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  • The Warriors’ biggest strength and weakness are ‘almost the same thing’

    • Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterDec 6, 2024, 08:00 AM ET

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    ONCE THE TEAM’S charter plane reached cruising altitude, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr and his staff huddled together in the coaches’ section located in the middle of the plane.

    Somewhere between the Phoenix desert and Denver’s Rocky Mountains on Monday afternoon, Kerr and his lieutenants crunched numbers, dissected combinations and settled on some lineup changes.

    But then Kerr got word that Draymond Green was going to be out for Tuesday’s game against the Denver Nuggets, just the latest jolt of turbulence to hit the slumping Warriors.

    “We made some decisions on the plane that went out the window with Draymond’s absence,” Kerr lamented.

    After starting the season 12-3 and looking like they were in cruise control with blowout wins in five of their first six victories, the Warriors suddenly dropped into a five-game losing slide before a much-needed win over the Houston Rockets on Thursday without Green and Stephen Curry.

    Until Thursday, Golden State had been unable to hold onto double-digit second-half leads, squandering a 17-point lead to the San Antonio Spurs, an 18-point lead to the Brooklyn Nets and an 11-point lead to the Nuggets. The Warriors also had to play two games without Curry and two games without Green due to injuries in their past four games.

    Two weeks ago, the Warriors were in sole possession of first place in the West. On Friday, they head into the first of consecutive meetings against the Minnesota Timberwolves (10 p.m. ET, ESPN) stuck in the Western Conference top 10.

    What had been a masterfully orchestrated 11-to-12-man rotation morphed into a 13-man log jam in Saturday’s loss to the Phoenix Suns. Kerr was left searching for any slump-busting lineups he could find, and wondered whether it was time to think about shortening his rotation.

    After using a 10-man rotation for the second straight game, the Warriors finally snapped the slide.

    “With everybody healthy, the strength of the team is the depth,” Kerr said before facing Houston on Thursday. “Hopefully we’ll prove this without Steph and Draymond — I think we’ll be able to get through stretches of injuries because we have so much depth on our roster.

    “[But] I think [our] weakness is almost the same thing. There’s very little clarity for me and the staff as to who we should play every night down the stretch. We probably have had different lineups closing the game for the last five games. So good and bad with that. But it does help when you get some separation and you know for sure kind of who your group is. We’re not sure what that means yet.”

    AS THE FINAL BUZZER blared in Denver after the Warriors fumbled an 11-point lead in the final 6:13, the typically calm Kerr was shouting expletives at Tyler Ford’s crew, who he believed missed Christian Braun signaling for a timeout after securing a loose ball with 1.9 seconds left, despite the Nuggets having no timeouts.

    But that’s not the only thing that has upset the zen of one of Phil Jackson’s most successful disciples. For the first time during the losing streak, Kerr let his frustrations show as the Warriors failed to close out another game, falling to 5-6 in clutch-time games this season. He loved the effort, but not the turnovers in the third quarter or the number of fouls.

    So the championship coach did something he rarely does in his postgame news conference — he criticized one of his favorite players, Brandin Podziemski. While Kerr told Podziemski all of this privately, the coach let it be known publicly that the second-year guard drew his ire over two poor turnovers, one of which was a lob attempt on a fast break in traffic that Kerr described as “frankly insane” and a couple of fouls on shooters, including one that gave Michael Porter Jr. three foul shots.

    “Pod’s a hell of a player,” Kerr said after the loss. “But he needs to be a smart player.”

    Kerr said he sees his players trying too hard sometimes. Not even Curry has been immune. Dealing with bilateral pain in his knees — a condition he admits is new and has kept him out of two of the past four games as the Warriors manage his health — the superstar missed a wide open left-handed driving layup at one point in Denver before finishing with 24 points, 11 assists and 7 rebounds.

    “I’m not going to try to find positives,” Curry said after the loss at Denver. “We’re all playing hard and all committed to trying to get out of this hole. We have a lot of great guys in the locker room. We have a lot of positive vibes, but nobody wants to sit and find positives [in the middle of] a losing streak.

    “It’s kind of just find a way to claw your way out. … We got to win.”

    A major part of the Warriors’ identity in their championship years, and this season, has been one of their mottos: Strength in numbers. Kerr has called this roster perhaps his deepest yet.

    Kerr has used Curry, Green, Andrew Wiggins, Podziemski, Jonathan Kuminga, Buddy Hield, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Kevon Looney, Kyle Anderson, Moses Moody, Gary Payton II and Lindy Waters III 12 minutes or more per game.

    The Warriors have 12 players — excluding De’Anthony Melton, who was lost for the season with a left ACL tear on Nov. 12 — who average 10 or more minutes this season and qualify for the minutes-per-game leaderboard. That would be tied for the most qualified players to average 10-plus minutes in a season since minutes were first tracked in 1951-52, according to ESPN Research.

    This season, there are 10 instances of a team playing at least 12 players for 10 or more minutes each. The Warriors account for half of those games.

    Championship teams like the 2001-02 Lakers and 2013-14 Spurs utilized 12-man rotations. So did the 2012-13 Spurs team that lost in the Finals.

    But 21 games into the season, Kerr is still trying to piece his 12-man puzzle together. His most used lineup is Curry, Green, Wiggins, Waters and Jackson-Davis, which is a plus-14 over 71 minutes together, according to ESPN Research. With Melton out for the season, Kerr has found success when Curry, Green, Wiggins and Hield share the floor. The four are plus-52.

    The other thing the Warriors can use is a hot Hield. One of the team’s key offseason acquisitions, Hield scored 20 or more points in six of his first seven games — all wins. He looked like the perfect replacement for Klay Thompson.

    But after scoring 20 in a win at Washington on Nov. 4, Hield did not reach 20 points in the next 14 games. He logged 16 minutes in two losses during the losing streak, his fewest minutes in a game since playing 14 minutes in the season-opening 36-point win over Portland.

    Kuminga and Moody, two key players for the Warriors’ future, have had to be patient at times with their minutes. During a four-game stretch in mid-November before Kuminga missed two games due to illness, the forward played fewer than 20 minutes in three consecutive games. The Warriors, though, went 3-1 during that four-game stretch.

    But Kuminga’s patience paid off this week. He played 29 minutes and a season-high 33 minutes, respectively, in the past two games. With Curry and Green out on Thursday, Kuminga had one of his best games, scoring a career-high 33 points, 14 coming in the fourth quarter. Kuminga delivered when the Warriors needed big baskets, scoring five of the points in the final 1:04 of a tight game.

    Kerr has said he has to find a way to get Kuminga more minutes, while also having to play Green and Looney.

    But the common thread is Curry, Green and Wiggins at the center of the lineup. The trio is a plus-89 in lineups on the floor this season. That is the best plus-minus for any Warriors trio this season.

    “Anytime you’re losing, you need to figure something out,” Green said after the Thunder beat the Warriors 105-101 in San Francisco when Curry was out with pain in his knees on Nov. 27. “I don’t think it’s a matter of something’s been lost. We know what our identity is as a team and you have to stay as close to that as possible throughout the course of an 82-game season.

    “You’re going to hit rough patches. … Nobody’s panicking.”

    EARLIER THIS SEASON, a friend texted Kerr after he saw how the coach was playing a 12-man rotation.

    “Hey, 12 guys, it’s a real democracy,” the friend texted.

    “As soon as we lose, it’s going to be communism,” Kerr texted back.

    As he was searching for any combinations he could find to help break the losing streak in Phoenix, Kerr ended up playing so many players, he lost count and initially thought he played 14 against old friend Kevin Durant and the Suns.

    It probably felt that way because Kerr used all 13 players available to him that night. He started Curry, Podziemski, Wiggins, Green and Jackson-Davis. And he subbed in Kuminga, Hield, Looney, Payton, Anderson, Moody, Waters and two-way player Pat Spencer, who logged eight minutes, four coming in the fourth quarter as Kerr looked for a spark.

    Curry even noted how unique it is to play so many guys.

    “We’ve come in with the strength in numbers philosophy and you want it to work and you want it to prove itself correct,” Curry said. “The only thing I’ll say is it is hard for anybody to know or try to get a rhythm and know what you’re going to be asked to do [with so many playing]. … We are a unique team.

    “Do we need to shorten it? We probably need to be a little bit more predictable on a night-to-night basis so guys can get a little bit of a rhythm that shortening one or two guys maybe.”

    This depth, however, has allowed Kerr to keep Curry’s minutes down to 30.2 per game — his fewest in a season outside of 2011-12 and 2019-20, when he played a total of 26 and five games, respectively, because of injuries. Green’s average minutes are at 28.5.

    Kerr has made it clear that he and the training staff will have to ensure they keep Curry and Green healthy and fresh.

    The deep rotation of fresh bodies also has allowed new defensive coordinator Jerry Stackhouse to blitz and double-team more. While the defense has struggled in fourth quarters during the losing streak, Stackhouse says whatever wrinkles opponents are successfully throwing at the Warriors defense are something they can study now and improve on for later in the season.

    “We know that it’s a long season,” Stackhouse told ESPN on Sunday. “We’re not discouraged about what has happened yet. Obviously it sucks, the San Antonio game, the Brooklyn game felt like those were winnable games for us. Maybe one thing here or there and we’re feeling a lot better than we’re feeling right now. But you got to feel the sting of losing [these consecutive games].”

    In Denver, Kerr played just 10 Warriors for the first time this season, leaving Waters, Spencer and Gui Santos on his bench while Green sat out due to left calf tightness. Kerr stuck with 10 again on Thursday — Waters and Santos sat — and the group rewarded him with the streak-busting win despite his stars sitting out. Kerr said the plan is for Curry to return against Minnesota on Friday. And he said it’s possible Green could be back as well.

    He needs his “stabilizing forces” back. Golden State is in a treacherous stretch that includes games against Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Denver, Houston, Minnesota and Memphis. And that doesn’t include the NBA Cup quarterfinal match against the Rockets on Wednesday, which would send them to Las Vegas for the semis if they win.

    Kerr would love to get back to playing 11 or 12 players. But first, he has to get the Warriors back to safe cruising altitude again.

    “I just feel like as a coach, you kind of know your team and where the vibe is and are you competing?” Kerr said before facing Houston. “Are the guys supporting each other? And the answer to that is yes, unequivocally, with our group. While we’ve hit this little stretch where we’ve lost games, we’re playing hard, we’re competing, we’ve given ourselves a chance to win. We just haven’t closed, so we got to get better with closing.

    “But big picture-wise, I love this team. I feel good about where we are.”

    ESPN Research’s Matt Williams contributed to this report.

  • 8 Food and Nutrition Trends for 2025, Predicted By The Experts

    2025 food trends | MyFitnessPal

    Food trends are constantly evolving, influenced by everything from new scientific research to cultural shifts. 

    Looking ahead to 2025, it’s clear that food and nutrition are becoming more personalized and health-focused than ever. 

    But which trends will shape our plates (and health) next year? 

    To answer that, we’ve consulted top dietitians and industry experts who live and breathe nutrition.

    Here’s what you need to know about the food and nutrition trends expected to dominate 2025.

    Food Trend 1: High-Fiber Diets   

    Are you getting enough fiber?  If not, you’re certainly not alone. In fact, only about 5% of Americans consume the recommended daily fiber intake (1).  But that may soon start to change.

    In 2024, the International Food Information Council’s (IFIC) annual Food and Health Survey found that 64% of respondents actively try to eat fiber (2). And, over 90% aim to get it from food (2).  

    Why It Will Trend:

    Dr. Danielle Belardo, a preventive cardiologist in California and scientific advisor for MyFitnessPal, says high-fiber diets are on the rise. She expects even more people to prioritize fiber-rich meals in 2025.

    A high-fiber diet features foods rich in dietary fiber, such as:

    • fruits 
    • vegetables 
    • whole grains 
    • legumes 
    • nuts and seeds.

    These foods support digestive health and promote overall well-being (3).

    In fact, “increasing evidence highlights how high-fiber diets can lower cholesterol, reduce risks of heart disease, diabetes, and even certain cancers,” Belardo says (20).

    She explains that “as this awareness grows, people are focusing on fiber to support long-term health.”

    What to Know:

    If you’re looking to increase your fiber intake, Belardo recommends you do so gradually to avoid digestive discomfort.

    She suggests tracking your intake with MyFitnessPal’s app. Then, if you’re not meeting daily goals, slowly increase fiber by about 3 grams per day or week, depending on your tolerance.

    Instead of relying on fiber supplements, consider including fiber-rich foods in each meal and snack.

    For example, try a high-fiber make-ahead breakfast, like chia pudding, a fiber-rich soup for lunch, and a dinner that includes legumes, roasted vegetables, or whole grains. 

    And don’t forget, “hydration is key as you increase fiber to support digestion,” Belardo highlighted.

    You can track your fluid intake in the MyFitnessPal app, too, making sure you hit your daily goals. 

    Fiber-rich foods infographic | MyFitnessPal

    Food Trend 2: Plant-Based Proteins 

    Move over animal protein—plants are proving they’ve got what it takes. Staples like lentils, tofu, and quinoa may dominate next year’s menus.

    Only 3% of respondents identified as “plant-based” in the 2024 IFIC survey (2). But plant-based eating patterns like the Mediterranean, DASH, flexitarian, vegetarian, and vegan made up another 18% (2). These healthy diets are likely to continue to trend in 2025.

    Why It Will Trend:

    Belardo noted that people are discovering the many plant protein sources, including:

    • legumes (like beans, lentils, and peas)
    • soybean products (like tofu, tempeh, and soy milk)
    • nuts and seeds
    • whole grains (like quinoa, brown rice, and oats)
    • seitan (made from wheat gluten) 
    • legume-based pastas 
    • nuts 
    • seeds 
    • textured vegetable protein
    • and vegetables

    “With growing interest in sustainable eating, the environment, and plant-based health benefits, people are realizing that they can meet their protein needs without animal products,” she says.

    What to Know:

    Belardo dispelled the long-standing myth that plant-based proteins must be combined to be effective (4).

    In reality, “there’s no need to worry about pairing proteins,” she says.

    Instead, she explains that “eating a variety of healthful plant protein sources over the day can provide all essential amino acids, and focusing on variety naturally covers protein needs without special planning.” 

    If you’re worried about your protein intake from plant-based foods, track your daily protein with the MyFitnessPal app. You can also use it to check which foods are the best plant protein sources and be more mindful about regularly incorporating them into your diet.

    Food Trend 3: Affordable Nutrition 

    With grocery prices expected to rise, though more slowly, in 2025, there’s a growing focus on eating well without breaking the bank (5).

    The 2024 IFIC survey found that, after taste, price was the second most important factor for 76% of consumers when buying food and drinks (2).

    Why It Will Trend:

    Erin Palinski-Wade, a dietitian and scientific advisor for MyFitnessPal, believes that “as food costs continue to skyrocket, the average consumer may struggle to purchase a variety of nutrient-dense foods.”

    So, she expects “an increase in consumers looking for budget-friendly foods that provide the most nutrition for the least amount of money (the best bang for their nutrition buck).”

    Palinkski-Wade says this may lead to a rise in the purchasing of budget-friendly foods such as:

    • Legumes like beans and lentils 
    • Frozen and canned produce 
    • Canned lean protein such as tuna and sardines

    She also suggests we’ll see a rise in recipes highlighting both nutrition and cost per serving.

    What to Know:

    Palinski-Wade empathizes with consumers, noting, “it can feel incredibly challenging to afford nutrient-dense foods for your entire family.”

    To help offset rising food costs, she recommends:

    • Minimizing food waste 
    • Shopping for in-season local produce 
    • Buying food in bulk 

    Canned and frozen foods are often cheaper and as nutritious as fresh options. But sometimes fresh foods like whole carrots or potatoes can be more affordable (6, 7). So, don’t assume fresh produce is always out of reach for budget-friendly options. 

    Cooking at home, rather than dining out, is also a cost-effective way to ensure you are getting the most nutrition for your money (5).  

    By meal prepping and planning ahead, you can save time and money on food expenses throughout the week. 

    Top 8 Food & Nutrition Predictions for 2025 | MyFitnessPal

    Food Trend 4: GLP-1 Friendly Foods

    GLP-1 medications, such as semaglutide (Ozempic), used for managing diabetes and weight loss, are increasing in popularity (8). These medications slow the digestive process, promote satiety, and decrease appetite (9).

    Why It Will Trend:

    “As more people use these medications, changes in appetite, portion size, and metabolism will lead to a need to make dietary adjustments,” says Palinski-Wade.

    She expects a higher priority on foods that are best for GLP-1 users.

    Generally, she says these are foods that can maximize nutrition in smaller quantities, such as: 

    • Quality protein sources 
    • Antioxidant-rich foods 
    • Fiber-rich foods

    “More attention will be spent on educating GLP-1 users of the need for balanced nutrition to prevent nutrient deficiencies and a negative impact on bone health and metabolism,” she noted.

    As part of this trend, Palinski-Wade also predicts “an increased demand for vitamin and nutrition supplements to support GLP-1 medications.”

    What to Know:

    “GLP-1 medications can be a wonderful tool to treat conditions from obesity to diabetes, but they are not without risk,” Palinski-Wade cautioned.

    She highlighted the need to carefully balance nutrition while using these medications. This may help minimize side effects and have impacts on metabolism, bone density, and overall nutritional status. 

    The MyFitnessPal app can support your GLP-1 journey in many ways, including helping you track your intake of essential vitamins and minerals.

    Additionally, MyFitnessPal offers a free GLP-1 nutrition plan in the app. Our scientific advisors, including Erin Palinski-Wade and Maya Feller, helped create it. 

    About the Experts:

    Kelsey Costa, MS, RDN is a registered dietitian and writer who offers impactful nutrition consulting services to leading health brands. She is an influential figure in nutrition science communication, promoting global public health and nutrition education.

    Danielle Belardo, MD, is a preventive cardiologist and the founder of Precision Preventive Cardiology, a multidisciplinary practice focusing on cardiovascular disease prevention, cardiometabolic health, and weight management. She is the chair of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Nutrition Committee.

    Erin Palinski-Wade RD, CDCES, specializes in helping her clients manage their blood sugar and Type 2 diabetes. She takes an additive approach to nutrition versus a restrictive one, and works with her clients to figure out how to give them more options so that the changes they make nutritionally are sustainable.

    Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN, focuses on the provision of culturally responsive medical nutrition therapy for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mood disorders, and disordered eating. She is author of Eating from Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites from Cultures Around the World.

    Food Trend 5: Continued Focus on Protein

    A high-protein diet stresses eating protein-rich foods. This diet is favored among athletes, those aiming to lose weight, and older adults preserving muscle mass.

    High-protein diets have surged in popularity in recent years and were identified as the most commonly followed diet (20%) in the 2024 IFIC survey (2).

    They are widely recognized for their role in promoting satiety and supporting metabolic health.

    Why It Will Trend:

    Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian in New York and scientific advisor for MyFitnessPal. She expects “an explosion of high-protein snack foods” and more marketing of high-protein whole foods and ingredients in 2025.

    She suspects this trend might be tied to the global increase in the use of weight loss medications like GLP-1s. 

    “For many, these cause rapid weight loss, and with rapid weight loss comes rapid loss of lean muscle mass,” she explains.

    So, Feller says, “a pattern of eating that is rich in protein becomes increasingly important as a tool to minimize the loss of lean muscle mass.”

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    What to Know:

    For those losing weight through diet and exercise, a higher protein intake may be beneficial. It may help maintain muscle while promoting healthy weight loss (10).

    But, “people should be aware that protein needs should be individualized,” Feller emphasized.

    “For example,” she says, “the baseline recommendation is .8 grams per kilogram of body weight for the average well person.” This is the minimum amount of protein needed to prevent muscle loss.  

    For athletes and those focused on weight loss, it’s recommended to consume about 1.2 to 2.0 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight (11). 

    However, our body can only absorb so much protein, and Feller cautioned against consuming too much protein.

    Additionally, the best carb-protein-fat ratios for weight loss and muscle gain are still being debated. They may differ based on individual goals and needs.

    For inspiration on starting a high-protein diet, try MyFitnessPal’s free high-protein diet plan in the app. 

    Food Trend 6: Personalized Nutrition 

    Digital health tech, especially AI-based wearables and real-time metabolic trackers like continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), are becoming more mainstream (12).

    These tools enable the monitoring and tracking of individual diets and responses to food, paving the way for highly customized nutrition plans.

    Why It Will Trend:

    Feller explains, “We finally know that one size does not fit all, so the public is looking for ways to harness their own knowledge and apply it to their health. Enter trackers. “

    “The desire to utilize everything from food logs to wearables that provide real-time data about heart rate variability, sleep patterns, blood sugar, and metabolism will boom,” she continued.

    She thinks that people crave health insights and want greater control over their health outcomes.

    “Many of my patients are tired of a healthcare system that does not look at them as individuals, but rather as cogs in a system,” Feller stated.

    What to Know:

    Feller says that “tracking and wearables are fantastic tools that can provide real-time data and deepen knowledge.”

    She noted that this info can help be shared with a health provider to find patterns and make custom recommendations. 

    But, the data is only as good as what you do with it. It’s important to act on the data collected, working with your health care provider. Use it to improve your nutrition and health, not just track it.

    For example, if your CGM shows consistently high blood sugar levels after eating certain foods, it may be time to adjust your diet. 

    Feller encourages “everyone to become familiar with their own body and its needs and use the findings to advocate for what they need in healthcare situations.” 

    Food Trend 7: Intermittent Fasting 

    Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern where you cycle between periods of eating and fasting. Among the most common methods is 16:8, which involves fasting for 16 hours overnight and eating during an 8-hour window. 

    In the IFIC survey, intermittent fasting rose in popularity from 12% in 2023 to 13% in 2024 popularity (2, 13). 

    This makes it one of the most popular diets in the United States, and I predict it will continue to be a mega-trend in 2025. 

    Why It Will Trend:

    Intermittent fasting has been the focus of hundreds of studies. It has gained attention for its potential benefits beyond weight loss.

    Research suggests intermittent fasting may benefit adults with overweight or obesity. It may help reduce waist size and body fat, improve cholesterol, blood pressure, and insulin levels, and support lean body mass (14). 

    The exact mechanisms are uncertain. But, these benefits may stem from fasting’s ability to stimulate autophagy, the body’s natural cellular repair process (15). Fasting may also positively influence the gut microbiome (16). 

    Fasting has also been part of cultural and religious practices for centuries (17).

    What to Know:

    There are several methods of intermittent fasting to choose from, so it’s important to find the best fasting window for you. 

    With the rise of technology, mobile apps and online communities have made it even easier for individuals to stick to their intermittent fasting plans.

    The MyFitnessPal app, for example, features an intermittent fasting tracker that allows you to set your fasting windows and track your daily progress.  

    As always, consult a health professional before starting a fasting regimen if you have health conditions, take medications with food, or have any history of disordered eating.

    What to Eat for Intermittent Fasting | MyFitnessPal

    Food Trend 8: Eating for a Healthy Gut Microbiome

    The gut microbiome comprises trillions of tiny organisms like bacteria and fungi.

    As science advances and interest in holistic health grows, I predict that, in 2025, eating for a healthy gut microbiome will be a key nutrition trend. 

    Why it Will Trend:

    Caring for our gut’s living community has benefits beyond digestion. It is reshaping our understanding of health and disease.

    Researchers are deeply focused on this area of study. They are finding new links between our gut microbiome and our well-being (18), including:

    • Mental health
    • Immunity
    • Inflammation
    • Chronic disease
    • Body weight  

    We’ve already seen this trend taking shape in recent years, with the market flooded with probiotic foods and drinks, like fiber-enriched sodas, touting gut health benefits.

    What to Know:

    The type, variety, and quality of the food we eat play a big role in shaping our gut microbiome (19). 

    For example, studies suggest that eating protein may improve the variety of gut bacteria, often a sign of a healthy microbiome (19). On the other hand, high-fat diets may reduce healthy bacteria (19). 

    So, understanding how diet affects gut bacteria is important for our well-being.

    While research on the gut microbiome is still emerging, here are key tips to keep in mind for a healthy gut microbiome:

    • Consume a diverse range of fiber-rich, plant-based foods
    • Enjoy fermented foods like unsweetened yogurt, kimchi, and sauerkraut
    • Eat prebiotic-rich foods like garlic, onions, and bananas 
    • Limit or avoid alcohol consumption
    • Limit or avoid highly processed and sugary foods

    Looking Ahead

    The eight nutrition trends outlined above highlight the growing intersection of science, wellness, and mindful eating in shaping our future health.

    Not all nutrition trends are healthy, especially when they’re coming from social media influences. But, following upcoming focus areas from qualified experts is usually a safe bet.

    These nutrition trends, such as prioritizing gut health, increasing fiber and protein intake, or using new technologies, can be beneficial.

    Staying informed about these and other health-promoting practices can empower you to make healthy and impactful choices in the new year.

    How MyFitnessPal Can Help

    When you log what you eat and drink in the MyFitnessPal app, you unlock nutrition information—think: calories, and grams of sugar and fat. This can help you pinpoint eating habits that may impact your progress toward nutrition and weight management goals.

    With one of the largest food databases (over 20.5 million foods!), logging food and reviewing nutritional values is as easy as a few taps.

    Whether your cooking at home or eating at your fave restaurants, MyFitnessPal can help.

    Download MyFitnessPal for free today!

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  • Surgeons Are Sharing Their Wildest “Oh, Crap!” Moments From The Job, And I’m Too Stunned To Speak

    We’ve all had things go wrong at work. No matter what industry you work in or what title you have, we’ve all experienced our fair share of “oh crap” moments.

    Person in a black outfit dramatically rolls eyes and spins away on a concrete background

    Luckily, most of us aren’t doing open heart surgery, so the stakes aren’t as high.

    Man in a suit speaking on the phone says, "I've made a huge mistake," with a concerned expression

    Although, that may make you wonder…do surgeons ever have those panic-inducing moments on the job?

    Cartoon character with an anesthesia mask says, "Uh-oh, this isn't anesthetic. It's new car smell."

    Well, the answer is yes, and the evidence is right here in this Reddit thread. Dozens of medical professionals shared stories about their “oh crap moments,” and it might have you lost for words:

    1.“I was doing a corneal transplant when I had the ‘oh shit’ moment. During surgery, I cut off the patient’s own cornea and replaced it with a new donor cornea. During that moment when the host cornea was off, but before I could get the new one on, there was literally nothing on the front of the eye except a tear film and aqueous humor. Anyway, the patient takes that moment to start vomiting.”

    “The reason we tell everyone to skip food and drink is so they don’t aspirate in case they throw up. This patient lied about eating breakfast and started throwing up everything. The eye is still an ‘open sky’ at this time. Everything inside of the eye can now become outside of the eye. And she’s bucking and vomiting.

    Those not in the know will say this is not good. Those really in the know will say, ‘Oh shit.’

    Anyway, I had to grab the new cornea and start stitching as fast as I could on a patient actively throwing up. I use 10-0 nylon sutures which are thinner than an eyelash. It turned out okay but not great.

    Don’t lie about eating breakfast before surgery, folks.”

    —seeing_red415

    2.“The oh shit I’ve seen was stuff during transplants.”

    Surgeons in operating room performing surgery under bright surgical lights, wearing masks and green scrubs, focused on the procedure

    “There are these things called lifeports that are used for kidneys; they allow fluid to circulate during transport from the donor to the recipient. One surgeon I was working with dropped a kidney inside the lifeport on the ground and it cracked and skidded along the ground. The kidney was ok, though. Another surgeon just couldn’t get it to open and was getting frustrated and asked for a mallet: he was going to bash it to try to open it.”

    —raftsa

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    3.“When I was a new RN working the ICU in a large teaching hospital, I came into work one morning to a patient that was admitted that night, intubated (breathing tube in), sedated, Foley catheter (tube in pee pee hole) and all. Long story short, he was extubated (breathing tube out) that same shift and was completely alert and oriented.”

    “Now, the catheter bag had been empty my whole shift, which is norma,l seeing as how he didn’t make urine anymore, and this hospital had a nurse-driven Foley removal policy, meaning while we needed a doctor’s order to insert one, we could remove one at our discretion unless a doctor specifically put in orders not to. This patient had no such doctor’s order, so I went to remove the catheter. They are held in the bladder by a balloon on the end that is inflated with 10ml of saline. I deinflated the balloon removing 10ml of saline, and pulled it out.

    As soon as the catheter left his penis, blood started pouring out in a heavy stream. Turns out the nurse who placed it on admission hadn’t advanced it far enough since there was no urine production to indicate correct placement and had inflated the balloon while still in his urethra, causing trauma.

    It would not stop bleeding. I had to hold this man’s penis ‘shut’ to put pressure on it while my coworker paged the resident who came and looked at me with pity as he told me to just keep holding this 30-something-year-old man’s penis In my hands to staunch the blood flow until urology could get there to assess. It just kept gushing blood every time I eased up to check. For over an hour total I held this mans penis and tried to make polite conversation until the urologist arrived.”

    —shanbie_

    4.“Not a surgeon, but was working in obstetric theatre in the UK mid-heatwave last year. This is important as maternity wards are kept quite warm as newborn babies aren’t good at regulating their temperatures. Combine this with a heatwave and the fact that in Britain, we’re not exactly used to high temperatures, and we have the perfect storm.”

    “Mid-emergency cesarean, the scrub nurse assisting the op starts feeling faint. This is unusual as this scrub nurse worked in these theatres full time so this was her bread and butter, so I can only conclude it was the heat. She has to step out, so the SHO takes her place, assisting the obs registrar with the section. This SHO looked extremely junior, as in the first C-section ever. And they were trying to assist with the instruments in the uterus when they fainted. I had to jump in and grab the back of their theatre gown to stop them from faceplanting the open uterus, and then sort of gently tug backward to let them fall into me when someone else took over assisting.

    This SHO was not exactly small. Thank God the baby was already out.”

    —Dawn-of-Ilithyia

    5.“Fifth-year resident here. There are lots of bad ‘Oh shit’ moments throughout training, such as necrotizing soft tissue infections or takebacks for bad complications or deaths during cases. However, I’d like to share a recent positive ‘Oh shit’ moment.”

    “15cm kidney tumor with thrombus into the vena cava. Big incision, great exposure of the vasculature and the tumor. My attending and I are dancing around the aorta and vena cava. We are able to feel the tumor thrombus in the IVC. I was expecting that we’d need to cut and clamp the vena cava to get all the cancer out. But my attending literally squeezes the tumor out of the vena cava back into the renal vein and then has me tie the renal vein off so the tumor doesn’t slip back into the vena cava.

    Patient went home in like 4 days, margins were negative, and is still doing great.

    The first time I felt like, ‘Oh shit. I’m a surgeon.’”

    —wenkebach

    6.“Surgeon here. I’ve dealt with loads of morbid stuff, but one thing that made me stop and go ‘oh shit’ was a conversation with a young patient who had a perforated colon from diverticular disease, which is a common wear and tear of the colon.”

    Surgeons wearing scrubs and masks perform a medical procedure in an operating room

    “He was one of youngest patients I had seen with this condition and certainly the youngest with a perforation so bad as to require an operation. When I was counseling him on the operation, which involves removing the perforated part of the colon and giving him a colostomy, he told me his biggest concern was how he was going to have anal sex with his same-sex partner. He would only have a small stump of rectum left inside, which would be at risk of perforation with any force applied to it.

    It made me really think about the implications of the surgery we do. The operation is the easy part!”

    —andrewkd

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    7.“I was the patient.”

    “I had a liver transplant and was having an ERCP done to place a new bile duct stent. Well, apparently, my anatomy is different than normal, and my lungs go more down my sides. So he accidentally caused a nick, which caused a hemothorax. So when I woke up I couldn’t breathe, they did an x-ray and had to do a chest tube. Eventually, I was so exhausted I asked to be vented, so he vented me. Apparently, he cried. He felt so bad about it all.

    But it wasn’t him being malicious or negligent; it was simply an accident.”—greffedufois

    8.“Not a surgeon, thought I’d share this though.”

    “Husband went in for a routine colonoscopy, and as they were prepping him, anesthetist asks him if he’s a ginger. My husband tells him yeah. When he was a kid growing up, he had fire-engine red hair, though it’s faded to a more strawberry blonde now. The anesthetist laughs and says, okay, I gotcha, we’ll give you the redhead dosage and winks.

    Well, my husband thinks it’s funny until he wakes up at the tail end of the procedure (pun intended), and doctors are just chattin’ it up, and what have you. Turns out it’s not a joke and redheads have some type of natural block to anesthesia. The dude had given him the allowable dosage, and he still woke up.

    Happened a couple of years later. They gave him ketamine and some other shit to knock him out to get wisdom teeth out when he told the dentist about the colonoscopy thing. He still woke up at the end of that one, too.”–Berty_Qwerty

    9.“My grandfather told a story about a clamp coming off an artery while he was pulling a kidney in rural Wyoming in the early 50s.”

    “The abdominal cavity was quickly filling with blood, and the nurse fainted. He was able to push down with his elbow on the descending aorta and got the clamp back on. The patient lived, but I think he chose his surgical assistants a little more carefully after that.”

    —Spam-Monkey

    10.“Not a surgeon. I’m a hospitalist physician. Happened at my hospital- a mentally ill young woman, who was pregnant at the time, was in denial, locked herself into her room when she realized the contractions were coming.”

    “She basically didn’t push, and the baby didn’t come naturally. Her family called 911 because of the smell. The ER realized her baby had died inside her and was basically rotting due to the smell. She was taken to the OR to remove the baby, and apparently, all the nurses and surgeons were vomiting because once they opened her up, the smell was overpowering, and it was traumatizing to see a rotting baby.”

    —TheSunscreenLife

    11.“I work in cardiovascular, and I can think of a couple. Over my 8-year career, I’ve had three patients start moving their arms in the middle of open heart surgery; one of them even tried to sit up (the surgeon was pushing the patients’ shoulders down and yelling to anesthesia to ‘give the patient something’).”

    Surgeons and medical staff perform surgery in an operating room with overhead lights

    12.“Not me, but my uncle—he’s a respirologist and was supervising/sitting in on lung surgery to remove a tumor. Turns out the tumor was a rootball—some type of seed had gotten into the patient’s lungs and started to grow.”

    —NoHartAnthony

    13.“I had an ingrown toenail. It was supposed to be a quick fix. I was 14 and had my mom with me. They let an apprentice do the surgery, and he goes, ‘Oh shit.’ The doctor in charge just laughed and said, ‘No risk, No fun.’ Turns out they fucked up my toe, and I had to have four more surgeries to correct it. I cried.”

    —misterpapabear

    14.“During my third year of medical school, I was stitching up the wound after breast cancer surgery, and the anesthesiology nurse woke the patient too early as I was making my last stitch, and I felt the patient moving her arm and trying to sit up. The patient was still covered in surgery draping and cables and still intubated. Luckily most people do not remember much from the first moments after waking up but I got quite nervous from the patient starting to move.”

    —Ankuzi

    15.“Just an RN here. I was working in the ER and had a patient brought in by her husband.”

    “Apparently the woman had a fall a week prior and injured her face but refused medical care. Her husband finally forced her to come in. As soon as I see the wound on her face (from across the room) I think, ‘that does not look like any wound I’ve seen.’ I approached her and realized maggots had infested the wound and were eating the rotting skin. A really simple and quick fix but I cant imagine her living conditions.”

    —Whahappon2020

    16.“Not a surgeon but when I was in nursing school I was observing a tonsillectomy when the power went out.”

    “Everything switched over to the backup generators except for the suction which is incredibly important for any surgery but particularly in the throat (aspiration risk). They ended up having to connect a giant syringe to a length of suction tubing to suction manually while someone went to the other side of the building to find portable suction. Luckily ours was the only theatre that had started operating that morning!”

    —godricspaw

    17.“Not mine, but my father’s. He told me this back when I was 10, so I’m sorry if it doesn’t fully make sense. He had a 21-year-old patient who needed to have a penectomy. He had cancer of the penis.”

    Surgical team in an operating room, standing over a patient. A sterile tray with surgical instruments is in the foreground

    “There were two ‘Oh Shit’ Moments for this. The first is a common thing. He wasn’t fully asleep. The second, however, is funny and humiliating. They are about to start the surgery.

    Suddenly, one of the nurses that was there suddenly threw up and left. A test later, and boom! She got knocked up! Halfway through the surgery, the other nurse leaves for a call about her father. My dad’s [nurse] was just standing there, a half-gone penis in his hand. He calls for help and is standing there, a guy’s penis in his hand for thirty minutes.”

    —EverydayImASnake

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    18.“We operated on the carotids of a patient, like a gaping hole in his neck, when the patient woke up. The easy fix was shouting at the anesthesiologist… who wasn’t there. Had to hold down the head with my elbow so he wouldn’t move too much and hurt/kill himself.”

    —Vulsruser

    19.“When I was a nursing student, I was on theatre prac. We had a guy in who needed humerus and elbow repair.”

    “I was pretty useless in everything but emotional support (as I wasn’t qualified), so was chatting to him before he went under. He admitted to having a (un)healthy meth habit. I informed the surgeon, who shrugged it off. Apparently, I should have told the anesthetist because this dude woke up mid-surgery and was trying to reach for his open arm that the surgeon was working on. Super ‘Oh shit’ moment as we scramble to contain this guy’s arm and stop it from touching anything sterile.”—NecessaryFlamingo

    20.“Not a surgeon but a biomedical scientist.”

    “My office mate had his MD and was working on his PhD. He did an appendectomy and cut into this person’s abdomen, only to find no appendix, and he started freaking out. The support nurses in the room started snickering at him because they knew right away what it was. Occasionally, they see someone with a rare genetic disorder in which all their left-right asymmetries are reversed. The appendix was on the other side.”

    —SatanScotty

    21.“Orthopedic surgeon here. Mostly do joint replacements.”

    “Having a unit of blood run down my leg while doing CPR on a patient in the trauma bay. The connector between the blood bag and the patient’s IV came loose, and no one noticed until it had basically emptied all down my leg. Mostly just felt cold. But I had to walk through the main lobby of the hospital, covered in blood, past patients, and families to get to my call room. Threw away my underwear and socks and did the rest of the 24 hr shift commando.”

    —jmartino2011

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    Note: Some responses have been edited for clarity/length.

  • Americanii care „pur și simplu nu pot simți simpatie” pentru șeful din domeniul sănătății uciși în stradă

    Cu doi ani înainte ca Brian Thompson să fie împușcat mort pe străzile din New York, o postare a directorilor de asigurări de sănătate a primit o serie de răspunsuri angoase și furioase.

    „A face îngrijirea sănătății mai accesibilă înseamnă mai mulți bani în buzunarele oamenilor”, a scris Thompson, directorul executiv al unității de asigurări a UnitedHealth Group, pe LinkedIn. „Acesta este mai important decât oricând acum. Reducerea prețurilor la medicamente și îmbunătățirea transparenței prețurilor sunt două moduri în care lucrăm pentru a reduce costurile pentru membrii UnitedHealthcare.”

    Sub postare, puțini erau cei care lăudau sentimentul. „Sunt curios, bani în buzunarele cui?” a scris un utilizator. „Se pare că membrii nu sunt beneficiarii principali atunci când raportul dintre CEO și salariul mediu al angajaților este de 30:1 și veniturile cresc cu peste 10% într-un an.”

    O altă persoană a vorbit despre modul în care planul de asistență medicală al mamei sale în vârstă de 86 de ani a fost reziliat fără notificare.

    „Fă-ți mai bine”, a spus o femeie care a spus că a fost diagnosticată cu cancer în stadiul patru, dar a fost forțată să-și pună capăt asigurării după ce UnitedHealth i-a refuzat medicamentele. „În fiecare lună există un motiv diferit pentru refuz. Începând de astăzi, ne-am depășit cu mult maximul din buzunar pentru anul, după ce am cheltuit cu mult peste 20.000 USD [£16,000]. De când suntem în 60 de ani – nu avem timp să recuperăm asta.”

    Acum, uciderea lui Thompson din mâna unui asasin mascat a declanșat un nou torent de furie publică în SUA cu privire la starea sistemului de sănătate al țării.

    O imagine a individului căutat în legătură cu ancheta morții prin împușcare a lui Brian Thompson

    Există speculații că motivul din spatele uciderii lui Brian Thompson este legat de munca sa la UnitedHealthcare – NYPD News/Handout via Reuters

    Pentru unii, simpatia pare să fie insuficientă. La câteva ore de la ucidere, au apărut videoclipuri online în care asistentele și pacienții au postat povești de groază despre când au avut de-a face cu asigurătorii de sănătate. Sub un videoclip pe CNN cu împușcătura, un comentator a spus: „Gânduri și deductibile pentru familie. Din păcate, condoleanțele mele sunt în afara rețelei.”

    O vânătoare de oameni este încă în desfășurare pentru atacatorul din atacul lui Thompson și motivul lor este necunoscut. Cu toate acestea, au crescut speculații că el a fost vizat din cauza muncii sale în industria asigurărilor de sănătate. Vorbind cu reporterii săptămâna aceasta, soția înstrăinată a lui Thompson a sugerat că el a fost victima amenințărilor în trecut. Ea a spus că acestea ar fi putut fi peste „acoperirea” asistenței medicale.

    Dovezile descoperite joi nu fac decât să alimenteze teoria conform căreia munca lui Thompson a jucat un rol în atac. Oamenii legii au dezvăluit că la locul crimei au fost găsite carcase de obuze, marcate cu cuvintele „nega”, „apără” și „destituie”.

    Unii au sugerat că aceasta ar putea fi o referire la tacticile folosite de asigurători pentru a evita plata daunelor către pacienți, cu o carte publicată în 2010, intitulată Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.

    În carte, autorul Jay Feinman scrie: „Toate companiile de asigurări au un stimulent pentru a-și dăltui clienții pentru a crește profiturile”.

    Frustrarea față de starea sistemului de sănătate din SUA s-a acumulat de ani de zile. Vorbind în aprilie, senatorul democrat Bernie Sanders a spus: „Este un sistem care nu este conceput să ofere îngrijire medicală tuturor oamenilor într-un mod rentabil. Este un sistem conceput pentru a obține profituri uriașe pentru companiile de asigurări, companiile de medicamente și multe alte industrii din cadrul sistemului.” El a susținut că acest sistem a fost „total rupt”.

    Asigurătorii susțin că producătorii de medicamente sunt cei care obțin profituri, nu ei. Cu toate acestea, există probleme clare în joc. În America, 85 de milioane de oameni sunt fie neasigurați, fie subasigurați. Pentru cei care plătesc pentru asigurare, aceasta este o parte semnificativă din pachetul lor de salariu.

    Până în 2022, asigurările de sănătate erau pe locul doi după salarii ca parte a compensației angajaților, cu 7,9% din pachetul lor de salariu. Costurile planurilor de asigurări de sănătate de familie oferite prin angajatori au crescut doar de atunci, cu 7% în acest an, până la 25.572 USD.

    Mulți dintre cei care sunt acoperiți susțin că sunt suprataxați pentru servicii despre care credeau că ar trebui acoperite de asigurarea lor.

    Cercetările efectuate de Commonwealth Fund la începutul acestui an au constatat că mai mult de doi din cinci adulți în vârstă de muncă au primit o factură sau li s-a perceput o co-plată – o sumă fixă ​​pe care trebuie să o plătească pacienții înainte ca asigurătorii să ofere acoperire – pentru un serviciu de îngrijire a sănătății despre care credeau ei. ar fi trebuit acoperit de asigurare.

    A dus la un resentiment tot mai mare față de asigurătorii de sănătate. Potrivit unui sondaj de la Gallup, mai puțin de o treime dintre americani au o viziune pozitivă asupra industriei sănătății. Doar petrolul și gazele, guvernul federal și companiile de droguri au ieșit mai rău.

    O plângere specială a celor care au de-a face cu asigurătorii au fost „ratele de refuz”. Deși companiile nu sunt obligate să publice cât de des neagă afirmațiile, studiile oficiale au susținut că problema este semnificativă.

    O investigație a comisiei Senatului la începutul acestui an a susținut că cele mai mari trei companii din spațiu – UnitedHealthcare, Humana și CVS – au refuzat toate îngrijirea medicală persoanelor care au suferit căderi și accidente vasculare cerebrale. Acesta a acuzat UnitedHealthcare că a respins cererile de șederi de asistență medicală de trei ori mai des decât a făcut-o pentru alte servicii. Companiile au infirmat raportul.

    Deocamdată, tot ce pot face directorii de la UnitedHealthcare este să-și plângă colegul. Andrew Witty, directorul executiv al companiei-mamă UnitedHealth Group, a declarat că cazul a fost o „tragedie îngrozitoare”.

    „Inimile noastre sunt alături de familia lui, în special de mama lui, de soția lui Paulie, de fratele său și de cei doi băieți ai săi, care și-au pierdut un tată astăzi”, a spus el.

    Cu toate acestea, nu toată lumea poate aprecia tragedia umană a cazului. După cum a spus o asistentă de pe TikTok: „Nu pot simți simpatie pentru el din cauza tuturor acelor pacienți și a familiilor lor.”

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  • Noul jucător al lui Bengals, Cade York, va împărtăși pe margine cu iubita majoretei Cowboys la „MNF”

    Noul Cincinnati Bengals Kicker va împărți marginea cu iubita lui în următoarea seară de luni.

    Cade York a fost semnat la echipa de antrenament miercuri, după ce veteranul Evan McPherson a fost plasat în rezervă pentru accidentați cu o accidentare inghinală. York, care a jucat alături Joe Burrow și Ja'Marr Chase la LSU, când Tigrii au câștigat campionatul național în 2019, își vor face debutul pentru echipă luni seară împotriva lui Dallas Cowboys.

    Cade York începe

    Washington Commanders îl plasează pe kicker Cade York, numărul 3, împotriva echipei Tampa Bay Buccaneers în al treilea trimestru, pe Stadionul Raymond James, pe 8 septembrie 2024. (Imagini Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagini)

    Cu toate acestea, există o altă față cunoscută cu care va împărți terenul.

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    „Iubita mea este de fapt o majoretă pentru Cowboys”, a spus York reporterilor joi în vestiar.

    „Ea s-a botezat duminica asta. Așa că a fost grozav să fac asta și toți coechipierii ei au trebuit să vină să privească și, la propriu, a doua zi primesc un telefon că mă voi antrena pentru Bengali și ei” jucam luni.

    Cade York Zoe Dale

    Zoe Dale este majoreta de la Dallas Cowboys din iulie 2023, potrivit Instagram-ului ei. (Zoe Dale prin Instagram)

    „Am spus: „Ei bine, Zoe, ne vedem acasă indiferent de situație”. Deci da, este destul de tare.”

    Potrivit Instagram-ului ei, Zoe Dale a fost un Dallas Cowboys majorete din iulie 2023.

    JOE BURROW ÎNTREBĂ CÂND ÎNTREBAT DESPRE CUMPĂRÂREA DE BATMOBILE DE 3 MILIOANE DE USD: „NU ȘTIU DESPRE CE VORBIȚI”

    „Sunt atât de incredibil de umilită să anunț că sunt majorete de la Dallas Cowboys”, a scris ea într-o postare la acea vreme. „Vă mulțumesc tuturor celor care m-au ajutat, încurajat și susținut pe parcursul acestei călătorii. Sunt binecuvântat să fac parte dintr-o organizație atât de prestigioasă care reține o istorie atât de emblematică.

    „Fără sprijinul familiei mele, al prietenilor și al Domnului, nu aș fi reușit să realizez acest lucru de unul singur. Sunt atât de recunoscător pentru ceea ce a oferit Dumnezeu și pentru femeile pe care le-a adus în viața mea. Vă mulțumesc pentru nenumăratele rugăciuni, gânduri și dragoste din timpul acestui proces.”

    York, care a jucat ultima dată în acest sezon pentru Comandanti de la Washington în Săptămâna 1, a spus, în ciuda loialității ei față de organizația Cowboys, „Va aplauda pentru mine”.

    Cade York punct în plus

    Kickerul de la Cleveland Browns, Cade York, numărul 36, urmărește punctul său în plus trecând prin montanti în timpul celei de-a doua reprize a unui meci de fotbal de presezon al NFL, pe stadionul Cleveland Browns, sâmbătă, 10 august 2024, în Cleveland. (IMAGINĂ)

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    “Ea mi-a spus deja al doilea trimestru și al patrulea trimestru este atunci când este de partea vizitatorilor. Va trebui să-i strec câteva zâmbete”, a adăugat York zâmbind.

    York, 23 de ani, a fost schimbat la Commanders în august, dar a fost eliminat după ce a ratat două goluri de teren în înfrângerea de deschidere a sezonului Washingtonului în fața Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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  • Sub atacul unor bande din Haiti, o misiune condusă de Kenya ripostează

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Un vehicul blindat care transporta poliția kenyană zbârnâie prin capitala Haitiului cu o fereastră spartă în care un glonț de mare calibru nu a reușit să o pătrundă, un semn permanent de violență cu care se confruntă ofițerii aproape zilnic în Port-au- Prinţ.

    Kenianii, care au fost dislocați în Haiti la începutul acestui an pentru a ajuta la înăbușirea violenței bandelor, s-au confruntat cu atacuri necruțătoare.

    Joi, focuri de armă au izbucnit în Port-au-Prince, în timp ce ofițerii kenyeni au respins bandele puternic armate care conduc 85% din oraș și luptă pentru a prelua controlul deplin.

    Știri de încredere și delicii zilnice, chiar în căsuța dvs. de e-mail

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    Kenianii, alături de ofițeri haitiani, s-au ghemuit în spatele sacilor de nisip și a unui zid de beton la fostele birouri ale Poliției Naționale pe care autoritățile au fost forțate să le abandoneze în ultimii ani de bandele invadatoare. Gloanțele au șuierat în timp ce poliția își ținea capul jos și întoarse focul.

    „Zilele sunt numărate pentru bande”, a declarat Godfrey Otunge, comandantul misiunii susținute de Națiunile Unite, condusă de Kenya, pentru Associated Press. „Fie te predai… ori venim noi după tine.”

    Poliția se confruntă cu o sarcină descurajantă. Peste 4.500 de persoane au fost ucise în Haiti până în acest an, iar alte 2.060 au fost rănite, potrivit ONU.

    Violența bandelor a deplasat, de asemenea, aproximativ 700.000 de persoane în ultimii ani, deoarece bărbații înarmați ard și jefuiesc comunitățile într-un efort de a controla mai mult teritoriu.

    Un număr tot mai mare de oameni au criticat misiunea condusă de Kenian, observând că poliția nu a preluat controlul fortăților bandelor și nici nu a arestat niciun lider de bande.

    În patrulare în vehiculul lor puternic blindat, una dintre ferestrele sale anterior avariate de o lovitură de gloanțe, poliția a răspuns focul, cu fum care se ridica din armele lor automate.

    Vehiculul a trecut greoi pe lângă mașini carbonizate, blocaje improvizate și corpul unei persoane a murit ars, craniul străpungând o anvelopă arsă.

    Numai săptămâna trecută, aproximativ 42.000 de persoane au rămas fără adăpost, jumătate dintre ei copii, potrivit UNICEF, agenția ONU pentru copii.

    Se estimează că șase milioane de oameni, inclusiv 3,3 milioane de copii, vor avea nevoie de ajutor umanitar anul viitor, a spus agenția.

    Violența bandelor s-a agravat luna trecută, deoarece Statele Unite și alte țări au făcut eforturi pentru o misiune de menținere a păcii ONU, observând că actuala misiune condusă de Kenya nu are resurse și finanțare.

  • Un Assad „slăbit” este mai bun decât jihadiștii de la granița cu Israel

    În timp ce grupările fragmentate de opoziție din Siria își continuă ofensiva împotriva forțelor lui Bashar al-Assad, Israelul monitorizează îndeaproape situația dincolo de granița sa.

    Vineri, avioanele de luptă israeliene au atacat rutele Hezbollah de contrabandă cu arme situate în apropierea graniței sirio-libaneze și au anunțat o întărire a forțelor aeriene și terestre în zona Înălțimilor Golan din cauza „conflictului intern” din Siria.

    „Trupele IDF sunt desfășurate de-a lungul graniței, iar IDF monitorizează evoluțiile și sunt pregătite pentru toate scenariile, ofensive și defensive deopotrivă. IDF nu va tolera amenințările din apropierea graniței israeliene și va contracara orice amenințare împotriva Israelului”, a spus IDF.

    Assad a fost un ghimpe în ochiul Israelului de zeci de ani, permițând Iranului să se întărească în Siria și oferind o rută de contrabandă pentru arme către Hezbollah din Liban.

    Forțele anti-regim răsturnează capul unei statui lui Assad din Hama

    Forțele anti-regim răsturnează capul unei statui lui Assad din Hama – Muhammed Haj Kadour/AFP

    Israelul a efectuat mii de lovituri aeriene împotriva convoaielor de arme, precum și a Hezbollah-ului și a altor miliții afiliate iranienilor în Siria din 2017. Hamas a operat și din Siria în timpul războiului din 7 octombrie, trăgând cu rachete în Israel.

    Benjamin Netanyahu, premierul israelian, l-a avertizat pe Assad luna trecută că „se joacă cu focul”, permițând Siriei să se transforme într-o rampă de lansare pentru atacurile împotriva Israelului.

    Dar alternativa la Assad nu este neapărat o veste bună pentru Israel. Ofensiva împotriva armatei siriene este condusă de Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), un grup islamist radical cu rădăcini în Al-Qaeda.

    Rebelii sirieni sărbătoresc capturarea orașului din centrul-vestul Hama

    Rebelii sirieni sărbătoresc capturarea orașului din centrul-vestul Hama – Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP

    Gideon Sa'ar, ministrul de externe, a precizat pe cine sprijină Israelul: „Aliații noștri în acest caz sunt minoritățile. Trebuie să ne uităm la interesele minorității kurde, care este relativ prietenoasă cu Israelul, și să vedem care sunt dorințele acesteia.”

    Domnul Sa'ar a spus că este greu de imaginat Siria menținându-și suveranitatea actuală, dar că, cel mai probabil, țara va fi împărțită în federații formate din minorități, cum ar fi kurzi și druzi.

    Dar ministrul de externe nu a abordat amenințarea din partea grupărilor islamiste radicale precum HTS, care are aproximativ 30.000 de luptători. Ei, împreună cu alte grupuri de opoziție, au preluat controlul orașelor cheie precum Alep și Hama și sunt acum în drum spre Homs.

    Dacă armata siriană se prăbușește, HTS și alte grupuri ar putea prelua controlul asupra sudului Siriei, reprezentând o amenințare directă pentru Israel. Acest lucru a determinat Israelul să avertizeze grupurile de opoziție să stea departe de graniță, potrivit Channel 13.

    Vineri, pe rețelele de socializare au circulat imagini în care rebelii își ridică steagul în orașul Daara, din sudul Siriei, la doar 20 km de granița cu Israelul.

    Un fost oficial israelian înalt a declarat pentru The Telegraph că Israelul speră că Assad va rămâne la putere, deoarece este un „diavol care este ușor de descurajat și controlat, în principal prin Rusia. Și va fi tras la răspundere pentru faptele sale”.

    Oficialul a adăugat că armele introduse ilegal din Iran prin Siria către Hezbollah din Liban reprezintă o provocare majoră pentru Israel „dar forțele aeriene au o superioritate aeriană totală. Putem face ce vrem atâta timp cât ne coordonăm cu Rusia”.

    Credit: Telegram / North Liberated News Network

    „Situația nu ar fi mai bună sub rebelii susținuți de Turcia”, a adăugat oficialul.

    Dr. Carmit Valensi, cercetător senior la Institutul pentru Studii de Securitate Națională și expert în Siria, a avertizat că căderea domnului Assad ar fi „o lovitură semnificativă pentru Iran și reprezentanții săi”.

    Cu toate acestea, dr. Valensi a adăugat că perspectiva jihadiștilor să preia controlul asupra stocurilor masive de arme, inclusiv arme chimice, reprezintă o „amenințare gravă” pentru Israel.

    Sechestrarea armelor este deja în curs de desfășurare în numeroase locuri din Siria, cel mai recent în Daara.

    Actualul regim al Assad și Axa de Rezistență a Iranului reprezintă o „amenințare strategică mai severă” pentru Israel decât HTS și alte facțiuni rebele, în ciuda incertitudinii și riscurilor prezentate de facțiunile jihadiste, potrivit dr. Valensi.

    Cel mai bun rezultat pentru Israel este un Assad „slăbit” și „renovat”, care s-ar putea distanța de axa condusă de Iran, având în vedere „incapacitatea sa de a-l ajuta eficient” în timpul ofensivei actuale.

    Dr Carmit Valensi spune că jihadiștii care controlează stocurile de arme reprezintă o „amenințare gravă” pentru Israel

    Dr. Carmit Valensi spune că jihadiștii care controlează stocurile de arme reprezintă o „amenințare gravă” pentru Israel – Anadolu

    Dar dacă Assad rămâne cu axa condusă de Iran, dr. Valensi a sugerat că aceasta reprezintă o „oportunitate unică de a face forță pentru schimbarea regimului în Siria, care ar putea rupe axa”.

    „Se pare că Israelul este încă într-o fază de evaluare a situației și de determinare a cursului preferat de acțiune pe baza realității în evoluție”, a spus dr. Valensi, adăugând că Israelul își recunoaște capacitatea limitată de a influența direct evenimentele în această etapă.

    Pe măsură ce grupurile de opoziție avansează prin Siria, cu Damascul la orizont, domnul Netanyahu și-a convocat miniștrii în acest weekend pentru a discuta despre evoluțiile din Siria.

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  • Lionel Messi a votat MVP în ciuda faptului că a pierdut jumătate din sezonul 2024

    (Ilustrație de Stefan Milic/Yahoo Sports)

    (Ilustrație de Stefan Milic/Yahoo Sports)

    Lionel Messi a câștigat premiul Major League Soccer 2024 Cel mai valoros jucător, în ciuda faptului că a pierdut jumătate din sezonul MLS din cauza unei accidentări, a gestionării sarcinii și a obligațiilor internaționale.

    MLS a anunțat vineri că Messi l-a devansat pe atacantul Columbus Crew Cucho Hernández la onoare în primul său sezon complet cu Inter Miami.

    Messi a câștigat 38,4% din votul total față de 33,7% a lui Cucho; niciun alt jucător nu a câștigat mai mult de 10%.

    Messi a fost alegerea pentru 40,8% dintre colegii săi jucători, 43,2% dintre membrii media selectați și 31,3% din personalul tehnic al clubului – singura dintre cele trei grupe, care reprezintă fiecare 33,3% din votul ponderat, care nu a făcut-o. Messi cea mai bună alegere.

    Atacantul de la Portland Timbers Evander a terminat pe locul al treilea cu 9,2% din voturi; Atacantul DC United Christian Benteke, cel mai bun marcator al ligii, a terminat pe locul patru cu 7,1%; Luis Suárez, coechipierul lui Messi la Inter Miami și prieten de multă vreme, a terminat pe locul cinci cu 2,2%.

    Messi a câștigat premiul pentru că, în cele 19 meciuri din sezonul regulat din MLS pe ​​care le-a jucat, a numărat 20 de goluri și 11 pase decisive. A început doar 15 jocuri și a înregistrat doar 47% din minutele disponibile, dar a creat totuși mai multe goluri decât oricine altcineva din ligă – chiar și cei care au jucat în toate cele 34 de meciuri din sezonul regulat.

    Detractorii săi din dezbaterea MVP au citat absențele sale frecvente. Messi a ratat timpul în primăvară cu o accidentare musculară, în iunie și iulie în timp ce era la Copa América cu naționala Argentinei, iar în august și septembrie, după ce s-a accidentat la gleznă în finala Copa America.

    Criticii au mai remarcat că rezultatele lui Inter Miami au fost aproape la fel de bune fără Messi (2,13 puncte pe meci) ca și cu el (2,21 PPG).

    Dar cazul lui Messi a fost clar. De la sosirea sa din 2023 până în 2024, el a transformat Inter Miami dintr-un locuitor al pivniței în cea mai bună echipă a ligii. În 2024, ei au doborât recordul MLS de puncte pentru un singur sezon și au câștigat Scutul Suporterilor cu câteva săptămâni de rămas.

    Și individual, jumătatea de sezon a lui Messi s-a clasat încă printre cele mai bune sezoane complete din istoria ligii. Luând în considerare cele cinci pase decisive ale sale – pe care MLS contează, dar cea mai mare parte a fotbalului global nu – contribuțiile cu 36 de goluri ale lui Messi au fost pe locul cinci într-o singură campanie MLS.

    Contribuțiile sale de 2,2 goluri la 90 de minute au fost, desigur, cele mai multe din istoria ligii. Îndepărtând asistări secundare, rata lui a fost încă absurdă de 1,87 la 90 – cu o jumătate de gol mai bună decât rata de un singur sezon a oricărui alt jucător din istoria MLS, pe FBref. De fapt, în mai multe dintre cele 28 de sezoane precedente ale ligii, rata lui Messi ar fi fost de peste două ori mai prolifică decât liderul ligii.

    Așa că a câștigat premiul MVP – deși nu într-o alunecare de teren. Marja lui a fost cea mai subțire dintre orice MVP MLS din ultimul deceniu.

    Se crede că este primul jucător din istoria sporturilor majore din SUA care a câștigat un MVP, în timp ce începe mai puțin de jumătate din jocurile echipei sale și ratează peste 40% dintre ele (excluzând țipărătorii de baseball, care de obicei încep doar o dată la cinci jocuri). ).

    Playoff-urile lui Messi s-au încheiat devreme, cu o supărare uluitoare în primul tur în mâinile lui Atlanta United. Dar MVP-ul este un premiu pentru sezonul regulat. Iar peste 34 de meciuri, cele 19 ale lui Messi au fost cele mai valoroase.

    El a primit trofeul MVP la Chase Stadium de la Inter Miami la începutul acestei săptămâni. Într-un videoclip distribuit de MLS, el a ajuns pe stadion pentru a-l întâlni pe comisarul MLS Don Garber și cu aproximativ 100 de copii de la echipele de tineret ale Inter Miami, toți îmbrăcați în echipamentele lor roz și scandând „MVP”.

    Într-un scurt discurs, Messi a numit premiul și recepția o „onoare” și le-a spus copiilor: „Mi-ar fi plăcut să primesc acest premiu într-o altă situație, putând juca [MLS Cup] final [this] Sâmbătă. Dar despre asta este și fotbalul, să te autodepășești în fiecare zi. Am avut un vis mare de a fi campioni MLS anul acesta. Nu s-a întâmplat, dar anul viitor vom reveni mai puternici să încercăm din nou”.

  • Gogoși rare de zăpadă, un fenomen unic, apar în curtea din spatele Michigan

    În timp ce Michigan a fost biciuit de vremea de iarnă și zăpadă cu efect de lac miercuri, locuitorii Paw Paw, Janice și Eric Pantelleria, au ieșit afară pentru a găsi niște ornamente neobișnuite pentru gazon: zeci și zeci de gogoși sau cilindri de zăpadă frumos rulați pe gazonul lor mare.

    Rolele de zăpadă sunt un fenomen meteorologic oarecum neobișnuit, a spus Megan Varcie, meteorolog la Serviciul Național de Meteorologie din White Lake.

    „Ai avut acest tip de zăpadă grea, lipicioasă, care ieșea de pe lac, care s-a împachetat bine, combinată cu vânturi puternice – West Michigan a avut rafale de vânt de peste 40 mph”, a spus ea. „În aceste condiții, aceste role de zăpadă cilindrice se pot forma, mai ales în zone deschise fără copaci”.

    Cilindri de zăpadă rulați s-au dezvoltat în curtea lui Janice și Eric Pantelleria din Paw Paw, Michigan, miercuri, 4 decembrie 2024.

    Cilindri de zăpadă rulați s-au dezvoltat în curtea lui Janice și Eric Pantelleria din Paw Paw, Michigan, miercuri, 4 decembrie 2024.

    „Soțul meu era afară, curând aleea când i-a observat”, a spus Janice Pantelleria. „La început a crezut că copiii au rostogolit câțiva bulgări de zăpadă în curte – dar apoi a observat că ne înconjoară casa”.

    Fotografiile Pantelleria cu rulourile de zăpadă au fost distribuite pe Facebook și au primit multă atenție.

    Mai mult: Motivul surprinzător pentru care zăpada cu efect de lac îngroapă orașele: este pufoasă

    Cilindri de zăpadă rulați s-au dezvoltat în curtea lui Janice și Eric Pantelleria din Paw Paw, Michigan, miercuri, 4 decembrie 2024.

    Cilindri de zăpadă rulați s-au dezvoltat în curtea lui Janice și Eric Pantelleria din Paw Paw, Michigan, miercuri, 4 decembrie 2024.

    Cilindri de zăpadă rulați s-au dezvoltat în curtea lui Janice și Eric Pantelleria din Paw Paw, Michigan, miercuri, 4 decembrie 2024.

    Cilindri de zăpadă rulați s-au dezvoltat în curtea lui Janice și Eric Pantelleria din Paw Paw, Michigan, miercuri, 4 decembrie 2024.

    „Mă bucur că toată lumea se bucură de fotografii la fel de mult pe cât ne-a plăcut nouă să le vedem direct”, a spus Janice Pantelleria.

    Contactați Keith Matheny: kmatheny@freepress.com.

    Acest articol a apărut inițial pe Detroit Free Press: Uimitoare gogoși rare de zăpadă se formează în curtea din spate din Michigan, după zăpadă, vânt

  • Confuzată de China, Vestul se străduiește să reînnoiască lanțurile de aprovizionare cu minerale esențiale

    De Amy Lv, Divya Rajagopal și Ernest Scheyder

    BEIJING/TORONTO/LONDRA (Reuters) – Restricțiile comerciale ale Chinei cu privire la minerale strategice încep să lovească companiile occidentale acolo unde este rău.

    Învinuind restricțiile de la Beijing pe exporturile de antimoniu anunțate în august, Henkel le-a spus clienților luna trecută că a declarat forță majoră și a suspendat livrările a patru tipuri de adezivi și lubrifianți folosiți pe scară largă de producătorii de automobile, potrivit unei scrisori adresate clienților din 8 noiembrie. revizuit de Reuters.

    Henkel folosește metalul argintiu pentru a-și fabrica produsele marca Bonderite și Teroson, părți principale ale diviziei de tehnologii adezive a companiei, care a adus venituri de 10,79 miliarde de euro (11,4 miliarde de dolari) anul trecut.

    „Am fost anunțați de către furnizorii noștri că importul acestor materii prime a fost amânat până când guvernul chinez acceptă cererile de licență”, potrivit scrisorii, care a fost semnată de doi directori superiori.

    „Ca urmare, Henkel declară prin prezenta forță majoră în legătură cu livrările sale de aceste produse”, a mai spus compania germană, adăugând că nu poate prezice durata situației.

    Scrisoarea de la Henkel, care nu fusese raportată anterior, și conversațiile cu peste două duzini de comercianți, mineri, procesatori, utilizatori finali și experți din industrie din America de Nord, Europa și China subliniază perturbarea gravă cauzată de restricțiile comerciale de la Beijing și evidențiază cum se luptă jucătorii occidentali pentru a înlocui lanțurile de aprovizionare din China.

    Contactat de Reuters în legătură cu scrisoarea, Henkel a spus că lucrează pentru a-și sprijini clienții și pentru a găsi provizii alternative: „Monitorim foarte atent situația globală a aprovizionării cu antimoniu și ne propunem să restabilim soluții pentru a onora comenzile clienților noștri”.

    Prețul antimoniului, rar în natură, dar esențial pentru echipamentele militare, cum ar fi muniția, rachetele în infraroșu, armele nucleare și ochelarii de vedere pe timp de noapte, a crescut cu aproape 230% în acest an, până la aproximativ 39.000 de dolari pe tonă metrică pe piața aglomerată spot din Rotterdam, potrivit informațiilor de piață. furnizorul Argus.

    China este cel mai mare producător de antimoniu din lume și domină producția multor materiale strategice.

    Anul trecut, Beijingul a limitat și exporturile de galiu și germaniu – utilizate pentru semiconductori, panouri solare și arme – precum și anumite tipuri de grafit – o componentă cheie a bateriilor EV.

    Răspunzând la o nouă represiune din SUA asupra industriei cipurilor din China, Beijingul în această săptămână a crescut și mai mult presiunea, impunând o interdicție totală a exporturilor de galiu, germaniu și antimoniu în Statele Unite, unde Henkel produce Bonderite în Michigan.