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Nicole Kidman gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose on July 7 and within mere days, the 41-year-old actress was spotted out, looking as thin as she was before getting pregnant.  Now friends are concerned about her extreme weightloss - saying she weighs even less than before!

Kidman is reportedly feeling pressure, trying to juggle motherhood with career - something that many women, celebrity or not struggle with at times.  Nicole's pals are worried that she's trying to do too much too soon and that she's also put pressure on herself to get back to her pre-pregnancy weight.  Apparently the actress is 10lbs below what she weighed when she got pregnant with Sunday.

A friend said, "From the start Nicole seemed determined to lose her baby weight.  Just a week after giving birth she had regained her pre-pregnancy figure and dropped nearly all the weight she'd gained while expecting.

"We think she has since dropped 10lbs below her pre-pregnancy weight of 125lbs.

"Nicole started rehearsals for new musical Nine a few weeks after Sunday's birth.  She's doing two or three hours of dancing a day.  On top of that, she went right back to working out with a trainer, doing yoga and Pilates, as well as swimming and jogging."

Nicole, husband Keith and new daughter, Sunday, recently went to their home country of Australia to visit with family and friends, and Nicole's stress was apparent to those who saw her.

The insider adds, "They flew to Sydney for some family time but Nicole broke down in tears within a few hours of landing.  She sounds like she's overwhelmed."

Kidman is trying to balance, kids, work, marriage and her fitness regime.  The pal continues, "I think Nicole wants to be the perfect mum so she always tries to be there when Sunday opens her eyes in the morning, as well as putting her down at night.

"But she doesn't seem to be sneaking in more than four hours sleep a night."

Nicole and other celebrity moms seem to feel like they have to be perfect or their fans won't be their fans anymore.  Seriously, if we already like you, we'll continue to like you, especially if you seem more like a regular person!

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So, the summer is drawing to a close, such as it has been - apparently this has been the most gloomy August since records began in 1914. My highly unscientific brain tells me this is why my tomatoes and peppers haven’t ripened, because they haven’t had enough sun to tan them red. Still, both are nevertheless in season, and people with better luck than me will be enjoying theirs.

September is good for fruit, with raspberries, blueberries and early apples and plums out. Lou and I took our old ice cream tubs out on the weekend and loaded up with blackberries - if there’s anything better than seasonal food, it’s food you grew yourself, and if there’s anything better than that, it’s seasonal food you foraged for free from a hedgerow. On Paul’s recommendation I picked a big bunch of nettles too and made soup. Very tasty. Just wear gloves.

Lots to enjoy on the vegetable front too, including broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower and courgette. Radishes, cucumbers, celery and lettuce are still about. Look out for pumpkin soon too,and make the most of that sweetcorn while it’s still around. I’ve always thought imported corn on the cob is one of the most wasteful supermarket products, since you throw away half its weight with the cob.

• Seasonal recipes from the BBC
• Seasonal eating in Ontario - a little something for any Canadian readers
• Eat the seasons

If you're a pasta-lover like me, you're loathe to give it up "cold turkey," even to peel off a few pounds.

I've always enjoyed pasta al dente (still firm to the bite) and it turns out that my preference for not-too-done pasta may keep my favorite at-home quick meal and Italian restaurant treat from being a diet disaster.

The longer you boil pasta, the more its starch breaks down, which raises its glycemic index. (For example, when you cook spaghetti for five minutes, its GI is 38; after 20 minutes, it's 61.)

Because of the higher glycemic load, your blood sugar level rises faster after eating pasta that's been cooked longer, which may in turn rev up those pesky junk food cravings.

But remember, even al dente pasta should be enjoyed in moderation. (Hmmm... What's Italian for "in moderation"?) One cup of that spaghetti from our example totes up to just over 200 calories, according to Calorie Count Plus. And, of course, step away from the Alfredo sauce!

- FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Eating plenty of antioxidant-rich food such as blueberries, artichokes and pecans may help protect against macular degeneration, the leading cause of age-related blindness in the United States and other developed countries.

U.S. researchers found that antioxidants disrupt a link between two processes in the retina that, in combination, contribute to macular degeneration. Antioxidants also extend the lifetime of irreplaceable photoreceptors and other retinal cells.

The "destructive synergy" that causes macular degeneration occurs when a buildup of a compound called A2E disrupts energy production in mitochondria, the "power plants" in cells, the researchers said. The lack of energy interferes with daily cleaning and maintenance of photoreceptors and another type of retinal cell. This leads to more buildup of A2E and a continuing cycle that results in the destruction of the vital visual cells that can't be replaced.

Experiments using visual cells from humans, rats and cows showed that antioxidants could completely counter the damage caused by this process, said the researchers from Brigham Young University and Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

"The implication is that people at risk of macular degeneration could help prevent the disease by consuming antioxidants," study author Heidi Vollmer-Snarr, a Brigham Young chemist, said in a university news release.

The study was published online in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

"This work by Dr. Vollmer-Snarr and colleagues ties these two damaging processes together and demonstrates the harm they cause in combination is much more than would be expected," Dr. Paul Bernstein, of the University of Utah's Moran Eye Center, said in the news release. "This new knowledge," added Bernstein, who wasn't involved in the study, "suggests the possibility of interventions which could prove to be powerful ways to prevent or delay age-related macular degeneration."

More information

The U.S. National Eye Institute has more about age-related macular degeneration.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity is associated with an increased risk of colorectal adenomas -- growths or polyps that can become cancerous -- but weight loss might reduce the risk, a study hints.

"Colorectal cancer is known to be associated with obesity," Dr. Yutaka Yamaji from University of Tokyo, Japan told Reuters Health. "Our data, together with previous reports, shows pre-cancerous lesions are also associated with obesity."

Yamaji and colleagues investigated the relationship between obesity and the prevalence of colorectal polyps and studied the effect of weight loss on the development of these abnormal growths after 1 year. Almost 8000 "average-risk" subjects had an initial colonoscopy, and about 2500 of them had a second examination a year later.

The prevalence of colorectal polyps at the initial colonoscopy increased proportionally with increasing body weight, the team found. Increasing body mass index, or BMI, was also associated with increasing numbers of colorectal polyps, but not with size or stage of the polyps.

Losing weight appeared to have a beneficial impact on colorectal growths. While the incidence of polyps 1 year after the initial exam increased proportionally with increasing BMI, the researchers found that the incidence was lower in people who lost weight (9.3 percent) than in those that gained weight (16.2 percent) or maintained their weight (17.1 percent).

SOURCE: American Journal of Gastroenterology, August 2008.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In people who are obese, weight-loss surgery will likely lead to an improvement in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) but it won't eliminate the nighttime breathing disorder. Many patients will have residual OSA one year after weight-loss surgery (also known as bariatric surgery), results of a study indicate.

"There are numerous benefits to weight loss by any means, (including) a reduction in the severity of OSA," study leader Dr. Christopher Lettieri of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, told Reuters Health. "However, patients and their physicians should understand that OSA can occur in the absence of obesity, and losing weight, even if substantial, may not resolve OSA."

OSA is a common problem, particularly among the obese, in which tissues in the back of the throat temporarily collapse during sleep causing numerous, brief episodes of interrupted breathing. It can be effectively treated with a special "CPAP" breathing device that alleviates the blockage by pushing air into throat.

In a study designed to clarify the impact of bariatric surgery on OSA, 24 morbidly obese patients underwent overnight sleep studies before and 1 year after bariatric surgery.

All of them had OSA at the start of the study and surgical weight loss resulted in substantial improvements in the severity of OSA, Lettieri and colleagues report in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

However, all but one patient had persistent OSA despite their weight loss. "In fact, the majority still had moderate to severe disease, which would require continued treatment," Lettieri said. Two people had a worsening of their OSA despite significant weight loss.

"OSA," Lettieri said, "is associated with numerous adverse effects on health and quality of life, especially in those with moderate to severe disease. If present, it should be treated."

Patients having weight-loss surgery, he added, should not assume their OSA has resolved and should have a repeat sleep study prior to discontinuing their OSA treatment.

SOURCE: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, August 15, 2008.

- (HealthDay News) -- More than half of Americans take a dietary supplement of some kind, the Cleveland Clinic says.

But all supplements aren't safe and effective. The clinic offers this primer:

• There's no better substitute for a healthy, balanced diet, which can provide most healthy people with all of the nutrients they need.
• Supplements are a good option for people who can't get enough of certain needed nutrients through diet. Pregnant women, athletes and vegetarians are prime examples.
• Too much of a good thing can cause serious health problems. Be sure not to exceed the recommended daily amount of any supplement.
• Supplements aren't regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, so it's up to consumers to carefully check supplement labels to be sure what they're taking.

An apple a day can keep the doctor away.

But two eggs a day might make the fat disappear.

A new study shows that eating eggs could help overweight adults lose weight and gain energy.

The two-month-study-- done by the egg nutrition center-- looked at overweight adults ages twenty-five to sixty.

It found that those who ate two eggs for breakfast under a low-calorie diet lost sixty-five percent more weight.

Researchers also found the adults lowered their body mass index by sixty-one percent more than adults who ate bagels for breakfast and reported higher energy levels.
The study was published on the on line 'International Journal of Obesity.'

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- FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Gastric banding, a surgical procedure designed to combat obesity, appears to boost the risk for developing or exacerbating symptoms of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The finding stems from a review of research on the link between obesity and reflux. The experts concluded that gastric bypass may help reduce GERD, but gastric banding does not -- a finding patients may want to consider when choosing one form of weight-loss surgery over another.

"For people with obesity and reflux together, the gastric bypass procedure appears to be effective not only for weight loss, but also for the control of reflux symptoms," concluded the review's lead author, Dr. Frank K. Friedenberg, an associate professor in the section of gastroenterology at Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia. "Because in this case, most of the acid from the stomach is being partitioned away, so it doesn't have exposure to the esophagus," he explained.

"However, with gastric banding, the problem is that you actually create a pocket which acid has the ability to fill from the remainder portion of the stomach," Friedenberg said. "And this acid can just sit there above the band, and make its way back up to the esophagus. This can cause reflux disease to develop, or make it worse than it had been if it was a problem before the procedure."

Friedenberg and his colleagues published their findings in the August issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) occurs when a muscle at the end of the esophagus does not close properly, allowing irritating stomach contents to leak back into the esophagus. Symptoms include heartburn and acid indigestion.

According to the new analysis, involving numerous studies, a high body mass index (BMI) and/or high amounts of abdominal fat does appear to raise the odds for significant acid reflux.

The researchers also found that diet-induced weight loss can help minimize GERD symptoms.

However, not all weight-loss surgeries were equally beneficial with respect to GERD, Freidenberg's team found.

Across several studies, a procedure known as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass -- which involves the creation of a small gastric pouch walled off from (or bypassing) the rest of the stomach and intestinal track -- consistently appeared to help patients shed pounds and eliminate or reduce GERD symptoms.

However, laparoscopic (gastric) banding was found to be less helpful in tackling GERD.

The popular surgery, which involves the placement of a band to divide and reduce the size of the stomach, initially debuted in 1993. It has proven effective in helping patients feel satiated earlier, spurring weight loss.

Patients often did lose weight after banding, the researchers found, and this reduction in weight did not immediately encourage GERD. In fact, in some cases, post-procedure weight loss appeared to moderately reduce some reflux disease symptoms, the researchers said.

However, the inserted gastric band often seems to shift in place over time, they said, leading to a reversal of any initial benefit and a gradual worsening of GERD symptoms.

Based on these findings, Friedenberg and his team concluded that gastric bypass may be "the preferred surgical technique" with specific regard to GERD risk. But they also pointed out that more rigorous studies need to be conducted to better understand the how's and why's of reflux disease in the context of weight-loss surgery.

One expert said the current work highlights the need to carefully assess the pros and cons of each weight-loss procedure.

"Gastric bypass is the most common and the most successful of the surgical procedures to deal with obesity," noted Dr. Anthony A. Starpoli, an attending gastroenterologist at Lenox Hill Hospital and director of gastro-esophageal research and endo-surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital, both in New York City. "But the advantage to the banding procedure is that, although it will not be an effective option for all patients -- depending on the level of obesity -- it's a lot less aggressive than bypass and has a lot less morbidity associated with it. And it's much more reversible. So, there are reasons some patients might choose that option."

"However, that said, there is no ideal procedure," Starpoli cautioned. "Both bypass and banding are not without their set of complications. And this study illustrates that while solving one problem, perhaps you worsen another. So, I would say that if you're going into any of these procedures to deal with obesity, and you have significant reflux, you definitely first need to have an appropriate evaluation as if you were considering an anti-reflux procedure."

More information

There's more on GERD at U.S. National Institutes of Health.

People buy nuts at an Istanbul market on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, September 2007. Turkish Muslims plan to resort to appetite suppressing diet patches to help them get through the daily fast during the Ramadan holy month, Anatolia news agency has reported.(AFP/File/Hocine Zaourar)

- TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics who lose weight soon after their diagnosis gain better control of their blood pressure and blood sugar, a benefit that lasts even if they regain that weight.

"If you lose weight after diagnosis, you can achieve some long-term benefits in terms of blood pressure and glycemic control that extend even beyond the point at which you regain weight," said Gregory A. Nichols, co-author of new research published online Aug. 12 in the journal Diabetes Care.

Added Dr. Spyros Mezitis, an endocrinologist with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City: "We haven't had results like this before. This is telling us that with a significant mean weight loss of 10.7 kilograms [23.5 pounds] in 18 months, there's an improvement despite weight regain after 36 months."

More than 20 million Americans now have type 2 diabetes, and the majority are either overweight or obese.

Studies have shown that weight loss is important to maintain blood-sugar and blood-pressure control, as well as to keep cholesterol levels in check. These parameters, in turn, are critical for avoiding the long-term complications of diabetes, such as heart disease, blindness, kidney damage, amputations and even death.

Nichols, an investigator with the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., and his team looked at electronic medical records, spanning 1997 to 2002, for 2,574 patients aged 21 through 75 who had been recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The participants were grouped into weight loss categories and followed for four years.

Just over 12 percent of the participants were in the "weight loss" group, with a mean weight loss of more than 25 pounds. Almost all of those pounds were regained by 36 months. The other groups were labeled as "higher stable weight," "lower stable weight" or "weight gain."

Patients who lost weight were more likely to reach blood pressure and blood sugar targets during the fourth year, although, by then, they had regained the weight.

The researchers acknowledged, however, that they don't know what happens after the four-year mark, and they don't know why the benefit was sustained. "It's entirely possible that one of the explanations here is that if we looked at 15 years, we wouldn't find that benefit continuing," Nichols said.

Nichols and his colleagues hope to explore a number of other questions, including whether there was a difference in benefit between people who regained weight and those who kept it off.

Whatever the final answers, "losing weight is a good idea, even if you regain it," Nichols said.

Said Mezitis: "We do ask that those diabetics who are overweight lose weight, and that, in general, improves all the factors that affect vascular disease, and that's blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol."

More information

Visit the American Diabetes Association for more on weight loss and type 2 diabetes.

- TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Eating eggs may help overweight adults lose weight and feel more energetic, according to U.S. researchers.

Their two-month study of overweight or obese adults, ages 25 to 60, found that those who ate two eggs for breakfast as part of a calorie-reduced diet lost 65 percent more weight, had a 61 percent greater reduction in body mass index, and had higher energy levels than those who ate bagels for breakfast.

Blood levels of HDL ("good") and LDL ("bad") cholesterol, as well as triglycerides, remained the same in both groups.

"People have a hard time adhering to diets, and our research shows that choosing eggs for breakfast can dramatically improve the success of a weight loss plan. Apparently, the increased satiety and energy due to eggs helps people better comply with a reduced-calorie diet," lead researcher Nikhil V. Dhurandhar said in an Egg Nutrition news release. Dhurandhar is an associate professor in the laboratory of infection and obesity at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a campus of the Louisiana State University system,

The study, funded by the industry-affiliated Egg Nutrition Center, was published online last week in the International Journal of Obesity.

More information

The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about weight loss.

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