Oxidized Cholesterol as a Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease
Oxidized cholesterol can be a hundred times more toxic than regular cholesterol, raising additional concerns about foods such as ghee, canned tuna, processed meat, and parmesan cheese.
Oxidized cholesterol can be a hundred times more toxic than regular cholesterol, raising additional concerns about foods such as ghee, canned tuna, processed meat, and parmesan cheese.
What did a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study of a food that costs pennies a day for ragweed allergy sufferers find?
The World Health Organization concluded that cell phone radiation may cause brain tumors, but what about effects on cognitive function?
If you start smoking marijuana as an adult, how much cannabis is too much?
Is the American Academy of Pediatrics’ opposition to cannabis legalization just reefer madness revisited?
What evidence is there that our meat-sweet diets play a cause-and-effect role in dementia?
Are the health benefits associated with apple consumption simply due to other healthy behaviors among apple-eaters?
Let’s review lead from occupational exposures, shooting ranges, eggs, and bone broth.
Does soy food consumption explain why Japanese women appear to be so protected from hot flash symptoms?
Politics, prejudice, and pressure coming from both sides add to the complexity of cannabis research.
Most hunters may not be aware about the health risks related to consuming meat from animals shot with lead ammunition.
The spice saffron is pitted head-to-head against the leading drug for severe Alzheimer’s disease.
Lemon balm may beat out drugs for controlling the symptoms of severe dementia.
All plants produce “phytochelatins” to bind up heavy metals to protect themselves from the harmful effects, so what if we ate the plants?
Iron, zinc, oil, and even doughnuts are put to the test to see if they can block lead absorption.
Much of the lead found in adults today was deposited into our skeletons decades ago and is just now leaching out from our bones into our blood. What are the health consequences of having lead levels down around the American average?
What are the health consequences of even “low” levels of lead exposure?
What would happen if you secretly gave cancer patients four of the healthiest foods?
Having hypertension in midlife (ages 40 through 60) is associated with elevated risk of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s dementia later in life—even more so than having the so-called Alzheimer’s gene.
A half teaspoon of dried rosemary can improve cognitive function.
Why has fish consumption been associated with cognitive impairment and loss of executive function?
I recommend all pregnant and breastfeeding women follow the consensus guidelines to get about 200mg of preformed DHA from a pollutant-free source.
Does maternal supplementation with the long-chain omega-3 fatty acid DHA improve psychomotor, mental, visual, or physical development of infants?
If copper is associated with Alzheimer’s disease, what about healthy, whole plant food sources such as nuts, seeds, beans, and whole grains?
Why do some drug-based strategies shorten the lives of diabetics and some diet-based strategies fail to decrease diabetes deaths?
High-tech advances, such as PET scanning, offer new insight into the role cholesterol plays in both the amyloid cascade and vascular models of the development of Alzheimer’s dementia.
Vegetables such as beets and arugula can improve athletic performance by improving oxygen delivery and utilization. But, what about for those who really need it—such as those with emphysema, high blood pressure, and peripheral artery disease?
Neurodegenerative brain changes begin by middle age, underscoring the need for lifelong preventive brain maintenance.
The brain shrinkage associated with dehydration may not only play a role in cognitive impairment, but also in levels of energy, alertness, and happiness.
One week on a plant-based diet can significantly drop blood levels of homocysteine, a toxin associated with cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. Without vitamin B12 supplementation, though, a long-term plant-based diet could make things worse.
PBDE fire-retardant chemicals in the food supply may contribute to attention and cognitive deficits in children.
A quick, non-invasive, and inexpensive test for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease is developed using only a ruler and some peanut butter.
What was it about the diet on the Greek isle of Crete in the 1950s that made it so healthy?
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If foods like berries and dark green leafy vegetables have been found protective against cognitive decline, why aren’t they recognized as such in many guidelines?
The role of the Mediterranean diet in preventing and treating dementia.
Lifestyle changes could potentially prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of Alzheimer’s disease every year in the United States
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How do canned versus germinated beans (such as sprouted lentils) compare when it comes to protecting brain cells and destroying melanoma, kidney, and breast cancer cells.
What a teaspoon a day of the spice turmeric may be able to do for those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.