What Is The Best Time To Eat If You're Trying to Lose Weight?

 

The question: To lose weight, does it matter when I eat? Or just what I eat?
The experts: Susan Kleiner, Ph.D., R.D., Sports Nutritionist for USANA Health Sciences; Jacqui Justice, clinical nurse specialist, director of nutrition at Womens Healthy Hormones
The answer: Just like romance and bargain shopping, healthy eating is all about having the right timing.
Sure, a calorie is still a calorie, but how you time those calories can influence your metabolism and satiety levels, potentially making the difference between weight lost and weight gained. “Body weight control is a complex dance between the drivers of metabolism: the brain, hormones and neurotransmitters, and your metabolic processes," says Kleiner. And if any of those factors perceives that you're low on calories throughout the day, it'll slow metabolism, increase appetite, and stall your weight loss efforts.
So first thing's first: Eat breakfast! And not once you get to work—we're talking first thing in the morning. Justice recommends eating within an hour of waking up, and if you can get in some water then, all the better. Both ramp up your metabolism by telling your body it doesn't need to conserve energy (aka calories). If your stomach is uneasy in the morning, at least drink some water. Just remember that the longer you wait to eat breakfast, the longer you wait to burn calories.

Next, don't go more than three hours between meals and (protein-packed!) snacks. "This will help to keep your blood sugar balanced throughout the day, your metabolism revved, and your energy up," says Justice.

And as the sun sets, so should your eating for the day. "My experience is that my clients that finish dinner by 7:30 lose more weight and have more energy the next day than do my late eaters," says Justice, who notes your metabolism starts to slow down around 4p.m. and hits its lowest point when you're sleeping. After all, your body doesn't have to burn through as many calories when you're zonked out.

Of course, there's no strict mealtime schedule that will guarantee weight loss, but if you're looking to slim down, Justice suggests eating your bigger meals earlier in the day and lighter meals in the evening. Luckily, if you load up on a healthy and satisfying breakfast, the rest of your day—and weight loss—should fall into place more easily.


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What's Better For Your Skin: Face Wipes or Cleansers?

 

The question: Sometimes it seems way too difficult to wash your face—especially when it's so easy to just grab a face wipe instead. When it comes to everyday use, what's better for your skin: face wipes or facial cleansers?
The expert: Board-certified dermatologist Michele Green, M.D.
The answer: Both options are effective for removing makeup, dirt, and oil, says Green. "The wipes are certainly more convenient. But in reality, a cleanser with water probably works much better to actually clean your skin."

That said, they're perfect to keep in your purse or gym bag to remove makeup before a workout or to whisk away sweat and oil on super-humid days. And it's fine to use them once in while (like when you just don't have the energy for a proper face wash)—but Green wouldn't recommend using them in place of your cleanser every single day.

When you do opt for a face wipe, pick a formula without dyes, perfumes, or artificial ingredients, says Green. If your face feels a little filmy after you use them, it might mean it has an extra moisturizer packed in. That's fine if you have dry skin, but stay away from those brands if you have acne-prone or oily skin, says Green. And when it comes to your daily face wash, be sure to stick to the real soap-and-lather routine.


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Human Barbie doll a.k.a. 'racist space alien', blames plastic surgery rise on mixed-race marriages

 

Living doll: Valeria Lukyonova is, we assure you, a real human being

The twisted, plastic world of a Ukranian woman who transformed herself into a human Barbie has been in a startling interview.
GQ writer Michael Idov travelled to Ukraine to meet Valeria Lukyanova, a 28-year-old model who remade herself into a living doll.
But instead of meeting a sweet lady living her childhood dream, he met a plastic surgery fanatic who he describes as a "racist space alien."
Lukyonova admits to using makeup and contact lenses to enhance her bizarre look, and admits to having breast implants.
But she claims her painfully thin figure is a result of diet and exercise - she exists on an entirely liquid diet - and denies having enhanced her waist with surgery.
"Everyone wants a slim figure," Lukyonova told Idov. "Everyone gets breasts done. Everyone fixes up their face if it's not ideal, you know?"
In Idov's eye-opening interview, he delves into the psyche of a woman obsessed with an impossible idea of beauty - and finds a wealth of strangeness beneath the surface.

For starters, Lukyonova blames the increase of plastic surgery on race-mixing.
"For example, a Russian marries an Armenian, they have a kid, a cute girl, but she has her dad’s nose," she said.
"She goes and files it down a little, and it’s all good. Ethnicities are mixing now, so there’s degeneration, and it didn’t used to be like that.
"Remember how many beautiful women there were in the 1950s and 1960s, without any surgery? And now, thanks to degeneration, we have this.
"I love the Nordic image myself. I have white skin; I am a Nordic type - perhaps a little Eastern Baltic, but closer to Nordic."

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Barbie and Ken: Lukyanova and Justin Jedlica, known as the human Ken Doll

Interviewer Idov added: "I realise that just like everyone reading about human Barbie I had a simple narrative prepared in my head: A small-town girl grows up obsessed with dolls, etc.
"But instead I get a racist space alien."

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Presenter Peaches Geldof dies @ 25

Peaches Geldof.

Presenter Peaches Geldof, second daughter of musician Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, has died aged 25.

The daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates was found at her home in Kent, the BBC reported.

Cops were called to her home in Wrotham following concerns about her welfare.

She was later pronounced dead by South East Coast Ambulance Service.

A spokesman for Kent Police said: "At this stage, the death is being treated as unexplained and sudden."

R.I.P.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor in Talks to Star in Next James Bond Film

Chiwetel Ejiofor

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12 Years a Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofor is being considered to play the villain in the 24th instalment of James Bond. Official offers have yet to be made but sources report that Ejiofor is the first choice of director Sam Mendes. The movie is slated for a November 2015 release date.
Fresh off an Oscar nomination for “12 Years a Slave,” Chiwetel Ejiofor is the frontrunner to play the villain opposite Daniel Craig in the next James Bond movie, multiple individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap.
Sony, MGM and Ejiofor's reps at CAA all declined comment.
Sam Mendes is directing the as-yet-untitled “Bond 24,” which was written by “Skyfall” scribe John Logan.

Craig will return to don the tuxedo, while Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Ben Whishaw are set to reprise their roles as his boss M, ally Moneypenny and gadget guru Q, respectively.
While Ejiofor does not have an official offer yet and is not in formal talks, he is being eyed for the coveted role and is widely presumed to be the frontrunner amongst the other actors under consideration.


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