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Helping Protect Our Children’s Brain Function for Their Later Years
Cognitive Impairment  /  February 11, 2021

Helping Protect Our Children’s Brain Function for Their Later Years

There are a number of factors that are clearly associated with risk of dementia, and specifically Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia. For example, there’s a dramatic increase in risk of developing Alzheime…

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Getting Back to Nature
January 15, 2021

Getting Back to Nature

By: Dr. Austin Perlmutter A recent survey of 2,000 American adults revealed an absolutely incredible fact: over their lifetime, the average US adult will spend the equivalent of 44 years&n…
Exercise and Mental Health
January 13, 2021

Exercise and Mental Health

By Dr. Austin Perlmutter It’s not news to anyone: exercise is good for our health. What is more interesting is the recent research showing how physical activity may activate certain pathways within our immu…
6 Ways to Build Connection Into Your Day
January 5, 2021

6 Ways to Build Connection Into Your Day

There’s a painful paradox in the modern world: superficially, we seem to be more connected than ever, and yet, in some of the most important ways, the exact opposite is true. In fact, we are increasingly lon…
The Importance of Empathy
December 29, 2020

The Importance of Empathy

Connection is a vital piece of what enables us to flourish in life. We need connection—to our food, to nature, and to those around us. Researchers have even shown that social activities are associated with b…
Fact: I Like Onions
December 22, 2020

Fact: I Like Onions

I like onions. It’s true. Anyone who knows me knows that I will welcome onions to almost any recipe. And while this love affair has been going on a long time, it’s great to know now that a particular food th…
The Empowering Neurologist – David Perlmutter, MD and Dr. Frank Lipman
December 13, 2020

The Empowering Neurologist – David Perlmutter, MD and Dr. Frank Lipman

Today on The Empowering Neurologist I have the wonderful opportunity to interview Dr. Frank Lipman. His new book is called How to be Well: The 6 Keys to a Happy and Healthy Life, and in it he explores import…
Introducing the #BrainWash2021 Challenge!
December 11, 2020

Introducing the #BrainWash2021 Challenge!

The world has certainly thrown us a curveball, but there does appear to be some light at the end of the tunnel. And as we have been told so many times, when the world gives us lemons, we should make lemonade…
COVID-19 Isn’t Random
November 16, 2020

COVID-19 Isn’t Random

One of the common statements often repeated in the media about COVID-19 is that it is seemingly random in terms of both getting the virus and having a poor outcome. But, upon further inspection, that’s not w…
Choosing Your Cognitive Destiny
November 2, 2020

Choosing Your Cognitive Destiny

In 1998, Dr. Peter Eriksson published a groundbreaking report in the journal Nature Medicine in which he described, for the first time, that the process of growing new brain cells, neurogenesis, occurs in hu…
Sleep Duration and Cognitive Decline
October 27, 2020

Sleep Duration and Cognitive Decline

By the Dr. Perlmutter Team When asked what supplements I recommend for optimal health, I occasionally reply, “sleep.” Sleep is powerful on so many levels in terms of health outcomes. We know that sleep durat…