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Mail On Sunday Reporter
17:48 EST, 1 March 2014
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17:48 EST, 1 March 2014
Dancing On Ice star Suzanne Shaw suffered agonising stomach pains when skating for the show – triggered by her Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
The gut disorder causes pain, bloating and spasms which can mean an urgent need to use the toilet.
‘I really had to watch what I ate,’ reveals the 32-year-old ex-Emmerdale actress – now out of the ITV contest.
Suzanne suffered agonising stomach pains when skating for the show – triggered by her IBS
‘Certain foods and drinks trigger my IBS
symptoms and if I drink too much red wine, coffee, cheese and starchy
foods like bread and pasta, I get gripping stomach pains.
‘On a couple of occasions, I was in agony after having a bowl of pasta – I shouldn’t have eaten it but I needed to keep up my energy levels.
‘Luckily it was never bad enough to come off the ice, and the rest of the time I was on a strict high-protein diet of chicken, broccoli and salad.’
Suzanne, left, believes that stress also exacerbated her symptoms. ‘There was so much pressure to do our best every week,’ she explains.
She is also lactose-intolerant and believes cow’s milk triggered her IBS. She adds: ‘I’ve swapped to St Helen’s Farm goat milk, which has really helped.’
People who wear high-heel footwear on weekends appear to be at higher risk for injury
Heels mean high danger!
Saturday evening is peak time for high-heel-induced injuries, new research shows. And the results can be serious, such as broken wrists, hands, legs or feet.
One in three such injuries is treated in casualty units on Sunday mornings, according to a study in the Journal Of Foot And Ankle Research, and each costs an average of £200 to treat. In one casualty unit over a five-year period, there were 305 cases, including 16 where a heel had been used as weapon. A third of injuries occurred on Saturday nights and almost half involved sprained ankles – though there were 53 fractures of wrists, hand, legs and feet.
The researchers, from Monash University in Australia, reported: ‘People who wear high-heel footwear on weekends appear to be at higher risk for injury. While women continue to make these shoe choices, more work is needed to better to understand why and how to minimise any risks associated with their wearing high heels.’
Whether events such as London Fashion Week are a factor is yet to be established!
If you feel forgetful, it may not be your memory at fault but your attention – and you can overcome it by focusing on what you’re doing and practising ‘present mindedness’.
That’s according to a series of online films tackling concerns about memory loss and dementia produced by experts at the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin.
The quirky animated shorts also explain how to preserve good brain health and give practical advice on how to encourage stronger brain connections, such as by tackling new situations and staying socially active. Watch them at FreeDemliving.com.
Most people wrongly believe indoor air quality is better than outdoors, a new study shows – but in fact it can be between two and five times more polluted.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are actually higher indoors, where humans produce and exhale it in a confined space. The rate in a room can rise depending on the number of occupants and ventilation.
But a survey of 2,500 people by technology firm Netatmo found 77 per cent of British respondents believed air is more polluted outside. Earlier research in the US had found that moderately high indoor concentrations of CO2 can significantly impair decision-making ability, particularly strategic thinking and initiative-taking.
Now a sleek indoor weather station has gone on sale – the UK’s first to measure CO2. The new Netatmo Personal Weather Station (£139.95, store.apple.com/uk) measures CO2 and humidity, relaying it to an app on a smartphone or computer, and provides an alert when CO2 levels mean that ventilation is required.
Lactic acid boosts brain
Most people link lactic acid with crippling cramp, but it seems that producing a dose of it during exercise is actually good for us.
A study at Bristol University has revealed that lactic acid, which can be triggered by muscle use, causes brain cells to release more noradrenaline, a hormone and neurotransmitter crucial for brain function and focus.
This previously unknown mechanism is important for motivation, stress responses and control of blood pressure, pain and appetite. But you’ll have to work hard for your brain boost, says Jonathan Doust, Professor of Sports Science at the University of Brighton.
‘It’s usually released in short-burst, intense activity such as lifting weights, sprinting, or interval training like spin classes and shuttle runs.’
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