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Whole Coffee Fruit Concentrate – Amping Up Growth Hormone for Brain Cells
December 8, 2016

Whole Coffee Fruit Concentrate – Amping Up Growth Hormone for Brain Cells

Modulatory effect of coffee fruit extract on plasma levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in healthy subjects
December 3, 2016

Modulatory effect of coffee fruit extract on plasma levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in healthy subjects

Stimulatory Effect of Whole Coffee Fruit Concentrate Powder on Plasma Levels of Total and Exosomal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Healthy Subjects: An Acute Within-Subject Clinical Study
December 3, 2016

Stimulatory Effect of Whole Coffee Fruit Concentrate Powder on Plasma Levels of Total and Exosomal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Healthy Subjects: An Acute Within-Subject Clinical Study

Alzheimer’s Risk Cut in Half!
April 12, 2016

Alzheimer’s Risk Cut in Half!

When you survey people to determine what diseases they fear the most, Alzheimer’s is always among the top answers. Its been estimated that in America today there are approximately 5.4 million of us who’ve be...
Longitudinal Relationships between Caloric Expenditure and Gray Matter in the Cardiovascular Health Study
April 9, 2016

Longitudinal Relationships between Caloric Expenditure and Gray Matter in the Cardiovascular Health Study

Systemic lipopolysaccharide administration impairs retrieval of context–object discrimination, but not spatial, memory: Evidence for selective disruption of specific hippocampus-dependent memory functions during acute neuroinflammation
October 1, 2015

Systemic lipopolysaccharide administration impairs retrieval of context–object discrimination, but not spatial, memory: Evidence for selective disruption of specific hippocampus-dependent memory functions during acute neuroinflammation

Prebiotic feeding elevates central brain derived neurotrophic factor
July 29, 2015

Prebiotic feeding elevates central brain derived neurotrophic factor

Your Brain Really Does Have A Second Chance!
July 24, 2015

Your Brain Really Does Have A Second Chance!

Years ago, when I was in medical school, we were taught that humans lacked the ability to grow new brain cells. This was called the “central dogma” of brain physiology. Incredibly, the notion that the brain ...
Gut Bacteria & BDNF
February 15, 2015

Gut Bacteria & BDNF

What if I told you that your gut bacteria have a large role to play in levels of BDNF, or brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which acts like growth hormone for the brain? In this video we look at probiotic s...
DHA Keeps Your Brain Healthy
October 13, 2014

DHA Keeps Your Brain Healthy

DHA is an omega-3 fatty acid that plays a central role in brain health. As I have discussed before, one of the key factors that correlates levels of DHA to brain health and disease resistance is DHA’s abilit...
High BDNF Tied to Lower Alzheimer’s Risk
May 11, 2014

High BDNF Tied to Lower Alzheimer’s Risk

Growth hormone for the brain. What a concept. Truth is, science has indeed identified a protein that does exactly that, and it’s called brain-derived neurotrophic hormone (BDNF). Knowing about BDNF is even m...