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The Dementia/Fructose Link | Diabetic Mediterranean Diet

May 28, 2023 12:59 PM

Colorado researchers theorize that fructose metabolism may be the driving force behind Alzheimer’s Disease pathology. Diets high in sugar and high glycemic index carbohydrates would exacerbate the problem. Salt may also play a role. Fructose is a simple sugar (a monosaccharide) typically found in fruit, honey, and some vegetables. Table sugar is sucrose, a combination of fructose and a glucose molecule. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is added to many processed foods as a bulk sweetener. From the article linked above:

An ancient human foraging instinct, fueled by fructose production in the

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Biden team scrambles to contain financial and political contagion

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The Biden administration’s scramble to prevent financial contagion from the crash of Silicon Valley Bank is both an attempt to shield a resilient but still-vulnerable economy and to prevent grave political fallout.

The Treasury Department and federal regulators insisted there was no systemic risk to the banking system as a whole that could cause a repeat of the cataclysmic 2008 meltdown as they raced against the opening of Asian markets with measures to head off a run on small or regional US banks.

They unrolled emergency measures Sunday evening that will guarantee deposits of SVB’s customers. Regulators also

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How to Saute without Oil (Dry Saute – NOT in water)

The consumption of oil is associated with a number of diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, gallbladder disease, and arthritis. But how do you saute without oil?

No water! No broth!

I’ve seen many suggestions/recipes for sauteing in a little water or vegetable broth instead of oil, but (in my opinion) that method just doesn’t do it. The onions taste steamed, not sauteed.

Here’s a method that enables you to brown onions deliciously – without dropping oil. We call this dry saute.

How to Saute without Oil

1.Choose the right size pan.

You don’t want to crowd the onions, so

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Farmhouse Cream of Vegetable Soup

This luscious soup evokes wonderful memories of sitting at my grandma’s table after school on a cold, wintery day, and slurping up spoonful after spoonful of this warm and delicious vegetable soup.

Sadly, I never thought to ask my grandma for the recipe for her soup, but with a little experimenting, I think this recipe comes very close.

This one-pot, simple cream of vegetable soup is one of my favorite quick and easy meals. It’s pure comfort food yet loaded with healthy, nourishing and slimming ingredients. It’s also dairy free. And gluten-free.

Farmhouse Vegetable Soup FAQ

What type of milk

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Make your health and safety top priority in 2020 – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Warren Buffett, who was recently named as the fourth wealthiest individual in the world, once said:

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

This is good advice that can be applied to many aspects of life, but it’s especially true when it comes to health and safety.

When an accident occurs there are of course measurable outlays: damage to equipment, loss of revenue and sick days caused by injuries. There are also intangible costs such as damage to reputation and/or loss of trust

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Spotlight on RoSPA’s First International Awards Ambassador – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

In 2018, RoSPA developed the RoSPA Awards Ambassador scheme, aiming to create a network of individuals who champion RoSPA’s objective to drive up health and safety standards via the RoSPA’s International Health and Safety Awards. With more than 27-years of experience in OS&H management, and over half of those spent working overseas, Stephen Storey, who is based in India, was well placed to be RoSPA’s first international awards ambassador. We catch up with him to see what this means for him.

Stephen Story has spent fifteen years working overseas in OS&H management in the Middle East and Asia. He is

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Methods to Choose the Proper Monetary Merchandise?

Shares are down. Bonds are down. Market volatility is excessive. We’re all feeling a bit annoyed with our investments this yr, and we’re questioning whether or not we have to do a portfolio overhaul. A part of that is additionally deciding which monetary devices are the precise fir in your personal private state of affairs.

Based on Christine Benz, Morningstar’s Director of non-public finance and retirement planning, “it is typically not an amazing concept to consider a serious portfolio upheaval within the midst of the market volatility.” She wouldn’t advocate market strikes as a catalyst for an funding determination, as …

Right here to assist! – RoSPA Office Security Weblog

Following on from our earlier weblog, We’re with you each step of the best way!, the urge for food to assist and have interaction with RoSPA Awards Entrants extends to the entire RoSPA Well being & Security Awards staff.

We caught up with two extra members of the RoSPA staff, Julia Small and Letty Hill, to learn the way they’re prepared and prepared to lend a serving to hand…

Julia Small
Government Head of {Qualifications}, Awards and Occasions

For over 15 years, Julia has had oversight of RoSPA’s sturdy awards procedures, together with the safe on-line entry system utilized by

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