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‘Modern Family’
star Ariel Winter
explains breast
REDUCTION
ARIEL Winter was taken by surprise
when, at age 15, her breasts blossomed
to a 32F cup size.
Now 17, the 5’1” “Modern Family” star
says she “feels like a new person” since
getting a breast reduction in June, go-
ing down to a size 34D.
“I got it for myself,” she told Glamour
magazine. “I can’t even really put it into thinking of doing this,’ he said, ‘Your
words about how amazing it feels to re-
ally feel right.”
Health:
Low-fat diets ‘better
than cutting carbs’ for oxygen and
weight loss
CUTTING fat from your diet leads
to more fat loss than reducing Chemical processes
carbohydrates, a US health study
shows.
Scientists intensely analyzed people
on controlled diets by inspecting every
morsel of food, minute of exercise and
breath taken.
Both diets, analyzed by the National
Institutes of Health, led to fat loss when Kevin Hall, from the US-based National
calories were cut. However, people lost
more when they reduced fat intake.
Experts say the most effective diet is one In the study, 19 obese people were
people can stick to. It has been argued
that restricting carbs is the best way to
get rid of a “spare tire” as it alters the they tried diets which cut their calorie
body’s metabolism.
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Winter said she suffered a great deal
of pain before the surgery and couldn’t
even stand up straight.
“It started to hurt so bad that I couldn’t The actress said she would often be the
take the pain,” she said. “My neck was
hurting so bad, and I actually had some
problems with my spine. I had been
discussing my chest with doctors for
many years, but when I finally said, ‘I’m
back is going to thank you so much.’ “
And of course there was the issue of all
The theory goes that fewer
carbohydrates lead to lower levels of
insulin, which in turn lead to fat being
released from the body’s stores.
“All of those things do happen with
carb reduction and you do lose body
fat, but not as much as when you cut
out the fat,” said lead researchers Dr
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases.
initially given 2,700 calories a day.
Then, over a period of two weeks
intake by a third, either by reducing
the attention she got for her cleavage, ‘Ariel Winter Shows Huge Boobs At
with some even questioning whether An Event!’ “ she told the publication.
the teen’s breasts were real. “That’s all people would recognize me
by, not, “Oh, she does great work on
subject of weighted media coverage ‘Modern Family.’ “
because at red carpet events, “I’d have
to wear the dress that was super tight Winter says she now feels happier than
and form-fitted everywhere, because if she ever has and wanted to share her
I didn’t, it didn’t look good. story to help others. “It’s something
“Every article that has to do with me that I did to better my life and better my
on a red carpet always had to do with health, and I think that that can benefit
‘Ariel Winter’s Crazy Cleavage!’ Or a lot of young girls,” she said.
carbohydrates it permanently, then you should choose
or fat. that diet.
The team “But if a low-fat diet is better for
analyzed the you, then you are not going to be
at a metabolic disadvantage.” He
amount of is now analysing brain scans of the
participants to see how the diets affect
how rewarding food is.
carbon dioxide
being breathed Diet claims ‘debunked’
out and the Doctors Susan Roberts and Sai Das, from
Tufts University, said in a commentary
amount of that the debate around diets was a
source of “intense controversy”.
nitrogen in They said the study had “debunked”
many of the claims that low-
participants’ carbohydrate diets were better, but
the long-term impact was still unclear.
urine to They added: “The most important
message for now is probably that some
calculate carbohydrates are all right, especially
the healthy whole-grain low-glycaemic-
precisely the index index variety.”
Prof Susan Jebb, from the University of
chemical Oxford, said: “The investigators rightly
processes taking place inside the body. conclude that the best diet for weight
loss is the diet you can stick to.
The results; published in Cell “All diets ‘work’ if you stick to an eating
Metabolism, showed that after six days plan that cuts calories, whether from
on each diet, those reducing fat intake fat or carbohydrate, but sticking to a
lost an average 463g of body fat - 80% diet is easier said than done, especially
more than those cutting down on carbs, given the prolonged time it takes to
whose average loss was 245g. lose weight.”
Dr Hall said there was no “metabolic”
reason to choose a low-carb diet.
However, studies suggest that in the
real world, where diets are less strictly
controlled, people may lose more
weight by reducing carbohydrate
intake.
Dr Hall stated: “If it’s easier to stick to
one diet than another, and to ideally do
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