Buffalo Wings for Dementia & Altzheimers 🍗
Fight Altzheimers & Dementia: spicy and buttery, dipped in cool avacado ranch!
Gluten-free, salt-free, oil-free
⏲️ Start to finish time: this takes about 25-35 minutes from start to ready-to-eat.
💵 Cost to make: $2.85 CDN / $2.08 USD
🕹️ Difficulty: Easy
No Dairy, no eggs, no wheat, no nuts, no tree nuts, no shellfish, no seafood, no soy, no corn, no added salt, no added oil, no added sugar.
“Currently more than 55 million people have dementia worldwide, over 60% of whom live in low-and middle-income countries. Every year, there are nearly 10 million new cases.
Dementia results from a variety of diseases and injuries that affect the brain. Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia and may contribute to 60–70% of cases.”
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia#:~:text=Key%20facts,nearly%2010%20million%20new%20cases.
WARNING!
For anyone taking diabetes, heart medications, or with kidney disease.
This meal, and all of my other meals, the healthy ingredients can dramatically lower blood sugar and LDL (bad) cholesterol when taken with insulin or heart medications, like statins, so check with your doctor first if you are taking heart or diabetes medications.
People with kidney disease might also get more nutrients than their kidneys can process all at once—consult with a healthcare professional if you’re unsure or afflicted with any of the above.
Nutrition Facts:
🔥 715 Calories 🧈 46.5g Fat - Saturated Fat: 7.1 g - Trans Fat: 0.0 g - Polyunsaturated Fat: 8.4 g - Monounsaturated Fat: 19.5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 🧂 37mg Sodium 🌾 62.7g Carbs 🥬 27.5g Fiber - Sugars: 7.6 g 💪 23.0g Protein🍌 147mg Potassium
🦴 145mg Calcium
🔩 6.9mg Iron
🧰 Equipment Needed
A seasoned (steel or cast iron) frying pan
A clean spice or coffee grinder
3 bowls/dishes for mixing the batter, hot sauce, and ranch
(3) spoons or utensils to stir the above
(A metal spatula or similar to flip/stir the wings)
🥣 Ingredients
Makes 2 servings
🍗 Wings & Batter
2 cups frozen (250grams) or fresh cauliflower florets — try broccoli and other veggies too!
¼ cup oats
2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
⅛ tsp ginger powder
1 tbsp chia seeds
¾ cups water
black pepper (a pinch)
🌶️ Buffalo Hot Sauce
2 tbsp white vinegar
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
¼ tsp chili flakes
⅛ tsp cayenne powder
1 tbsp tahini
½ tbsp paprika
¼ tsp garlic powder
⅛ tsp turmeric powder
2 large pitted dates (dried work better I find, but you can mince wet ones too)
water or more vinegar as needed if too thick
🥑 Cool Avocado Ranch
2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
1 tbsp sunflower seeds
¼ tsp garlic powder
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar2 tbsp lemon juice
1 medium size ripe avocado (~150-180grams)
¼ tsp parsley (dry or fresh)
¼ tsp dill weed
pinch of black pepper
water if needed
(1 tsp tahini or more to make it creamy)
🔪Directions
If your cauliflower is frozen, let it defrost a bit so it’s easier to work with.
blend all the dry batter ingredients in your spice grinder
add the wet ingredients to the batter then add, coat, and mix your cauliflower florets and spoon one floret at a time into your hot pan—on a medium heat
Add all of the hot sauce ingredients to a bowl except for the dates. Smoosh/squish/fold then dates with your fingers until they a thin flaky sheet. Then add the dates and mix everything well so there are no clumps.
Blend all the dry ingredients for the avocado cool ranch then add the avocado and other wet ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate/freeze until ready.
6. Flip your wings over a few times until all sides have a bit of color on them. Now spoon the hot sauce on each wing, and saute/shake the pan to ensure they are coated evenly.
Plate your wings with your avocado cool ranch dip and any leftover or additional hot sauce.
Enjoy!
🧂If you absolutely must add salt then try to add it to taste, and in small amounts, mostly to the ranch sauce. The same goes for other “less healthy” additions, but the idea should be to try to limit and eventually remove adding them, over time, when you are ready.
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🔬The Science
🧪 This section tells you all about the ingredients' scientific effects, from the latest medical research, and cites sources so you can investigate further.
AD = Altzheimers Disease
Avocado: “Avocado consumption was associated with significantly better [immediate and delayed recall], and the overall global cognition score, which remained significant when controlling for all relevant confounders.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8551489/
Cayenne, Chili Flakes & Capsaicin: “Capsaicin has shown promising results, improving molecular, cognitive, and behavioural outcomes, though further investigation into its role in Aβ production is warranted.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10299122/
Chia: “High in Omega-3 fatty acids, “Dietary intake or long-term supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids may help reduce risk of AD or cognitive decline.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37028557/
Dill: “Dill tablets and aqueous extract of basil attenuated the hypercholesterolemia-induced memory impairment by lowering serum cholesterol and hippocampus amyloid deposits, and probably beneficial in AD adjuvant therapy.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087851/
Garlic: “Based on the literature review we have done, garlic has revealed beneficiary effects on Alzheimer's disease, especially in animal studies; however, more studies should be done on human populations to find the exact mechanism of garlic effects on AD patients.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36809972/
Ginger: “This work resumes the beneficial effects of Ginger compounds, tested in computational in vitro and in vivo models of Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia, along with some human tests. All these evidences suggest a potential role of the compounds of ginger not only in the treatment of the disease, but also in its prevention." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34577171/
Oats: “Besides that, oats were also found to be protective against dementia incidence among older adults.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9395130/
Paprika: The article “Alzheimer's disease prevention & acetyl salicylic acid: a believable story,” states: “Most fruits, mainly berry fruits and dried fruits, contain salicylate, as well as vegetables, and some herbs and spices, which contain very high amounts per 100 g, (e.g. curry powder, paprika, thyme, and rosemary).“ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994724/
Parsley: Is full of flavonoids. “Various preclinical/clinical studies reported that flavonoids are effective against various diseases including AD.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9441372/ & https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7572326/
Pumpkin seeds: see below and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697193/
Sunflower & Pumpkin seeds: “Recently, it was found that a two-month oral administration of sunflower seeds (50 mg/kg body weight) in combination with black mulberry fruit extract and pumpkin seeds in healthy young adults led to an improvement of memory function.” https://www.explorationpub.com/uploads/Article/A101028/101028.pdf
Tahini: “In summary, 12-week [sesame seed extract] supplementation in older adults with memory impairment resulted in improved global cognitive function than the control group, particularly improved verbal learning memory.” function.”https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8399671/
Turmeric: “The protective effect of curcumin against some neurodegenerative diseases has been proven by in vivo and in vitro studies.” No reliable human trials yet, but it’s a start. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35011468/
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Sources
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5772164/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31137655/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20182054/