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I’ve recovered from anorexia, and this is what I’d like to tell my younger self

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There’s a lot I wish I’d known when I was younger (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk)

I started developing anorexia and depression at about 13, and I was recently asked what might have helped me back then.

As a teen, I was scared and I felt alone, I tried desperately to deal with thoughts and feelings that overwhelmed me and I turned to unhealthy coping mechanisms.

metro illustrationsMental Health Awareness Week 2017: How I went from surviving a mental illness to thriving in the big wide world

I always felt different and I had this deep-seated belief that I was fundamentally flawed – vital… Read the full story


This weighted blanket can help you sleep by simulating the feeling of being hugged

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Why This Blanket Is Such A Hit On Kickstarter
No wonder it’s been such a hit (Picture: Kickstarter/Metro.co.uk)

I’m deeply suspicious of anyone that can fall asleep without a cover over them.

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And there’s still something a little unnerving about how light a bed sheet is in the warmer months.

Which is why I could totally buy into this idea of a blanket that uses the power of pressure to help you get to sleep.

Having already raised almost $3.5 million on Kickstarter, the Gravity blanket apparently manipulates your hormones levels using its weight… Read the full story

Parkour pro has suitably hair-raising parkour wedding shoot

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Well, it’s not your average kissing-and-embrace shot (Picture: Caters)

There are wedding photoshoots, and then there are wedding photoshoots.

So when parkour master Chase Armitage tied the knot with the love of his life, Amor, they made sure theirs fell into the latter category.

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By – quite literally – bending over backwards to get the perfect shot.

In front of a super-scenic backdrop of Santorini, Greece, Chase did a series of hair-raising parkour moves on camera with the Aegean Sea behind them.

While Amor… Read the full story

More McDonald’s stores have started selling curly fries

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It is a fact universally acknowledged that Curly Fries taste better than any other fry or potato variable.

Why This Blanket Is Such A Hit On KickstarterThis weighted blanket can help you sleep by simulating the feeling of being hugged

Don’t question it, it’s probably some kind of witchcraft.

Whatever the reason, when we learnt late last year that McDonald’s Japan had added curly fries to their menu we were very, very jealous.

Now we’ve moved past jealousy straight to excitement because Twister Fries have reappeared on Mcdonald’s menus in Singapore and Philippines.

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The good news is… Read the full story

How much of who I am is down to my mental illness?

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I’ve put up with depressive periods for a decade now.

That means that depression and I have a relationship outlasting any romance I’ve experienced thus far.

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Panic attacks are up there, too. They started when I was 16, I’m now 24, so we’re nearing our pottery anniversary (please send me a hand-made vase that I will obsessively worry about breaking, thanks).

Obsessive thoughts have popped up a few times over the years, but I only really became conscious of them as a thing separate from depression – and they only started coming in nearly every day – over the last two years. So we’re still in our honeymoon period.

If I were in a relationship with someone for two years, eight years, or ten years, it’d be fair to say that relationship would have shaped who I am now – especially… Read the full story

‘Please respect my decision’: 11-year-old asks for ‘meatiest meal’ before turning vegan

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Becky, Graham and Casey (Picture: Mercury Press)

Going vegan is no easy feat.

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So one 11-year-old from Norfolk decided to get an early start – but not without informing her parents first, of course.

Becky Robinson from King’s Lynn, Norfolk, discovered a handwritten letter written by her daughter, Casey, a couple of weeks ago informing her mum that she was going vegan.

She also asked Becky to cook ‘the meatiest meal’ for her before she took the plunge:

‘Dear mum, today is my last day of being a carnivore.… Read the full story

This toddler is definitely a better dancer than you

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Everyone, meet Maddie, your new queen.

In a YouTube video that has been viewed almost 1.5 million times, Maddie, who is assumed at this stage to be a full-time toddler, schools all of us on how to wait for that beat to drop and get your smoothest groove on.

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Do her sweet and sassy dance moves stem from the fact she’s too young to be self-conscious?

Maybe some of us are just born better.

One thing is for certain if she’s this smooth at such a young age, imagine what she could grow up… Read the full story

The new South Korean president’s beautiful bodyguard has everyone totally distracted

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Welcome to the, uh, sorry? I got distracted (Picture: Twitter/ Elena Yip)

There’s just something about body guards, isn’t there?

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Is it the stern expression, the ‘I’ll-protect-you’ thing, the sharp suits?

Whatever it is, our latest heart-stealing member of security staff is that of the newly-elected South Korean president, Moon Jae-in.

The president has only been in office for five days, but five days is all it takes for a fan base to start rapidly building for the ridiculously good looking man beside him.

And now, the internet is in deep,… Read the full story


This vlogger isn’t standing for any more stupid summer diet ads

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Summer’s just around the corner and that only means one thing – the beginning of ‘beach body panic’.

The thought of having to get into a bikini after a winter of lattes and lie-ins is enough to send most of us into meltdown.

Becky, Graham and CaseyEleven-year-old asks for 'meatiest meal' before turning vegan

And diet companies know that. In fact, they actively promote that fear in order to sell more of their plans and products.

As the days get longer and sunnier, more and more billboards are taken up with adverts for slender blenders and other meal replacements designed to help… Read the full story

‘I loved the taste instantly’: This woman adds insects to her meals, and thinks you should too

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A health enthusiast is adding an unusual ingredient to her meals - insects.
Could you hack it? (Credit: Barcroft)

Just as I was finishing a meal up the other day, I found a maggot in it.

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And that image is still firmly etched in my mind.

But one woman from Sofia, Bulgaria, says we shouldn’t be disgusted by the prospects of bugs in our food at all. Actually, we should be actively incorporate them into our diets.

Twenty-eight-year-old Kremena Despinova has been experimenting cooking with insects for a year and a half now after discovering they were… Read the full story

Crosstown doughnuts are about to launch a vegan range

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Crosstown is THE place for London doughnut connoisseurs.

This vlogger isn't standing for any more stupid summer diet ads

The independent London-based favourite is famous around the U.K, whether you’re a doughnut lover or whether you just like to go in and have a look at all of the sensational creations.

And now, to celebrate National Vegetarian Week, Crosstown will be launching a new vegan range of sourdough doughnuts.

Yes – vegan, sourdough doughnuts.

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Kicking off on Friday 19th May, the bakery will be releasing a different flavour every week.

A different vegan flavour will be… Read the full story

Attention: You can swap your vegetables for free veggie pizza at Franco Manca

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This week is National Vegetarian Week and to celebrate, Franco Manca are allowing customers to swap their raw vegetables for something vastly more delicious.

On Wednesday, you can exchange your veggies for a free vegetarian pizza at any FM pizzeria.

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All vegetables will then be donated to The People’s Fridge, which will then deliver them to local food banks and charities.

And to continue the meat-free celebrations, founder Giuseppe’s favourite vegetarian special will be available to order on Friday.

The sourdough pizza is topped with Franco &… Read the full story

‘I wanted to control my emotions’: We chat anorexia and self-harm in our new podcast, Mentally Yours

Larry Sultan’s astounding Pictures From Home, 25 years on

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Larry Sultan’s best-known series Pictures From Home was captured using his parents as subjects in their home between 1982-1992 in the San Fernando Valley, California.

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It is one of Sultan’s most critically acclaimed works and quickly sold out when first published 25 years ago.

Sultan himself passed away in 2009 but now Pictures From Home has been reproduced in a second edition by publisher Michael Mack.

It is a stunning record of his elderly parents which appears to challenge the boundary between staged family photographs and documentary work.

Sultan’s parents sit and speak to each other… Read the full story

Woman leaves less than impressed Amazon review after accidentally buying a weed grinder

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We’ve all been there, ordered something online only to receive something that isn’t quite what the description made it out to be. 

Attention: You can swap your vegetables for free veggie pizza at Franco Manca

But when one woman ordered a herb grinder, ready to grind her rosemary for a wonderful dinner, she wasn’t quite counting on receiving a product that’s actually meant for grinding weed. And just to clarify: she’s totally not into that.

And just to clarify: she’s totally not into that.

Amazon user A.Maddox left a hilariously innocent review on a product which was tagged: ‘Ohuhu Tobacco Grinders… Read the full story


This barista creates the most beautifully detailed latte art we’ve ever seen

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(Picture: Instagram/leekangbin91)

There’s nothing quite as exciting as ordering a coffee and waiting to see what milky design sits at the top. 

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But while most of us expect to see a dainty leaf, a heart, a sweet message written in chocolate or at most some form of more intricate floral design, one barista is making his latte art standout, with some of the most detailed and colorful designs we’ve ever seen.

Instagram user @leekangbin91 is a barista who uses more than just coffee and milk to create his art.

Lee Kang Bin is a barista at… Read the full story

Doing regular high intensity workouts might slow down aging by almost 10 years

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We know that working out does all sorts of great things for our bodies.

It makes us less stressed. It lowers our risk of all sorts of horrid illnesses. It makes us stronger, fitter, leaner.

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But it’s one thing having the occasional swim or jog, and other engaging in proper, high-intensity exercise.

HIIT is generally quite awful. Those 45-minute boot camp classes can make you feel like your soul’s been run over by a 4×4.

If you ever needed a reason to start doing it however, this is it.

new study has found… Read the full story

Brits throw away £80 million worth of bananas each year

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Brits throw away ??80m worth of bananas a year
Pull it together, Britain (Picture: Getty)

Five minutes ago I discovered the two bananas I packed for lunch are bruised to f*ck.

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Probably because I don’t own a banana guard (I can’t take them seriously), and shoved them in my bag before my long commute.

And I was tempted to throw them away.

But I didn’t – I was hungry – but also because I’d found out that Brits throw away £80 million worth of bananas away each year for this very reason.

While the average Briton enjoys three bananas a week and… Read the full story

After years of waiting, you can now finally receive your Hogwarts acceptance letter – in purse form

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We can only imagine that most Harry Potter-loving kids were pretty gutted to find they hadn’t received an invitation to Hogwarts for their eleventh birthdays.

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Sure, their parents might’ve made us a wizard-inspired cake, but it hardly compares to getting to order everything off of the train trolley on your commute to the school of magic, does it now?

But have no fear… Read the full story

Woman speaks out after being shamed for wearing makeup while working in ASDA

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It’s 2017 and women are still tearing one another down.

Crosstown doughnuts are about to launch a vegan range

There really is no excuse, especially when so many women already suffer from an abundance of insecurities and diminished self-esteem thanks to ongoing external pressures like social media and targetted sexist advertising.

This woman experienced such superficial bullying first hand- and shared the entire event through a Facebook post (which has since been deleted, due to going incredibly viral).

Kerry Whittaker, who works in ASDA, was sat at work on the checkouts when she overheard a woman talking to her 14-year-old daughter.

In her post, Kerry… Read the full story

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