight loss. The endorphins released during a workout are mood-lifting and confidence-boosting.
I know that no matter how sour my day, week or month was, an hour of Zumba or high intensity interval training is sure to give me a healthy dose of happiness.
Also, yoga is great for toning. I break a sweat every time I take a yoga class. Maybe that is just because I am an aggressively sweaty person by nature, but it is also seriously great for working the core and thighs.
Even though it may be too late to safely make any significant weight alterations, exercising for at least 20 minutes three times a week can greatly improve your mental state.
Do not spend spring break resenting poor choices and obsessing over how you look. We do enough of that while at school.
In the end, it comes down to what makes us feel confident and comfortable in our skin.
Confidence is the most attractive accessory, after all. Feeling strong and fit could be the lifestyle addition you need to exude confidence and truly enjoy spring break.
If you dont feel flattering in a swimsuit, then find theflowiestmaxi dress you care to buy and stretch out by the ocean while looking like a goddess.
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Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (press release) | Giant Panda Bao Bao Departs Smithsonian's National Zoo for China Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (press release) Bao Bao received her morning diet of 17 pounds (8 kilograms) of bamboo and 5.4 (150 grams) leafeater biscuits and spent time in her outdoor habitat. Already acclimated from daily training, keepers Marty Dearie and Laurie Thompson called Bao Bao back ... |
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Posted: February 23, 2017 at 3:41 pm
FORT MYERS Hes on a talk-free diet.
Pablo Sandoval has no problem sharing videos on social media to prove just how hard hes worked.
I just want to keep the fans updated (about) what I was doing, he said yesterday.
No videos of dinner time, though. What he eats apparently is off limits.
Everyone knew the guy could lose weight and exercise if he applied himself. The Red Sox third baseman did that in his San Francisco Giants days.
But what hes eating now, and how hes changed his diet, seems to be a sensitive topic.
I got a program. I got a program, its all included, Sandoval said. So I dont worry about that. I got a program, its all included. Im going to continue to keep doing my program. So thats my main goal.
Well, thats descriptive.
Maybe there are foods he likes that have been taken away. Lets start there.
What do you want me to say it is? Sandoval said. I dont miss anything, man. I dont miss anything.
The first man on earth to never miss anything while dieting, ladies and gentlemen. How about ice cream? Everyone likes ice cream. Can you still eat ice cream?
I dont want to tell you about my secrets, he said.
Cookies and cream now is proprietary information.
Why in the world would food be a secret?
No, Sandoval said. Everything.
Every bit of food the Sox third baseman eats is a secret. This makes a lot of sense.
Everything, Sandoval said. Why do you want me to tell you everything I do?
Theres nothing more American than baseball, apple pie and diets. Sandovals an unrelatable figure, making a ton of money while being out of shape for the past two years. But weight loss, or at least the attempt at it, average Joes can understand.
Now, Sandoval has no obligation to be relatable. Fans wont accept him unless he plays well, anyway. But letting people in on his calorie-control effort wouldnt be a bad olive branch.
But I dont want to tell them what Im going to do, Sandoval said. Its my program.
A big, secret program. Scott Lauber of ESPN.com reported Sandoval put his new wife, Yulimar, in charge of his low-carb diet, and that she worked with a nutritionist.
Perhaps its Red Sox nutritionist Glen Tobias, formerly of the New York Jets and hired ahead of this season, who is handling the matter.
Manager John Farrell said someone has been overseeing Sandoval.
Thats part of our medical staff, Farrell said, declining to name the person. We have our nutritionist.
The teams previous nutritionist, Nancy Clark, as well as a Red Sox source said she left the club under amicable conditions that were unrelated to Sandoval.
The person that hired me left, and new people bring in new people, said Clark, who has a private practice in Newton Highlands. I did it for three years, and Im very glad to have my summers back.
Pablo actually, when he was down in Fort Myers, he worked with another dietician who speaks Spanish and lives near Miami, and she did a lot of work with him.
He was a hard worker, Clark added. He spent this past year really getting things together. I mean he really wants to succeed. And he wants to prove himself, and thats what he was saying. ... Hes got a work ethic. I wish him the best.
Overeating, which Sandovals former trainer Ethan Banning has said was the third basemans pitfall, is no small concern. Psychology comes into play.
Hes worked on his all-around, Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said when asked about dieting. Hes worked on nutrition, hes worked on conditioning, hes worked on mental, hes worked on a lot of different parts of the whole thing to make it work. But I think for him, its important to tackle all aspects of it, not just the conditioning end of it.
Farrell noted the importance of a diet, too.
I think if you just use the basic adage more out than more in, hes in the positive column, Farrell said. But its much more detailed than that. Theres been a combination of the work hes put in, the effort hes put in, and I guess a more scientific approach to his diet and what works best for him.
Unless Sandovals eating out of a test tube, science seems a stretch.
OK, lets make it real simple: Is your diet different than its ever been before?
No comment, Sandoval said.
Seems salty.
Originally posted here:
Drellich: Pablo Sandoval staying mum on his new diet - Boston Herald
