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Shannon Ford used to go to bed dreaming about what she’d eat for breakfast and finish her morning meal fixating on what she’d have for lunch. No matter how much she ate, she never felt satisfied. But after starting a non-FDA-approved GLP-1 agonist—an injectable drug similar to the diabetes drug Ozempic and the weight-loss drug Wegovy—in January of 2023, “the appetite absolutely vanished right away,” she says. Ford lost 80 pounds in just over a year and a half, and running—something she’d avoided since childhood—took on a new appeal. “Once I realized I could run, I was like, ‘I’m going to run a marathon,’” says Ford, a 45-year-old child abuse detective in Medford, Oregon. She followed Peloton’s Road to Your 26.2 training program, and despite briefly developing anemia from underfueling thanks to…

While most sleep problems can be sorted out by making changes to your lifestyle, such as adopting a relaxing routine in the evening or avoiding alcohol before bedtime, it's worth speaking to your GP about certain issues. • If your sleeplessness is long-term, causing you to feel constantly tired or putting you in a low mood. • If anxious thoughts prevent you getting to sleep, or stop you getting back to sleep if you wake in the early hours. • If your partner often reports that you're snoring or even momentarily stopping breathing, and you wake up feeling tired. (These are signs of sleep apnoea, which is more common if you have a high body mass index.) • Menopausal women can see their GP about managing the symptoms of the…

Prevention’s readers are walking superfans, and for great reasons: Walking is a simple way to get exercise, costs nothing, and is something most of us can do at any time, anywhere. But even the most passionate step collector can start to feel a little blah about their routine, and it’s true that the same-old, same old won’t push you through plateaus. “Any repetitive motion in one plane of motion, such as walking forward, will activate the same muscles each time,” says Amy West, M.D., a sports medicine physician at Northwell Health in New York. Not only does doing the same type of walk day after day get dull, but it also means you may not be working complementary muscle groups. Mixing things up will get those muscle groups engaged, enabling you…

I was feeding my four-month-old son when my phone lit up with the life-shattering message: ‘I don’t know how to say this and I can’t believe I’m writing this, but Sophie died this morning.’ The message was from the husband of one of my best and most brilliant friends. When I called, he confirmed that Sophie had taken her own life. Her daughter was 10 weeks old. I’d first met my curious, smart friend 20 years earlier on a plane to Moscow. We were travelling as part of a programme to teach English abroad and from those early encounters, we were inseparable. Sophie had a sense of adventure I deeply respected; her drive to explore new ideas and places was an extension of her desire to learn. Not all friendships survive into…

First and foremost, what does ‘eating well’ actually mean? I’d define it as: a way of eating that avoids causing illness and disease while promoting good health and wellbeing. It shouldn’t be controversial to say that ‘eating well’ means, as often as practical, choosing whole foods that contain adequate calories to support our lifestyles, but don’t lead to excessive fat storage. Our diets should also provide a solid ratio of vitamins and minerals, ample protein and plenty of fibre. But, most importantly, it’s about enacting this in a way that causes the least amount of mental friction – eating well without it feeling like a constant psychological battle. Next up, what do we mean when we say ‘on a budget’? Government statistics from 2022 covering household shopping and eating habits estimate…

On the edge of Paris, Marie Uzeel’s renovated family home has a soft, sun-kissed elegance. But this was far from the case when she and her husband first went to see it in 2020. ‘It felt cold and lacked character, but I could see its potential immediately,’ remembers Marie. ‘My husband and I were silent during the visit but once outside, we both said, “This is the one.”’ Marie, an interior designer, started her career in the luxury industry before following her true passion for design. After spending time working on her family estate in the Bordeaux region, the pull of interior decoration became irresistible, leading her to launch her own business, Maison Marie Uzeel. Her design philosophy, which draws on her love of colour, fabric and art, was shaped by…