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Ketogenic Diet Proves Effective in Alzheimer’s Disease

Ketogenic Diet Proves Effective in Alzheimer’s Disease

Over the past several years a mechanistic concept has arisen that seeks to explain the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. This has been called the bioenergetic theory. Basically, it describes a situation i...
Understanding The Dynamic Brain with The Institute for Functional Medicine

Understanding The Dynamic Brain with The Institute for Functional Medicine

It's an honor to be asked to join The Institute for Functional Medicine for their 2017 Annual International Conference. This year's theme hits especially close to home for me: The Dynamic Brain - Revealing t...
Air Pollution and Risk for Dementia

Air Pollution and Risk for Dementia

One of the central themes of this blog centers on the importance of various lifestyle factors as they relate to brain health. We live at a time when there is, as of yet, no specific treatment or cure for our...
Secret talk between adipose tissue and central nervous system via secreted factors—an emerging frontier in the neurodegenerative research

Secret talk between adipose tissue and central nervous system via secreted factors—an emerging frontier in the neurodegenerative research

Be Kind to Your Brain – Eat Fat and Cut the Carbs

Be Kind to Your Brain – Eat Fat and Cut the Carbs

Alzheimer’s disease, far and away the most common form of dementia, now affects some 5.4 million Americans, representing the third leading cause of death in our country. Even more troubling is the fact that ...
Dementia – Change Your Odds

Dementia – Change Your Odds

It has been estimated that there are around 45 million individuals worldwide who are suffering from dementia. Even more compelling are the projections that this number will nearly double in just the next 15 ...
Reduce Inflammation to Protect Your Brain

Reduce Inflammation to Protect Your Brain

Everyone is familiar with inflammation. When a joint is inflamed with arthritis, it swells, gets red, becomes painful, and becomes less functional. Inflammation may also occur in areas that are less obvious ...
Cognitive dysfunction with aging and the role of inflammation

Cognitive dysfunction with aging and the role of inflammation

What Leading Science Says About the Gluten Threat

What Leading Science Says About the Gluten Threat

I recently had the great honor to lecture in California along side Dr. Alessio Fasano. Dr. Fasano is a practicing gastroenterologist and research scientist at Harvard whose interest is in gluten-related diso...
How Sunshine Builds a Better Brain

How Sunshine Builds a Better Brain

Growth hormone for the brain. What a concept. Truth is, science has indeed identified a protein that does exactly that. It’s called brain-derived neurotrophic hormone (BDNF). While this may sound compelling ...