Losing weight may actually make cellulite worse, a study suggests. Around 85% of women have cellulite - with celebrity magazines delighting in spotting famous women with tell-tale “orange peel” dimples on their thighs.

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If you’re suffering from the orange-peel effects of cellulite, then you’re not alone. Around 90% of the world’s female population suffers from it, although it’s more common in caucasian women. What’s more it doesn’t discriminate between fat or thin, rich or poor - even celebrities can’t escape it. Paris Hilton, Sienna Miller and Jerry Hall (to name but a few) have all been ‘papped’ with wobbly skin on show. (more…)

Olive oil contains Oleic Acid - it seems that Oleic Acid is the important ingredient that protects women from breast cancer. Scientists have often wondered and disagreed on why the Mediterranean diet helps women lower their risk of developing breast cancer and why it also protects us from many forms of heart disease - perhaps, now scientists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago have the answer (with regards to breast cancer). Team leader, Dr. Javier Menendez, said that oleic acid (found in olive oil) blocks the action of a cancer causing oncogene - HER-2/neu. HER-2/neu is found in one third of all breast cancer patients.

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