Dopamine and the Brain: Is Modern Life Hijacking Your Reward System? By Patrick Holford. In this article, we explore the important relationship between dopamine and the brain. We already know that today's diet is low in brain-friendly fats and nutrients and high in sugar and...
----- By Patrick Holford Life is a balancing act between making energy by combusting glucose or ketones with oxygen, which generates ‘oxidant’ exhaust fumes and dealing with these 'oxidant fumes' which harm the body. Skin goes crinkly, age spots develop all due to oxidation. That’s...
Have you ever wondered if what you eat has anything to do with your mood, energy levels and ability to concentrate? Do you ever experience ‘brain fog’ and tiredness and wonder why you feel anxious and low when others seem to cope? New research is showing that what happens in your gut...
Study Finds Mediterranean and MIND Diets Are Linked to Fewer Alzheimer's Brain Changes "People who scored highest for adhering to the Mediterranean diet had average plaque and tangle amounts in their brains similar to being 18 years younger than people who scored lowest." Research...
By Patrick Holford Taking vitamin D supplements may help ward off dementia, according to a new, large-scale study involving over twelve thousand dementia-free 70+ year olds in the US. More than a third (37%) took supplements of vitamin D. After adjusting for baseline age, sex, education, race,...
By Patrick Holford How does cognitive decline happen? One theory was that it was to do with the accumulation of amyloid protein, producing amyloid plaque that interferes with brain cell communication. But, despite over 30 clinical trials, lowering amyloid protein has had close to zero...
At Food for the Brain, we believe that prevention is better than cure. The Brain Bio Centre embodies this philosophy – a leading clinic dedicated to improving mental wellbeing through personalised nutrition and lifestyle medicine. Our team of qualified nutritional therapists work with...
By Patrick Holford What makes us humans so different to other apes is our larger brain, especially the cortex. It is three times larger than a chimpanzee. How did this happen? How did Homo Sapiens evolve our level of intelligence despite sharing almost the same genes? The brain’s...
How Did We Become Homo Sapiens? A thought piece on the role of marine nutrients in human brain development from our founder, Patrick Holford The Brain as the Defining Feature of Homo sapiens It is not strength, speed, or even genes that set Homo sapiens apart. It is the...
The Gut-Brain Connection: Is Your Gut Your Second Brain? By Associate Professor David Vauzour Table of contentsThe Gut-Brain Connection: Is Your Gut Your Second Brain?How does your gut health affect your brain?The two-way street between gut and brainYour immune system starts in the...
