New Research Why You Don’t Need To Wear A Bra

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Women who go braless may actually have the right idea, new research suggests.

According to the results of a 15-year study published in France, bras provide no benefits to women and may actually be harmful to breasts over time.

“Medically, physiologically, anatomically, the breast does not benefit from being deprived of gravity,” Jean-Denis Rouillon, a professor at the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon, told France Info.

Conducting the study at the university’s hospital, Rouillon measured and examined the breasts of more than 300 women, aged 18 and 35, taking note of how the additional support provided by bras affects the body over time. (It should be noted the study does not mention breast size.)

Overall, he found that women who did not use bras benefited in the long term, developing more muscle tissue to provide natural support. As France’s The Local notes, Rouillon also noticed that nipples gained a higher lift, in relation to the shoulders, on women who went braless. When bras are worn, the restrictive material prevents such tissue from growing, which may actually accelerate sagging, the study concluded.

Capucine Vercellotti, a 28-year-old woman who participated in the research, found that she breathes easier without the constraints of a bra.

“At first, I was a little reluctant to the idea of running without a bra, but I got started and after five minutes, I had no trouble at all,” Vercellotti said, according to the Agence France-Presse.

But don’t throw away your bras just yet, ladies.

Despite the findings, Rouillon said it would be dangerous to advise all women to take off their bras based on the study’s sample, which may not be representative of the population.

Speaking to France Info, Rouillon cautioned women who have worn bras for a long time — several decades — from following the recommendation since they would not benefit from taking off their bras now.

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How Anne Hathaway Gained The Role of Fantine

Divabetic Diva Inspiration for December, Anne Hathaway was in the middle of shooting The Dark Knight Rises when Les Misérables began casting, and right away, she says, she “really, really wanted this part.” She first saw the musical at age seven, when her mother, who was the understudy for Fantine in a touring production, went on in the role. “I’ll never forget it—I just sat there sobbing,” she recalls. “And I don’t think it was just because I was watching my mother die, though that was definitely part of it. I was just so moved and felt so connected to her and the music and the whole production. I’ve been in love with the show ever since.”

With her charming performance in the 2002 Encores! stage production of the musical Carnival and her duet with Hugh Jackman at the 2009 Oscars, Hathaway had already demonstrated that she knew her way around a show tune. You’d think that she would have been at the top of any shortlist for Les Misérables. But she was told that the producers didn’t want to see her, because she was too young for Fantine and too old for the younger parts. Hathaway insisted, got the audition, and flew to L.A. to meet with Hooper. She had been asked to prepare Fantine’s big number “I Dreamed a Dream,” as well as “Fantine’s Arrest.” (“They wanted to make sure I could hit that E-flat,” she says, going on to demonstrate for me that, in fact, she can.) Hooper, clearly excited, asked her to work with him on Fantine’s death scene, and by the time they were through, three hours had passed.

“It was little short of astonishing—one of the greatest auditions I’ve ever had the privilege to witness,” Hooper recalls. “I’d already had a pretty extraordinary group of female film stars come in. But what was so inspiring about Annie was that I was sitting there still trying to work out, How does one act through song on film? How do you make these songs work in a close-up and get them to tell a story? And Annie provided the answer. It was one of those moments where I relaxed because I thought, Oh, it’s going to work. She gave me reassurance that what I was aiming for in my head was possible.”

Although I’ve heard  Les Misérables  is FANTASTIC, I must admit I’m probably not going to see it. Anne Hathaway’s character’s downward spiral is too depressing. It’s one thing to see Fantine’s story dramatically unfold on a rotating stage but the idea of watching a very realistic portrayal (selling her teeth and her body) on the big screen does not interest me.

TUNE IN: Free Diabetes Podcast Inspired by Chaka Khan celebrating National Diabetes Awareness Month with guests: Constance Brown-Riggs MSEd, RD, CDE, Pam Butler MS, CDE, Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDE, cookbook author Holly Clegg, Mama Rose Marie and Ginger Vieira, from Burlington, VT living with type 1 diabetes

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Are Fast Food TV Ads Making Our Kids Fat?

It’s no secret that kids these days are bombarded with smiling images of popular fast food icons, but could these advertising ploys directly contribute to childhood obesity?

A new study by the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that young people who recognize fast-food brands when certain cues are erased — like McDonald’s golden arches and KFC’s logo — are twice as likely to be obese as those who recognized only a few.

Participants in a national sample of 3,342 youths aged 15 to 23 were shown 20 still images culled from television ads for top fast food restaurants. Brands were digitally removed from the images, and individuals were asked if they remembered seeing the ad, if they liked it and if they could name the restaurant brand.

The study’s co-author, James D. Sargent, MD, FAAP, noted that the relationship between fast food marketing and obesity “not simply that it prompts more quick-serve restaurant visits.”

“individuals who are more familiar with these ads may have food consumption patterns that include many types of high-calorie food brands, or they may be especially sensitive to visual cues to eat while watching TV. More research is necessary to determine how fast-food ad familiarity is linked to obesity,” he added.

In the Kitchen with The Happy Diabetic Chef, Robert Lewis

The Happy Diabetic Chef Robert Lewis shows us how to make a Sliced Crème Cake Lemon Tower using a Hill & Valley Sugar Free Sliced Crème Cake.

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William Levy Puts the HOT into Salsa!

William Levy & Cheryl Burke recently perform the Salsa on Dancing With The Stars. He’s been close to the top of leader board since the competition began. But is he all hype?

Here’s  one diva respones on the message board,“Cheryl has won this competition twice and she mades her partners learn and perform well – but this week she got saved by her hunk of a partner, William! What a gorgeous, sexy, man… AND he can dance… he really has learned this ballroom dancing and done very well – he deserves all the hype!!!”

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Go Bananas: Helping Workers Get Healthy!

Companies nationwide are looking to trim their health insurance costs by combating chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and depression in their employees , government officials say.

The need for such steps was amplified in a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation showing that health insurance premiums for families of four increased 9% this year.

The upward trend in health care costs can’t all be blamed on growing doctors’ bills but employers have started to provide onsite medical visits, access to gyms, chronic-care plans and even discounts for those who buy a banana rather than a cookie.

For an employer, costs can be as much as 40% higher in one year for someone who is overweight because of all the issues associated with obesity including diabetes.

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Hungry Girl Bites Into A New TV Season

Divabetic Loves Hungry Girl

It’s a been a busy frew years for Lisa Lillien, known as “Hungry Girl.” She has put out four best-selling cookbooks, has about 1, 000,000 subscribers to her aily newsletter and is in the second season of her cooking show, “Hungry Girl,” airing on Food Network.

If you’re not familiar with Hungry Girl, she is a hyperkinetic 43-year-old former TV producer named Lisa Lillien, who once upon a time hated the fact that she couldn’t fit into her skinny jeans. “I was that person who would sit at the computer and eat an entire bag of fat-free pretzels and think I was doing a good thing,” Lillien says. “I wasn’t.”

Lillien grew up on Long Island.  She lost 25 pounds several years ago, and in 2003 she started sending her friends low-fat recipes and tips for finding healthful food in mainstream supermarkets. She then turned herself into a cartoon character on the Internet called Hungry Girl.  Wow, that’s a diva move! 

What we love, love, love about her is that her best-selling cookbooks are for people who don’t really cook! Lillien feels that she (and all of us) can lose weight while still eating her favorite foods — or at least some version of them. Hungry Girl recipes approximate the foods Lillien knows her adherents (mostly women) crave, such as fried calamari, onion rings and that totem of post-feminist gastronomic fetishes: cute cupcakes.

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Diva Applause

Claps, Snaps, High Fives and Flying Feathers!

Belated congratulations to Lansing (MI) Diva Tara P.  Tara organized a team, appropriately called “The Divabetics,” for the JDRF Walk. They raised close to $1,000.00 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Way to go!

Mr. Divabetic in Hollywood (FL)

Had a great time in Hollywood, Florida yesterday. High fives to the team at Memorial Regional Hospital’s Diabetes Bariatric and Nutrition Center!

Mr. Divabetic’s Friday “Wow” Flashback

When it’s your fifth year anniversary, you comb through the archives and find divalicious memories such as this one. In 2006, the late Mrs. Vandross and I taped one of Divabetic’s very first public service announcements, courtesy of our friends at KYW-TV/CBS 3 in Philadelphia.  Enjoy and share if you like.

Mr. Divabetic