Eat Almost Anything & Still Be Healthy & The Amazing World of Rats- SYSK Choice
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Any food can fit into a healthy diet. Even studies that look at ultra processed foods show there's no health harm from 20% or fewer of our daily calories coming from ultra processed foods. So even the junkiest of junk food, there can be room for that.
Also, how sitting in a circle may be the best way to conduct a meeting. And rats. You may not like them. I don't like them. But rats absolutely go everywhere humans go. That's the rule.
There is one very interesting exception to that rule in North America, in Alberta. And since the 1940s, the provincial government there have essentially been waging war on rats.
All this today on Something You Should Know.
Something You Should Know. Fascinating intel. The world's top experts. And practical advice you can use in your life. Today, Something You Should Know with Mike Carruthers.
Hey there. Welcome to Something You Should Know. In the summertime, I'm sure you've noticed, everybody's noticed this, how mosquitoes seem to be attracted to some people more than others. Why is that? Well, there could be a couple of reasons. First of all, mosquitoes land on people with type O blood nearly twice as often as they do in type A blood, according to a study. Type O blood seems to be mosquitoes' preferred blood type. Also, this is kind of interesting, about 85% of people give off a chemical signal through their skin that indicates their blood type. If you're one of them, mosquitoes find you particularly appealing no matter what blood type you are because you're basically sending out an invitation that you have blood.
Mosquitoes are drawn to heat, so the higher your body temperature, the more attractive you are to them. Chemicals found in sweat like lactic acid, uric acid, and ammonia seem to get their attention. Researchers aren't really sure why, but at least one study suggests that drinking beer, even just a single 12-ounce bottle, can make you more attractive to mosquitoes. And mosquitoes' sense of sight is nowhere near as good as their sense of smell, but they do use vision to find humans, and they see dark objects more easily than light objects. So if you're dressed in dark clothes, you're an easier target. And that is something you should know. Let's talk about food. Because in the next 20 minutes, you're going to hear a lot of things you probably haven't heard before about how nutrition works.
And you're going to get some very easy ways to tweak what you eat to make it much healthier and more beneficial. And this is information backed by real science. My guest is Dr. Sarah Ballantyne. She is the founder of NutriVore, And she is author of the best-selling book, Nutrivor, the radical new science for getting the nutrients you need from the food you eat. Hi, Sarah. Welcome.
Oh, thank you so much for having me.
So first, let's talk about the problem. What is the issue that you're seeing as it relates to what people eat, what they don't eat, how they eat, and what that's doing to us?
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5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:12
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Why do mosquitoes prefer some people over others?
5:12–13:24
3
What body chemicals and behaviors attract mosquitoes the most?
13:24–24:43
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How can small changes make healthy eating easier and more sustainable?
24:43–28:38
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What scientific evidence supports focusing on nutrients instead of restriction?
28:38–46:36
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