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It's often said there are no quick fixes when it comes to our health. A new study out of Stanford‚ however‚ has shown that to be false – at least‚ if we're talking about our hearts.“Our study… suggests that anyone who chooses a vegan diet can improve their long-term health in two months‚” senior author Christopher Gardner‚ a professor of medicine in the Stanford Prevention Research Center‚ said in a statement on the new findings. “Most change [is] seen in the first month‚” he added.It's long been known that eating less meat is associated with an improvement in cardiovascular health‚ but proving that the relationship is causal‚ rather than just correlation‚ has always been difficult. How do you prove that Alice's cholesterol is lower than Bob's because she's vegan‚ for example‚ and not because she's female‚ or younger‚ or grew up in Minnesota rather than Kentucky?But the Stanford team had an invaluable resource at their disposal: the Stanford Twin Registry. This is a database of fraternal and identical twins who have agreed to participate in research studies‚ allowing the researchers to recruit 22 pairs of identical twins for the project. Gone were the significant impacts from things like genetics and upbringing – basically‚ it's about as close as possible to running both sides of the experiment in a single person at the same time.“Not only did this study provide a groundbreaking way to assert that a vegan diet is healthier than the conventional omnivore diet‚ but the twins were also a riot to work with‚” Gardner said. “They dressed the same‚ they talked the same and they had a banter between them that you could have only if you spent an inordinate amount of time together.”To guarantee that all participants enjoyed a healthy and balanced diet during the study‚ a meal service was employed for the first four weeks‚ delivering breakfast‚ lunch‚ and dinner every day. After that‚ the participants were tasked with preparing their own meals‚ though a registered dietician was available throughout to advise them on healthy choices. And it seems to have paid off: “21 out of the 22 vegans followed through with the diet‚” said Gardner. “Our study used a generalizable diet that is accessible to anyone.”The results were‚ to put it mildly‚ extremely good news for the vegans. Blood tests for insulin and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and weigh-ins were conducted at three points in the study – at the beginning‚ after four weeks‚ and at the end‚ after eight weeks – and after going vegan‚ all three markers were significantly reduced. For example‚ the optimum LDL-C level is below 100; after the eight weeks‚ the vegan participants' had dropped to 95.5‚ while their omnivore twins' was up at 116.1.Meanwhile‚ fasting insulin levels were around 20 percent lower in the vegans – reducing their risk for diabetes – and they had lost on average 4.2 pounds more than their twins.“Based on these results and thinking about longevity‚ most of us would benefit from going to a more plant-based diet‚” Gardner said. “A vegan diet can confer additional benefits such as increased gut bacteria and the reduction of telomere loss‚ which slows aging in the body‚” he added.But while Gardner is keen to extol the benefits of going fully plant-based‚ he's aware that it's unlikely for most of us – at least right now. That's not so terrible‚ he pointed out: after all‚ with a diet that included vegetables‚ legumes‚ fruits and whole grains‚ the omnivore twins did also see health improvements – just less dramatic ones.  “What’s more important than going strictly vegan is including more plant-based foods into your diet‚” said Gardner. “Luckily‚ having fun with vegan multicultural foods like Indian masala‚ Asian stir-fry and African lentil-based dishes can be a great first step.”The study is published in the journal JAMA Network Open.

The first study of bottlenose dolphins’ sensitivity to electric fields has found some can detect electric direct current (DC) fields as weak as 2.4 microvolts per centimeter‚ even better than the measured capacities of platypus. Although still less capable in this regard than sharks and rays‚ the finding suggests electroreceptivity may play a more important role in dolphins’ survival than previously suspected.Dolphins have small pits rich in nerve endings on their face‚ known as vibrissal crypts. A 2022 study confirmed these allow them to detect weak electric fields‚ but provided no indication on how weak that can be. It makes sense for species that live in murky rivers or estuaries to develop alternatives to seeing underwater‚ but for those dolphins that inhabit clearer waters such capacities might prove superfluous.However‚ it seems even in their frequently crystal-clear waters bottlenose dolphins find electrosensitivity useful enough they have maintained it to a considerable degree.Dolphins don’t make the easiest study subjects‚ but a team led by Dr Tim Hüttner of the University of Rostock tested two female dolphins‚ Dolly and Donna‚ from Nuremberg Zoo. Their enclosure consists of nine pools‚ allowing plenty of opportunity to separate the two from each other and the rest of the pod.Once a day each dolphin placed its nose in a headpiece with two electrodes that can produce weak electric fields in the water around them. Dolly and Donna were trained with fish rewards to leave the station when they detected an electric field‚ and stay when they did not. The field strength started at 500 µV cm−1 and was gradually decreased. By comparison‚ platypus‚ the first mammals to have been found to be electrosensitive‚ can detect fields of 25–50µV cm−1. It turns out the dolphins can do better than that. After achieving a 96 percent success rate at the starting field strength‚ the two did less well‚ but still much better than chance‚ with lower fields. Dolly’s performance reached random levels at 5.5µV cm−‚ and she lost motivation to keep playing below that. Donna proved more sensitive‚ detecting fields down to 2.4µV cm−1‚ and performing well not far above this.Both dolphins proved less adept at detecting alternating current (AC) fields‚ needing field strengths up to 10 times as high at 1 Hz‚ and struggling even more at higher frequencies.“Weak bioelectric fields are a reliable short-range source of information for passive electroreceptive animals as all organisms produce electric direct current (DC) fields in the water‚” the authors write. These fields are created by ion flow from fish or crustaceans‚ and are modulated by low-frequency AC potential from muscle activity.Predators can hunt using these fields‚ particularly when their other senses are blocked. For some fish‚ the capacity to detect electric fields is so essential they produce their own weak electric discharges‚ allowing them to sense a disturbance in the force created by moving prey.More often‚ however‚ electroreception is purely passive‚ detecting the fields created by others. It is suspected this can also extend to the capacity to orientate oneself relative to the Earth’s magnetic field‚ not directly as migratory birds do‚ but through electromagnetic induction in sea water.Electroreception is so useful it has evolved many times on different branches of the animal family tree‚ but it’s only known in mammals from platypus‚ echidnas and some dolphins. The last is particularly curious‚ since their capacity for echolocation might seem to make it unnecessary.Guiana dolphins were the first dolphin species in which electroreceptivity was demonstrated. Living in estuaries around the South American coast‚ and often swimming far up-river‚ they face a particularly muddy environment‚ and much of their diet comes from fish that hide in the sediments on the sea floor. The capacity to detect electric fields these fish produce provides obvious benefits.Bottlenose dolphins have a much more diverse diet. Just as they have developed remarkably innovative methods for safely accessing fish in traps and protecting themselves against sharp objects‚ it seems they have also honed their senses over many generations. If able to see‚ hear‚ taste‚ smell and touch the world‚ as well as detect it through echolocation and sense its electric fields some creatures might be overwhelmed by the surfeit of information‚ but it seems dolphins integrate it all. The authors suggest they use echolocation to detect prey at a distance‚ and electric fields for close-in work.The study is open access in the Journal of Experimental Biology 

Donald Trump revived the dormant debate over repealing Obamacare‚ and Congress needs to be prepared.

Some parting words.

Governor Whitmer is at it again‚ this time with self-destructive energy policies that will hurt Michiganders when they need heat and electricity the most.