Is playing football a death sentence for your brain?
That’s the obvious conclusion of media reports about a new study of dementia in former NFL players.
Here are some of the headlines…
… Read MoreDrink This Before Exercising to Boost Your Brain
You already know that exercising helps keep your body healthy and your mind sharp.
Now, a new study has found a simple way to bolster your workout’s positive effect on your brain. Researchers have discovered that seniors who drink a certain vegetable juice right before exercising can transform their brain into one that performs like a much younger brain.
… Read MoreCannabis Reverses Brain Aging, Study Finds
In a groundbreaking study that could redefine aging, researchers have found that marijuana improves memory and learning in elderly lab animals.
Human brain function begins a gradual decline as early as age 25. Our brain’s white matter begins decreasing and our brain cells’ ability to communicate deteriorates.
Your brain shrinks as you get older. At birth, it weighs about 400 grams.… Read More
This Is Your Brain on Diet Soda…
Diet soda is one of the worst things you can put in your body. Research links the artificial sweeteners in it to cancer. That’s on top of the other carcinogens they contain, like caramel coloring and sodium benzoate… And low-cal soft drinks double your diabetes risk and make you gain weight—not lose it.
Now, research reveals yet another reason to avoid diet soda.… Read More
‘I Could Actually Feel My Brain Healing’: A Small Group of Alzheimer’s Patients Are Reversing Their Disease
In your May issue of Independent Healing, one of the nation’s premiere integrative doctors, Dr. Deborah Gordon, reveals the little-known—but common—gene mutation that raises your Alzheimer’s risk by up to 90%...
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Study Reveals Best Exercise for Your Brain
We all know that we lose mental sharpness as we age. Our memory and thinking skills decline, learning becomes more difficult, and our ability to solve problems slows down.
In fact, our brains actually shrink as we get older. At birth, your brain weighs about 400 grams. It grows to about 1,450 grams by age 25. Then it is all downhill.… Read More