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Dementia

Risk and protective factors for cognitive impairment in persons aged 85 years and older

Risk and protective factors for cognitive impairment in persons aged 85 years and older

Why Lifestyle Choices Matter for Health

Why Lifestyle Choices Matter for Health

What my work, in Brain Maker and Grain Brain, boils down to, is giving you a lifestyle plan that you can follow to cause optimal health. Why do these factors matter? Why are these the choices you should make...
Gut Bacteria & BDNF

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...
Let’s End The Era of “Diagnose and Adios”

Let’s End The Era of “Diagnose and Adios”

Today's post is from a close friend of Grain Brain, Max Lugavere. - Dr. Perlmutter My name is Max Lugavere and I’m a filmmaker, currently in production on a feature-length, millennial-focused documentary ex...
The War On Cholesterol

The War On Cholesterol

The war on cholesterol has been waged for the past couple of decades because cholesterol is obviously something very terrible...or not exactly.  It turns out that lower cholesterol levels are strongly associ...
LDL is Your Friend

LDL is Your Friend

LDL or low density lipoprotein has been given a bad rap. Ever since someone decided to call it “bad cholesterol” it has been demonized as being responsible for just about everything bad in the world. Medical...
Turmeric improves post-prandial working memory in pre-diabetes independent of insulin

Turmeric improves post-prandial working memory in pre-diabetes independent of insulin

Plasma lipids and cerebral small vessel disease

Plasma lipids and cerebral small vessel disease

Epigenetics – The Power Of The Nrf2 Pathway

Epigenetics – The Power Of The Nrf2 Pathway

I've presented several videos indicating that lifestyle factors are obviously very important in determining whether your brain is going to be healthy or you are going to be at risk for a degenerative conditi...
Why We Need to Focus on Alzheimer’s Prevention

Why We Need to Focus on Alzheimer’s Prevention

A stunning new report was just published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), revealing an incredible overusage of medications that are basically useless in nursing home residents with ...