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View photos Long-lost swear words used centuries ago have been revealed - and some prove to be a lot tamer than the ones we are used to today. Among the list of insults are such gems as ‘nippy’, ‘cucumber’ and ‘bald-a***’. The swear words were uncovered by Dr Todd Gray MBE, who spent years trawling through a staggering 40,000 documents from the church and state courts in the 1500s and 1600s. His results are presented in the book ‘How to Swear Like an Elizabethan in Devon’ and the monograph ‘Strumpets and Ninnycocks: Name calling in Devon, 1540-1640’. ‘Wittol’ means a husband complicit in his wife’s adultery, ‘cucumber’ was used to describe a husband of a woman having an affair, while ‘tarse’ literally means ‘penis’. View photos Research: Dr Gray went through thousands of documents to find the swear words (SWNS) The documents Dr Gray found related to slander cases where people had complained about being insulted in person. He explained: “At the very...

If you want to lose weight and keep it off, don't skip meals, and definitely don't skip breakfast! This is the best time to start loading up on carbs and protein so you have energy for the day and time to burn off those calories. Nutritionists Stephanie Clarke, RD, and Willow Jarosh, RD, of C&J Nutrition have shared the perfect equation for how to make a satisfying breakfast that will also help you lose weight. Aim for: Calories: 300 to 400 Fats: 10 to 15 grams Carbs: 30 to 55 grams Fibre: at least 6 grams Sugars: no more than 36 grams Protein: 13 to 20 grams So what can you eat? Certified dietitian Leslie Langevin, MS, RD, CD, of Whole Health Nutrition shared these basic, easy, and satisfying recommendations: Steel-Cut Oatmeal 50 grams steel-cut oats 3 tablespoons almond meal (ground almonds; or use 10 chopped raw almonds) 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1/4 banana Calories: 366 Fat: 14 grams Carbs: 51 grams Fibre:...