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Fashion Statement headwear By Bazaar 2018-2019 

Statement headwear 

Knit balaclavas made a surprise return for autumn/winter 2018, featuring on the 

catwalks of Calvin Klein (pictured), Gucci and Preen - surely the easiest way to 

keep warm next season. Dior offered more wearable takes on the trend with its 

cloaked baker boy styles. 

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Fashion as Self Expression 

Fashion as Self Expression 

What is Fashion? Embracing style, trend, and comfort is nothing but the fashion. Fashion in today's 

world is compared to air in our planet. It's the most recent developments of our modern society. 

Fashion is an excepted manner of dressing, living, entertaining or traveling adopted by a group of 

people at a particular time. Fashion has been changing so fast that it is difficult even to recognize what 

the current fashion style is? There is undisputedly a wide choice of colors & designs in costumes. 

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Fashion is a style that is accepted and used by the majority of group at any one time, no matter how 

small that group is. Fashion is a vital, challenging, ever-changing force. In recent years significant "anti 

fashion" phenomenon has taken over the fashion industry e.g. wearing unconventional colors and fabric 

combination. Clothing style different social groups and communities from one another. Sequined dresses, 

chic ensembles and trendy shirts and skirts represented the true repertoire of the fashion. Fabrics like 

shiny fabrics, sating, polyester, blends and knits are the dominant features of fashion. It has been proven 

scientifically that colors play an important role in the psychological behavior of human being. Keeping 

these in mind designers are preferring naturally dyed fabrics and natural color. 

More about fashion as self expression 

This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To 

preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. 

Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems. Please send reports of such 

problems to 

REFINING STYLE IS ALways risky business, particularly in an area in which whim and 

hemline are so interwoven. Nevertheless, to be somewhat arbitrary about it, one could say 

that there are three distinct strata in the fashion realm: luxury, real and avant-garde. 

The luxury level consists of those women - and there are a surprisingly large number of them 

- with the means, and inclination, to indulge in the latest offerings of the world's statussetting 

dress designers. These talents - located in Paris, New York and Milan (Galanos, alone, 

creates in Los Angeles) - set styles that rapidly seep, through imitation and interpretation, 

into clothes for millions of less-affluent women who follow fashion trends. 

Then there is the real, encompassing the vast numbers of women who dress to get their work, 

whatever it is, done effectively. Because of the excellence of American design and current 

mass-production techniques, they too have a style to call their own. 

Finally, the avant-garde is just that: women who find pleasure in experimenting with 

adventurous, often strange, looks. The newness is usually an extension of personal daring, a 

flaunting of the conventional. 

Season after season, designers and manufacturers make suggestions to all three 

constituencies. Suggestions, not mandates. When it comes to fashion, American women will 

no longer take dictation. They pick and choose, leaving their dislikes unsold on the racks. 

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Therefore, to be fashionable today is to don something as disparate as a Chanel suit, a pair 

of blue jeans, a wildly dramatic coat with funnels for sleeves, a hip-sashed sexy chemise 

dress, a man's tailored suit. It is a short tight skirt. Also a long flowing one. A fur coat or one 

that is down-filled. It is a pair of high-heeled sandals, as well as sensible low-heeled ones; 

even running shoes. To dress up means donning a glamorous sequined ball gown, a stark T- 

shirt and pants, a demure silk print dress. For work, one gets into a carefully tailored suit, a 

sweater and skirt, a multilayered ensemble - or that same demure dress that another woman 

wears for an important evening. There are clothes that can be broadly categorized as 

sophisticated, familiar or strange; androgynous (a big movement at present) or instantly 

recognizable as feminine. There are extremely practical fashions, complicated ones, and 

those that make no bones about being frivolous and fragile. 

All of this would seem to make for a messy mishmash of notions, difficult to decipher and 

defeating for the woman with the interest and inclination to follow fashion trends. Yet there 

are certain ballasts that stabilize the situation. For one, there are the designers and 

manufacturers who address particular segments of society. The good ones make good points 

with what they design and produce, and women quickly come to rec- FASHION VIEW95 

Organizers whose merchandise appeals to them, fits them properly and makes them feel well 

turned-out for their particular world. 

Another ballast is the trust generated by a particular store, salesperson or publication, acting 

as a guide in selecting the best of the new from the worst of it. 

Ideas may cross over from one group to another, but each segment manifests them in 

different ways. A good example is the current vogue of androgynous dressing. 

At the luxury level, a Giorgio Armani adapts the suits that he so superbly tailors for men into 

sophisticated and sexy attire for women. A Ralph Lauren takes men's clothing classics and 

renders them for women in such a way that they become delightfully feminine. 

At the real-life level, men's active wear is translated almost verbatim. The fit sometimes is 

slightly altered to better adapt to a woman's body, but it is still blue jeans, sweaters, T-shirts, 

bomber jackets, jogging and sports gear. The same designs that men wear. 

When androgynous is interpreted by the avant-garde, it is usually at its most aggressive. 

There often are no gender distinctions between what is worn by either sex. Seen from the 

back, a young person, radiating a certain sense of style, may be wearing an oversize man's 

jacket, tight pegged pants, crushed down boots. Slung over the shoulder is a big, soft, 

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pouchy bag. The hair will be shorn short with some fluff on top. If there is a bit of pierced 

earring visible, it is probably a woman. Then again, it could also be a young man. 

So one could say that the state of style is a mirror held to the style of one's life. To be sure, 

there is a certain amount of confusion, since there are no direct dictates. But on the other 

hand, there is so much from which to choose, that one can express oneself in clothing just as 

clearly as one does in every other aspect of this complicated life. 

Fashion Statement trends Fall 2018-Winter 2019 

Vogue (Easy wear) 

What’s new for next winter? Plenty. Easy wear continues to be big, we’ll still be 

wrapping up warm in cozy clothes that make us feel safe, but for 2018 comfort will 

also mean an eclectic succession of familiar pieces, that are also fail-safe in the 

style stakes. The overall trend might have been towards real clothes that are easy 

to throw on and a way of dialling seduction down to the everyday, but fashion didn’t 

forget about fun, color and glamour. Next winter will be determined, celebrating 

individuality and style with a multitude of trends that are dying to be worn. Choose 

yours. 

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Bazaar Autumn Winter 2018-2019 

Modest is not as Easy Wear 

Modesty dressing 

In a post Time's Up era, designers experimented with female sexuality and by and large 

the silhouette was decidedly covered-up. From extreme layers at Balenciaga (pictured) to 

Erdem's evening dresses worn over prim shirts and stockings, hemlines were kept low 

and necklines high. Tailoring too was big news - especially at Alexander McQueen and 

Stella McCartney.. This is, of course, not new news, but never has modesty been more 

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Big Is Still In 

There was a time for skimpy, 

but the fall/ winter 2018 

runway trends are steering 

clear of that on. On the 

contrary, we are going for 

oversized everything once 

again this year, despite it 

already having dominated the 

catwalk for a few years now. 

Eye-catching colors and 

multiple layers make for looks 

that really stand out from the 

crowd, drowning you in the 

sheer size and lack of 

definition around your curves, 

even more so with the 

oversized coats. 

We also have oversized 

handbags for fall 2018, such 

as the matching laundry 

basket style seen at Marni. 

Even the scarves are 

oversized to match with anklelength 

broad shouldered 

overcoats as per Marc 

Jacobs. Though some of the 

Maison Margiela pieces 

remind us of tents with a 

human hidden inside. 

One of the top fall 2018 

fashion trends you notice on 

the multitude of runway shows 

over the span of each Fashion 

Week is the maxi lengths on 

models showing off nearly no 

skin. Most designers have 

opted for lengths past the 

calves, generally swishing 

below the ankle, many falling 

to the floor. 

It is a long and lean look that 

has us really wanting to grab 

a Valentino crisp white dress 

suit, complete with a scarf 

around the neck that falls to 

bellow one’s knees. The 

colors that go with the long 

looks are spectacular, the 

lean working best with a bright 

white deal. 

Matrix coats, leather dresses, 

long billowing organza in floral 

prints; nearly every trend was 

all about coverage, while each 

designer also tried to 

showcase the opposite, going 

for shirt skirts, tall boots, and 

even a few plunging necks. 

Modest and monastic is how 

fall 2018 is being described 

though, which means that you 

certainly do not need to be 

showing any skin at all if you 

prefer not to. 

Savile Row 

Style Men’s 

Overcoats 

Get ready for classic Savile 

Row fabrics on men’s style 

overcoats as part of your fall 

2018 fashion trends wardrobe. 

Large shoulders, boxy coupe, 

and lots of length make for 

some intriguing coats to pull 

over your lovely dresses come 

the cooler months once again. 

It has swagger, it is lit, and it 

is rocking the style reports 

across the board. You can 

pair with a shiny black number 

that shows off lots of leg and 

cleavage as per Saint 

Laurent, with bulky boots as 

per Prada, with flowy skirts 

and futuristic gloves as per 

Calvin Klein, or over colorful 

leather as we saw at the 

Stella McCartney runway 

show. 

Lapels on the overcoats also 

look quite darling as seen at 

Fendi or given some waist 

definition with a leather belt as 

per Givenchy. 

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Layer Upon 

Layer 

One of the biggest fall/ winter 

2018-2019 fashion trends is 

the 3-5 layer style, particularly 

when using oversized and 

deconstructed pieces as seen 

at the Marni runway show. 

Really, it is a wonder anyone 

is able to walk around with so 

many layers on. 

Some even include a 

combination of pants and 

tunics, while so many on the 

runways throughout the 

Fashion Weeks simply 

appeared to throw on piece 

over piece. Some looked 

great, such as a Calvin Klein 

foil dress over a turtleneck 

statement sleeve sweater. 

Others were not quite so tidy, 

appearing more like a pile was 

tossed onto a body. But one 

thing we know for sure is that 

you can play with layers all 

you want and still stay very 

much in style come the cooler 

seasons. 

Keyhole 

Plunges 

First it was a deep plunge, 

then it was a deeper plunge; 

now, we are looking at 

keyhole plunges that both 

show off a braless chest and 

still manage to cover up 

enough to be appropriate for 

the cooler weather. 

Coach combines the folklore 

heartland theme with some 

lovely keyhole plunges that 

are shorter than some of the 

others we come across, while 

Chloe makes sure we get a 

good amount of exposure, 

starting high at the nick and 

ending low on the diaphragm. 

Broad 

Shoulders 

As part of the oversized trend 

going strong for the cooler 

months, large puffy sleeves 

and big shoulders are 

dominating the market. This 

includes the Marc Jacob 

number that reminds us of an 

olden detective movie in red. 

Broad shoulders on suits are 

also a common sight these 

days, signifying a female 

strength we have generally 

always hidden. Dolan’s hot 

pink plaid design in an 

oversized fit seems to fit this 

category perfectly. 

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Five Ways to Have More Fun at Work 

Forbes Report by 

Christine Comaford 

I write about leveraging neuroscience to create remarkable leadership. 

Here are five ways to have more fun at work. 

1. Create games and contests for your company values. One of my clients had a minigolf 

tournament, right in the office. Employees navigated treacherous obstacles like the 

copy machine, the reception area and the recycling center. Each hole was a plastic cup 

with a company value, theme or story topic on it. Once an employee hit the ball into the 

hole they had to pause and tell others nearby a short story about what the 

value/theme/story meant to them. Some clients host annual competitions for which 

department makes the coolest/weirdest/most amazing gingerbread house, gingerbread 

haunted house, gingerbread turkey. 

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2. Share community service experiences. Think back to the most powerful memories 

you have. They’re powerful because they are emotional—whether inspiring and uplifting or 

challenging with some struggle or trauma. Giving money to charities is cool, but donating 

time is far more emotional. Can you do it together? And if you do donate funds, have your 

team share the difference they make. At our company, every team member receives a 

giving budget each year. It’s very cool to learn what causes move our team members and 

how their budget made a difference! 

3. Embrace celebration and appreciation. Are you celebrating successes on a regular 

basis through visible appreciation? A few examples are high five emails to the team, 

leaderboards showing employees who are achieving their needle movers and weekly 

round-up emails listing individual employee’s wins. You can create some wacky and 

unique awards that your team can strive for as well. I worked with one team where 

everyone took old-time western photos (in awesome cowboy costumes) and they created 

Wanted posters. They were wanted by the law for eating all of the snacks in the break 

room or for using all of the printer ink. Everyone had a great time deciding what wanted 

sign would say and how much their bounty cost. 

4. Incorporate mindfulness practices on a regular basis. Every highly accomplished 

leader I know learns to stop the world and to stop their thoughts on command. This is one 

of the best ways to make key decisions. They use mindfulness practices on a daily basis. 

Why not make this a part of your office culture? Try having a monthly event where your 

team can learn a new mindfulness practice, such as meditation or yoga. If you really want 

to have fun, try a laughter yoga class they are a blast! 

5. Celebrate birthdays and work anniversaries. Are you celebrating these special 

days? A card with a handwritten note has a huge positive impact and reminds team 

members that they are valued. Having cake or another special treat for the team is a great 

way to bring the team together and for them to have a chance to bond. If you are in a 

position to give a small gift, find out what the person really enjoys. Generic gift cards or 

standard gifts are great but a personalized gift is far more meaningful. 

All work and no play makes us crabby and dull! Where there is laughter, joy and fun, highperformance 

teams thrive. There are countless ways to have fun and even attach 

empowering meaning to it at the same time. The above ideas will get you started! 

How are you helping your employees have fun? 

Christine Comaford is a leadership and culture coach and the author of Power Your Tribe: 

Create Resilient Teams in Turbulent Times and SmartTribes: How Teams Become 

Brilliant Together. 

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Celebrities-Crossroads 

Gigi Hadid 

Gigi Hadid would like all of the people who say 

that she doesn't deserve her success to kindly get a 

reality check. 

While speaking at an event on Friday, Gigi 

addressed critics who think that she only got to 

where she is today because of her privileged 

upbringing. (Reminder: her father Mohamed 

Hadid is a very successful real estate developer, 

and her mother Yolanda Hadid is a former model 

and used to be on The Real Housewives of Beverly 

Hills.) According to the Daily Mail, Gigi said: 

People say that I don't deserve to be where I 

am because I come from this successful 

family, but my parents were fucking hardworking...My 

dad was a refugee, my mum was 

on a farm, went to New York and worked to 

send money back to her family. They worked 

their asses off and they've given me a life 

because of their hard work, and I work hard to 

honor that. 

In addition to pointing out her own work ethic, 

Gigi mentioned that she knows the kind of people 

who only got to where they are because of 

nepotism, and that she doesn't think very highly of 

them. She said, "I've worked with them, they 

suck." Yikes. 

So what we've learned today, friends, is that Gigi 

does not like people undermining her 

accomplishments (understandable!), and that if 

you ever get the chance to work with her, you 

better bring your A game. 

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Health, Diet, and 

Exercise Report. 

Are you eating too 

much sugar? You are 

(hangry) most of the 

time...... 

how can you tell if your sugar intake is higher 

than it should be? Because everyone's body is 

different, we'll each have different reactions to 

sugar intake - and each of us has a different 

personal "maximum." Clinical nutritionist and 

detox specialist Autumn Bates, CCNshared a few 

telltale signs you can keep an eye on to decide if 

it's time to cut back. 

Mood Swings 

If you haven't been feeling like the nicest or 

happiest version of yourself, your diet could be 

to blame. "A high-sugar diet can cause you to 

have severe mood swings," said Bates. This is 

"due to the rise and fall in blood glucose levels - 

think 'hangry'." We've been there! "This happens 

because sugar is absorbed much more quickly 

into your body than fat or protein, so this results 

in a surge of energy and a very sudden drop. 

That drop can cause you to feel moody, angry, 

anxious, annoyed, and really hungry." Limiting 

your intake of sweets could potentially balance 

out your mood and lead to more positive 

feelings overall. 

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Marlboro maker dives into the cannabis 

market with a $1.8 billion buy-in. 

The world's biggest tobacco companies is diving into the cannabis market with a 

$1.8 billion buy-in. 

Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc. is taking a 45 percent stake in Cronos Group, 

the Canadian medical and recreational marijuana provider said Friday. 

The agreement includes a warrant to acquire additional shares over the next four 

years that could give the Altria, which is based in Richmond, Virginia, a 55 

percent ownership stake in the Toronto company. 

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That would mean Altria's investment would be in the same league as the $4 

billion spent earlier this year by Constellation Brands to acquire shares of 

Canopy Growth Corp., another Canadian pot producer. 

The August investment by Constellation, which makes Corona and other 

beverages, was the largest to date by a major U.S. corporation in the cannabis 

market. 

Whatever hesitation larger corporations in the U.S. had about entering the 

cannabis market appears to be fading if there is a financial justification. 

Altria's huge investment lit up shares of cannabis companies that have begun to 

set up shop in Canada, where recreational use was legalized this year. 

U.S. traded shares of of Cronos Group Inc. jumped 22 percent Friday. 

Rapid growth in the cannabis market is expected to continue as legalization 

expands in the U.S. and social norms change. On Tuesday, ultra-conservative 

Utah became the latest state to legalize marijuana use for medical 

purposes. 

Consumers are expected to spend $57 billion per year worldwide on legal 

cannabis by 2027, according to Arcview Market Research, a cannabis-focused 

investment firm. In North America, that spending is expected to grow from $9.2 

billion in 2017 to $47.3 billion in 2027. 

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Simple Ways to Lose Love Handles 

and Lower Belly Fat Fast 

Love handles are the layer of side fat spilling over the waistline of pants. 

The fat spillage is also known as “muffin top” or “spare tire”, taking its name from its resemblance. 

Without a doubt, side belly fat's got many cute, harmless nicknames. 

But that's as far as the cuteness of the love handles and muffin top goes. 

Then there is lower belly fat, the center abdominal fat that creates crates when you sit. 

Love handles and lower belly fat are not only the most dangerous fat in the body but also hardest to 

lose. 

Many attempts to spot reduce this specific belly fat with countless sit-ups. While others fiercely target 

the obliques and repeat gazillion side crunches. 

But the truth is, that's not an effective approach to losing love handles and getting rid of lower belly 

fat. 

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To get rid of love handles and lower stomach fat for good, you need to change your diets, exercise, 

and lifestyle. 

Luckily, these changes are simple and easy to make, and the results are to last for the lifetime. 

If you are ready, here are 14 simple ways to get rid of love handles and lose lower belly fat. 

1. Reduce Your Stress 

According to a Yale study, high-level stress may cause excess abdominal fat, even in slender women 

The study explains that high level of cortisol (stress hormone) can be responsible for fat storage 

around your midsection. 

Simply put, stress formulates the perfect path way to the lower belly fat. 

The more stress you have, the more cortisol you'll build up, and more fat you accumulate, especially 

in the belly area. 

In addition to an increase of fat storage around the abdominal region, stress also drives people to eat 

more than they normally do. 

And for most women, when the stress hits and the hunger skyrockets, they often reach out for 

comfort foods like fatty fries and sugary cakes. 

British Nutrition Foundation calls this phenomenon "stress-induced changes in eating behavior . 

In easier terms, we are wired to grab sugary, fatty food during cortisol surge and high-stress time. 

This is true even for healthy weight women. 

In fact, their study notes anywhere from 65-85% of women are at risk of stress-induced changes in 

eating and body weight changes. 

After all, all those foods we call comfort foods truly send our brain the signal of pleasure and comfort 

and really comfort our brains at the time of stress. 

This makes reaching for healthier alternatives really hard when everything your body is craving is 

fatty, sugary foods. 

All these excess calories do not get distributed and stored as fat evenly throughout the body. 

Instead, cortisol promotes fat storage in the stomach area. And this can be cyclical. 

A recent sutudy show women with a larger waistline is more prone to secrete cortisol at the time of 

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This constant battle of giving in can surely lead to weight gain around the belly, let alone trimming 

lower belly fat. 

Your Action plan: The first strategy to fight the battle of stress eating is to stay clear. keeping 

sugary snacks and fatty foods handy just makes the matter worse. 

Instead, stock your fridge with "healthy snacks" such as Greek Yogurt, apple, hummus, cottage 

cheese— belly fat friendly foods. 

And throw away anything you know you shouldn't be eating or snacking on constantly. 

Because with "chronic stress", the chances are, you will be snacking them much more frequently 

than you should. 

The folks at Harvard health also recommend these lower intensity exercises to reduce high cortisol 

levels. 

Meditation // Taking a few minutes daily to meditate can reduce stress. Meditation may also benefit 

people in making more mindful food choices. 

Exercise // High-intensity activities increase cortisol levels temporarily, but low-intensity exercise 

seems to reduces them according to researchers at the University of California. 

Low-intensity exercises include yoga and tai chi. 

2. Reduce Your Sugar Intake 

Your body can only handle so much sugar, one to two teaspoons at a time max. Anything more than 

that has the potential to be converted into body fat. 

Whether naturally occurred or added, sugars are carbs and listed under total carbohydrates on 

nutritional labels. Usually, one figure sums the total sugar content, but naturally occurring sugars 

and added sugars are different in nature. 

Naturally occurring sugars which include fructose can be found in fruits, other plant-foods, and 

lactose (milk). 

Added sugars include white sugar, brown sugar, honey, corn syrup, fruit nectars, fructose, and 

dextrose. 

It's a type of sugar that gets added to a food or beverage during their preparation and processing, 

hence the name. It's not naturally occurred as the first type of sugar. 

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On nutritional labels, both sugars are listed as grams, a metric measurement of weight. And for 

many, this gram measurement is not familiar or easy to interpret. 

That's because a more approach to measuring something of small volume in America is teaspoons or 

tablespoons, especially in recipes. And to determine how much sugar you are consuming throughout 

the day, it's important to know how to convert from grams to teaspoons. 

With that, you can learn to properly manage your sugar intake. 

So let's get started. 

This can be a sure way to reduce your sugar intake. 

• Sugars: 4 grams equal to 1 teaspoon. 

Using this equation you can easily look at any food product to see how much sugar or more precisely 

how many teaspoons of sugar it contains. 

To start, take the gram listed for one serving and divide it by four to convert to teaspoons. 

The chart below shows a few examples and demonstrates how to convert the sugar content of a 20 

oz sugar containing beverage. Column 1 shows the sugar in teaspoons for drinking 8 oz, column 2 

shows the sugar content for 16 oz, and column 3 shows sugar for the entire 20 oz (7). 

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 

Beverage = 8 ounces (1 cup) Beverage =16 ounce (2 cups) Beverage =20 ounces (entire 

container) 

Calories: 110 Calories: 220 Calories: 330 

Sugars: 28 grams Sugars: 56 grams Sugars: 70 grams 

Conversion: 28 grams divided 

by 4 = 7 teaspoons of sugars 


by 4 = 14 teaspoons of sugar 


by 4 = 17 ½ teaspoons of sugar 

According to Rush University Medical Center, "sugar increases belly fat" and fiber reduces belly fat. 

Sugar is one of the biggest reason people gain weight. 

Sugar is made up of half glucose and half fructose, and fructose only gets metabolized by the liver. 

With high consumption of refined sugar, the liver gets burdened with fructose and ends up turning it 

all into fat. 

It's been seen by a number of studies that excess sugar, fructose, in particular, can lead to 

accumulation of belly fat. 

Simply put, sugar increases belly fat and liver fat, which leads to insulin resistance and a host of 

metabolic problems. Many experts believe this is the primary cause of sugar's harmful effects on 

one's health. 

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Liquid calories are considered the worse since they don't get registered by the brain in the same way 

as solid calories, so when you drink sugary drinks, you end up consuming more calories without even 

knowing it. 

Reducing your sugar intake will not only help you lose belly fat but also your bodyweight as well. 

But please note that none of this applies to the whole, fresh fruits. 

Though fruits contain sugar, they are considered extremely healthy as their high fiber content 

mitigates the negative effects of fructose. 

Moreover, the level of fructose you find in fruits is a fraction of what you see in sugary products. 

Your Action plan: Start reading nutrition facts and labels to understand how much sugar food 

contains. Be sure to use the chart above to see how many teaspoons of sugar are in each product. 

This will help you be more mindful of how much sugar you're taking in daily. Cutting back on refined 

sugar may help reduce your belly fat. 

3. Add More Fiber to Your Diet 

It is well known that high fiber diet can help with weight loss. 

This is true, but unfortunately, dietary fiber in the average Americans diet today is at an all-time low, 

with less than three percent of Americans meeting their recommended daily fiber intake. 

That is 25 grams for women and 38 grams for men a day. 

This is equivalent to eating one cup of raspberries (8 grams of fiber), one cup of blackberries (7.6 

grams of fiber) or 1 cup of lentils or black beans, and you'll be well over your dietary fiber intake for 

the day. 

Of course, this is just one example of fiber rich foods, but there are tons of other high-fiber foods you 

can eat. 

But just keep in mind that not all fiber foods are created equal. 

Soluble fiber seems to have the greatest impact on your weight and belly fat. 

Soluble fiber absorbs water and forms a gel like texture that helps slow down food as it passes 

through your digestive system. 

Studies have found this type of dietary fiber to be very effective in helping people lose weight by 

making them feel full so they naturally eat less. 

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Soluble fiber may also help decrease the number of calories your body absorbs from food. 

In addition to helping you lose weight, soluble fiber may help you lose your belly fat, especially the 

dangerous visceral abdominal fat that wraps around your internal organs. 

An observational study of 339 African Americans and 775 Hispanic Americans ranging from age 18- 

81 years found that for every 10-gram increase in soluble fiber intake, belly fat gain decreased by 

3.7% over a 5-year period. 

It seems eating a high fiber diet can help decrease your abdominal fat. 

If you want to get rid of your belly fat including the fat in your lower belly, make an effort to 

consume high-fiber foods every day. 

Soluble fiber can be found in foods such as flaxseeds, Brussels sprouts, avocados, legumes, and 

blackberries. 

Just 1 cup of cooked lentils contains 16 grams of dietary fiber, which is 63% of your daily 

recommended value, and 18 grams of high-quality protein. 

4. Eat More Protein to Lose Belly Fat 

A high-protein diet has been proven effective in reducing cravings by 60%, boosting metabolism by 

up to 100 calories per day, and helping you eat fewer calories throughout the day. 

But that's not all what protein is good for. 

Evidence shows that protein is also particularly good for fighting off belly fat. 

One study shows that protein consumption has an inverse relationship with excess belly fat. That is 

people who ate more and better protein had much less abdominal fat. 

One Denmark study shows protein's direct link to a reduced risk of belly fat gain over a 5-year 

period. 

Also, as it turns out, the "best diet to lose belly fat" may be a high protein diet. 

A great starting point for an "ideal protein diet" is to include proteins that make up 25 to 30% of total 

calories. 

Make an effort to include proteins in every meal. 

Protein doesn't have to be meat based. Plant protein is a great protein source with fewer fats and 

near zero cholesterol. 

Good high plant-based protein foods include tofu, lentils, beans, nuts, quinoa, spirulinaand even 

some whole grains products. Learn to include them in your diet for a good protein meal. 

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5. Eat Healthy Fats 

It may sound counterintuitive to eat fat to lose fat, but adding healthy fats like coconut oil to your 

meals is in fact pretty effective and helpful in losing abdominal fat. 

The effectiveness can even magnify when you replace harmful, unhealthy fats with good ones. 

For example, fats like trans fats, known as partially hydrogenated fats often found in margarine and 

spreads are your belly fat villain. In animal testing, a 33% belly fat gain was seen in animals on a 

high transfat diet compared to the ones on a diet high in monounsaturated fats. 

Trans fats have also been named as a cause of insulin resistance, heart diseases, and belly fat gain in 

animal studies. Needless to say, it's best to be avoided and replaced with their healthier 

counterparts. 

As opposed to trans fats, a moderate consumption of coconut oil may help with metabolism boost as 

well as the reduction in belly fat, suggested by controlled studies . 

In one 12-week study, obese men lost on average 1.1 inches in waists after taking coconut oil every 

day. 

The best result has been seen when 2 tablespoons or 30ml of coconut oil are taken daily. 

6. Drink Water Regularly 

Water is a missing puzzle piece for many people when trying to lose belly fat, and it's essential you 

drink plenty of water daily. 

There are several reasons for this, and one is your cells need to be well hydrated to burn fat, and 

dehydration can be stall the process. 

The second reason is its positive effect on daily total calorie consumption. 

One study reported having a few glasses of water prior to a meal can lower your calorie intake by up 

to 75 calories a meal by expanding one's stomach and providing satiety. 

Ditching sodas for water can also contribute to belly fat reduction by slashing 300-400 calories a day 

from sugary drinks. 

For maximum benefits, keep yourself hydrated with water throughout the day and be sure to have a 

glass before starting a meal. 

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Ford Endeavour 2019 

Endeavour Latest Update 

Latest update: The Endeavour is available with cash discounts and exchange bonuses as part of 

Ford's December offers. 

Ford Endeavour facelift: The Ford Endeavour facelift has now been spotted testing in India as well. 

The updated model doesn't get any significant change on the outside save for a new front grille. 

Ford discontinued the manual variants of the Endeavour back in June 2017. With this revision, only 

three variants remain on sale - the 2.2 4X2 Trend AT, the 2.2 4X2 Titanium AT and the top-of-the-line 

3.2 4X4 Titanium AT. 

The 2.2-litre, 4-cylinder, turbocharged diesel engine generates 160PS of power and 385Nm of torque 

while the bigger 3.2-litre, 5-cylinder, turbocharged unit develops 200PS of power and 470Nm of 

torque. Both engines are paired to a 6-speed automatic transmission. 4WD with torque-on-demand 

and drive modes for various kinds of terrain are available only on the top-spec 3.2-litre variant. 

Ford India has now introduced an electric panoramic sunroof on the 2.2L 4X2 Titanium AT variant. 

Earlier, the 3.2-litre 4X4 Titanium AT was the sole variant in the whole lineup to feature the lifestyleoriented 

feature. 

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7. Drink Lemon Water 

Love drinking juice? It's one habit you need to be prepared to toss to reduce your abdominal fat. 

A better, more belly fat friendly alternative is lemon water. This infused water is particularly known 

to help decrease your weight and body fat. 

This is, in fact, no surprise considering lemon is a popular weight loss food with soluble pectin fiber 

that is known to bring satiety by expanding in your stomach. 

Lemons, mostly made up of soluble fiber are also effective in improving gut health, slowing the 

digestion and starches. 

These effects are believed to aid in blood sugar management and help with weight loss and fat loss 

which includes your belly fat. 

8. Take Apple Cider Vinegar 

Apple cider vinegar is a recent craze, but its health benefits have been known and proven for years. 

And having a tablespoon a day can be effective for your belly fat loss too. 

Several animal studies have confirmed that a compound called acetic acid in apple cider vinegar 

contributes to a reduction in belly fat storage. 

In another 12-week study done on obese men, 1.4 cm or half an inch of reduction in waists was seen 

as a result of daily apple cider vinegar consumption. 

For best results, take 1 to 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar a day for your abdominal fat loss. 

9. Do Aerobic Exercises 

Aerobic exercise is best known for burning calories, helping people to lose weight fast, and improving 

your heart health. 

But did you know cardio is also one of the most effective forms of exercise to losing belly fat? 

According to a new study, the best type of exercise to burn unhealthy belly fat is aerobic exercise. 

In their 8-month study, participants who performed aerobics reduced 2.5 square inches of their belly 

fat, a greater fat loss than those who combined aerobics with weight lifting. 

The effectiveness of aerobic exercise for losing belly fat, particularly visceral fat is also cited by a few 

other sources. But what we don't know conclusively yet is whether moderate or high-intensity cardio 

brings better results. 

More research is to come out in this area. 

Another variable proven to be critical in exercise for fat loss is how often and how much you exercise. 

In short, it's consistency that seems to bring the most success to belly fat reduction and loss of total 

body fat. 

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A case study that involved postmenopausal women saw success in fat loss from all areas with 300- 

minute per week cardio versus recommended 150 minutes per week. 

10. Do Resistance Training 

Based on the findings in the earlier sections, cardio benefits for belly fat, you can be doubtful of the 

effectiveness of resistance training including weight lifting and strength training for fat loss, but don't 

underestimate their training. 

According to studies in people diagnosed of pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and fatty liver disease, 

resistance training, is still needed and effective in fighting your abdominal obesity and melting belly 

fat, especially the dangerous visceral fat. 

This benefit was visible in a study in overweight teenagers who lost the greatest amount of visceral 

fat by incorporating both resistance training and cardio in their exercise regimens. 

11. Get More Sleep 

The easiest way to lose belly fat is to get adequate, quality sleep at night, as sleep is an essential 

part of your health, weight, and belly fat. 

A long study involving 68,000 women shows those who sleep 7 hours or more at night is less likely to 

gain weight than those sleep for 5 hours or less. 

Those with sleep disorders such as sleep apnea are also more prone to gaining visceral fat. 

To prevent any weight gain and waist expansion, aim at least 7 hours of sleep at night, and speak 

with your doctor with any sleep issues. 

12. Try Intermittent Fasting 

Think of intermittent fasting as a short-term, temporary fasting if you are not familiar. 

It's more of an eating schedule that gives your tummy a break from eating in the 24-hour period. 

The actual pattern seems to vary per programs, but typical ones involve 16 hours of fasting a day, 

leaving you the rest of 8 hours to consume food. 

In some studies, intermittent fasting has shown 4-7 % decrease in belly fat within 6-24 weeks. 

This is a more advanced technique and may require more careful planning, but for the easiest 

application, you can set your first meal at 11 am and last meal at 7 pm, leaving you the 

recommended 16 hours to empty out your stomach. 

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The theory behind it is that emptying your stomach and depriving of the main energy source for a 

period of time has your body seeks out an alternative or secondary energy source, which is stored 

fat. 

It's as simple as this; the more fat your body utilizes and burns, more fat loss results you see. 

If you'd like to read up on it, here is a more in-depth article I did a while back on intermittent fasting. 

Check it out. How Intermittent Fasting Helps You Lose Weight and Belly Fat. 

13. Drink Green Tea 

Matcha is a trending word that makes a regular appearance on medical magazines to Starbucks 

menus today for its health benefits. 

And of course, matcha is a traditional Japanese word for their be-loved health drink, green tea. 

Over the years, green tea has spread and attracted devoted fans across the world and is growing 

without boundaries. 

Unlike many popular health trends, green tea's popularity is not just a hype or without basis. It's a 

solid drink with powerful health benefits like boosting metabolism and decreasing body fat. 

Studies show the source is in caffeine and antioxidant epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a catechin 

found in green tea and known to be linked to effective belly fat loss. 

Some studies further report fat loss benefits of green tea are even greater when combined with 

exercise. 

To make a matter simple and cover the bases, make it a habit to have a glass or cup of green tea 

after each workout. According to science, it'll be helpful in reducing your belly fat. 

14. Change Your Lifestyle 

Since a good friend tells it like it is, here we go. 

Be ready to change your ways and adopt at least few to see any change in your belly fat. Just doing 

one thing from the list won't quite cut it and bring any visible and measurable result you want to see. 

And for that, you need to combine different methods and penetrate the efforts, and that's what 

ultimately brings real fat loss success. 

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And interestingly, many on the list are changes often recommended for general weight loss. Healthy 

eating, workouts, and sleep are and should be part of healthy living and better weight management. 

So what ultimately comes down to is you changing your lifestyle for the better and for belly fat 

reduction. 

When you live a healthier life, results like fat loss follow as a natural effect. 

Travel, history, and living 

Travel places must visit: NY State Empire Building 

My vivid memory of touring the NY State Empire Building continue to be strong after 

about 40 years after my visit. Wow a kid will say with open jaw and heart heavy 

breathing. I was a teenage when I was in NY and friends took me up there high 

enough to really look at the sky closer, and it was about girls too. Girls love the heights, 

about romance and showing off strong for all and the tails never ends about it. Today if 

I called my friends sure enough part of the conversation is that trip to visit again the 

Empire Building. 

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The NY State Empire Building is about the view on the outside, and also on 

the inside. 

There are many taller buildings in the world but none share the same view days or night. You find the 

inside a marvelous set up of carpets, furniture, and art. LOBBY 

The Fifth Avenue lobby is one of the few interiors in New York to be designated a historic landmark 

by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. In 2009, 18 months were spent restoring its aesthetic to 

the original 1930 design - it only took 13 months to build the entire building! 

Highlights of the lobby include the Art Deco inspired ceiling murals—in a homage to the mechanical 

age, planets and stars are rendered as an assembly line of gears, brought back to life in 24-karat gold 

and aluminum leaf—and, on the wall above the front desk in the Fifth Avenue lobby is one of the most 

famous images in New York City, a depiction of the building itself with beams of lights radiating from 

the mast. 

The landmarked lobby is now the finale to the Empire State Building experience. 

In 2018, the new guest entrance was opened on 34th Street. 

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Special topic research study project 

MCM Special Topic: Human Photographic Memory 

have it. 

You might not have it, that make not everyone 

“You might expect that an individual who claims to still see a picture after it 

has been removed would be able to have a perfect memory of the original 

picture. After all, a perfect memory is what is usually implied by the commonly 

used phrase "photographic memory." Scientificamerican.com 

Photographic memory is a term often used to describe a person who seems able to recall visual 

information in great detail. Just as a photograph freezes a moment in time, the implication for people 

thought to have photographic memory is that they can take mental snapshots and then recall these 

snapshots without error. However, photographic memory does not exist in this sense. 

It is easy to demonstrate this by asking people who think they have photographic memory to read two 

or three lines of text and then report the text in reverse order. If memory worked like a photograph, 

these people would be able to rapidly reproduce the text in reverse order by "reading" the photo. 

However, people cannot do this. 

Memory is more like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle than a photograph. To recollect a past 

event, we piece together various remembered elements and typically forget parts of 

what happened (the color of the wall, the picture in the background, the exact words 

that were said). Passing over details helps us to form general concepts. 

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We are good at remembering the gist of what happened and less good at remembering 

(photographically) all the elements of a past scene. This is advantageous because what 

is important for memory is the meaning of what was presented, not the exact details 

present at any given time. 

Of course, people vary in their ability to remember the past. How well we remember 

things depends largely on how well we pay attention when material is presented. 

Additionally, the extent to which we replay the material in our minds and relate it to 

what we already know affects our ability to remember. 

Some people with excellent memory use elaborate techniques to help them remember. 

Others are able to effortlessly recall vast amounts of autobiographical information 

spanning most of the lifetime. Scientists are learning more about memory by studying 

these people, as well as people who have very poor memory as the result of neurological 

injury or disease. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Larry Squire 

Larry Squire is a professor of psychiatry, neurosciences, and psychology at the University of California, San 

Diego and research career scientist at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System. His research 

explores the organization and neurological foundations of memory. Published by brainfacts.org 

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