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Would you like to try this blue scampi caviar? Fishermen say there is a price benefit to being more adventurous with your seafood choices

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Two-thirds of the fish that Australians eat is wasted. After the fillets are removed, the remainder is usually discarded. The poor recovery had an impact on prices. “You pay for a whole fish but only really eat a third, but all the parts of the fish actually have enormous value, like the head, tail, skin,” said Patrick Hone, managing director of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. The chef slowly started using more fish, including their offal. Delicious waste The beef, lamb, pork and chicken industries had much higher recovery rates, ranging from over 50 percent to the 70s, but why is seafood recovery so low? “Seafood offal is a completely unexplored area,” says chef Danielle Dixon. Chef Danielle Dixon says advocacy for underutilized species is critical. ( ABC Landline: Pip Courtney ) “With the average net profit in the food business sometimes being just 1 percent or less, it’s really important for us to start educating people about h...

Diabetic patients with Medicare benefit plans more likely to have poorer health, study finds

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image: Utibe Essien, MD, MPH see again Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, July 7, 2022 – While patients with diabetes on the Medicare Advantage plan are more likely to receive preventative care, they are less likely to be prescribed new, more expensive drugs and more likely to have high blood pressure and poorer blood glucose control than patients on the Cost plan Medicare-For-Services, according to a new study led by physician-scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The study, published today in Diabetes Treatment, raised the red flag that – despite increasing access to preventative care – rapid growth in Medicare Advantage registrants could signal a trend toward poorer health outcomes and gaps in care when compared to their Medicare Fee-For-Service counterparts. “Preventive care is not enough to prevent patients from utilizing the healthcare system in the future,” said lead author U...