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Urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”, a health charity has warned. In a damning report that accuses major public health bodies of colluding with the food industry, the National Obesity Forum and the Public Health Collaboration call for a “major overhaul” of current dietary guidelines. They say the focus on low-fat diets is failing to address Britain’s obesity crisis, while snacking between meals is making people fat. Instead, they call for a return to “whole foods” such as meat, fish and dairy, as well as high-fat, healthy foods including avocados,...

Tiny brain chips are set to be implanted in overweight patients in a bid could curb the rise of obesity. A team of scientists from Stanford University are hoping to trial the brain stimulating chip on six humans for the first time this year after successful trials in mice. The chips work by delivering a minor jolt to the part of the brain that sends signals when someone is about to gorge on food, and scientists hope could it could help people snap out of harmful eating habits. Last year, researchers proved that obese mice who had the implants ate...

A body positivity campaigner appeared on This Morning in her bikini to talk about her initiative to end 'swimsuit shaming', but was criticised for being 'unhealthy'. Sophie Brady, from Everton, who is content with her size 18 to 20 figure, joined Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes on the This Morning sofa, to explain how she used to cover up on the beach, until her husband convinced her that she looks beautiful. 'Where health is concerned, I've been dancing since I was three and I'm very active,' she added.

On Friday, 5 July 2019, two young women attacked a third woman, Rojanai Alston, in a Walmart store in North Versailles, Pennsylvania.  It was about 9:30 p.m.  A an unknown man accompanying Alston intervened and tried to separate the two women attacking the victim from her. Rojanai had a concealed carry permit, and a handgun, in her purse. As she is resisting the attackers, she manages to pull the pistol from the purse. The young man dives for cover, and the two attackers flee as she fires five shots. It is all shown in the video below. Then Rojanai,...

While other primates have less than 9% body fat, a healthy range for humans is anywhere from 14% to 31%. Using a technique called ATAC-seq, they scanned each species' genome for differences in how their fat cell DNA is packaged. Normally most of the DNA within a cell is condensed into coils and loops and tightly wound around proteins, such that only certain DNA regions are loosely packed enough to be accessible to the cellular machinery that turns genes on and off. The researchers identified roughly 780 DNA regions that were accessible in chimps and macaques, but had become more...

RUSH: Here is Steve in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Great to have you. Hi. CALLER: In the history of the U.S., there’s been a handful of great men — and, Rush, you are in that handful. RUSH: Whew! CALLER: With Hillary losing, I believe that they’re gonna put a woman on the Democratic ticket, and I think that’s why some of them are still hanging in there. You know, you talked yesterday of a lot of them only having a zero likability, and I just believe that they’re gonna put a woman on the ticket. I just wondered what your thoughts were...

A central-city woman was caught on video performing a popular dance move in front of a Toledo police officer as she was being arrested. Asia C. Hughes, 27, of the 700 block of Yates Street is charged with disorderly conduct; hindering/preventing movement of others, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. An officer on Monday saw Ms. Hughes — who was wearing a thong with her buttocks exposed — dancing on a utility pole in a provocative manner at Sylvania Avenue and Jackman Road, according to an incident report. She also entered the roadway and began twerking, which is dancing...

COMEDIAN Jo Brand has been slammed after saying politicians should have battery acid thrown at them instead of milkshakes. The telly star, 61, was appearing on BBC Radio 4 when she joked about recent milkshake attacks on politicians such as Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage. Farage, who had milkshake thrown on him while campaigning in Newcastle ahead of the EU elections last month, called for police to take action over 'incitement of violence'. Speaking on the Heresy show last night, Brand said: “Certain unpleasant characters are being thrown to the fore, and they’re very, very easy to hate. “And I’m...

The War On Meat is a War On MENNote: I’ve decided to release this piece as a single post. It’s not a short piece by any means, and clocks in at over 3,500 words. So don’t feel like you need to read it in one sitting. Hopefully, it will go down like a nice evening meal, but may take a little wine to digest. 😉 There’s a lot to discuss here, and the answers as to the best diet for optimal health are not always simple. I’m not a doctor, I’m just a man with a great deal of experience...

A Pennsylvania woman claims she was asked to leave a Golden Corral restaurant last week because she was dressed "too provocatively." Sueretta Emke said she was dining with her family at a Golden Corral in Erie, Pa. when a manager said her crop top was too inappropriate and some customers had complained. Asked what was inappropriate about her outfit, Emke said the manager couldn’t answer. Emke wrote on Facebook that the manager’s request probably had more to do with her not being thin, “so it’s not considered sexy.” She said she had seen “people in there wearing less and nothing...

Bre Kidman, a Saco, ME attorney who enjoys spending weekends dressed as a "queer feminist mermaid" and splashing around in kiddie pools filled with glitter, recently announced a campaign run for the Maine Democratic Senate nomination in hopes of unseating incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. According to Steve Collins of the Sun Journal, "Kidman said they have been fat since they were 7, gay since age 10 and figuring out what it all means ever since." The attorney does not use traditional gender pronouns, Kidman instead asks people to use "they/them" as pronouns. “Like all other politicians, whether or not they want...

Rebecca Alexander’s worst experience dining while large happened just after she nailed a promotion at a nonprofit organization. She took her staff, and her new boss, to lunch at a promising downtown restaurant in Portland, Ore., where she lives. As the hostess led the group to a booth, Ms. Alexander, a 31-year-old who wears a size 30, knew in an instant there was no way she was going to squeeze into it. “I remember having this out-of-body experience,” she said. “I watched myself sit down and try to get in even though I knew the space was too small, because...

A woman took to social media with an open letter addressed to a man who allegedly fat-shamed her on a flight from Orlando to Detroit, last week. In a Facebook post, which has since been deleted, passenger Katie Kiacz said she was on the Delta Air Lines flight last Tuesday when she saw an unidentified man write a text message to someone, complaining about her body. “Dear Man on flight DL1723,” the message begins, Yahoo Lifestyle reported. “You referred to me as a ‘2-ton woman.’ You told your friend soon as I boarded and you saw me that it was...

The family of Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann is going to sue the media. And judging by what their new attorney said they could be starting with Ana Navarro. It was Thursday when WCPO reported that the teen at the center of the scandal involving Native American and compulsive liar Nathan Phillips.

Imagine if you could turn aggressive cancer cells into harmless fat. Scientists in Switzerland say they've done just that, in a new study in mice. By taking advantage of the "plasticity," or adaptability, of certain cancer cells during metastasis, the researchers were able to coax breast cancer cells in mice into becoming fat cells. The scientists accomplished this using a combination of two drugs, both of which are already approved for use in humans by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The treatment didn't convert all of the cancer cells into fat cells, but it did stop the cancer's...

Bring on the bacon. That’s the word from McDonald’s, which is set to add to bacon to three of its most-popular menu items. The Big Mac Bacon burger, Quarter Pounder Bacon burger and Cheesy Bacon Fries will debut for a limited time at participating restaurants on Jan. 30. Bacon has long been a favorite delicacy among foodies. According to a news release, the tasty indulgence has been mentioned more than 17,000 times a day across U.S. online platforms since 2018. That’s 740 times an hour. “People love bacon, and they love our iconic Big Mac, fresh beef Quarter Pounder burgers...

The average weight of American men in 2015-16 was 197.9 pounds; for women, it was 170.6 pounds. This is up from 189.4 pounds and 163.8 pounds, respectively, in 1999-2000. Average waist circumference also increased more than 1 inch in men and 2 inches in women, Ogden said: from 99.1 centimeters (39 inches) in men in 1999-2000 to 102.1 centimeters (40.2 inches) in 2015-16. For women, the measurement went from 92.2 centimeters (36.3 inches) to 98 centimeters (38.6 inches). While weight is going up, height is going down. According to the new report, the overall average height for women decreased slightly...

AN AMBITIOUS pig farmer raising muscle-bound mutant porkers for the bacon market is selling their sperm on Facebook. The Cambodian-based breeder is flogging the semen - along with insemination kits - to others looking to move into the 'Frankenswine' market. Mutant ...one of the giant pigs greedily gobbles up his massive dinner at a farm in Cambodia ______________________________________________________________ Scientists in South Korea have been credited with originally genetically-engineering double-muscle hogs to avert a future pork shortage crisis. They carefully altered pig genes to create super-sized swines capable of producing more meat than usual breeds. Farmyard footage shows similar porky 'monsters'...

A handful of Central American migrants camped out at the U.S.-Mexican border waiting to plead their case for asylum in the US launched a hunger strike to protest the Mexican police blocking their way....[snip]. Mexican immigration authorities began transporting some of [them] via buses to a new shelter. Under .... immigration policies introduced by the administration of President Donald Trump, U.S. border officials say they may have to stay put in Mexico for months before they can petition authorities....[snip] On Thursday, ...[sob] Mexican police stopped more than a dozen from the caravan approaching the El Chaparral border crossing. “What the...

A company director is taking British Airways to court after claiming he suffered a pelvic injury from being wedged in next to an obese passenger on a 13-hour flight. Stephen Prosser, who is only 5ft 2in, is suing the airline after claiming that he was forced to sit crushed against the side of the plane by a 6ft 5in man weighing 23-stone who was sat in the middle. Mr Prosser, 51, claims BA staff refused to intervene and ask the man to move seats, during the flight from Bangkok to London Heathrow.