Keep your Brain Young with Antioxidants
Life is a balancing act between making energy by combusting glucose with oxygen, then generating ‘oxidant’ exhaust fumes, and disarming them. In the end, we lose, which is why all…
Life is a balancing act between making energy by combusting glucose with oxygen, then generating ‘oxidant’ exhaust fumes, and disarming them. In the end, we lose, which is why all…
A person’s emotional health, reflected in levels of anxiety, depression, lack of purposeful activities, positive attitude and social interaction, as well as sleep, are associated with increased future risk…
B vitamins are essential for many aspects of brain function. They are essential for healthy methylation, which is needed to build brain cell membranes and neurotransmitters that pass messages…
Brain Fats – Seafood, Omega-3 PUFAs, Phospholipids and Vitamin D The omega-3 fat, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is the most abundant PUFA in the brain, concentrated in the grey matter and,…
Half of the risk for developing dementia and Alzheimer’s is preventable. BEFORE AFTER Only 1 in 100 cases are caused by genes. Much of the risk relates to nutrition…
Homocysteine, a sulphur containing compound within the methionine cycle, is explored here in this comprehensive review conducted by Tracey-Anne Hipkiss, MSc. Introduction The purpose of this review is to…
Content to Use – see Example Comms Schedule for suggested timings Animation films How to build brain cells at any ageFuelling…
What is Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s disease accounts for about two thirds of dementia diagnoses. While dementia can be diagnosed on the basis of a Cognitive Function Test Alzheimer’s dementia…
There are many factors that increase a person’s risk for dementia, such as age, but very few that are ‘disease modifying’. A risk factor such as age is obviously not…
You have over 80 billion brain cells (neurons) making 100 trillion connections to others consuming 22% of all the energy you derive from food. Since neurons are tightly packed together…