Snails need Cocoa too.
If you’re a snail … just sayin … IF you were a snail slithering through your life in the pond, and wanted to exercise your brain cell, you might want to have a little dark chocolate and red wine to complement your algae salad. This study showed that snails...
Chocolate For Slow Learners?
Slow Learners? Let me explain. When you think of animals that move slowly, what do you think of? The snail, right? Well, study just published in The Journal of Experimental Biology found that the strength and length of snail memories were improved after consumption of the epicatechin flavonoid found in chocolate....
Don’t Forget To Remember The New Alzheimers Definitions: CNN
3 stages of Alzheimer’s disease introduced: CNN Alzheimer’s disease begins long before family and friends notice differences in the patient’s memory and behavior, doctors who treat the condition said Monday. By the time an official diagnosis is made, the person’s function is usually significantly impaired and treatment rarely helps....
Does Fish Oil Help Your Brain: See this Video!
This video from CNN reports on the latest research on the linkage between fish oil pills and brain health. (don’t forget to share this video with someone with a bad memory) Hey, here’s a trivia question!! What is the BEST source of fish oil? Hmmm … FISH!! Remember the rule: “pills...
Don’t Shrink-Wrap Your Brain
Whatever you do, DON’T shrink your brain!! Nearly 300 people in Pittsburgh kept track of how much they walked each week. After nine years of this, scientists took brain scans to measure their brain volume. After four more years, they tested to see if anyone in the study had...
Do Less, Do More
Many people believe they must do more and more and more and more. This article argues that there are diminishing returns on this kind of “hamster wheel” idea. In other words, “doing more” doesn’t get you more. In fact, according to this research, when you push through to the...
Neurobics
And-a one, and-a two, keep it up, sweat it out! This is the brain version of exercise routines. But in stead of trying to increase the aerobic capacity of your lungs, in stead of wearing sweat bands and following the spandex’d, bouncy leader at the front of the room,...
Red Red Wine
People who drink to forget might actually succeed if they just stopped at a couple. In fact, red wine helps to reinforce the neural circuits that control negative emotional memory (Now See Here). Of course, having more than just a couple is a physiological disaster across the board, but...
Cruciforms
Some foods are great at fighting fires in your body (Now See Here). These are the “cruciferous” and “green leafy” veggies, and including cauliflower, spinach, kale, broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprout and collards. One of the many benefits of these particular vegetables is their Vitamin E content, which is substantial....
Blueberry Brains
If, by now, you don’t have blueberries on the brain, you should. This food has been dubbed a “Superfood”, and for good reason. Not only is it delicious, not only is it righteous in a pie, and stellar in yogurt, but it can also slow and even reverse the...
Fish on the Brain
A while back, health authorities told us not to eat salmon … too many oils, you know. Rather than “risk it”, you should take Omega3 fatty acid pills. Remember when we weren’t supposed to eat fatty nuts, like walnuts? Although terrific in someone’s little theory about how the body...
Break the Fast
What about breakfast? There are cultures in the world who don’t insist that their people eat a 3 egg omelet every morning. These are people who are thin and healthy, as well. So why is that if, quote, Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day? Much of...