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Super high-end fitness retreat The Ranch at Live Oak/Malibu is so exclusive it charges $6,000 a week (£3,731) and only allows 16 guests at a time. But when those guests include Grey’s Anatomy’s star Patrick Dempsey, right, designer Kate Spade and 90201 actress Jessica Stroup, left, it’s easy to see why it’s celebrating its third birthday.
Emmy-nominated Dempsey even co-hosts week-long cycling camps at the retreat.
Popular guests: Both Jessica Stroup and Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey have stayed at The Ranch
The special programme offers guests the chance to improve their performance – and personally interact with Dempsey. Unsurprisingly, the camps have proved a huge hit.
Onion peel could cut your risk of heart disease. A study found women who took an onion peel extract daily for two weeks had significantly lower cholesterol levels.
Tears of joy: Onion peel has been found to cut risk of heart disease
A flavonoid called quercetin, found at high levels in onions, especially the skin, is thought to be responsible. When quercetin-rich supplements were used, total cholesterol dropped by up to ten per cent.
‘Onion peel extract reduces the possibility of developing key risk factors for cardiovascular disease,’ said the researchers from Kyungnam University, Korea.
Sit-stand test ‘can tell how long you will live’
A simple sit-stand test can predict how long you will live, a doctor claims.Claudio Gil Araujo designed the test after research showed muscle strength, flexibility and balance are the keys to living longer.
Patients who are barefoot and wearing comfortable clothes start off standing then have to sit down crosslegged on the floor and stand back up again, trying not to use any support.
Brazilian Araujo rates them on a scale of one to five for both sitting and standing, deducting points for wobbling or using a hand or knee for balance.
A study of 2,000 people aged 50 to 80, published in the European Journal of Cardiology, found flexibility, strength and balance could predict life expectancy.
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