Meet the six-legged superfoods: Grasshoppers top insect antioxidant-rich list
A new study has measured antioxidant levels in commercially available edible insects. Among the findings: crickets pack 75 percent the antioxidant power of fresh orange juice, and silkworm fat twice that of olive oil.
Yum! Well, unless…
Is eating bugs any morally different than eating cows?
Do snakes have morals?
New data released by The Good Food Institute (G.F.I.) and the Plant-Based Foods Association (P.B.F.A.) show plant-based foods sales significantly outpaced overall grocery sales last year. U.S. retail sales of plant-based foods grew 11% — five times more than total food sales — bringing the total plant-based market to $4.5 billion.
Read the entire Food Business News article here.
A research team has found that electronic cigarettes, often targeted to youth and pregnant women, produce a stress response in neural stem cells, which are critical cells in the brain.
Hmmm………
4% Vegetarian (Including Vegans) (Never eats meat, fish, seafood, or poultry)
2% Vegan (Never eats meat, fish, poultry, dairy, or eggs)
Read the entire survey at this link.
5% of Americans say they are vegetarians, unchanged from 2012
3% say they are vegans, little changed from 2% in 2012
Source: Gallup Poll: Vegetarian and vegan Americans
Reality check.
Food neophobia, or fear of new foods, may lead to poorer dietary quality, increase the risk factors associated with chronic diseases, and thus increase the risk of developing lifestyle diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes.
Read the full Science Daily article here.
And yet another reason why people don’t eat more fruits and vegetables.
We spoke about the results, which will be published and constitute an unprecedented 97.2 percent type 2 diabetes remission rate. Meaning that based on current data, anyone suffering from type 2 diabetes has a near 100 percent probability of entering full clinical remission within 20 weeks if they follow the NFI diet.
Diabetes runs in my family. My father had diabetes and my youngest brother also has the disease. I do a lot of reading and research to better understand what I personally need to do to never develop diabetes. The NFI diet sounds amazing. This is just another powerful piece of evidence that supports adopting a mostly plant based diet.
If you’re as excited about this news as I am please share these articles and links. Your diabetic family and friends will thank you.
And if you’re wondering my last fasting blood sugar was <100mg/dl and my A1C last measured in 2015 was 5.8%.
The skeptical cardiologist has been evaluating a demo version of AliveCor’s new KardiaMobile 6L. I have been a huge advocate of Kardia’s single lead ECG and use it with great success in dozens of my afib patients. I’ve written about how this personal ECG monitoring empowers patients and providers and is a crucial component of…
Thanks Doctor for the ECG history lesson and for sharing your insights.
And congratulations on the Stanley Cup!
Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Significant Fibrosis Doubles in U.S.
Happy Memorial Day. Try to be nicer to your liver today.
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