The Role of Endotoxins in Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Why can a single meal high in saturated fat impair cognition?
Why can a single meal high in saturated fat impair cognition?
Are rare sugars like allulose a healthy alternative for traditional sweeteners?
Swapping just 1 percent of plant protein in place of animal protein was associated with significantly less age-related deficit accumulation.
Fasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid eating—to get similar effects?
What can we do to boost the longevity hormone FGF21?
At age 50, everyone, regardless of diet should start supplementing with B12-fortified foods or supplements but over age 65 only high-dose daily supplements may suffice.
What are the best green-light (whole food plant-based) sources of vitamin B12?
Why the current Recommended Daily Allowance for vitamin B12 may be insufficient.
There are things you can do right now to reduce your risk of falling seriously ill and dying from this disease.
Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials on berries and the first clinical study on the effects of berries on arthritis.
Avocados, greens, and lutein and zeaxanthin supplements are put to the test for improving cognitive function.
What is the best source of lutein, the primary carotenoid antioxidant in the brain?
Cocoa and nitrite-rich vegetables, such as green leafies and beets, are put to the test for cognitive function.
Randomized controlled studies put nuts, berries, and grape juice to the test for cognitive function.
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of… blueberries!
The sulforaphane found in five cents’ worth of broccoli sprouts has been shown to benefit autism in a way no drug ever has in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
Lemon balm may beat out drugs for controlling the symptoms of severe dementia.
Within hours of eating an unhealthy meal, we can get a spike in inflammation, crippling our artery function, thickening our blood, and causing a fight-or-flight nerve response. Thankfully, there are foods we can eat at every meal to counter this reaction.
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.
A daily dose of 4,000 IU of vitamin D is recommended for elders at high risk for falling to improve muscle strength and balance, though there is something that works even better.
Even a small amount of fresh herbs can double or even quadruple the antioxidant power of a meal. The abilities of oregano to decrease chromosomal damage from radiation and marjoram to affect hormone levels in women with PCOS are put to the test.
The aspirin compounds naturally found in plant foods may help explain the lower cancer rates among those eating plant-based diets.
The benefits of taking a daily aspirin must be weighed against the risk of internal bleeding.
Seaweed salad is put to the test for hypertension.
How might we prevent and reverse hypertension, the number-one risk factor for death in the world?
Learn why I recommend 250mg a day of a pollutant-free source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids.
What is the optimal source and amount of protein for senior citizens?
Only about 1 in 10,000 people live to be 100 years old. What’s their secret?
What can our nutrient requirements, metabolism, and physiology tell us about what we should be eating?
Vegetables and fruit, such as dried plums, may help build stronger bones.
If one is going to make an evolutionary argument for what a “natural” vitamin D level may be, how about getting vitamin D in the way nature intended—that is, from the sun instead of supplements?
What do 56 randomized clinical trials involving nearly 100,000 people between the ages of 18 and 107 show vitamin D can do to our lifespan?
To maximize our lifespan, the target resting heart rate may be one beat a second or less.
What happens when you take blood from people before and then again four hours after almond consumption, and drip that blood on bone cells?
Adding milk to tea can block its beneficial effects, potentially explaining why green tea drinkers appear better protected than consumers of black tea.
If copper is associated with Alzheimer’s disease, what about healthy, whole plant food sources such as nuts, seeds, beans, and whole grains?
Why should we wait ten minutes after chopping or crushing garlic before we cook it unless we’re going in for elective surgery within the next week?
What can we eat to combat “inflamm-aging,” the chronic low-grade inflammation that accompanies the aging process?
Why do some drug-based strategies shorten the lives of diabetics and some diet-based strategies fail to decrease diabetes deaths?