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Cacao

Post author By Dr. Dave DeLapp
Post date August 3, 2025

Humans consume about 5 million tons of cacao beans yearly. As a comparison, it ranks behind coffee at 10 million tons and tea at 7.5 million tons consumed each year as the most widely used psychoactive chemicals by us earthlings. Yes, we like feeling up and ready for action. These substances provide caffeine and similar […]

Tags antioxidants, atificial sweeteners, bitter, cacao, cardiovascular, cocoa, cognitive, fermented food, flavanols, mood, nitric oxide, probiotics, self sabotage, theobromine, tooth enamel

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Autophagy Diet

Post author By Dr. Dave DeLapp
Post date June 8, 2024

The week before last Ellen and I did a 5-day autophagy diet. We began on Sunday afternoon and ended with breakfast the following Saturday. For those five and a half days we ate no protein, no carbs or sugars, and very little fat. The idea is to eat just fiber with a little […]

Tags 100 grams, 40 hour fast, adventure, aggression, autophagy, cocoa, flavones, GLP-1, insulin, jicama, konjac noodles, motivation, protein pacing, scares, senescent cells, senile cells, tooth regrowing, wrinkles