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Vitamins Help the Brain? Who Knew?

April 17, 2023

Vitamins Help the Brain? Who Knew?

Yes, I’ve been recommending various vitamins to help support brain health and function for a very long time. The notion has always resonated with me especially in the context of the increased risk of brain t…

Weightlifting Helps Blood Pressure

April 11, 2023

Weightlifting Helps Blood Pressure

Which is better, aerobic or resistance exercises like weight training? That’s a question that gets asked at virtually every health-related conference that I attend. And it’s becoming clear that we need to pu…

How to Fix Your Leaky Brain

April 4, 2023

How to Fix Your Leaky Brain

A relatively new player in the discussion of factors leading to Alzheimer’s is the breakdown of the so-called blood-brain barrier (BBB). The blood-brain barrier is essentially a checkpoint within the blood v…

Vitamin D and Dementia Risk

March 14, 2023

Vitamin D and Dementia Risk

For years I’ve been writing about the important role of vitamin D as it relates to general health and brain health in specific. And with good reason. The medical research literature has long explored the myr…

Treating Alzheimer’s with Fecal Material

March 2, 2023

Treating Alzheimer’s with Fecal Material

In 2015, I published Brain Maker, a book that explored the remarkable, but generally overlooked relationship between the gut and the brain. These days, this relationship gets a lot of attention in both popul…

Exercise Benefits the Brain – But How?

February 24, 2023

Exercise Benefits the Brain – But How?

If you’ve been following any of my outreach, whether books, blogs, PBS specials or YouTube videos, it’s obvious that I have been hammering home the idea that physical exercise benefits the brain. This notion…

Your Brain – Your Choice

February 22, 2023

Your Brain – Your Choice

Your Brain – Your Choice My life mission, as defined over the past couple of decades, is focused on achieving one goal – getting the message to as many people as will listen that our day-to-day lifestyle ch…

Dietary Oils – An Important Update

February 9, 2023

Dietary Oils – An Important Update

We are so frequently warned about the health threats of consuming the ever so popular seed oils. And there’s good reason for the admonition. Generally, online resources focus on the high omega-6 content of …

Coffee – Yes or No?

January 25, 2023

Coffee – Yes or No?

It seems like no matter where I lecture, even internationally, the question about coffee consumption as it relates to health almost always works its way into the Q and A session. So, I thought it would make …

Blueberries, Good for the Brain?

January 10, 2023

Blueberries, Good for the Brain?

We often hear blueberries described as being a superfood, and almost universally they are included in the various lists describing “brain boosting foods.” Sure, there are studies that demonstrate blueberry c…

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