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Episode 96: EPIC Talk About All Things Health and Carnivore with Dr Paul Mason, MD!

The Plant Free MD with Dr Anthony Chaffee

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Is Insect Protein as Absorbable as Plant Protein?

I read a paper that was promoting insect protein recently. They were comparing insect protein favorably saying it's just as well absorbed as plant proteins. I haven't looked into the nutrition of crickets, but I wonder what the nutrient profile is across the board. Well, I think it'd be high protein, probably less fat than obviously. And we know, for example, that when we were taught in medical school that a healthy adult should have five years of B12 stores within the liver.

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