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My rosacea was so bad I was branded ‘a tomato’ and endured cosmetic surgery jokes from my ex
A woman who was branded a tomato by a cruel workplace bully and told she she was ugly by strangers due to her rosacea has learnt to love her skin again after finding miracle skincare.
Natalie Rose, 33, from Shropshire, suffered from rosacea from a young age, but after years of relentless bullying, strangers calling her ugly and an ex-partner pushing her to get plastic surgery to ‘get rid of her rosacea’, Natalie’s self-esteem was at an all time low.
But in June 2018 Natalie started therapy and realised she needed to learn to like herself again to be able to love the skin she was in.
After years of self-work, Natalie was shocked when in 2020 she stumbled across a miracle cure, Kalme skincare, that after just four weeks calmed Natalie’s rosacea so dramatically that for the first time in years she could brave the outside world with no make up on.
Natalie Rose, 33, from Shropshire, who was branded a tomato by a cruel workplace bully and told she she was ugly by strangers due to her rosacea has learnt to love her skin again after finding miracle skincare (left and right)
‘I have learnt to start loving my skin for the first time in my adult life,’ said Natalie.
‘I always excused bad treatment of me because I felt I was so ugly so I just needed to put up with it. I really struggled to see any self-worth.’
Suffering with sensitive skin from a young age, Natalie was just 14 years old when she noticed red blotches appearing on her face.
‘I started to get red blotches when I was doing PE at school,’ she said.
Natalie suffered from rosacea from a young age, but after years of relentless bullying, strangers calling her ugly
Meanwhile an ex-partner pushing her to get plastic surgery to ‘get rid of her rosacea’ – leaving Natalie’s self-esteem was at an all time low
‘It started to be more like a daily thing. My grandad had also had rosacea so I think it might be genetic.
‘The doctors suggested E45 cream, but even though it smoothed my skin it didn’t calm the redness.’
Developing a phobia of the cold, Natalie’s confidence plummeted.
‘Winter has always been worse,’ she said.
After years of struggling with her skin, Natalie found a product which she felt helped – and soothed her redness
‘I used to bleed and my face would go bright red and swollen. I didn’t want to go outside, not just because it was painful but I didn’t want people to stare at me.
‘I developed a phobia about the cold as a result due to the reaction my skin had and avoided going outside in the winter.’
By the time she was 28 years old Natalie had suffered relentless bullying, with a manager even referring to her as a tomato in front of customers.
‘I’ve been called ugly by complete strangers and one boss called me a tomato,’ she said.
‘I worked in sales, and he would say it in front of customers. He would say ‘your face is looking awful today.’
‘He even asked if it was contagious. He made me feel like an ogre. In the end he was sacked due to his behaviour but the damage to my mental health had already been done.’
An ex-partner even asked Natalie to get plastic surgery to calm her rosacea.
‘My ex made a joke in front of his friends,’ she explained.
‘He said I should get cosmetic surgery to take my rosacea away. They all laughed. It was one of those moments where you just want the ground to swallow you whole.
‘It definitely hurt. He would tell me I should just save up and get some surgery to have it removed. It became a running thing.
‘But I just felt so lucky to be in a relationship. I felt ugly in my own skin and my body. I was putting up with these things because I felt he was alright looking, and I was ugly.
‘My whole mindset was really bad at the point.’
By 2018 Natalie had fallen into a deep depression.
‘In 2018 I lost my daughter late in pregnancy,’ said Natalie.
‘Everything became really overwhelming. I completely broke, I couldn’t cope with anything else. I ended up taking sick leave for a while and eventually left my job.
‘I developed crippling anxiety and my self-esteem and confidence hit rock bottom. Then I started therapy.
‘Part of that was unlearning a lot of toxic culture I’d grown up with. I had to start liking myself again.
‘I had to speak to myself kindly. I had to learn to give myself the same love and appreciation that I would give someone else.
‘I think when you hit rock bottom, there’s only one way to go.’
And in 2020 Natalie stumbled across Kalme skincare.
‘I’d tried everything on my skin,’ explained Natalie.
‘I’d pinned my hopes on products before and they hadn’t worked, I’d spend £60 on some which is a lot of money to me.
Despite her fears Natalie spent £49.95 on her skin care and within four weeks was overjoyed with the results (pictured)
‘I was nervous about being disappointed again. I’d seen Kalme advertised on a few places, but I didn’t know anyone who had used it.
‘Eventually my mum said she would pay half with me, so I tried a month.’
Despite her fears Natalie spent £49.95 on her skin care and within four weeks was overjoyed.
‘Within four weeks there was a noticeable difference, my skin wasn’t bleeding or flaky anymore,’ she said.
‘It felt smoother and calmer and much less painful. It’s made my skin the smoothest it’s been as far back as I can remember.
‘Now I can go out with no makeup on. I don’t know how to properly express how it feels that I can walk out the house without makeup on.
She said she ‘can go on a night out’ without ‘feeling ugly’ and ‘can’t stop smiling’ thanks to the cream
‘I can go on a night out without feeling ugly. Before, I’d not want to go out at all because of my confidence. I don’t hold back anymore.
‘I can’t stop smiling when I say it, because I know how amazing it makes me feel.
‘I know I’m always going to have rosacea as there’s no magic fix and I still get flutters of anxiety when I get a skin flare, but these products have helped significantly manage the symptoms better.’
And now Natalie is on the road to loving her skin again.
‘This year I want to say yes more,’ she said. ‘My goals are to relearn the keyboard and to do more of what I enjoy, like taking photos of nature.
‘I no longer have people staring in horror at my skin or calling me names. I’m learning to love my skin for the first time in my life.’
SpaceX launches tomato seeds, other supplies to space station
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SpaceX is carrying a fresh haul of supplies to the International Space Station this weekend after bad weather at the launch site forced the company to wave off its first attempt.
The mission took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida around 2:20 p.m. ET Saturday. The original liftoff date had been Tuesday.
The bounty of supplies on board includes a pair of new solar arrays for the space station, dwarf tomato seeds and a range of science experiments. There will also be treats for the astronauts on the space station, like ice cream and Thanksgiving fare like spicy green beans, cranberry apple desserts, pumpkin pie and candy corn.
The solar arrays will be installed outside the floating laboratory during spacewalks scheduled for November 29 and December 3. They will give the space station a power boost.
SpaceX has launched more than two dozen resupply missions to the space station over the past decade as part of a multibillion-dollar deal with NASA. This launch comes amid SpaceX’s busiest year to date, with more than 50 operations so far, including two astronaut missions.
The cargo on board includes a number of health-related items, such as the Moon Microscope kit. The portable handheld microscope will allow astronauts to collect and send images of blood samples to flight surgeons on the ground for diagnostics and treatment.
Nutrients are a key component of maintaining good health in space. But fresh produce is in short supply on the space station compared with the prepackaged meals astronauts eat during their six-month stays in low-Earth orbit.
“It is fairly important to our exploration goals at NASA to be able to sustain the crew with not only nutrition but also to look at various types of plants as sources for nutrients that we would be hard-pressed to sustain on the long trips between distant destinations like Mars and so forth,” said Kirt Costello, chief scientist at NASA’s International Space Station Program and a deputy manager of the ISS Research Integration Office.
Astronauts have grown and tasted different types of lettuce, radishes and chiles on the International Space Station. Now, the crew members can add some dwarf tomatoes — specifically, Red Robin tomatoes — to their list of space-grown salad ingredients.
The experiment is part of an effort to provide continuous fresh food production in space.
The dwarf tomato seeds will be grown under two different light treatments to measure the impact on the number of tomatoes that can be harvested as well as the plants’ nutritional value and taste. Red Robin tomatoes will also be grown on Earth as a control experiment. The two crops will be compared to measure the effects of a zero-gravity environment on tomato growth.
The space tomatoes will be grown inside small bags called plant pillows installed in the Vegetable Production System, known as the Veggie growth chamber, on the space station. The astronauts will frequently water and nurture the plants.
“Tomatoes will be a new adventure for us on the veggie team, trying to figure out how to keep these thirsty plants well watered without overwatering,” said Gioia Massa, NASA’s space crop production scientist and principal investigator for the tomato study.
The tomatoes will be ready for their first taste test in the spring.
The crew is expecting tomato harvests 90, 97 and 104 days after the plants begin to grow. During taste tests, the crew will rate the flavor, aroma, juiciness and texture of the tomatoes grown using the different light treatments. Half of each tomato harvest will be frozen and returned to Earth for analysis.
Growing plants on the space station not only provides the opportunity for fresh food and creative taco nights, it can also boost the mood of the crew during their long spaceflight.
Surveys will track astronauts’ moods as they care for and interact with the plants to see how nurturing the seedlings enhances the crew’s experience amid the isolation of the space station.
The hardware is still in development for larger crop production on the space station and eventually other planets, but scientists are already planning what plants might grow best on the moon and Mars. Earlier this year, a team successfully grew plants in lunar soil that included samples collected during the Apollo missions.
“Tomatoes are going to be a great crop for the moon,” Massa said. “They’re very nutritious, very delicious, and we think the astronauts will be really excited to grow them there.”
Dwarf tomato seeds will launch to ISS aboard SpaceX’s next resupply flight
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When SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply mission launches Tuesday, it will carry a bounty of supplies, a pair of new solar arrays, dwarf tomato seeds and a range of science experiments to the International Space Station.
The mission will also deliver ice cream and Thanksgiving-style treats, including spicy green beans, cran-apple desserts, pumpkin pie and candy corn, to the space station crew.
The Dragon spacecraft is expected to lift off with its 7,700 pounds (3,493 kilograms) of cargo from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 3:54 p.m. ET, with live coverage available on NASA’s website beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET.
The International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays, or iROSAs, will be installed outside the floating laboratory during spacewalks scheduled for November 29 and December 3. The solar arrays will give the space station a power boost.
The cargo includes a number of health-related items, such as the Moon Microscope kit. The portable handheld microscope will allow astronauts to collect and send images of blood samples to flight surgeons on the ground for diagnostics and treatment.
Nutrients are a key component of maintaining good health in space. But fresh produce is in short supply on the space station compared with the prepackaged meals astronauts eat during their six-month stays in low-Earth orbit.
“It is fairly important to our exploration goals at NASA to be able to sustain the crew with not only nutrition but also to look at various types of plants as sources for nutrients that we would be hard pressed to sustain on the long trips between distant destinations like Mars and so forth,” said Kirt Costello, chief scientist at NASA’s International Space Station Program and a deputy manager of the ISS Research Integration Office.
Astronauts have grown and tasted different types of lettuce, radishes and chiles on the International Space Station. Now, the crew members can add some dwarf tomatoes — specifically, Red Robin tomatoes — to their list of space-grown salad ingredients.
The experiment, known as the Pick-and-Eat Salad-Crop Productivity, Nutritional Value, and Acceptability to Supplement the ISS Food System, is part of an effort to provide continuous fresh food production in space.
The dwarf tomato seeds will be grown under two different light treatments to measure their impact on how many tomatoes can be harvested, as well as the plants’ nutritional value and taste. Red Robin tomatoes will also be grown on Earth as a control experiment. The two crops will be compared to measure the effects of the zero gravity environment on tomato growth.
The space tomatoes will be grown inside small bags called plant pillows installed in the Vegetable Production System, known as the Veggie growth chamber, on the space station. The astronauts will frequently water and nurture the plants as they grow, as well as pollinate the flowers.
“Tomatoes will be a new adventure for us on the Veggie team, trying to figure out how to keep these thirsty plants well watered without over watering,” said Gioia Massa, NASA’s space crop production scientist and principal investigator for the tomato study.
The tomatoes will be ready for their first taste test in the spring.
The crew is expecting three tomato harvests 90, 97 and 104 days after the plants begin to grow. During taste tests, the crew will rate the flavor, aroma, juiciness and texture of the tomatoes grown using the two different light treatments. Half of each tomato harvest will be frozen and returned to Earth for analysis.
Growing plants on the space station not only provides the opportunity for fresh food and creative taco nights, it can also boost the mood of the crew during their long spaceflight.
The astronauts will also take surveys to track their moods as they care for and interact with the plants to see how nurturing the seedlings enhances their experience amid the isolation and confinement of the space station.
The hardware is still in development for larger crop production on the space station and eventually other planets, but scientists are already planning what plants might grow best on the moon and Mars. Earlier this year, a team successfully grew plants in lunar soil that included samples collected during the Apollo missions.
“Tomatoes are going to be a great crop for the moon,” Massa said. “They’re very nutritious, very delicious and we think the astronauts will be really excited to grow them there.”
Fossil fuel protesters charged after tomato soup thrown on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in London gallery
Two anti-fossil fuel protesters who were filmed throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in a London gallery Friday have been charged with criminal damage offenses.
The two young women from the campaign group Just Stop Oil threw the contents of two tins of Heinz tomato soup over the painting, which, the group said, has an estimated value of $84.2 million.
In this image released by the Just Stop Oil organization, two women are seen standing in front of Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” (1888). Credit: from Just Stop Oil
They then glued themselves to the wall beneath the painting at the National Gallery. In a statement posted on Twitter Friday, the gallery confirmed the incident in Room 43, where “Sunflowers” was displayed, and gave an update on its condition.
“There is some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed,” it said. In a subsequent tweet, the gallery explained that the painting was glazed and therefore protected.
A third associate was also charged over a separate attack on the iconic “New Scotland Yard” sign that stands outside London’s main police headquarters, the Metropolitan Police said.
The three people are all associated with Just Stop Oil, which represents a coalition of groups working together to stop the UK government from committing to new licenses concerning the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels.
A total of 28 arrests were made in relation to protests in central London on Friday. The 25 other people have been bailed pending further enquiries, according to the statement.
Friday’s incident is the latest in a series of protests targeting famous works of art in a bid to draw attention to the role of fossil fuels in climate change. In July, members of Just Stop Oil glued themselves to a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” at the Royal Academy of Art in London.
The same month, activists from the group glued themselves to a masterpiece held in the National Gallery, while members of an Italian climate activist organization glued themselves to Botticelli’s “Primavera” in Florence.
School children look at ‘Sunflowers’ (1888) by Vincent van Gogh at Tate Britain in London on March 25, 2019. Credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire/AP
On Sunday, climate activists from Extinction Rebellion were arrested for gluing themselves to Picasso’s “Massacre in Korea” at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.
According to a statement, Just Stop Oil timed Friday’s act “to coincide with the planned launch of a new round of oil and gas licensing” in the UK.
Bay Area I-80 lanes shut down due to massive tomato spill
A big rig crashed and spilled hundreds of pounds of tomatoes early Monday morning.
California Highway Patrol, Solano CountyA big rig crashed and spilled hundreds of pounds of tomatoes when it drove into a center divide near Alamo in Vacaville early Monday morning, said Solano County California Highway Patrol officers and CBS. As of 10 a.m., several lanes on Interstate 80 were still shut down due to the dangerous amount of loose tomatoes on the road.
“Caltrans is on scene working very hard to clean up and get the lanes open as soon as possible,” wrote CHP representatives on Twitter. While lanes 3 and 4 are now open on the eastbound side, it appears that lane 1 is still closed on the westbound side. After successfully removing the big rig cab, Caltrans is cleaning the road and recovering one of the trailers.
Investigators told CBS that the truck first crashed into another vehicle near the Davis Street onramp, causing the truck driver to lose control, hit the center divide and launch its cargo into the street. Vehicles trying to pass through “the sauce” also crashed into each other, though no major injuries have been reported. The driver of the big rig and two other individuals were treated at a hospital, CBS reported.
In the photos posted to Twitter by CHP, a group of officers can be seen standing around thousands of smashed red tomatoes. Off to the side, the big rig appears to be broken and leaning precariously against the concrete barrier. “Price of tomatoes just increased,” one Twitter user joked in response.
CHP and Caltrans press representatives did not respond to SFGATE’s request for comment.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Tomato flu outbreak in India spreads to two more states | India
An outbreak of a new viral infection referred to as tomato flu that was first detected in children in the southern Indian state of Kerala in May has spread to two other states.
According to an article in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 82 children aged under five had been diagnosed with the virus in Kerala as of 26 July.
Cases have now been reported in neighbouring Tamil Nadu state and in Odisha in the east, where children as old as nine have been infected, even though the virus usually affects under-fives.
Scientists are still trying to identify exactly what this virus is. It has been referred to as tomato flu because of the painful red blisters it produces on the body, and it is very contagious. Children are particularly vulnerable because it spreads easily through close contact, such as via nappies, touching unclean surfaces or putting things in mouths.
“The rare viral infection is in an endemic state and is considered non-life-threatening; however, because of the dreadful experience of the Covid-19 pandemic, vigilant management is desirable to prevent further outbreaks,” the Lancet article said.
Doctors say diagnosing tomato flu is difficult because its symptoms are very similar to those of Covid, chikungunya and dengue fever. The latter two are common in India during the rainy season and are spread by mosquitoes. Chikungunya is particularly widespread in Kerala.
The Lancet article says tomato flu could be an after-effect of chikungunya or dengue fever in children rather than a viral infection.
It adds: “The virus could also be a new variant of the viral hand, foot and mouth disease, a common infectious disease targeting mostly children aged one to five years and immunocompromised adults, and some case studies have even shown hand, foot and mouth disease in immunocompetent adults.”
Dr Suneela Garg, a senior health official in the Delhi government, said: “I agree that chikingunya and dengue can leave children vulnerable to tomato flu because their immune systems are weaker. We don’t have any cases in Delhi yet and I am confident it won’t become a problem.”
The spread of tomato flu comes as India has recorded a steady rise in Covid cases in the past few weeks, along with cases of swine flu.
Prof Dileep Mavalankar, of the Institute of Public Health in Gandhinagar, said: “Swine flu had declined during Covid but it is now on the rise again in the big cities. But because the test for it is expensive, few people get tested for it so the numbers are unclear.”
What is ‘tomato flu’? ‘Very contagious’ virus detected in kids
As the world continues its fight against COVID-19 and the ever-spreading monkeypox virus, it seems as though there’s another illness gaining a foothold.
“Tomato flu” was first identified in India on May 6 and has so far infected 82 children, who are all under the age of 5, according to a study by the Lancet Respiratory Medicine Journal.
A further 26 kids up to the age of 10 are suspected of having cases of tomato flu.
Aptly named for the red blisters that appear on the skin, the new virus comes armed with fever and joint pain.
“Just as we are dealing with the probable emergence of fourth wave of COVID-19, a new virus known as tomato flu, or tomato fever, has emerged in India in the state of Kerala in children younger than 5 years,” the Lancet reported.
“The rare viral infection is in an endemic state and is considered non-life-threatening; however, because of the dreadful experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, vigilant management is desirable to prevent further outbreaks.”
The virus has so far been detected in the Kollam district of Kerala, India, and nearby areas of Anchal, Aryankavu and Neduvathur.
“Children are at increased risk of exposure to tomato flu as viral infections are common in this age group and spread is likely to be through close contact,” Lancet’s report added.
Medics say the infection, which currently has no drug to fight it, is “very contagious” and has striking similarities to hand, foot and mouth disease.
“Given the similarities to hand, foot and mouth disease, if the outbreak of tomato flu in children is not controlled and prevented, transmission might lead to serious consequences by spreading in adults as well,” the study added.
Other reported symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration and body aches.
Some cases, albeit very few, reported a change in limb color.
“It is not a fatal disease, but it is contagious and can spread from person to person, although the actual ways in which the infection spreads are still being studied,” Dr. Subhash Chandra, assistant professor of Internal Medicine at Amrita Hospital told India Today.
“Patients who develop tomato fever should drink plenty of fluids and rest in bed, as it is also advised for other viral fevers, to keep the body hydrated and well-rested.”
Those who contract the virus are placed in isolation for 5 to 7 days.
Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for confusing Nazi secret police with cold tomato soup
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has been mocked online for a video in which she confuses the name of the Nazi secret police with a chilled tomato soup.
In the video, the Republican lawmaker from Georgia first calls the Washington, DC jail “the DC gulag” and then complains about “Nancy Pelosi’s gazpacho police” spying on members of Congress.
As The Republican Accountability Project notes: “Gazpacho: a vegetable-based Spanish cold soup.”
“Gestapo: Nazi Germany’s secret police.”
Matt Fuller of The Daily Beast tweeted: “The Gazpacho Police: The most refreshing, but filling law enforcement agency.”
Former adviser to Mike Pence Alyssa Farah Griffin posted: “Thank goodness my wedding caterers knew the difference between gazpacho and the gestapo. coulda gotten weird.”
“Dear MTG, No Soup For You!” tweeted one person, referencing the classic Seinfeld character “the Soup Nazi”.
Commercial litigator Akiva Cohen wrote: “I join her in her fight against both the Gazpacho police and their collaborationist allies in the Vichyssoise.”
“Wait, gulag… or goulash? Better check with the gazpacho police,” posted The Maddow Blog.
“Coming next: ‘The Bouillabassi Stasi’” tweeted Bloomberg Opinion’s Robert George.
Actor Josh Malina wryly commented: “Stupidity, like revenge, is a dish best served cold.”
Ms Taylor Greene, famous for her support of conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and other issues, was temporarily suspended from Facebook recently, hours after being banned permanently from Twitter.
John Bowden contributed.
Diabetes type 2: Treatment for blood sugar includes tomato juice
If you have type 2 diabetes, blood sugar levels – the main type of sugar found in blood – can rise to dangerous levels. That’s because the main mechanism for controlling blood sugar levels is severely hampered. Insulin is normally tasked with regulating blood sugar. Fortunately, you can find alternative means of controlling high blood sugar.
What you put into your body is central to this effort.
The key is to find ways of moderating the impact of carbohydrates, which are broken down into blood glucose (sugar) relatively fast, thereby causing blood sugar spikes.
According to research, consuming tomato juice before carbohydrates can soften the blow the food has on blood sugar levels.
In the study, 25 healthy women consumed either 200 grams of tomato juice, tomato, or water (control) at 30 minutes before consuming 200 grams of boiled white rice at 9am and consumed identical lunch at 1pm for three days.
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The blood glucose concentrations were measured by self-monitoring blood glucose at 0, 30, 45, 60, 90, 150, and 210 minutes pre and post-breakfast, and at 0, 30, 60, 120, 150, and 180 min pre and post-lunch.
The concentration levels of postprandial glucose (average blood sugar after eating) were compared among three days.
What did the researchers find out?
Blood glucose concentrations at 60 minutes and 90 minutes after consuming tomato juice 30 minutes before carbohydrates were all “significantly” lower than those of water, the researchers wrote.
They concluded: “Consuming tomato juice half hour before carbohydrate ameliorates the postprandial blood glucose concentrations, although total amounts of energy and carbohydrate of tomato juice are higher than those of water.”
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Low or medium GI foods are broken down more slowly and cause a gradual rise in blood sugar levels over time.
They include some fruit and vegetables, pulses and wholegrain foods, such as porridge oats.
“Some low GI foods, such as wholegrain foods, fruit, vegetables, beans and lentils, are foods we should eat as part of a healthy, balanced diet,” notes the NHS.
Type 2 diabetes – symptoms to spot
Many people have type 2 diabetes without realising. This is because symptoms do not necessarily make you feel unwell.
Symptoms of type 2 diabetes include:
- Peeing more than usual, particularly at night
- Feeling thirsty all the time
- Feeling very tired
- Losing weight without trying to
- Itching around your penis or vagina, or repeatedly getting thrush
- Cuts or wounds taking longer to heal
- Blurred vision.
“See a GP if you have any of the symptoms of type 2 diabetes or you’re worried you may have a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes,” advises the NHS.
The health body adds: “You’ll need a blood test, which you may have to go to your local health centre for if it cannot be done at your GP surgery.”