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Weight loss is a tricky subject, especially so on social media. I was chatting
to the editor of an online health magazine a few weeks back, asking which
content got the most reads on their website, and she answered without
hesitation: weight loss. We talked about how it’s almost become socially
taboo to talk about wanting to lose weight, as it can spark a backlash
among proponents of the “body positive” movement (our July cover star,
Kelly Brook, said the same thing in her interview, about being criticised for
using slimming products and wanting to lose weight). Said editor and I
concurred that while it’s of course helpful and supportive to love and
appreciate your body, whatever size it is and wherever you’re at on your
health journey, it’s undeniable that carrying too much weight can lead to
various chronic health conditions.
I know many of you also want help and advice in this area, as when we do
reader surveys, weight loss is always the number one concern. This is why we
dedicate our special section this month to weight loss, or, rather, fi nding your
healthy and happy weight, as there’s no one-size-fi ts-all. We look at why
eating fat should not be feared (p52), why toxins could be preventing you
losing weight (p58) and talk to a woman who, by learning to value herself as
well as making diet changes, managed to shed more than 10 stones.
Finally, it was my pleasure to talk to Lorraine Kelly for our cover interview.
The star shared how she put on weight during lockdown and how she’s
managed to get back to size 10. She also told me about her love of wild
swimming and how her fi rst foray into this popular pastime was in
Antarctica! I’ve stepped up my swimming this year, and was enjoying an
invigorating dip this morning (see instagram.com/thehealtheditor). If you
live near the coast, a lake or a lido, I urge you to swim as, to quote Get 3
Lorraine, “You feel better within yourself, you really do”.
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AUGUST 2022
INSIDE THIS ISSUE...
HEALTH
16 COVER My life in health
TV presenter Lorraine Kelly talks
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love of walking and wild swimming.
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24 Your healthy home
Get your home and garden
Learn the truth about
prepped for summer parties with
fats and cholesterol,
these warm weather essentials. maximise your detox
26 Wellness travel and be inspired.
Ground yourself in the now with Starts page 47.
travel destinations focused on
meditation and mindfulness.
30 COVER 9 ways to sleep well
Unable to get HRT right now?
Try these natural ways to boost
oestrogen and progesterone.
36 What’s in your tap water? The
government is poised to add
fl uoride to our water supply,
but is it good for our health?
40 COVER Time to take action!
Do you procrastinate when it
comes to making healthy changes?
Read our advice on how to get
moving to get more out of life.
47 COVER Find your happy weight!
Our 20-page special on reaching
your ideal weight healthily kicks off
with 11 tips to get you started.
52 COVER The fat of the matter
Authors of The Diet Whisperer,
Drs Paul Barrington Chell and Julia Champion found success
Monique Hope-Ross, reveal why with a new treatment.
cholesterol and most fats
are not your enemies.
EVERY MONTH
58 COVER Detox to drop weight
Health and fi tness expert Nolan
Sunnassee looks at detoxifi cation 09 Your healthy start
pathways to drop excess inches. First impressions don’t count,
62 COVER ‘I showered myself an unexpected way to look
with love instead of shame’ after your heart, and why your
Amy Freinberg-Trufas, shed at mouth microbiome matters.
least 10 stones by eating healthily 14 Katy curates
and showing herself compassion. Editorial director Katy Sunnassee
67 COVER ‘I’ve regained my waist!’ shares her favourite fi nds in the
Should there be fl uoride
After years of not being able world of wellbeing, from new
in your water? See page 36.
to shift weight on her stomach, skincare fi nds to active leggings.
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Do you put off the important
things? Here’s how to change.
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98 Women in wellness
Morven Shaw tells us about how
she developed a supplement for
Add variety to your salads
perimenopausal women, helping
with our tasty recipes.
others avoid symptoms from
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which she suffered.
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AUY O UGR H EUA L TSH YT
New studies, books, apps and
more to help you stay well in
mind and body.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
Having a healthy gut microbiome has
been a hot topic for the past few years.
The next natural step is to pay equal
attention to your oral microbiome – the
good and bad bacteria living in your
mouth. Much like the gut, your mouth
microbiome benefits from a healthy
diet, and new research from the
University of Buffalo has shown that
a higher intake of sugary or high
glycaemic-load foods, such as
baked goods, can influence poor
oral health in postmenopausal
women. More research is
underway to examine the
impact the oral microbiome
has on the rest of the body.
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A promising new blood test has been
developed that could identify Alzheimer’s
UK adults who take disease changes in the brain before any
symptoms have developed. Recent technological
developments mean there are now blood-based
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markers of the disease, so a team from the University of
Kentucky in the USA has tested samples of blood from
least once a week.* patients who had the disease, trying to develop a
future clinical screening tool. The earlier the disease
is picked up, the more responsive patients can
be to treatments, which can be used before
any memory loss has started.
The special section of our October issue will
focus on brain health. For tips on how to
keep yours younger for longer, make
sure to get the issue, on sale
August 30.
Dry eyes? Reduce screen time...
We all know looking at phones for too
long can be tiring, and it can also
make your eyes dry. But did you know
computers can be worse for dry-eye
syndrome? A study published in 2020
comparing the effects of 15 minutes
reading on a laptop, tablet, e-reader
and phone found the laptop produced
the highest disturbance on the of the
eye and tear fi lm, while the smartphone
produced the least.
LIGHTS OUT FOR BETTER HEALTH
It’s no secret that having a dark bedroom helps improve your sleep quality.
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