Detroit rapper Dank Demoss is suing the ride-share company Lyft, alleging she wasn’t allowed to enter a car she ordered due to her weight. Demoss, whose legal name is Dajua Blanding, shared video on Instagram on Jan. 19 that captured an interaction with an alleged Lyft driver who denied her a ride. “I’m sorry. I […]
Human hairs sprout from follicles, which contain stem cells that are sensitive to dietary changes (artificially coloured).Credit: Dr Keith Wheeler/SPL A popular weight-loss regimen stunts hair growth, data collected from mice and humans suggest1. The study’s findings show that intermittent fasting, which involves short bouts of food deprivation, triggers a stress response that can inhibit […]
Adam Steensberg, the chief executive of Danish biotech Zealand Pharma, which is developing an alternative weight loss product based on a different hormone, says “there is a duopoly already” in the GLP-1 market. Combining different drugs could be a way of expanding the effects of GLP-1s further still. Doctors such as Perkovic envisage a possible […]
A few weeks ago, my friends and I—women ranging from our mid-thirties to mid-forties—all started weight lifting. This is for several reasons. In general, strength training and functional fitness are more popular. But also, women between the ages of 30 and 50 lose about 3 to 8 percent of their muscle mass per year, and […]
Oatmeal is a nutritious, inexpensive and versatile way to incorporate whole grains into your diet and help you start your morning off right. Oats made history when they became the first food with a Food and Drug Administration health claim label in 1997. This claim was related to heart health and showed that intake of whole oat products decreased […]
Miles of air cover Earth. The boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer spacethe Kármán line, is about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the planet’s surface. However, about 99.9% of the mass of Earth’s atmosphere lies below a height of 30 miles (48 km), according to Anthony Broccolia professor of atmospheric science at Rutgers University. Air […]
As a nurse practitioner at Mayo Clinic in Florida, Angela Irizarry fully understands the health risks associated with excess weight, including the risk for diabetes and heart attack. But those reasons weren’t why she decided to make a change in her own life. Angela had severe acid reflux and was tired of being in constant […]
Gregg Wallace has revealed he has just 17% body fat after a five-stone weight loss. The MasterChef co-host has been open about his weight loss journeyafter his doctors told him that at 17 stone he was at high risk of a heart attack. In an Instagram Reel (video) filmed in a gym, the presenter stretched […]
At 24, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez is anything but your typical up-and-coming boxing superstar. Already a two-division champion, which includes a run to unified titleholder status at 112 pounds, the native of San Antonio has used the past two years to take apart one legend after another at 115 pounds. Along the way, Rodriguez (20-0, 13 […]
I always had a massive appetite and most of my life, I was able to eat what I wanted. I never worried about my size, assuming I had a fast metabolism to thank. But when I turned 45 and perimenopause came knocking on my door, I started steadily gaining weight each year. Then, during the […]
