2/5) My reasons for eating fish frequently are bc I enjoy the taste and as an #ApoE4 homozygote (#Alzheimers risk gene) my understanding of the research is that the more real-food EPA/DHA I can get the better!
Paper: mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/4…
Lecture:
3/5) Front line advice for keep Mercury levels in normal range is to eat fish low on the food chain & to avoid big fish like tuna and swordfish.
For ref, a table of Mercury levels in fish. You can see, swordfish has ~77-times as much mercury as sardines
4/5) I mostly eat sardines, sockeye salmon, and shellfish, but as I eat fish 1-2 times per day, this wasn't getting my levels <10. So I did this...
5/5) I added mix of broken cell wall chlorella and cilantro as a combination heavy metal chelator to my diet. I did so by simply blending them into @PrimalKitchenCo Avo oil Mayo.
I've just been eating my fish with green mayo, and Mercury now normal
-- and to state the obvious, yes... I could just substitute in other proteins as well... but it's kinda' cool that this actually worked (PS... I added wasabi powder to the mayo too)
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Omega-3 fats have sex-specific impacts on lipids, LDL, HDL & TG!
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1/ In this new paper published in the @LipidJournal, researchers performed a Double-Blinded Randomized Crossover to see how EPA & DHA imapct lipids and mean dn women
2/ The study was a has 21 subjects each with at least 1 marker of Metabolic Syndrome
There was a 4 week run-in period, followed by 10w on 3g/d of EPA or DHA, a washout period, and then the other long-chain fatty acid. Again, order was randomized and study was double-blinded...
3/ Researchers found:
(1) EPA and DHA both ⬇️ TG.
(2) EPA and DHA both ⬆️ LDL-C/ApoB ratios, suggesting more large fluffy healthy buoyant LDL-C
“participants who skip breakfast are more likely to develop fatal cardiovascular diseases, while those who skip lunch or dinner increase their risk of death from all causes”
Don't skip any meals?
I'll call evolution and let it know
2/3) "Those who ate less than three meals a day also tended to have unhealthy habits like smoking or drinking alcohol."
... hmm... seems like the headline could have included" "IF diet (and smoking and drinking) could actually send you to an early grave"
3/3) Then the mike drop... "Jennifer Aniston is among the celebs who practice intermittent fasting."
1/ The topic of bug eating,
or entomophagy, has arisen more and more on social media in recent weeks & months
It’s unfortunately become a polarized topic that I want to address…
2/ Why do I want to address it?
Bc interestingly, I find that people that r pro animal protein consumption tend to be very anti-bug, whereas those that are more plant-based tend to be more pro-bug
As bugs are animals this would seem a contradiction - and one that is revealing
3/ First, let’s talk nutrients.
Bugs provide a high quality source of protein, on par with other animal proteins like beef. A compare, and contrast is provided below. (And chapulines take the cake for protein density)
1/ At Thanksgiving dinner, a relative who struggles with #obesity -- like too many in this world -- asked my opinion on the Ozempic (Semaglutide), the GLP-1 receptor agonist that's being prescribed more and more for weight loss
My 4-point reply... 🧵👇
2/ Point (1) = Lifestyle > Drugs
#Obesity and #diabetes are lifestyle related diseases ideally treated by targeting the root cause, i.e. lifestyle.
Drugs have their place in treatment, but as the cherry on top of the proverbial sundae, not the sundae itself.
3/ This doesn't mean lifestyle change is easy or that it works first time 4every1
Lifestyle change can be difficult bc of the confusing/low-quality nature of standard nutrition advice (e.g. eat less more more)
and bc of our modern food environment & social pressures
1/4 New research journal "Brain" identifies a way to increase clearance of waste products from the brains of mice by ramping up a genetic quirk known as "Readthrough"
2/4 Every once in a while, the protein aquaporin 4 is synthesized with a little tail on the end
Interestingly, this expression pattern occurs only in structures that are important for waste clearance
3/4 Long aquaporin 4 can be found in the end feet of brain support cells called "astrocytes" that wrap around blood vessels in the brain and help regulate blood flow and improve waste clearance of amyloid found in #Alzheimers ...