This Exotic Fungus Can Naturally Prevent Alzheimer’s
The year was 2007, and medical scientists from around the globe made a brain health discovery that would change the face of medical science forever. What did they find? A village where brains neither aged nor were affected by degenerative brain disease. Villagers between the ages of 50 and 70 had the brain function of a 20 or 30-year-old. Even when the...
The Ultimate Guide to Kick Sugar Addiction
Likening a sugar addiction to a drug habit might seem like an overreaction on the surface, but it might not be exaggerated. Surely, at some point in time, you might have found yourself really craving a chocolate bar, a slice of cake or a can of a soda pop, even when you’re not hungry. This is what’s referred to...
How Intestinal Bacteria Affects Your Thoughts and Behavior
It may sound stranger then fiction but it’s true: the bacteria in your digestive tract may largely determine brain development and adult behavior. Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the Genome Institute of Singapore (led by renowned scientist, Sven Pettersson) reported that the normal bacteria found in your intestines could very well have a huge impact on...
What is Your Gut (Your 2nd Brain)Thinking?
Traditional Chinese Medicine emphasizes the important relationship between physical health and digestive health. The body, and certain diseases, reflects the personal balance and health of your digestive system. Besides digesting food, your gut plays a major role in your overall health. Recently, there’s been a lot of attention given to the gut and the immune system. The medical community now...
Misophonia: When Nerve-Grating Noises Send You into a Rage
Misophonia: When Nerve-Grating Noises Send You into a Rage The crunchy-munchy sound of your co-worker eating potato chips. Your partner taking a large bite out of a crisp apple. Anyone engaged in gum-smacking. These examples are enough to drive most of us a little (ok, a LOT) nuts. But for some individuals, these sounds are more than an annoyance. For...
Why Yawning is Good for Your Brain
Sometimes you yawn when you're sleepy and sometimes you yawn when you're just plain bored. We've all experienced a deep, wide-mouthed yawn at some time or another. But what you may not realize is that the frequency of your yawns change with the season. Believe it or not, you're more likely to yawn in the winter months than summer. Why? ...
Free Your Mind: Helpful Tips for Mental Clarity
Over-worked? Stressed? Anxiety-ridden? Despite what you may think, or feel right in this moment of distress, it doesn’t have to be this way. Take a deep breath and try these helpful tips for mental clarity. Sage Away Sage is used in many different ways. When dried sage bundles are tied together and lit, a purifying smoke is produced. The lit sage...
What Is Your Intuition Telling You?
Sometimes it’s in the form of an unexplainable gut feeling or a nagging voice within. Other times it’s an inspirational insight or spontaneous thought about someone or something that crops up completely out of nowhere. This is known as extrasensory perception (ESP). It is your intuition, or a sixth sense so to speak. Whatever you call it, is it...
Alzheimer’s and Diabetes Could Be Linked Diseases
According to a new study, diabetes and Alzheimer's diseases are more related than everybody thought. Some researchers believe that Alzheimer's could be a form of diabetes, because findings show that insulin production in the brain declines as Alzheimer's disease advances. Through a series of experiments, a group of researchers discovered that the brain produces insulin and that this substance produced...
Symptoms and Causes of Dementia
Dementia is a non-specific syndrome wherein the cognitive function of the brain is progressively compromised. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia observed, with the number of patients suffering from this condition ranging between 50% and 60%. Memory, problem solving, language and attention are the spheres of cognitive function that are affected by dementia at the time of onset. Later, one loses his orientation, track of time or even his bearings and fail to identify those around him.
