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Guest post: How close is the West Antarctic ice sheet to a ‘tipping point’? – Carbon Brief

Posted: February 15, 2020 at 9:43 pm

Between its east and west ice sheets and its peninsula, Antarctica holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by around 60m.

The West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) is a relatively small part, containing an amount of ice equivalent to 3.3m of sea level rise. Yet, most of it sits in a precarious position and is considered theoretically unstable.

As a result, how the WAIS will change in response to human-caused warming is generally thought to be the largest source of uncertainty for long-term sea level projections.

Tipping points

The most pressing aspect of this uncertainty is understanding whether instability thresholds of ice have been crossed, whether the retreat we are now measuring is destined to continue, and whether ice that appears unchanging today will remain that way in the future.

The latest research says that the threshold for irreversible loss of the WAIS likely lies between 1.5C and 2C of global average warming above pre-industrial levels. With warming already at around 1.1C and the Paris Agreement aiming to limit warming to 1.5C or well-below 2C, the margins for avoiding this threshold are fine indeed.

According to the recent special report on the ocean and cryosphere (SROCC) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there are two main controls on how much global sea levels will rise this century: future human-caused greenhouse gas emissions and how warming affects the Antarctic ice sheet. The IPCC says:

Beyond 2050, uncertainty in climate change induced SLR [sea level rise] increases substantially due to uncertainties in emission scenarios and the associated climate changes, and the response of the Antarctic ice sheet in a warmer world.

The concern around the vulnerability of the WAIS principally lies in something called marine ice sheet instability (MISI) marine because the base of the ice sheet is below sea level and instability for the fact that, once it starts, the retreat is self-sustaining.

Ice sheets can be thought of as huge freshwater reservoirs. Snow accumulates in the cold interior, slowly compacts to become glacier ice and then begins to flow like a very thick fluid back toward the ocean.

In some places, the ice reaches the coast and floats on the ocean surface, forming an ice shelf. The boundary between ice resting on the land surface (or the sea floor in the case of a marine ice sheet) is called the grounding line. The grounding line is where water stored in the ice sheet returns to the ocean. And when it moves seaward, we say the ice sheet has a positive mass balance that is to say, it is gaining more ice mass than it is losing back to the sea.

But when the grounding line retreats, the balance is negative. A negative ice sheet balance means a positive contribution to the ocean and, thus, to global sea level.

This basic picture of ice sheet mass balance is all you need to understand why glaciologists are concerned about MISI.

Changes to the ice shelf on the floating side of the grounding line such as thinning can cause ice on the grounded side to lift off from the seafloor. As this ice floats, the grounding line will retreat. Because the ice flows more rapidly when it is floating than it does when grounded, the rate of ice flow near the grounding line will increase. Stretching caused by the faster flow becomes a new source of thinning near the grounding line.

This is illustrated in the figure below. As the newly floating ice flows and thins more quickly, it can cause more ice to lift off and float, driving the grounding line back.

In addition, the areas of the ice sheet at risk of MISI have a reverse, or retrograde gradient, which means it gets deeper further inland. As the grounding line retreats further into thicker parts of the ice sheet, the flow speeds up, further increasing ice loss. The reverse gradient makes this process self-sustaining as a positive feedback loop this is what makes MISI an instability.

It is not clear yet if the MISI threshold has been crossed anywhere in Antarctica. We do know that grounding lines are retreating along the Amundsen Sea coastline most spectacularly on the Thwaites Glacier. And the driver for the retreat appears to be relatively warm ocean water about 2C warmer than the historical average flowing toward the grounding line and causing stronger than usual melting.

Graphic: Carbon Brief. Credit: Quantarctica/Norwegian Polar Institute.

If the instability has not started and if the ocean warming stops, then the grounding line should find a new balancing point at a new location. But if it has started, then the retreat will continue no matter what happens next.

Even if the threshold has been crossed or even if it is crossed in the future the retreat can proceed at different rates depending on how hard we were pushing when it started.

Heres how that works. The instability depends on a balance of forces within the ice sheet. A force due to gravity causes the ice to flow at a speed that depends in part on its thickness and its surface slope.

A larger melt rate on the floating side and faster flow across the grounding line will draw down the surface of the ice more quickly than smaller rates will. The faster draw-down generates a steeper surface slope and, thus, faster flow and faster retreat.

A modelling study of this feedback, published last year, found that when MISI started with a larger push (a larger melt rate), it proceeded more quickly than when it started with a smaller push, even after the extra melting was removed.

This means that even if MISI is invoked, cutting global emissions and slowing warming will give more time to get ready for its consequences.

There appears to be a second source of instability for marine ice sheets one that comes into play if the ice shelves are lost entirely.

Some of the most spectacular images of glacier change are of iceberg calving in other words, breaking off from the heavily crevassed fronts of marine-terminating glaciers.

This calving is caused by melting of the underside of the ice shelf, as well as hydro-fracturing where meltwater forming on the surface of the ice shelf seeps into the ice and causes cracking or a combination of the two.

How quickly calving happens depends on the height of the ice cliff face above the waterline the higher the cliff stands above the water, the larger the calving rate.

As is the case for MISI, the declining gradient of seafloor beneath the WAIS means that as the ice cliff retreats into thicker ice it will continue to expose an ever-higher cliff to the ocean and the calving rate must increase.

This process, illustrated below, is called marine ice cliff instability (MICI). The theory suggests that where the height of a glacier face exceeds around 100m above the ocean surface, the cliff will be too tall to support its own weight. It will, therefore, inevitably collapse, exposing a similarly tall cliff face behind it, which, too, will collapse. And so on.

The IPCCs SROCC says that Thwaites Glacier is particularly important because it extends into the interior of the WAIS, where the bed is >2000m below sea level in places. (Although, the SROCC also notes that while MISI requires a retrograde bed slope to occur, MICI could even happen on a flat or seaward-inclined bed.)

This recently identified process is not as well studied as MISI, but this is sure to change in the years ahead, as scientists continue to observe fast-changing systems such as the Thwaites Glacier.

A Nature study in 2016 on MICI concluded that Antarctica has the potential to contribute more than a metre of sea level rise by 2100 and more than 15metres by 2500. More recent research concluded this is likely to be an overestimate, but noted it is not yet clear what role MICI could play this century. Another study has also suggested that rapid loss of ice through MICI may be mitigated by a slower loss of the ice shelves that hold the glaciers back.

Late last year, a large team of modellers assessed different studies of ice sheet response to the Paris climate target to keep global average warming well below 2C.

The models all point in the same direction. Namely, that the threshold for irreversible ice loss in both the Greenland ice sheet and the WAIS is somewhere between 1.5C and 2C global average warming. And we are already at a bit more than 1C warming right now.

This 1.5-2C window is key for the survival of Antarctic ice shelves, the review paper explained, and thus their buttressing effect on the glaciers they hold back.

Glossary

Another threshold may lie between 2C and 2.7C, the authors added. Reaching this level of global temperature rise could trigger the activation of several larger systems, such as the Ross and Ronne-Filchner drainage basins, and onset of much larger SLR contributions.

The Ross and Ronne-Filchner are the two largest ice shelves in Antarctica. These could be substantially reduced within 100300 years, another study says, in scenarios where global emissions exceed the RCP2.6 scenario. This emissions pathway is generally considered to be consistent with limiting warming to 2C.

These findings imply that preventing substantial Antarctic ice loss relies on limiting global emissions to or below RCP2.6. As the paper concludes: Crossing these thresholds implies commitment to large ice-sheet changes and SLR that may take thousands of years to be fully realised and be irreversible on longer timescales.

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Diet Culture Is Everywhere — Even In The Workplace – Scary Mommy

Posted: February 15, 2020 at 9:42 pm

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I went to a meeting recently for women in government. It was attended mostly by women who work in government, which I do, but I attended in my role as an elected woman in government, not as an employee. The meeting was held in a beautiful old Town Hall overlooking a classic New England style Town Common. There was a large group of women in attendance and the meeting consisted of an opening discussion on creating good habits, followed by two speakers meant to inspire us with their stories. The speakers, one a judge and one a retired school administrator, were excellent. They talked about breaking the glass ceiling, they talked about the pressures of being a working mother and juggling career opportunities and family commitments. They were relatable and engaging and inspiring.

The opening discussion, on the other hand, failed completely. And heres why:

Despite the concept being a valid one who doesnt want to promote better habits? the presentation of the concept was completely devoid of work and career habits.While that would be fine at a gathering of women for socializing, this was a gathering for women working in government. I expected empowering and motivating discussion. I expected ideas about how to get shit done at work, how to manage my time efficiently, how to be strong and empowered in a mans world.

Rather than any of that, though, every example they provided on creating habits was related to weight management or weight loss. They talked about sleeping in your gym clothes so that you will go to the gym as soon as you wake up. They talked about requesting a takeout container at a restaurant and putting half of your meal in the container as soon as it arrives at the table. They talked about exercise buddies and weight loss apps to track food andusing dry shampoo to avoid having to do your hair and on and on. While Im certain their intentions weregood, itfelt like an epic fail to me.

I couldnt help butthinking, if this were a room full ofmentalking about good habits they wouldnotbe talking about weight loss. They would not be concerned about how they look in a particular dress or how to make time to do their hair after they finish at the gym and are on their way to work. Instead, they would be talking about ways to tackle challenging assignments. They would be talking about using good habits to secure promotions. They would be brainstorming about actions to take and ways to get ahead. And they would order a cheeseburger at lunch and not a salad.

Ive beenconsidering my feelings aboutthis a lot lately. Ive started a blog post about this more than once and then deleted it because this is a sensitive subject. But today Im going for it. It ties in with some work Im doing on body acceptance and vulnerability and also the challenges I face being the only woman on a three-member elected board. And it makes me think that women need to rise up and lean in and change the way were communicating with each other. I mean, there I was in a room full of strong women leaders, and thewomen in chargeweretalking about dieting. In a moment when the audience was entirely female. In a moment when there would be no mansplaining, no competition to be heard or get your ideas across, no criticism for showing emotion or using the wrong tone of voice, they chose to talk about body image.

Sigh. We can do so much better than this. We deserve so much more than this.

Friends, we need a call to arms. We need to stop squandering our opportunities when were together. We need to not shame each other because of weight or size. We need to break the cycle of internalized sexismand stop believing that successful women must be skinny, that strong women are bossy and ruthless, and feminists are man-hating bitches. We need to stop judging each other for how we look and what we eat. Instead, we need to support each other, we need to be vulnerable with each other, and we need to become role models and mentors for the next generation of women. I think we do that bydemonstrating leadership, by advancing in our careers, and by being our authentic selves.

Im taking back my power. I hope youll join me.

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Chelsea Handler Stopped Drinking Excessively and Feels Healthier Than Ever At 44 – Prevention.com

Posted: February 15, 2020 at 9:42 pm

Youre used to Chelsea Handler cracking jokes on stage, but the comedian got serious about her diet, fitness, and self-care routine in a new interview with Health. At 44, Handler told the outlet shes the healthiest shes ever been, but it took some work to get there.

Like anybody, I struggle with insecurities and self-doubt, Handler said. A lot of people tell me that Im fearless. I dont feel fearless. While the Life Will Be The Death of Me author considers herself happy now, the star admitted she long struggled with eliminating things in her life that dont lead to happiness.

It took me a long time to figure that out, she told Health. For me, it was about finding moderation with everything in my life. One important step? She started to see a therapist regularly, who told her that she needed to slow down. I was always going 110 miles an hour ... I had to learn to sit with my feelings, not run from them.

Handler said she turned within to address childhood traumas and embrace a healthier lifestyle. You cant go around the world trying to be this great person if youre not even being compassionate with yourself, she said. For me, that was incentive enough to get healthy. Heres exactly what she did to become the healthiest version of herself, and why wellness is a priority for the comedian today.

Change doesnt happen overnight, and Handler knows this firsthand. She struggled with opening up to her therapist at first. It was uncomfortable. I tried very hard in therapy to not cry, she said. But then during a session, her therapist caught her off guard, leaving her in tears. After that, it became easier. I understand now that vulnerability is not weaknessthat vulnerability is strength.

Handler feels that the experience changed her for the better. Im calmand that leads to being more decent and being kinder. That calm is what I needed, she said. Now with all the tools I have, I understand how to be myself without being over-the-top, overbearing, or in peoples faces all the time. Im much more thoughtful now.

Handler admitted that she used to drink all the time. I thought I could handle my alcohol, but I didnt realize how much your body and your life changes when its not in your life every day, she said.

Although the comedian no longer drinks in excess, she wants to be clear that shes not cutting alcohol out cold turkey. Now Im not giving up drinking... I would never do that to peopleor to alcohol, she said. But its nice to wake up with clarity and to take a break from the bloat.

Handler says the change has also boosted her energy levels. I like to get up early. Now I get up at 5 a.m. every single day, she said, adding that excessive drinking led her to feel worse, crave unhealthy foods, and drink more. I dont want to live like that, she explained. Im in my 40s now, so I have to give a s about the way I look and actually take care of my health from the inside out.

Now, shes doing everything in her power to remain youthful. I want to be strong and vibrant. I want to be a force of nature, she said. There are so many benefits that come your way from living a healthier lifestyle ... But I feel much better all around. I feel balanced and grounded now.

The comedian told Health that she exercises pretty much every day. I just like to feel strong, and now its part of my mental strength.

When it comes to her diet, though, Handler admits that she still has some work to do. Ive had a terrible relationship with food, she said, adding that she grew up eating macaroni and cheese and Almond Joys. I was all out of sorts when I moved to Los Angeles. Ive basically experimented with every eating disorder there is.

I took water pills for, like, 20 years. The pills kind of drain your fluids, so you [look] thinner and leaner, she added. That was a problem for a long time. I took them way longer than I should have.

But the author has come a long way in her journey towards health. Its tough being a woman. I try to set a good example, but sometimes Im not being a good example, she admitted. Fortunately, Handler said she didnt have any major damage following her history with disordered eating. Now Im the healthiest Ive ever been, she said.

Handler is an advocate for marijuana, citing therapy, meditation, and weed as the three pillars that shaped her healthier lifestyle. Weed has had such a positive impact on me, she said, adding that she microdoses with a THC gummy before bed and occasionally before exercising.

She also doesnt go a day without meditation, even though it annoyed her at first. I tried with my psychiatrist several times. He made me short recordings and long recordings, and then Id meditate, she said. Sometimes Id just masturbate. They both start with m, and your brain lets you relax after each one, so who cares?

But once she committed to three months of meditation, it stuck, and shes been reaping the benefits for a year now. I like it first thing in the morning because it sets you up for the day, she said. It sets your intention. Be kind, be patient, and dont react to everything. Nothing is really that important.

As Handler enters her mid-40s, shes already planning for the next chapter. Ive started to be more thought-oriented with what Im doing in my professional life, she said. I want to do things because theyre powerful and theyre going to inspire others.

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Intermittent Fasting is the Lastest Diet Trend. It Burns Fat Fast – 929nin.com

Posted: February 15, 2020 at 9:42 pm

A major media maven emailed me the other day to ask for the name of a nutritionist who could help her suck off 7 poundspronto. She has TV appearances to do and needed to look camera-ready in a flash. I told her don't waste your money or your time.

There is a new diet sweeping the nation and it works better than keto, without the controversial emphasis on oils, fats and animal products. It's Intermittent Fasting, and it's based in good science, done by doctors, like Dr. Jason Fung, who hasco-authored the book, Life in the Fasting Lane, out this spring (but you can pre-order it now on Amazon.)

I had an extensive interview with Dr. Fung about a weekago, and then I started this regimenand lost weight almost instantly. It felt like cheating. I ate all the foods I normally like, but in a window of about 8 hours, and fasted for the other 16. Andmy body shed fat, fast. I had been considering getting "cool" sculpting on my thighs (since no matter how much I work out I have always had stubborn fat pockets on my outer thighs) and just as I was making the appointment, I tried Intermittent Fasting, and low and behold,I lost fat. Okay, not all of it and not exactly where I wanted to but my stomach felt flatter, my pants looser, and although I don't weigh myself, I could estimate that I dropped about 5 pounds in one week. Without changing my diet. I just changed the timing ofwhen I eat. (Which for me is plant-based but Dr. Fung said you can try Intermittent Fasting on any diet, so long as you don't go crazy on processed foods and carbs, which is good advice on any diet.)

Dr. Fung explained that he first figured out this was an effective weight-loss tool when he worked with diabetics who were overweight and suffering from kidney failure. Rather than treat the kidneys he decided to backtrack and treat the obesity that was causing the insulin to short circuit. And in every case that the patient complied they lost weight, saw their insulin levels regulate and were able to avoid dialysis. Intermittent Fasting works by lowering the insulin spike, that, when you eat extra calories you are not going to burn off right away, signals to your body to store this excess energy as fat.

Intermittent Fasting is having a major moment, partly because it works and partly because celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Reese Witherspoon, and Kourtney Kardashian have talked about how they use it to effectively control their weight. In a quick search, more than 3.2 million people have hashtagged #intermittentfasting on IG, andit was the most searched diet term on Google in 2019, according to the search engine.

Fasting for short bursts isas ancient as humankind, Dr. Fung explains. We were not built to eat all the time, snacking and gorging all day long. We were built to find, forage, hunt or grow our meals and eat sporadically. We were also programmed to be sharper and more focusedas our hunger increases.This is so our survival is ensuredwhen our brains become even more attuned to our surroundings as hunger signals: Feed me.

If you can push through the initial surge of hunger, you can fast and turn on your body's fat-burning hyper chargers, since your body will do everything it can to feed itself, Dr. Fung explains. If you don't put something in your mouth, your insulin levels flatline, letting yourbody know: We need some energy here, let's get it out of reservers. It dips into the body's natural storage system to burn fat for fuel. You may even feel slightly euphoric or energized as the adrenaline, cortisol, and norepinephrine(your three "fight or flight" hormones) flood your body and brain to keep your heightened awareness up until you eventually do eat. How long you go is up to you.

Another reason Intermittent Fasting is taking off is that, unlike keto diets, which often get criticized for cutting out healthy carbs such as those from veggies and fruits, you can eat the entire spectrum of healthy foods and still lose weight. In fact, Intermittent Fasting allows you to eat what you want, within a certain windoweither 4 or 6 or 8 hours, depending on whether you want to fast for 14, 16, 18 or 20 hours. Dr. Fung admits that at his most extreme, he went five days without eating, other than green tea, water, and coffee, to slim down and shed fat fast after an indulgent holiday.

But the health benefits of IF go well beyond the potential wins of weight loss (like lower blood sugar, blood pressure, lower cholesterol, lower insulin resistance to name a few). There is research to show that IF leads to a reduction in inflammation which is known to be a precursor to disease and illness, and improve glucose regulation. It can also help you stave off stress and slow the free-radical damage that shows up as aging in your cells and even lead to disease over time.

Stars like Jennifer Aniston, Kourtney Kardashian, Hugh Jackman and Lance Bass, Chris Pratt, Kate Walsh, Molly Simms and others have posted about their Intermittent Fasting regimens. All of them look amazing, and now we know why.

Is Intermittent Fasting Right For You?

This question is one only you can answer. We tried it. And while I usually hate being hungry, I got past it easily because I kept hearing Dr. Fung's words in my head: Hunger does not keep going up. It's a momentary thing and then you feel it abate when your body switches on the fat-burning process. You literally "feed" yourself, but it happens internally. He also pointed out that most people have about 200,000 calories stored in their body in the form of fat. You have enough calories to last about two weeks without eating. You are not going to collapse. In fact, you are going to feel better.

That's whatI found. After doing it for just two days out of three, I felt lighter, tighter and less puffy and bloated. My jeans floated off my hips for the first time in months, and while I didn't weigh myself before starting my first fast of 16 hours, I felt like I had lost about five pounds by the end of week one. (Which involved two our of three days of fasting, on two cycles.)

Here Is How to Do It.

Don't get overly ambitious all at once. Instead, try different windows for eating (such asten hours on, 14 hours off) and find the one that works for you. We suggest that you start with the most popular window: Eat for 8 hours and fast for 16. So if you have dinner at 7 p.m. and finish by 8 p.m. (including wine) then fast until noon or slightly after the next day. Then you get the next eight hours to eat. While you can eat what you want, the body will be more likely to not store calories as fat if you stay away from the carbs. Other than that this diet works for plant-based and omnivores alike. Of course, the healthier you eat the better your body will feel, and the healthier you will be.

If you want to ramp-up to fasting for longer you basically have two choices: Eat breakfast or a mid-day meal and then fast through dinner until the next morning, or eat dinner and then hold off until the next evening. These are personal decisions and most people find that it's social to dine with their loved ones, but if you are a dinner skipper, or enjoy lunch with colleagues or have work functions during the day that require you to eat that works as well.

Make friends with your hunger and tell yourself this is your body's way of dialogue over where the next energy source is coming from. If from food then eat, If from fasting, tell yourself this is just a signal that it's switching over to burning fat.

Dr. Fung recommends fasting helpers like green tea or coffee with the antioxidants that help speed up metabolism. And if you want to break your fast, then do so with a snack that is lower in carbs and has fiber, a little bit of fat and protein (almond butter on a celery stick is a great choice) so that your insulin levels don't spike too high and come right back down again. If you snack, don't beat yourself up, you can still be effective with small snacks that help you stay on track.

The most important thing about fasting is to stay hydrated and drink plenty of water, tea, coffee, and other non-calorie fluids so that you don't mistake thirst and hunger. You need to drink. Our recommendation is that you follow the routine of two days of fasting a week, three at the most, alternating normal days with Intermittent Fasting days. Enjoy the food you eat and appreciate your amazing body for working with you on the important job of being healthy, active and strong.

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Adele diet: Is this the food the Hello singer eats to maintain seven stone weight loss? – Express

Posted: February 15, 2020 at 9:42 pm

Now in the maintenance stage, Adele's breakfast options could include choc chip granola with pecans and jumbo oats or apple pancakes with blackcurrant compote.

Lunches are said to feature turmeric, chicken and kale salad, or baked potato and chickpea stew while the dinners may include chargrilled beef with red wine jus and onion rings, garlic kale and herb roasted potatoes.

However, nutritionists have warned that the extreme programme could actually lead to more weight gain in the long term.

Dietitian Emer Delaney told the BBC: "At first glance, this is not a diet I would advise for my clients.

"Having a glass of red wine or a small amount of chocolate occasionally wont do us any harm - I wouldnt recommend them on a daily basis. We should also be eating a mixture of different fruits and vegetables and not just those on the list.

"In terms of weight loss and boosting metabolism, people may have experienced a seven-pound weight loss on the scales, but in my experience, this will be fluid. As soon as people return to their regular eating habits, they will regain the weight."

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Live Well: Heart Healthy Diet and Lifestyle – 10News

Posted: February 15, 2020 at 9:42 pm

Maintaining a heart healthy diet and lifestyle are your best weapons against aging and disease.

Age doesnt really matter because its never too early or too late to make simple changes that can have a big impact.

Each year, the County of San Diego through Live Well San Diego encourages residents to take a 31-day resolution challenge that encourages families to eat more vegetables, drink only water for a day or plant a tree or flower and watch it grow.

For more tips on how to live well every day, visit http://www.LiveWellSD.org/31-Day.

Access to fresh and affordable foods, like fruits and vegetables isnt always available. Learning how to grow your own is a wonderful way to begin living well.

Sprouts Farmers Market has taken steps toward improving the landscape of health in San Diego by supporting student gardening. Theyve been working with Sage Gardens here in San Diego to create 25 new learning gardens by the end of the year!

Sage Garden Project is one of the few programs to offer nutritional science at the elementary school level. By providing equipment, training, funds for an educator, and standards-based curriculum, its teaching students to grow and cook fresh food for themselves. The Sprouts Healthy Communities provided multi-year funding that has already allowed the Foundation and Sage Garden Project to sustain successful school programs, as well as expand into 25 new campuses for the 2019-2020 school year.

Thinking about making a diet change for other reasons? Perhaps youre looking to go Vegan, try the Paleo diet or focus on being Dairy or Gluten free but dont know what to cook?

Heres one of many recipes you can find on the Sprouts Farmers Market website: Chipotle Chicken Cobb Salad This smoky, chipotle cobb salad with homemade dressing is the perfect recipe for spring picnics. Recipe provided by Sprouts blogger friend, Lauren, at Bon Appeteach. Ready in just 20 minutes, it also makes a great weeknight dinner.

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Man has close call because of undiagnosed heart disease – KTVZ

Posted: February 15, 2020 at 9:42 pm

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SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS ) Heart disease often starts with diabetes. Thats something Army Airborne veteran Bobby Sterling knows all about.

Sterling comes from a military family. His father was a Marine and later served in the Air Force for 28 years. Heart disease took his fathers life. Sterling didnt know how close he was to following in his fathers footsteps.

Im Bobby Sterling. Shreveport transplant here. 51 years old. On Dec 18, 2019, I had a triple bypass, he said.

Exercise has always been a part of Sterlings routine. If you walk the outside perimeter its about 3/4 of a mile, he said of Betty Virginia Park, where he walks about two days a week.

But Sterling used to run 5Ks.

Its hard to outrun heredity. You think youre in really good shape, he said.

Although his father died of a heart attack at 58 years old, that didnt stop Sterling from enjoying a traditional Filipino meal.

The Filipino diet is lots of fried foods. There are some gumbo style choices too. But the fried food is hard to resist, said Sterling.

Dr. Trey Baucum with Advanced Cardiovascular Specialist said there is a connection between diet and heart disease.

We eat a diet that has so much sugar in it and its sugar in ways you dont think of, said Baucum.

Fried foods are usually blanketed in white flour, which is high in sugar or glucose. Over time a high glucose diet can damage blood vessels.

In your retina, in your kidneys, your heart, in your lower extremities, Baucum said.

Sterling was having problems with his ankle when doctors discovered he had diabetes. Then, three months later, when he went for a routine colonoscopy.

It was difficult to rouse me from the anesthesia, recalls Sterling.

Then a few days later, he had difficulty breathing so he went to Christus Highland emergency room. Doctors discovered a blockage in his arteries.

The left anterior diagonal LAD is one of the most important of your arteries and that one was 100-percent blocked, Sterling said.

He couldnt believe it. He could have died.

A lot of time diabetics, even type 2 diabetics, dont have symptoms of heart disease as theyre developing heart disease, Baucum said.

Sterlings heart wasnt even strong enough for doctors to operate.

I actually had to do cardiac rehabilitation for two months to get my heart strong enough to withstand the surgery, Sterling said.

Finally, his heart was strong enough for the triple-bypass surgery.

Because of the intervention of the staff at Christus Im here talking to you today, Sterling said.

Baucum said a diagnosis of diabetes doesnt have to end up with heart disease.

If you go on a low very strict, very low calorie diet, you can actually reverse the process. You can actually become a non-diabetic, Baucum said.

Its been just two months since Sterlings triple bypass surgery. For now, hes constantly monitored and wears an external wearable defibrillator.

His close call has been a wake-up call for the whole family. Doctors tell Sterling he wont have to worry about his heart for another 15 years. Hes fortunate his heart disease was discovered before it was too late.

Baucum said diabetics usually dont have chest pain even when they have advanced heart disease. Theyll experience shortness of breath or fatigue and sometimes the first symptom a diabetic will experience is an actual heart attack.

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Kim Kardashian West Just Forced Scott Disick To Try One Of Her Vegan Tacos — And Recorded It – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Posted: February 15, 2020 at 9:42 pm

The Kardashians care a lot about the foods they put into their bodies. Their fans often joke about the number of salads the women eat on the show. But Kim Kardashian West recently told fans she now only eats a plant-based diet, though it seems that Scott Disick wasnt totally on board. And to prove that her familys vegan tacos are actually as good as she says, she made him try some.

Since the Kardashians show premiered back in 2007, theirfame has only grown. And the women have worked hard to keep up their physicalimage in terms of both working out and eating healthy. At this point, theyvetried many different types of diets. Kourtney Kardashian has tried cutting out bothgluten and dairy, and Kardashian West now only eats plant-based foods.

The women have come under fire for promoting different diet trends and products that are not FDA approved, though those posts have become less frequent since the women were called out on their potentially dangerous partnerships.

Kardashian West hasnt always been plant based. Its aswitch she made fairly recently, but having a personal chef most likely helpsher and her kids stick with the diet. Kardashian introduced fans to herpersonal chef, Marina, when she showed off her massive walk-in refrigeratorafter fans gave her heat for posting a photo with a refrigerator that only containedmilk and very few other beverages.

Some fans accused Kardashian West of not feeding her kids once they saw the photo, which prompted her to give a massive tour of her real refrigerator, which was the size of a walk-in closet and contained all different kinds of healthy foods.

Kardashian West has raved about vegan tacos in the past (in fact, they were on the menu the day she gave her refrigerator tour), but there was one person who wasnt convinced: Scott Disick. On Feb. 13, Kardashian finally sat Disick down and forced him to try the tacos and documented it on her Instagram story. The recipe was posted to poosh.com, Kourtney Kardashians website, and was created by Kardashian Wests chef.

On the surface, the tacos looked no different than any othertacos, and Disick had to admit they were much better than he thought theyd be.I would have to say this is one of the best tacos Ive ever had, Disick said. Ittastes real. Kardashian West was definitely thrilled that he was a fan andtold fans to swipe up and find the recipe on her sisters website. The recipecontains Beyond plant-based beef, and many people who are neither vegetariannor vegan love the Beyond products; theyve become a massive trend. Its clearthat Kardashian West has turned Disick, who eats dairy free but isnt a vegan,into a Beyond fan.

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How Your Diet And Self-Care Habits Affect Your Skin, From A Derm – Women’s Health

Posted: February 15, 2020 at 9:42 pm

When conventional treatments arent working, its time to consider not just the magic elixirs that youre putting on your face but also whats going on in your diet and daily life. Ahead, some tips from Jeanette Jacknin, MD, a San Diegobased dermatologist who approaches treatment from a holistic perspective.

Sorry to break it to you, but everything youve heard about quitting dairy and sweets for better skin is legit, Dr. Jacknin notes. She also says to avoid fried food, soda, alcohol, and anything else youd consider junk. A Mediterranean or whole foodsbased diet, with a lot of fresh vegetables and fish like salmon, is ideal, she says. Several studies show low-glycemic-load diets improve acne.

Theres no one-size-fits-all method for calming down and cutting stress, so Dr. Jacknin works with her patients to see what gets them in their Zen zone. Is it a HIIT class with your friends? A solo hike in nature? A morning meditation sesh? Find your outlet, but know that adequate sleep, regular exercise, and speaking to a mental health professional are pretty much a 10/10 across the board.

Dr. Jacknin combines botanical actives and Rx ones, depending on severity and preference. More intense cases may require a prescription, but on milder spots, she suggests applying 5 percent tea tree oila natural antibacterialtwice a day. Also clutch? Ingredients like green tea and resveratrol (an antioxidant found in grape skin), which are known to reduce inflammation. Try Este Lauder Advanced Night Repair Intense Reset Concentrate ($80, esteelauder.com).

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This article originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of Women's Health.

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Edible Flakes Market 2019-2023 | Growing Adoption of Healthy Diet to Boost Growth | Technavio – Business Wire

Posted: February 14, 2020 at 11:46 am

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