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Coffee Can Save Your Brain

Coffee Can Save Your Brain

Being a coffee drinker, and at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, as are we all, I was heartened by this study appearing in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. The researchers followed 1,409 individuals, aged 65-...
How Blood Sugar Relates to Brain Size and Function

How Blood Sugar Relates to Brain Size and Function

In a recent edition of the journal Neurology, German researchers evaluated the size of the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, using a specialized type of MRI scanner. In addition, they measured the bloo...
Considering Curcumin

Considering Curcumin

There’s been a lot of conversation out there about curcumin, the key ingredient in turmeric, and the possible role it plays in brain health and cognitive function. Turmeric, a member of the ginger family, i...
This One Food Choice Nearly Triples Risk for Cardiovascular Death

This One Food Choice Nearly Triples Risk for Cardiovascular Death

Earlier this month, the well-respected Journal of the American Medical Association published a report entitled: Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults. The report describes ...
Why Breastfeeding Mothers Should Take DHA

Why Breastfeeding Mothers Should Take DHA

It is estimated that in America today more than 6 million of our school-aged children have been given a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder. What’s even more disturbing is the revelation that close to 70...
Vitamin E – Exciting News for Alzheimer’s Patients

Vitamin E – Exciting News for Alzheimer’s Patients

Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 5.4 million Americans. But the number of individuals whose lives are forever changed by the emotional impact of experiencing the mental decline of a cherished loved one ...
Are You Ready?

Are You Ready?

We’re just two days away from the moment when most American’s will start to bend the rules on those healthy eating resolutions: Super Bowl Sunday. There may be the Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas ham, and Jul...
Coconut Palm Sugar – What’s the Skinny?

Coconut Palm Sugar – What’s the Skinny?

Without a doubt, there is an incredible level of chatter about the latest sweetener to take the spotlight among those of us who are paying attention to these kinds of things. Coconut palm sugar is made from ...
Brain Healthy Lunch at School

Brain Healthy Lunch at School

Now that so many of you have seen success adopting a Grain Brain lifestyle, I’ve been inundated with questions from parents who want to, or are, bring this program to their children. Unfortunately, they note...
Daily Dose of DHA

Daily Dose of DHA

If you follow my work, you know that I strongly advocate for making sure that your diet includes a hearty dose of omega-3 fats, the healthy ones we’ve replaced in our current diet with omega-6 fats. For me, ...