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Exercise Helps the Brain – Who Knew?

Exercise Helps the Brain – Who Knew?

I was amused recently, to read the front-page headline in a neurology newsletter I receive, that stated “Any level of physical activity tied to better late life memory.” First, my amusement stemmed from…
Treating Skin Aging?

Treating Skin Aging?

As I get older, I have noticed more and more that my skin is getting fragile. Sometimes, just bumping against something leads to a bruise or bleeding. And this isn’t something that happened in my younger day…
Vitamins Help the Brain? Who Knew?

Vitamins Help the Brain? Who Knew?

Yes, I’ve been recommending various vitamins to help support brain health and function for a very long time. The notion has always resonated with me especially in the context of the increased risk of brain t…
Weightlifting Helps Blood Pressure

Weightlifting Helps Blood Pressure

Which is better, aerobic or resistance exercises like weight training? That’s a question that gets asked at virtually every health-related conference that I attend. And it’s becoming clear that we need to pu…
How to Fix Your Leaky Brain

How to Fix Your Leaky Brain

A relatively new player in the discussion of factors leading to Alzheimer’s is the breakdown of the so-called blood-brain barrier (BBB). The blood-brain barrier is essentially a checkpoint within the blood v…
Vitamin D and Dementia Risk

Vitamin D and Dementia Risk

For years I’ve been writing about the important role of vitamin D as it relates to general health and brain health in specific. And with good reason. The medical research literature has long explored the myr…
Treating Alzheimer’s with Fecal Material

Treating Alzheimer’s with Fecal Material

In 2015, I published Brain Maker, a book that explored the remarkable, but generally overlooked relationship between the gut and the brain. These days, this relationship gets a lot of attention in both popul…
Exercise Benefits the Brain – But How?

Exercise Benefits the Brain – But How?

If you’ve been following any of my outreach, whether books, blogs, PBS specials or YouTube videos, it’s obvious that I have been hammering home the idea that physical exercise benefits the brain. This notion…
Your Brain – Your Choice

Your Brain – Your Choice

Your Brain – Your Choice My life mission, as defined over the past couple of decades, is focused on achieving one goal – getting the message to as many people as will listen that our day-to-day lifestyle ch…
Dietary Oils – An Important Update

Dietary Oils – An Important Update

We are so frequently warned about the health threats of consuming the ever so popular seed oils. And there’s good reason for the admonition.  Generally, online resources focus on the high omega-6 content of …