Celebrity chef and paleo diet enthusiast Pete Evans has fired up on social media about reports on his controversial health claims.

Last year, Evans landed himself in hot water over his comments on toxicities in sunscreen and his recipe for baby broth that experts deemed highly dangerous.

Now, he has lashed out on social media and slammed reporters for writing fake news about his paleo diet.

Thank you to all the F grade journalists that continue to put out FAKE NEWS stories about Paleo or myself, he wrote on Instagram.

You do make me laugh when someone tells me of your lies, but I gotta say, I for one am one of your biggest fans and would love to give you all a big hug & cook you a delicious meal to say thanks.

Please keep doing what you are doing, as we could never have reached this many people as quickly as we have done without you.

Thank you to all the "F grade" journalists that continue to put out FAKE NEWS stories about Paleo or myself. Each and every time you create a lie, in your poorly researched article or sensationalist headline, you continually promote a paleo & low carb, healthy fat lifestyle approach to an even larger audience than we could have reached ourselves! Thanks to you, more people are becoming interested in what Paleo and LCHF is about, and they will have heard of someone that has reclaimed their health by adopting these simple principles and will do more research into the topic than you have ever done. You do make me laugh when someone tells me of your lies, but I gotta say, I for one am one of your biggest fans and would love to give you all a big hug & cook you a delicious meal to say thanks. Please keep doing what you are doing, as we could never have reached this many people as quickly as we have done without you. If you are interested in speaking and researching the TRUTH, then there is a ton of medical experts to speak to, that are getting amazing results by using paleo and LCHF as one of their tools for their patientsbut again that might not fit your job description as a modern journalist. The TRUTH.1. We promote breast milk as the number 1 form of nutrition for babies! 2. We do not promote drinking the milk of any other animal as it can cause so many health issues, however if you were to choose to drink it then camels milk has been shown to create the least problems. 3. We promote a healthy relationship to the sun to get adequate vitamin D levels and when choosing a sunscreen, then choose the least toxic. 4. The addition of fluoride to your families water supply should be a choice that families make. 5. We promote an abundance of vegetables (low carb) with a small to moderate amount of well sourced animal protein from land and or sea animals and enough natural fat to satiate with fermented veg and broths for good gut health. Basically meat and 3 veg! 6. You have a choice everyday of what you choose to eat. 7. Manu and I are great mates! 8. The writers for Womans day/weekly, daily mail/telegraph mamamiahilarious

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He goes on to explain that paleo is mostly a diet of meat and 3 veg and calls out magazines for printing misleading claims about him and his fellow My Kitchen Rules host Manu Feildel.

Manu and I are great mates! he said in response to reports they were feuding.

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I think Pete looks extremely fit and healthy. I think if people dont like Paelo way of life then dont eat it,no need for nastiness.My friend has Rheumatoid Arthritis, has followed Petes recipes (and her kids also) she is now off all medications and never been healthier let alone slimmer and more energetic all within 6ths of changing her lifestyle.

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Not your average Android news -- a diverse mix of advice, insight, and analysis with veteran Android journalist JR Raphael. Try it with margarine for a low-cal treat!

This New Year's, I decided it was time for a change. I set out to make a resolution and stick with it. And now, a month and a half later, I'm happy to report that I've lost a huge amount of weight -- and I'm feeling more focused and less bloated than ever.

I'm not talking about body blubber here, mind you (though if we're being fully honest, I probably could stand to cut back on the ol' candy). I'm talking about my mobile tech habits -- and specifically about the apps on my own personal Android phone.

I've had a bit of an app problem for a while now. As I pointed out in December, I've had around 1200 different apps installed on my Android devices at various times over the years. Sure, some of them have been things I've merely tried out for work, but still -- I mean, c'mon. That's a lot of apps (even if only a fraction of them is present at any given point).

Having lots of apps, as I've realized from paying attention to my own phone-based behavior as well as from observing other people's on-screen swiping habits, has the tendency to result in a few different things:

First, it makes it more cumbersome to find the apps you really need. Sure, you can set up your home screens in a sensible way -- but whether you place all your shortcuts there or dig around in your app drawer for certain items, having more clutter certainly can't help.

Second -- and perhaps most pressing for me, personally -- having more stuff on your phone makes you more prone to engage in something I like to call mindless phone-meandering. You know the drill: You find yourself with a moment of "dead air" in your day -- a few seconds or a matter of minutes without some form of active visual stimulation. Maybe your dinner companion got up to use the bathroom. Maybe you're standing in a checkout line and have an entire 60 seconds without anything to do. Or maybe you're on an exercise bike at the gym and find your mind and fingers unusually free.

You feel that familiar itch and -- probably without even realizing what you're doing -- find your hand reaching down to grasp your phone. With nothing in particular that you truly need to accomplish right that very second, you find yourself mindlessly swiping around on your screen in search of a distraction. Maybe you open Facebook. Maybe you scroll around in a news app or two. Maybe you just open up your inbox or even your app drawer and swipe around in there, desperately seeking something -- anything -- to fill the mental silence. (You'd be amazed at how many people I've seen do exactly that in a brief moment of non-stimulation.)

Hey, I'm not one to judge; I've definitely been there. More times than I'd like to admit. Over the past several months, though, I've found I prefer being less connected and remaining fully present in my physical environment-- or with whatever primary activity I'm devoting myself to at a particular moment.

That doesn't mean I'm no longer interested in mobile technology or in Android -- far from it. It simply means I want to use my devices deliberately and in a way that enhances my life rather than passively allowing them to distract me. I want to actively perform tasks when I choose, in other words -- but I don't want to do the mindless phone-meandering dance in an effort to avoid any time alone with my thoughts.

I'd been working on this on and off, with varying levels of success, since sometime last year. But no matter how hard I tried, I kept falling off the wagon and shuffling back into my old habits. So after my latest news-cycle-driven slip, I decided to go nuclear. Technology was controlling me instead of my controlling technology, and that's exactly the opposite of what I wanted. It was time to make a change.

I went through my app drawer and carefully considered every item inside. With each app, I asked myself two questions: One, was this something I had actually used within the last six months? If not, it was just creating clutter and serving no meaningful purpose. ("Maybe I'll need it one day (even though I haven't touched it in half in a year now)" doesn't count.) And two, was this something I actively and deliberately used in a way that enriched my life -- or something I passively and mindlessly opened in a way that took away from my life?

With that two-pronged test, I ended up uninstalling more than half the apps on my phone -- including every news and social media app on the list. I realized that obsessively "checking in" on the news or scrolling through this-or-that social network in the evening had started to feel more like an obligation than something I enjoyed. And so it was time to cut those cords.

I still follow the news and keep up with social media, but I do so in limited doses during the work day -- at my desktop computer -- and rarely outside of that. And man, do I feel better as a result. Lighter, more present, and more focused and able to think. When I use my phone, it's for something deliberate and at the center of my attention. Digital distractions are still a mere few taps away, of course, but not having them readily available right at my fingertips makes an enormous difference. It's a whole new world I'm finding myself inhabiting, both online and in the physical space around me.

Your situation and your preferences may vary, and I'm certainly not suggesting that everyone should go out and uninstall everything on their mobile devices. This is not a one-size-fits-all sort of remedy. But on a broad level, it is something that can help you refocus your life and your phone on what matters to you -- what you actually use and what you want to use -- and cut out the surrounding bloat. Think of it as an early spring cleaning: You can eliminate unnecessary distractions and help yourself focus on what's really important. And whether you eliminate a few apps or axe several dozen like I did, you'll almost certainly be better off for it.

(There's also the more obvious surface-level benefit of freeing up space on your phone and cutting out pointless background processing tasks -- which may or may not be significant for you but could definitely make a difference on some devices.)

Here's the best part: If you uninstall something and genuinely miss it, you can always go back and reinstall it. That'll take a whopping 30 seconds to do. But if you uninstall something and realize you either don't miss it or are happier without it, well, that's a good sign that your own personal Android app diet has been a success. It's an easy way to figure out what you really want and need and to clear out all the other crap that's just getting in the way.

For me, trimming the fat and dropping dead weight has been a revelation. My Android phone is now both more useful and less distracting. I put off my commitment as long as I could, but this new digital diet turned out to be just what the doctor ordered.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some delicious frickin' candy in the other room with my name on it.

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Diving headfirst into a diet can be exciting, but after a few days or weeks, the endless parade of greens and small portions starts to all blur together and you find yourself daydreaming about saturated fats from a greasy drive-through. We all cheat on our diets and a new study that surveyed 1,000 people found that the most prevalent diet cheat food was pizza (with about 53 percent of respondents listing it as their go-to rule-breaking food). Of course, this information should be taken with a grain of salt since the study was commissioned by the Chicago area's Home Run Inn pizza chain.

Heres the breakdown of our favorite cheat foods, besides pizza:

Anything deep-fried: 39 percent

Candy and chocolate: 32 percent

Grilled meat (like burgers): 20 percent

Alcohol: 20 percent

Pasta: 19 percent

Cakes and pies: 16 percent

The survey also uncovered some dieting stereotypes: that women were more likely to get busted with chocolate than men were, but men were more likely to cheat with a burger or steak. If youre from the Northeast youre more likely to cheat with sweets like cake or cookies. If youre from the South, fried foods and soda are more your weak point. .

If you want the skinny on cheat meals and whether or not they work (by satisfying an urge for something outside your regimented dietary realm), we break it down here.

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One of the latest diet fads is the blood type diet. Although this approach is based on our blood types, it lacks scientific evidence. This diet, recommended by Peter J. DAdamo, is based on the theory that different blood types A, B, and O react differently to the food you eat.

In fact, they react differently to various factors such as stress and anxiety. DAdamo claims that people with a particular blood type are susceptible to certain diseases or health conditions.

Antigens A, B, and O are genetic markers and are present everywhere in our body. These markers bind with certain food ingredients such as lectins (a protein) and cause agglutination of blood.

This leads to various skin conditions and digestion issues. Also, our gut bacteria or the normal flora in our body, which aid in digestion, differ with each blood type. This factor also seems to influence the way our food is digested.

Hence, DAdamo recommends eating food suitable for our blood type. A person with blood type A, for example, would not flourish on a blood type O diet.

But do these diets really work? Does your blood type really influence the way your body processes food? In this article, well examine the blood type O diet, outlining the blood type O diet foods to eat. A breakdown of the blood type O diet food list may help you figure out whether the diet will work for you or if it even works at all.

As we previously noted, all of the blood type diets have different dietary directions. The idea is that you eat right for your blood type.

In the case of blood type O diets, the theory is that those of blood type O have hunter ancestors that ate a lot of meat and fish that could be hunted or caught. These ancestors also only ate certain types of vegetables and fruits. This also revolves around what might help ailments that people of blood type O may suffer from.

When speaking in these broad terms, it sounds like it makes sense. However, when you start breaking it down, much of it does not.

Theres not a lot of science to actually back up any of this and more and more, the science is pointing to how this doesnt make sense for everyone. Just because someone may be blood type O, doesnt mean they have the same background or issues as another person of blood type O.

The blood type diet considers ancestors in the broadest of strokes. A native Canadian, for example, may be of type O blood like his friend who is from South Africa, but that doesnt mean they have the same ancestorsnot by a long shot. This can be completely shown in the diets various food lists.

For the type O diet, you are supposed to go heavy on the proteins but not so much on the vegetables, and processed foods are not allowed. It doesnt sound like a bad idea until you start dissecting it a little more.

In terms of meats, you are supposed to stick with lean meats. Lean cuts of beef, mutton, veal, venison, and meats of other animals that the blood type O ancestors would hunt and farm are featured on the list.

Fish would include cold water types like cod, herring, and mackerel. Seafood is recommended as it can help with thyroid issues that can occur within people of blood type O but not all seafood.

Octopus, caviar, smoked salmon, and catfish are allowed and recommended. Vegetables are very limited on a blood type O diet as most are to be avoided. Kale, broccoli, spinach, dandelion, garlic and a few others are allowed, but most vegetables are to be eaten on a limited basis or not at all.

The main flaw in the blood type diets is that while it looks kind of cool, it doesnt account for something as simple as all blood types not sharing the same ancestors.

The diet above fits fine if your background is European, but what about someone with blood type O of South American heritage? Many of food products listed above may have never been available to that persons ancestors. If thats the case, does the diet work? Do any of the blood type diets work?

Thats not to say that this diet is bad for you. Lean meats are a good idea as is plenty of fish in the diet.

But lean protein is important for a good diet in general and has nothing to do with blood type or ancestors. After you see the selection of food you arent supposed to eat, we can delve a little further.

For the O type blood diets, you are supposed to go heavy on the protein and meat, but there are some meats that are off limits. All versions of pork (bacon, ham, pork chops, etc.) are not allowed. Goose is also off the list. All processed meats (like luncheon meats) are also not accepted.

Most seafood is not allowed as well as many vegetables. Eggplants, potatoes, corn, and all sorts of mushrooms and sprouts are to be avoided. Most fruits are off the list, especially melons, most berries, oranges, and coconut.

The theory, once again, is that if your ancestors could not have hunted it, then you shouldnt be eating it. And once again, blood type diets dont take into account the diversity of heritage.

Now that weve debunked much of the blood type dietespecially the blood type O diet there should be a few things noted. While the science is inconclusive, the blood type O diet does have some good ideas to it.

Lean meats, for example, should be eaten over more fatty cuts and types. Eating a lot of fish is also a good idea. Not eating processed meat is also a pretty good tip as processed meat tends to have higher sodium levels and arent as good for you as a cut of meat.

That being said, adding more vegetables to your diet than what the blood type O diet recommends would also be a good idea, especially anything high in fiber. Once again, it should be noted that benefits of this diet are not proven to relate to blood type.

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Sources: Watson, S., The Blood Type Diet, WebMD, http://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/blood-type-diet Braverman, J., Blood Type O Positive Diet Foods, Livestrong, April 13, 2015, http://www.livestrong.com/article/237156-blood-type-o-positive-diet-foods/ DAdamo, J., Blood Type and Your Health, Dadamo; http://www.dadamo.com/txt/index.pl?1001 Blood Groups and Red Cell Antigens, National Center for Biotechnology Information; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2267/ Leech, J., The Blood Type Diet: An Evidence-Based Review, Authority Nutrition, https://authoritynutrition.com/the-blood-type-diet-review/

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Want to keep your heart and cardiovascular system healthy for years to come? Keep these meals and snack items away from your cart and out of your regular diet. Save them for occasional indulgencesat mostand replace them with heart-healthy swaps whenever possible.

Fast-food burgers The science on whether saturated fats are truly linked to heart disease isnt entirely clear . When consumed in moderation, high-quality, grass-fed beef may even have some heart-health benefits, says Dr. Regina Druz, associate professor of cardiology at Hofstra University and chief of cardiology at St. John Episcopal Hospital in New York City.

But in general, Druz says, saturated fats from animals, especially when combined with carbohydrates, appear to have a deleterious effect on heart health." Avoiding fast-food restaurants, which tend to use lower quality ingredients and unhealthy cooking methods, is always a smart way to cut back, she says.

Processed and cured meats Cold cuts and cured meats (like bacon and sausage) can be high in saturated fat. But even low-fat options tend to be very high in salt. Just six thin slices of deli meat can contain half the daily recommended level of sodium, according to the American Heart Association.

The majority of people should be on a salt-restricted diet because of sodiums link to high blood pressure, says Dr. Laxmi Mehta, director of the Womans Cardiovascular Health Program at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Not everyone needs medication to make big strides, she says. Sometimes my patients with elevated blood pressure are able to make significant improvements just by adjusting their diet."

Deep-fried foods Several studies have linked the consumption of fried foods, like French fries, fried chicken and fried snacks, to an increased risk of heart disease. Conventional frying methods create trans fats, a type of fat shown to raise the bad type of cholesterol and lower the good kind.

If youre making a veggie stir-fry at home and youre preparing it with olive oil and coconut oil, theres certainly nothing wrong with that, says Druz. But what most people understand as typical fried food, the kinds you dont prepare at home, should certainly be avoided.

Candy For many years, fat was branded as the biggest dietary cause of heart disease. But a report published last year in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that studies funded by the sugar industry were largely responsible for pushing that belief. Now, experts say that diets high in added sugar may be just as big a threat by contributing to obesity, inflammation, high cholesterol and diabetes, all of which are risk factors for heart disease.

The debate in cardiology has pivoted from saturated fat and cholesterol to sugar, says Druz. If there is one ingredient I would say anyone with heart disease or risk for heart disease must avoid, its added sugar in any form.

Soft drinks and sugar-sweetened juices For many Americans, the largest source of added sugar in their diets isnt from food, but from beverages. Recent government reports found that more than 60% of children, 54% of adult men, and 45% of adult women had at least one soda or sugar-sweetened drink a day between 2011 and 2014.

Sugary cereals Even foods that seem like part of a balanced diet, like breakfast cereals, can be loaded with sugar. Eating refined carbohydrates and sugars in the morning is going to produce inflammation and make blood sugar go up and down, so youll crave more sugar throughout the day, Druz says. Instead, she recommends having fruit along with an egg or avocado on whole-wheat toast.

Cookies and pastries Most baked goodsespecially those that are commercially producedare full of sugar and are likely made with saturated fats (like butter or palm oil) or trans fats (like partially hydrogenated vegetable oil). You have two ingredients that work with each other to give somebody the worst possible nutritional profile," Druz says.

Margarine There may be room for debate about the cardiovascular risks associated with saturated fats, like butter. Whats more certain is that diets high in trans fats appear to definitely raise a persons risk of heart disease.

Trans fats are common in sticks of margarine that are solid at room temperature, which are often marketed as a healthier alternative to butter. To be safe, choose a soft, spreadable margarine that contains no partially hydrogenated oils, or stick with olive oil instead.

Meat-lovers pizza After cold cuts and cured meats, pizza ranks second on the American Heart Associations list of salty six foods. (Other salt bombs to watch for include soups, condiments, and salad dressings.) Pizzas sodium contentas well as its saturated fatgoes way up as you pile on extra cheese and meat-based toppings. When eating out or getting delivery, limit yourself to one or two slices, and opt for veggie toppings instead.

Diet soda It may be fat-free and zero-calorie, but diet soda has a dark side. People are under the impression that theyre healthy, and theyre really not, says Druz. Research continues to mount linking the cola to the development of heart-disease risk factors like obesity and diabetes.

Some studies show that people who drink diet sodas tend to overcompensate and consume more calories than they otherwise would, while other research suggests that chemicals in diet soda may actually alter gastrointestinal bacteria and make people more prone to gaining weight. While it may have no sugar, its not a heart-healthy choice, says Druz.

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