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  • Cameron Diaz Releases “The Body Book”

    Cameron Diaz Releases “The Body Book”

    Cameron Diaz can now add the title of “author” to her CV as The Body Book has just been released. The popular actress uses the book as a platform to share her knowledge about exercise and nutrition. “If you take care of your body you can have an even more amazing body,” Diaz explained. However, the star does not claim to always be a beacon of healthy living, and admits that there have been times where she partook in junk food. “If you are what you eat, I was a bean burrito with extra cheese and extra sauce, no onions,” she said.

    The book includes the following:

    “Beginning with nutrition, Cameron explains why instead of fearing hunger, women should embrace their body’s instinct for fuel and satisfy it with whole, nutrient-dense foods. Cameron also explains the essential role of consistent physical activity. Many women think about exercise in terms of pounds lost or muscle tone gained, but don’t realize that working up a sweat is also essential for improving mood, boosting energy levels, and preventing disease. Cameron offers tips for choosing the right exercise program and shares her own workout strategies for looking and feeling your best.”

    Cameron Diaz took to Twitter and Instagram to share news concerning her first exposure with the publishing world.

    In characteristic down-to-earth fashion, the 41-year-old actress tells her fans that the book is to serve as a guide. “It’s not a plan, it’s just information for you to have,” she said.

    Image Via Wikimedia Commons and Courtesy of Tony Shek

  • Doctors Discover New Ligament in Human Knee

    Though it’s generally assumed that all parts of the human body have been mapped and accounted for, it turns out that the study of human anatomy isn’t quite complete.

    Two Belgian surgeons have recently published a paper in the Journal of Anatomy titled “Anatomy of the anterolateral ligament of the knee.” The paper provides a clear anatomical description of the anterolateral ligament (ALL), a previously unnamed ligament found near the front of the knee.

    Though the new paper provides a full description of the newly-found ligament, the existence of the ligament was speculated upon as far back as 1879 by a French surgeon.

    Dr. Steven Claes, lead author of the paper, and his colleagues examined 41 human cadaver knees using macroscopid dissection techniques. They found the ALL in 40 of them, meaning that perhaps up to 97% of all humans have the ALL in their knee.

    In addition to describing the ALL, the doctors were interested in whether the ligament could play a role in pivot shift – an occurrence in which the knee of athletes with former anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries gives way under stress. In examining the ALL it was found that injuries to the newly-named ligament are, in fact, the cause of pivot shift.

    Claes and his fellow researchers are now working on a technique to repair ALL injuries. A new surgery of that type could be ready in the coming years, meaning the treatment of ACL injuries and tears could change significantly.

    (Image courtesy University of Leuven)

  • Dutch Artist Recreates His Own Skeleton Via 3D Printer

    3D printers can create some amazing works of art. Some recent examples include a tower of abstract resin, or 3D printed portraits of people. Now one Dutch artist may have created the best work of art to come from 3D printing.

    Caspar Berger recently underwent a CT scan to get an accurate readout of his entire skeletal structure. He used the data to create his own skeleton using a 3D printer. Here’s the thinking behind the project straight from Berger:

    The last self-portrait I made centred on skin, the essential boundary between the external (appearance) and internal (inner self) as a personal or cultural membrane. The question was whether the ‘pure portrait’ does not consist merely of ‘skin’, as all that is directly visible and tangible, and how much ‘self’ is needed to create a true likeness.

    Where my last portrait was about flexible skin, I have now turned to what supports the body: the skeleton. I see the skeleton as the basis of the physical body, but also as the carrier of our ‘eternal identity’, which long after we are gone continues to reveal who we were.

    You can view some images of Berger’s 3D printed skeleton at his Facebook profile. He’s also documenting the creation of his skeleton sculptures via a number of YouTube shorts.

    [h/t: Gizmag]