Your Brain Depends on Vitamin C to Keep Your Memory Strong
Vitamin C has now been shown to be vitally important for the brain and for the strength and function of your memory.
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This Sugar May Be Silently Wrecking Your Memory
It's very well known that sugar and, in particular, the sugar called fructose, can wreak havoc on the body and brain. And now a group of researchers believe fructose may be connected to the increase
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Lower Your Dementia Risk 40 Percent With A Vitamin?
When it comes to fighting dementia, the mainstream has nothing new to offer.It’s the same old risky drugs… unproven therapies… and endless hours of “investigative” scans and procedures.Fortunately,
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SNAP Knocks Two Years Off Brain Aging
For good brain health, diet matters. As we’ve reported here many times, long-term consumption of a Mediterranean style diet, rich in fruits, vegetables, and olive oil, leads to better cognition in
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How Food Can Rejuvenate Aging Brain Blood Vessels
The brain is protected from toxins and other insults by the blood-brain barrier. It’s an important line of defense against damage and infection. But with aging it becomes “leaky,” leaving the brain
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Are You Getting Enough Of This Memory-Boosting Nutrient?
For your brain to function at its best, it needs a crucial nutrient that allows its neurons to keep properly firing off their messages to one another.This nutrient is particulary important because it
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This Might Be The Easiest Way To Stop Dementia
If you’re anything like me, you’re doing everything possible to stop dementia before it starts. Especially if one of your close relatives suffered from Alzheimer’s leaving you at genetic risk for the
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Eleven Memory-Boosting Nutrients Put To the Test
A lot has been written about how the right nutrients can help your brain stay in better shape as you get older.To test some of those claims, researchers in Europe spent two years investigating the
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Can This Vitamin Solve A Root Cause Of Alzheimer’s Disease?
It’s no secret that certain nutrients are good for your brain. Nutrients like vitamin B-12, vitamin D, and omega-3 fatty acids are often touted for staving off Alzheimer’s and other memory-robbing
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The Vitamin Secret to a Healthy Brain
If you’re anything like me, you’re probably doing everything you can to avoid Alzheimer’s disease. Because without a sharp mind, you will slowly lose your independence… and identity.That’s why you
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This Fiber Can Cut Your Risk of Dementia
When the saying “roughage keeps you regular” was coined it reflected fiber’s ability to prevent or relieve constipation.Soon doctors were touting the benefits of dietary fiber for everything from
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Is Vitamin B Deficiency an Early Warning Sign of Dementia?
In an ongoing exploration of the origins of dementia, researchers from the United States and Israel coordinated a large cohort study to examine a common nutritional deficiency - folate, or vitamin
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Boost the Impact of Exercise on Memory with One Mineral
It's been well-established that aerobic exercise improves brain health. But researchers haven't been able to identify the specific pathways that make this possible.But now researchers at the
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Is Too Much Calcium Bad for Your Brain?
When you think about how the mineral calcium affects your health, chances are the first thing that pops into your head is how this mighty mineral strengthens your bones.But if certain researchers
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Powerful Memory Protector Identified in a Common Berry
By now, just about everybody should know that eating plenty of fruits and vegetables can support a healthier brain and a sharp memory for years to come.But the latest research has begun to pick apart
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Forgotten Vitamin Can Help Keep Your Memory Sharp
For decades this vitamin has been overlooked for its importance in keeping your memory sharp as you age, but now it’s finally getting some of the attention it deserves.I’m talking about vitamin K.And
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Can Eating Cheese Boost Your Memory
Medical authorities are sticking to their guns when it comes to advice on high fat dairy foods like cheese. They suggest replacing cheese, milk and yogurt with low or non-fat versions to protect
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Why the MIND Diet is Proven to Cut Alzheimer’s Risk in Half
One of the best ways to deal with Alzheimer’s disease?Make sure you never get it in the first place. And one of the more effective methods for lowering your risk of Alzheimer’s disease is to build up
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Japanese Dietary Staple Helps Retain Memories
Alzheimer's happens when there’s damage to the brain's gray matter.But deeper parts of the brain, where white matter is located, can also suffer damage that leads to cognitive decline and
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Why Your Memory Will Love a Keto Diet
If you’re a loyal follower of Brain Health Breakthroughs, there’s a good chance you’ve read about the benefits of a ketogenic diet in one of our articles.Researchers have found this type of diet may
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This Summer Fruit Preserves Memory
A plant pigment that gives color to many fruits and vegetables has multiple protective properties that could shield the brain from Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases.Being natural, the
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Here’s How to Help Your Body Produce its Own Brain Booster
A sharper brain is a less inflamed brain.Inflammation is one of the brain’s worst enemies. As you age, your immune cells can get stuck in a continual state of attack mode – called chronic
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A Single Junk Food Meal Damages the Blood Vessels and the Brain
People may get away with eating a nutritionally poor diet for a time, but eventually the damage it causes to the body will appear as heart disease, dementia, cancer and other chronic, debilitating
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Feast on Flavonoids that Fight Alzheimer’s
Research into how Alzheimer’s disease develops shows that little everyday habits produce big results in keeping your brain healthy. First and foremost of those habits are the foods you eat.If you’re
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New Research Reveals Effects of Food Combinations on Brain Health
Regular readers know this familiar brain health mantra: exercise regularly, manage stress, eat lots of different fruits and vegetables, and supplement wisely.It seems that every day there’s another
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The Antioxidant in Kale, Spinach and Tea That Slashes Your Risk of Alzheimer's
You’ve heard for decades now how eating more fruit and vegetables can lower your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer and obesity. And for readers of this newsletter, you also know a diet
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Can These Foods Make You Happier?
The pursuit of happiness has become a cultural obsession. Of course, people have always wanted to be happy. That’s not new. But now it’s been turned into a science.Numerous TED talks advise us on how
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Should We Seek Out Foods High in This Forgotten Brain Nutrient?
Linked to a reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer's and certain cancers, it's easy to see why olive oil - especially extra virgin - is popular with
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Build a Better Brain with this Vitamin
If you want to maximize your thinking power and clear up a foggy memory, then you need to know about a vitamin that allows the neurons in your brain to link up effectively and communicate with each
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Core Ingredient of the Mediterranean Diet Keeps Dementia at Bay
The traditional diet of people living on the Greek island of Crete is well-known for its ability to promote a healthy and long life.One element of their diet counts for as much as a third of an
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The Nutrients that Get Together to Boost Your Brain Power
The neurons in your brain need a lot of nutritional support to do their jobs, because they never stop working.They need a steady stream of nutrients to protect them from destructive oxidation and
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This Nutrient is Absolutely Essential to Brain Health – And Most People are Deficient
Frequent readers of this site know that throughout the years I’ve shared piles of evidence linking a healthy, nutrient-rich diet with optimal brain function.But I recently discovered there’s one
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This Memory Nutrient has a Strange Source
Some of the most powerful nutrients yet discovered for ensuring a sharper, stronger memory are made naturally by your own body.I’m talking about nutrients like enzymes and vitamin D. Recently,
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This Gift of the Grape Can Protect Memory and May Fight Depression
A nutrient that gets a lot of attention for slowing down aging is now also being recognized for the good things it does for your brain and mood.Those good things include improving memory, protecting
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NAC is Proven Effective Against Brain Problems
I was a late convert to the wonders of NAC (N-acetyl cysteine), a well-known nutrient. Somehow I overlooked it.But now I’m a full believer and proselytizer. I got religion when I learned that NAC is
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This Little-Discussed Nutrient is a Priceless Brain Food
Your brain needs to be protected from itself.That’s because your brain is a workaholic, always chugging along overtime, relaying messages from neuron to neuron. Those messages are whirling around you
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This Old Standby is One of the Best Things You Can do for Your Brain
Back in 1970, Nobel Prizewinner Linus Pauling made headlines when he said large amounts of vitamin C could cure or prevent the common cold.It was probably the first introduction most Americans had to
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Drug/Nutrient/Beverage Mix Reverses Memory Loss
Three decades ago, pharmacist and cancer researcher Ross Pelton, PhD, described a certain combination of two ingredients as "the most potent memory enhancing therapy yet discovered."Today, with a few
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Your Spice Cabinet is Full of Brain “Medicines” Besides Curcumin
In these pages we’ve let you know that sage, cinnamon, turmeric, and saffron are all powerful brain boosters. Sage is so potent, it’s an ingredient in a brain supplement from our sister company,
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Let Coffee Make You Brilliant
If you’re a fan of caffeine like me, you’re well aware of its power to enhance cognition. It obviously gives you energy, but that’s not what I’m talking about. Beyond all the get-up-and-go, I find
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This Vitamin Is Vital for Protecting Your Brain and Nerves
In looking into the importance of a vitamin you need to keep your brain and nerve tissue healthy, I’ve had to wonder – when is a widespread lack of a nutrient a national emergency?Because every time
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Garlic May be the New “Must-Have” for the Brain
Used for over three thousand years for conditions ranging from hemorrhoids to snake bites, modern scientists have confirmed the healing properties of garlic. This intense, aromatic, and flavorful
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Want Some Extra Brain Power with That Dessert?
If you’re like me, when you think about dessert, you probably consider it a guilty pleasure, not a healthy option.But at least many desserts contain an appealing spice that stimulates the brain as
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For Brain Health, One Food Makes All the Difference
Botanically, it's closer to an animal than a plant. Some types glow in the dark, others are hallucinogenic, many are poisonous.Fortunately, the safe, edible variety is not only chock full of
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Beware the Foods Linked to Alzheimer’s
In Issue #583 I warned about the brain dangers of BMAA, a toxin produced by cyanobacteria. These are very common microbes found in algae blooms in lakes and oceanic red tides – and recently linked to
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The Four Worst Foods for Your Brain (And some of them have been called “healthy”!)
You know omega-3-rich fish, berries and even dark chocolate are your brain’s best friends. But did you know that for every brainy food out there, there’s a tempting food that can undo all your good
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A Maverick Scientist has Made an Important New Alzheimer’s Discovery
If I told you that a native people in Guam have a tradition of eating bats – the entire animal -- boiled in milk, you’d probably find it revolting. I sure did. Among members of this tribe, though,
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This Is a Tasty Way to Improve Your Memory
It’s a well-accepted fact that all of us are going to experience memory changes with the passing years. But some of us will do better than others and hang on to more of our mental
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If You Take Only Three Brain Supplements, Make Sure This is One of Them
Many nutrients play their part in lowering the risk of Alzheimer's, but one in particular stands out in importance. Yet only one American adult out of every nine meets the recommended “Adequate
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This Surprising Nutrient Could be the Most Important for Brain Health
If you want your brain to be at its best from now until a ripe old age, there’s one crucial nutrient that may be the most vital. For years everyone – including me – has thought of it as an eye
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The Tree Nut that Keeps Dementia at Bay
The industry has thrived in the state of Oregon for over a century.Grown in 800 orchards -- many of which have been farmed by the same family for generations – and covering 70,000 acres, the state
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The Mighty Vegetable that Rejuvenates Your Brain
A few years ago I would have thought it unlikely, but beets have risen close to the top of the superfood hit parade. They not only support your brain and boost muscle performance but also keep your
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The Right Foods Can Keep Immune Cells from Destroying Your Memory
Your immune system can be your best friend – when it protects you from pathogens – or your worst nightmare when it goes on the blink. . .. . .because misbehaving immune cells can cause as much harm
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This Popular Food is Addictive – and Shrinks Your Brain
You’d think that if a food additive has been proven capable of both wrecking your physical health and endangering your brain, we’d all avoid it like it was poison.But we don’t. It remains one of the
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Your Brain is Hungry for This Antioxidant Mineral
One of your brain’s biggest enemies is oxidative stress – the buildup of toxic molecules called free radicals that can oxidize and destroy neurons and the network connections among brain cells. When
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Can’t Afford Brain Supplements? The Most Vital Ones Cost Practically Nothing
One of the good things about brain health is that the main things you need are inexpensive or even free.For example, you've got to have two simple vitamins that offer priceless protection from a
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The "Smart" Mushroom that Could Keep You Mentally Sharp for Life
What was her secret?It's not only that neurobiologist Rita Levi-Montalcini lived to the age of 103, the only Nobel prize winner who ever achieved that distinction.It's that she was still engaged in
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This “Eye Supplement” Puts a Stop to Alzheimer's
"This is a major breakthrough in the management of Alzheimer's disease." So states Professor John Nolan, lead scientist in a new human trial.He wasn’t talking about a new drug. He was talking about a
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This Food Combination Acts Like a Brain-Addictive Drug
Over a century ago, Dr. William Howard Hay proposed that meals heavy in proteins and carbohydrates upset the digestive system and lead to weight gain.The Hay (food combining) Diet still has loyal
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Fish Oil in This Form has Extra Benefits
If you’ve read anything about alternative medicine in the last 20 years, you’ve probably heard the main reason to eat fish is the omega 3 fatty acids, found at especially high levels in oily fish
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Eat This Once a Day to Protect Your Eyes and Improve Brain Function
Added to salads or smoothies, its green, creamy texture is high in fiber and chock-full of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and healthy fats.One important carotenoid found in this nutrient-dense
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The Melt-In-Your-Mouth Treat that Boosts the Brain
Switzerland leads the world, consuming almost 20 pounds per person annually. The US trails in 9th place. We only munch our way through a mere 9½ pounds.Then again, the Swiss are renowned for their
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Raw or Cooked? Lift Your Spirits with the Right Choice
Fresh, frozen, canned or dried; it doesn't matter. Just make sure you include at least 14 ounces in your diet every day.That's the message of Fruits & Veggies - More Matters®. This initiative was
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Two-Nutrient Combo Lowers Risk of Alzheimer’s Better than Either One Alone
Researchers have stumbled on a super-powered duo of nutrients that may be able to rescue your brain from the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other debilitating disorders.According to some of the most
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Priceless Protein Helps Your Brain Manufacture New Cells
If you want to keep your memory going strong as you get older, you need to know that taurine is central to the health of the brain’s neurons. Although not technically one of the “amino acids” you
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A Serving of Squash Lowers Your Risk of Dementia
If you’ve been indulging in sweet squash this winter, like acorn, butternut, or sugar pumpkin, you made a good choice for your overall health. You may even have reduced your risk of dementia.Why?
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You Don't Have to Rely on Beetroot Juice to Boost Blood Flow to the Brain
It decreases blood pressure, boosts athletic performance and improves cognitive function, but a lot of people just don’t like beetroot juice.This was demonstrated in a trial of 14 participants where
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Nutrient-Rich Nuts Can Nudge Up Your Brain Power
If there’s one piece of diet advice I feel completely confident in giving, it’s “Eat nuts.”To start with, they’re a wonderful high-fat snack to replace the carbohydrates nearly everyone eats too much
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Does Salt Raise the Risk of Dementia?
I'm sure you've received the message loud and clear by now that too much salt is bad for you. Medical authorities tell us it pushes up blood pressure, thereby contributing to heart attacks and
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This One Protein Can Make the Difference in Brain Health
There’s a protein that produces huge benefits for the brain. This assertion is a fact; it’s been proven.Study after study shows this substance – brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) – keeps the
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New Research Says It All: This Supplement Works, and It Works Fast
Your brain cells require specialized types of cell membranes to keep your memory functioning.And each of those membranes requires a particular type of substance that gives it the right structure and
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You Need a Wide Range of Fatty Acids For a Healthy Brain
For a healthy heart, most of our savvy readers know they need two omega-3 fatty acids, DHA and EPA from fish oils.Probably there aren't as many people who know they also need these fats if they want
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Don’t Overlook the Health Benefits of this Neglected Grain
Every 40 seconds someone in the US has a stroke, which makes it one of the leading causes of long-term disability.1 Chances are pretty high that someone you know has been disabled by one.But there’s
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This “Universal Antioxidant” Boosts Your Brain in Two Ways
There’s one antioxidant that’s so important in helping boost the brain’s health, many enthusiasts call it a “universal antioxidant.” In fact, more than 20 years ago this particular supplement was one
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Foods That Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
Fish is one of those foods we’ve heard is good for the heart. Recent research has discovered that eating fish can likewise preserve your brain function as you age.A 2016 study at Rush Medical Center
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When Choosing Brain Supplements, Don’t Overlook This Old Standby
Vitamin C more or less started the whole current wave of alternative health more than 50 years ago when Linus Pauling, a Nobel Prize winner, first told the world this vitamin could treat the common
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Certain Foods and Medications Can Increase the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is characterized by tremors, loss of balance and decreased mobility. It affects roughly one million people in the United States. It’s not a fatal disease, but as it progresses it
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Protect Your Brain with This Crucial Vitamin
About 90 percent of American men and 96 percent of women don’t get enough vitamin E in their food or supplements. That’s bad news, because new research shows it’s essential for preventing memory
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This Food Makes Great Brain Medicine
For quite a while, medical researchers have explored all the ways a wonderfully helpful food acts as preventive medicine for the brain, keeping memory problems at bay.As a result, people whose
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Your Iron Levels Are Probably Putting Your Health at Risk
Many people take iron supplements to defend against iron-deficiency anemia, a condition where the body doesn’t produce enough red blood cells.This kind of anemia is caused by factors like poor diet,
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Losing Weight This Way Puts You at Risk of Dementia
We touched on the dangers of artificial sweeteners, particularly in diet sodas, back in Issue #301…And since that time diet soda consumption in the United States has continued to increase. Among
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Seaweed Extract Shows Every Sign of Being a Powerful Brain-Booster
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, three PhD students at the University of Iowa were developing drugs to combat cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease.They started to question the
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Major Impact on Brain Health From Little-Known Dietary Ingredient
Its reported health benefits include reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, deterring weight gain, lowering the risks of colon cancer, stroke and cardiovascular diseases, and eliminating waste and
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It's Crazy Not to Eat This Vegetable
"...it seems crazy not to eat it on a regular basis."That's the view of UK-registered dietitian and TV nutritionist Carrie Ruxton. She was extolling the nutritional properties and wide-ranging health
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This Vegetable Gives Your Brain Powerful Protection
Every 40 seconds somebody in the US suffers a stroke. And due to stroke’s devastating consequences, someone dies of one every four minutes.But now researchers from the UK have proved that a chemical
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Eating Like This Reduces Your Risk of Alzheimer's By Half
What would you say if I told you there’s a delicious way to adjust your diet that could reduce your risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease and dementia by 53%?And not only can you reduce your risk of
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Goji Berries Possess a Unique Brain Nutrient
By now you know fruits and vegetables are essential if you want to maintain a healthy brain and reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia…However, not all fruits and
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Could Eating These Vegetables Increase Your Risk of Dementia?
Along with physical and mental exercise and sound sleep, eating fresh fruits and vegetables is the first line of defense if you want to keep your brain healthy as you age.But there’s a slight catch:
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Reap The Cognitive Benefits of Ketones Without The Full Ketogenic Diet
As a regular reader of Brain Health Breakthroughs, you’re probably familiar with the idea of a ketogenic diet.In essence, it means fueling your body with fats instead of carbohydrates. Carbs are
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Drinking This Increases Your Risk For Dementia
This type of beverage comes in countless flavors and goes by many names...You can find it in every restaurant, fast food chain and grocery store in the country… and about 48% of all Americans
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New Food Compound is a Valuable Addition to Your Brain Protection Plan
There’s a natural chemical found in a wide variety of food and drinks that’s powerfully good for your body and brain.It has antioxidant properties that bolster your body’s defenses against daily
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This Food Contains Brain-Supporting Properties Not Found Anywhere Else
To the Romans, they were "food of the gods." Ancient Greeks warriors ingested them before battle to increase their strength. In Chinese culture, they’re considered an "elixir of life."While most
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These Popular Foods Can Fry Your Brain
To most folks, a fried or grilled piece of meat smells great when it’s cooking and tastes wonderful when you eat it.But your brain isn’t as pleased as your taste buds when you chow down on those
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Your Brain Needs Vitamin A - But Not Too Much!
After investigating a crucial nutrient that contributes to a better memory, researchers are still largely in the dark on how it influences neurons as we get older.But there's one thing the scientists
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This Way of Eating Cuts Brain Loss in Half
Inspired by the cuisine of people in Spain, Greece, Southern France and Italy, many health experts have strongly endorsed the Mediterranean diet in recent years.That's because this way of eating
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Deficiency in This B Vitamin Can Be Dangerous (NOT B12)
They looked at the US diet, the Mediterranean diet, vegetarian diets. They looked at different calorie intakes.Whatever the diet or the amount of food Americans consume, the scientists sitting on the
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Friendly Bacteria Give a Boost to Alzheimer's Patients
Many people now consume probiotics in fermented foods like yogurt and in supplements, because scientific research confirms they improve digestion, reduce IBS symptoms and boost immunity.But
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The Snack That Powers Up Memory
Snack foods are often nutritional disasters. Items like potato chips, fries or onion rings offer little to the body except fats rendered toxic by overheating and starches that raise your blood
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Is There Such a Thing as Being Too Thin?
The Duchess of Windsor famously said, “You can never be too rich or too thin.” Well, it seems maybe you can. . .To stay healthy, one of the things you always hear about is to keep your weight in
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Tastes Sweet, Zero Calories, But Dangerous for Your Brain
If you believe the marketing hype, a certain calorie-free ingredient added to soft drinks can help you lose weight. But the truth about this chemical additive is less reassuring.Researchers have
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This is Nature's Perfect Food
If there was one food that could increase good cholesterol, provide 13 essential vitamins and minerals, and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes … while building muscle, making you feel full and
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The Less You Eat, The Smarter You Get
If you feel like a large part of your life is out of balance, your waistline is too big, your thinking and memory are not as sharp as you’d like, and your foods are unsatisfying, some researchers
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When it's Good To Be Going Nuts
This delicious food has a hard protective shell – much the way the brain has a skull. Its ‘meat’ is divided into two halves – the brain has two hemispheres. It’s covered in furrows – the brain is
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Taking Probiotics Can Help Protect Your Brain
New Discovery: Gut Bacteria Support Brain HealthEveryday, more than 2,000 Americans suffer strokes – what some medical folks call a brain attack.During an ischemic stroke – the most common kind — the
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6 Foods That Protect You Against Alzheimer's
The role of diet in brain health has grown to such an extent that it even has its own name – neuro-nutrition. And no wonder: there’s strong evidence that some foods are especially good for cognitive
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A Lot of People Still Don't Know About This Vitamin
It’s been nicknamed “the forgotten vitamin”.Yes, when it comes to vitamins, most of us only know our alphabet from A to E. But there’s another one that lies beyond: Vitamin K.Even people who know
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7 Best Snack Foods for Your Brain
As a Natural Health Insiders reader, you know your diet is one of the mostimportant factors for keeping your brain healthy and your mind sharp for the rest of your life.But the one thing that can
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Healthy Gut Microbes May Be Essential to Brain Health
Over 2000 years ago Hippocrates, the “Father of Western Medicine” said that all disease begins in the gut.One of the founders of immunology in the 19th century, Élie Metchnikoff, theorized that
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Eating This Fruit Makes Your Mind Sharper
The idea of protecting your brain with a tasty snack food may sound far-fetched. But research into the health benefits of a tiny, delicious fruit demonstrates that this morsel can appeal to both your