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Eight ways your feet can tell you if you are unhealthy

Eight ways your feet can tell you if you are unhealthy

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Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Your feet can be a window into your overall health. And they shouldn’t be ignored. From heart disease to strokes, your feet can show signs of illness. Podiatrists can spot a wide variety of often-serious health problems just from looking at your feet. Emma McConnachie, a spokesperson for the Royal College of Podiatry, stresses: “Podiatrists go much further than dealing with ingrown toenails, corns and verrucae. “As well as carrying out minor surgery, working to prevent amputations and issuing medication such as antibiotics, they can detect a wide range of health problems via signs in your feet. We delve into some of the things your feet might be trying to tell you.” Here, McConnachie outlines a few of the health problems that can show up in your feet… 1. Circulation problems If …

130 million Americans breathe unhealthy air, State of the Air report finds

130 million Americans breathe unhealthy air, State of the Air report finds

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Wildfire smoke from Canada caused dangerously unhealthy air quality in New York City and across much of the U.S. in 2023. While air quality has improved greatly in the U.S. in recent decades, wildfire smoke and other climate-influenced problems are endangering that progress. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Wildfire smoke from Canada caused dangerously unhealthy air quality in New York City and across much of the U.S. in 2023. While air quality has improved greatly in the U.S. in recent decades, wildfire smoke and other climate-influenced problems are endangering that progress. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Over one-third of Americans, or about 130 million people, routinely breathe in unhealthy air, according to the newest State of the Air report from the American Lung Association (ALA). That number is larger in 2023 than in years past, despite significant long-term and ongoing efforts to clean the nation’s air. And climate change, the report says, is making the job harder. Hotter temperatures lead to more ozone formation and can …

131 million in U.S. live in areas with unhealthy pollution levels, lung association finds

131 million in U.S. live in areas with unhealthy pollution levels, lung association finds

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Nearly 40% of people in the U.S. are living in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution and the country is backsliding on clean air progress as the effects of climate change intensify, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.  The organization’s report — its 25th annual analysis of the “State of the Air” in the country — found that between 2020 and 2022, 131 million people were living in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution. The figure increased by nearly 12 million since the last survey a year ago.  The report also found that people in the United States experienced more “very unhealthy” or “hazardous” air quality days than any time in the survey’s history.  Katherine Pruitt, the national senior director for clean air policy at the American Lung Association, said climate change is chipping away at decades of cleanup efforts made through the Clean Air Act, a federal law passed in 1963 to regulate air pollution and set air quality standards.  “The changes happening in our climate and with heat …

Unhealthy foods perceived as tastier when more plentiful, study finds

Unhealthy foods perceived as tastier when more plentiful, study finds

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Two experiments in Austria and Germany involving pictures of meals containing healthy and unhealthy foods indicated that people tend to believe that unhealthy foods taste better when there are more unhealthy food items available. This finding emerged despite the presentation of both healthy and unhealthy foods as equally tasty on average. The research was published in the journal Appetite. Scientists often distinguish between healthy and unhealthy foods. Healthy foods are typically those that provide a substantial amount of essential nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, fiber, and healthy fats, relative to their calorie content. Examples include fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and lean proteins. These foods are crucial for supporting body functions and promoting good health. They aid in maintaining weight and regulating metabolism. Research also links the consumption of these foods to a reduced risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Unhealthy foods, on the other hand, are often high in calories but low in nutritional value. These foods often contain excessive amounts of added sugars, unhealthy fats, and sodium. …

5 Tiny Signs Your Gut Is Really Unhealthy

5 Tiny Signs Your Gut Is Really Unhealthy

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Gut health is paramount to living a healthy life. If your body is not digesting the food properly, you cannot perform at your best. Sometimes, there are minor changes to fix the gut; sometimes, it’s too late; only your physician can fix it. I highly suggest seeing your physician if you have any of the following signs. You can improve your gut health by following 10000 steps a day or drinking 3 liters of water each day. Here is the perfect quote to sum up the importance of the gut: “If there’s one thing to know about the human body; it’s this: the human body has a ringmaster. This ringmaster controls your digestion, your immunity, your brain, your weight, your health, and even your happiness. This ringmaster is the gut.” — Nancy Mure Processed and high-sugar foods are harmful to your gut health. It has long-term effects on our immune system, weight, hormone imbalance, mental health, and even cancer. We are highly focused on making more money for a better life and as a result, we …

‘Beer louts with unhealthy diets’: why British cooking still hasn’t won over the French | France

‘Beer louts with unhealthy diets’: why British cooking still hasn’t won over the French | France

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British cooking is finally starting to be recognised around the world. But try telling the French that. For them, la cuisine Britannique – c’est nul. Figures revealed by VisitBritain at the Tourism Alliance’s insights conference last week showed just how far the UK has to go. An annual survey by Anholt-Ipsos of 60,000 people in 20 countries, which asked for their views on 60 nations, included a new question about food. Overall, the UK was ranked a respectable 18th out of 60 on average, except by the French who placed Britain 60th – dead last. Oh, and indeed, la-la. The UK is suffering from a reputational hangover, according to Michel Roux Jr, the English-French owner of Le Gavroche, which closed in January after 56 years. “It’s deep-rooted and its origins go back a long way to when food in this country was absolute pants and it was just boiled meats, vegetables boiled to death and cranberry jelly and mint sauce and all those horror stories,” said Roux, who also presents Five Star Kitchen on Channel …

Mel B on raising confident daughters following abusive marriage to Stephen Belafonte: ‘They’ve been around an unhealthy relationship’ – exclusive

Mel B on raising confident daughters following abusive marriage to Stephen Belafonte: ‘They’ve been around an unhealthy relationship’ – exclusive

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If anyone knows how to start over, it’s Melanie Brown. Having risen from the ashes of a toxic ten-year relationship, the feisty Spice Girl has rebuilt her life with the same zeal that won her a place in one of the most successful girl bands in history. She’s also written a best-selling book and become a campaigner against domestic violence while successfully raising three children – Phoenix, now 25, Angel, 16, and 12-year-old Madison. In her 20s, as Scary Spice, Melanie was responsible for inspiring a generation with girl power. © GettyMel B found fame as one of the Spice Girls in the nineties Now 48 and having written a detailed account of her marriage to the film producer Stephen Belafonte – which she says was emotionally, physically, and financially abusive – in her memoir Brutally Honest, Melanie is bringing up her children to be aware of the dangers of damaging relationships.  Like her mum, Phoenix is a patron of Women’s Aid, helping younger girls and women under the age of 20.  “They’ve been around …

12 Unhealthy (And Sometimes Dangerous) Ways Women “Relax” | Monique DeMonaco

12 Unhealthy (And Sometimes Dangerous) Ways Women “Relax” | Monique DeMonaco

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Self-soothing is a natural human need and response to stress. Even newborns self-soothe. Stress has reached a national epidemic and just like any pain or discomfort, the natural human response is to avoid it and try to settle ourselves down and find comfort. Nearly everyone can benefit from some stress management and positive, healthy practices. But beware, all are not created equal, and even healthy self-soothing can become dangerous when taken to extremes. Here are some examples of how you may be going to unhealthy extremes to self-soothe and unwind.  RELATED: 10 Things That Won’t Make You Happier (And 10 That Will) Here are 12 unhealthy (and sometimes dangerous) ways women relax: 1. Exercising excessively You have to live under a rock to not know that exercise is essential to a healthy lifestyle. It’s become a popular part of our culture and we are bombarded with “exercise lifestyle” messages. For many of us, it influences how we spend our money, engage in social activities, and even our fashion choices … think of how yoga pants have become a wardrobe staple when you participate in the latest …

An Unhealthy Definition of Rights | Linda Greenhouse

An Unhealthy Definition of Rights | Linda Greenhouse

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The public health profession uses the term “social determinants of health” to describe the social conditions that combine to influence the health of individuals and communities. These include such measurable elements as education, housing, and economic stability as well as environmental quality, structural racism, and other forms of systemic discrimination, some of which are less quantifiable. In Constitutional Contagion, Wendy Parmet demonstrates that among these elements we also need to include law. It was a given that legal issues would arise in the course of the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the spring of 2020 governors and mayors almost immediately drew on explicit or assumed legal authority to issue shutdown orders and impose other mitigation measures, even as the public health response became fuel for the country’s political polarization. By mid-2021, barely more than a year into the crisis, more than a thousand lawsuits had been filed against pandemic restrictions and mandates, and the Supreme Court had abruptly reversed itself and begun accepting religious objections to such measures rather than the recommendations of …

Changing the age of consent is not the solution to protecting young people from unhealthy relationships with adults

Changing the age of consent is not the solution to protecting young people from unhealthy relationships with adults

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Comedian and actor Russell Brand has been accused of abuse, including sexual assault and rape, by four women. The allegations – which Brand denies – include the sexual assault of a woman who says she was in a relationship with Brand when she was 16 and he was in his 30s. The alleged victim, known as Alice, has suggested that a discussion should take place around changing the age of consent to protect young people from older adults. One option, which she raises, is that a staggered approach would allow sexual relationships between people aged 16-18 but would prohibit older adults from having sex with young people in this age group. This, on face value, appears to be an approach that might work – and it’s incredibly important that we have these conversations about how to protect young people. But unfortunately, changing the age of consent alone may be too simplistic a solution for a complex problem. What the law says The current age of consent dates back to 1885, when it was raised to …