When eaten properly fat can be extremely beneficial, promoting metabolism and fat-burning, stimulating hormone production and aiding weight loss. Growing up with Coeliac's disease, an intolerance to gluten, opened Annie Lawless's eyes to the wonders of fats and how great she felt when she scaled back my grain consumption (even gluten free) and focused on obtaining the bulk of my calories from healthy, nourishing fats. Not only are grains pretty hard on the digestive system, they can cause a pretty severe insulin reaction and elicit other hormonal responses that promote fat storage, she said. Her diet now consists of fats galore and the amazing part is she says she doesn't worry and stress about calories or restrict portions because her body knows what to do with the foods she eats - digest, assimilate, and eliminate. Here she reveals her top 10 fats to eat to lose weight.

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is projected to strike several US states this summer, according to experts from the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito - which will likely migrate into the continental US as spring temperatures begin to warm up. Thus, the virus is expected to appear stateside within the next few months. Experts project the Zika-transmitting mosquito will appear as far west as Phoenix and Los Angeles, and as far north as New York City. However, the cities with the highest risk of Zika are in the southeastern US, including: Charleston, Miami, New Orleans, Orlando and Savannah.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Jillian Paris, 47, from Wirral, had the permanent implants when she was 32. Last year, they ballooned in size (left) after her immune system began to attack them. The type of filler, which most cosmetic surgeons no longer use, was made up of tiny beads of plexiglass suspended in collagen. When her body started attacking them, it caused her lips to swell and feel like they were going to explode. She had to pay another £4,000 to have them removed (bottom middle and top, following surgery). Now she is warning others about the risk of permanent fillers. 'The lumps had become sharp and felt like teeth sprouting under my mouth,' she said. 'After everything I've been through I'd advise others never to have anything permanent injected into their face. It's just not worth the risk.'

Ryan Clarke, 24, used to weigh 383 pounds before his dramatic weightloss. But 10 months on the Nova Scotian has shed 183 pounds and remarkably, both Ryan and his wife Alyssa can fit inside his old jeans. He claims he made the transformation by exercising twice a day and eating healthily. He was prompted to make the change after Alyssa became pregnant with their second baby, and doctors warned he might not live to see his child grow up if he continued with his unhealthy habits.

Laura Wood, a 26-year-old PhD student from Southampton, was confident that the home birth she was planning in February 2014 would be a positive experience. 'I was young and healthy, with a strong support network,' she says. But Laura was one of up to eight in every 100 women whose babies don't turn.

The three-and-a-half minute 'reverse therapy' video of a tomato being 'un-sliced' watched nearly 40,000 times on YouTube. Fans of film claim it is 'relaxing'. It was created by Linas Lakavicius, of Wryfield Lab, in Lithuania. His other projects include kiwis and peppers and he said he has more ideas in the pipeline.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Marian Adejokun, 24 (pictured left before the ordeal), spent a month in a coma after having a rare reaction to over-the-counter eye drops. Doctors at the Royal London Hospital diagnosed her with the life threatening medical condition Stevens-Johnson syndrome. This causes the top layer of skin to die and then shed - and is triggered by an allergic reaction to medication. Now, Miss Adejokun claims the terrible experience has made her stronger. 'Losing my skin because of an eye drop is just another obstacle I've made it through,' she explained. She has since written a book about her experience.

Iris Grace Halmshaw, six, from Leicestershire, and her Maine coon cat Thula are inseparable and the affectionate moggy has helped the little girl to overcome her fear of water and even talk. Iris had already gained fans across the world thanks to her intricate artwork, which can fetch up to £1,500 - but her online followers also love to follow her adventures with her devoted feline friend.

Natalie Welsh, 31, from Lanarkshire (inset), says her son Olly's behaviour is so out of control she fears for her family's safety. She has found him standing on window ledges and flooding the bathroom as well as tahttp://molwps.andweb.dmgt.net/health/article-3492957/Single-mother-admits-s-SCARED-autistic-five-year-old-s-set-fire-kitchen-flooded-bathroom-wrecked-SIX-beds.htmlking baths fully clothed (middle). The trainee nurse said he barely sleeps and often trashes his room (left) and has no perception of danger so climbs on furniture (right).

These are the faces of just five of the 1,500 children who have died from sepsis in the 14 months since the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt promised to consider a national campaign to alert parents to the dangers of the condition, which is an over-reaction of the body's immune system to infection. Instead of attacking the invading bug, it turns on the body itself, shutting down vital organs. If caught early enough, it is easily treated with intravenous antibiotics and fluids, but these must be given as soon as sepsis is suspected. Sepsis strikes with frightening speed and, for every hour of delay, a patient's chance of dying increases 8 per cent. Had such a campaign been put in place back then, at least 500 of those children might still be alive today, says charity The UK Sepsis Trust. The five victims pictured are: Ben Condon, the son of former Olympic sprinter Allyn, from Weston-super-Mare, (centre) was eight weeks old when he died in April last year. Also pictured are William Cerrone, four, from Gloucester (top left), Marc Poole, six, from Doncaster (bottom left) Euan Harbottle, four, from Dumfriesshire (top right) and Charlie Jermyn, from Cornwall (bottom right).

Blogger, author and self help guru Gala Darling, from New Zealand, has written a powerful book advocating radical self love to help women be happier. The 32-year-old says that there is an 'epidemic of self loathing' in women today, and that she wants to help them live happier, more fulfilled lives. Ms Darling advocates practicing gratitude, writing down compliments and doing the things that you love every day to be happier with your life.

US-based Instagrammer @babybelly_to_sixpack, who doesn't use her real name on her account, shares her fitness progress online. After giving birth to her first child in 2013, she decided to get in shape. She lost more than 50lbs from her highest pregnancy weight - and then maintained her fitness regimen through her second pregnancy, working out at her home gym, running, lifting weights, and sticking to a healthy diet. After giving birth, she lost 10lbs in a week, and went on to drop from 178lbs at 40 weeks to 148lbs five months later.

Kalel Fitz was christened after Superman - who was called Kalel on the planet Krypton - because of his brave battle to stay alive. He was born at just 23 weeks and weighed 1lb and 8oz with his foot measuring just one inch in length (left). His parents were warned he was unlikely to survive and were asked to consider turning off his ventilator. But the toddler, from Leicestershire, rallied and started gaining weight. Kalel, who turns two next month, is now breathing unaided for the first time after his oxygen tube was removed (inset). His mother, Kaye Latham, said: 'The nurses didn't know how to pronounce it so they just called him "Superman" but it wasn't until we had him christened he really lived up to his name.'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Dr. Sandra Lee, a dermatologist at the Skin Physicians & Surgeons practice in Upland, California, has a cult-like following of more than 900,000 YouTube subscribers, who take great pleasure in watching her squeeze and remove her patients' whiteheads, cysts, and everything in between. The dermatologist, who is known as 'Dr. Pimple Popper' said her videos genuinely make people 'feel happy and good', and her fans often get sense of 'satisfaction' after watching one of her clips. Some of her most popular videos have amassed millions of views, with her most-watched clip of a grandmother having a large blackhead removed (top left) currently at 12.3 million.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Chloe Thomson, 19, of Gourock, Renfrewshire, has revealed the result of her last facial reconstruction operation (right) on ITV's Good Morning Britain. At 11 years old she broke 'almost every bone in her face and body' when the car she was in hit a tree (before the accident, left). She spent a year in a wheelchair after doctors had to realign both her broken legs, and her face had to be stripped off as her eye sockets and cheekbones were completely crushed. After reconstructive surgery (inset), she was taunted by by cruel bullies who 'made life unbearable' by mocking her looks. Now, she has hit back at her tormentors, saying she is finally 'over it' and 'happy with how she looks'. She said: 'I still find it hard to talk about the bullying. The things they were saying were horrific, it's really hard to forget. It's only recently that I've managed to get over it. I'm over it now.'

Karissa Bodnar (center), 26, founded Thrive Causemetics in 2014, after the loss of her close friend Kristy LeMond (left), who died of a rare cancer at the age of 24. Ms Bodnar said the loss inspired her to pursue her dream of helping women through cosmetics. She started her Seattle-based company with the mission that, for every beauty product sold, that same product would be donated to a woman undergoing cancer treatment. The donated products give the cancer patients much-needed confidence boost, according to Ms Bodnar. Blogger Nalie Agustin (right), 27, was a recipient of a free pair of false eyelashes from Thrive while undergoing radiation treatment for breast cancer. Ms Agustin had lost her hair, eyelashes and eyebrows, and told Daily Mail Online that the eyelashes made her feel 'beautiful and normal again'.

Saffie Johnson, from Wythenshawe, Manchester, had been determined to be a young wife and mother but found herself struggling to cope with parenthood and her break up from husband Daniel (pictured right). The Manchester hearing was told Mrs Johnson, who was studying for a career in childcare, had married Mr Johnson in 2013 just two weeks after they met.

Television presenter Emma Crosby (pictured with daughter Mary inset) is glad she rushed to hospital in London when she noticed her foetus had stopped moving after medical intervention likely saved daughter Mary's life. The 38-year-old had not felt her baby move for hours and went to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 'in the nick of time' with Mary being delivered via caesarean and being taken to intensive care with breathing problems (pictured). Now her daughter is a boisterous three-month old and Emma is urging all expecting mother's to raise the alarm should they find themselves in the same situation.

If you suspect that your ability to memorise is greater than most, a puzzle promises to prove it once and for all. First look at the picture on the left until you have memorised it and then move on to the image on the right. Then try to combine both in your mind's eye to see if you can form a letter of the alphabet. The test is part of a 'photographic memory' quiz which it's said that only one per cent of the population will pass.

Millions are spent by women across the globe on fancy creams, lotions and potions all promising the perfect complexion. But, instead of focusing on what you slather on your skin, a team of experts are urging women, and men alike, to rather concentrate on what they are putting in their bodies. Forget a fancy new moisturiser, they proclaim. And instead embrace the notion that beautiful skin starts on your plate.Shona Wilkinson, head nutritionist at www.NutriCentre.com, a natural health retailer, said: 'Many people don't make a link between the foods they eat and their skin. But, like any other part of the body, our skin is kept healthy by the food and nutrients that we consume. So while a poor diet can quickly lead to sallow or dry skin, blemishes or acne, a healthy diet based on whole foods including a variety of vegetables and fruit, nuts and seeds, beans, fish and whole grains is an excellent basis for glowing, youthful skin. The following foods are particularly good sources of helpful nutrients and great skin boosters.'