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Inflammation & Brain Health: Stanford Docs Find Cell-Switch To Reverse Age-Based Cognitive Decline

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Inflammation & Brain Health: Stanford Docs Find Cell-Switch To Reverse Age-Based Cognitive Decline
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Inflammation’s Effect On Brain Health. Finding The De-Aging Switch:
So we all learned in the Neal Barnard post on diet, that certain foods can work against your brain, but some can work for it, too.

And as time goes by, and we all take our fish oil, we’re finding out that one of Dr. Neal’s minor notes is actually a big deal.

Inflammation.

In that video, he shares a very interesting way to deal with it using diet.

And it turns out that more people might need that help according to a new report on brain health…

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By: Will  /    /    

Afternoon Naps & Mental Agility: A Little Break In Your Day Could Make The Rest Of It Better In Many Ways

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Afternoon Naps & Mental Agility: A Little Break In Your Day Could Make The Rest Of It Better In Many Ways
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Power Naps, The Pause That Super-Charges You:
If there’s one common-thread we can all agree on, it’s that some things in childhood we hated we end up loving as adults!

Salads, Haircuts, Being Seen With Our Parents, Bathtime, Vegetables, etc.

One of the other childhood compulsories we all loathed that might have been there at home, but was definitely present in nursery school was: Naptime!

Although we might have all dreaded rolling out our silly rugs and staying put in the afternoon for our poor overworked teachers,

More and more scientific reports are finding out they were really onto something…

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By: Will  /    /    

Processed Meat Heart-Disease Risks: Put Down That Sausage And Follow Me If You Want To Live!

Filed Under: Nutrition

Processed Meat Heart-Disease Risks: Put Down That Sausage And Follow Me If You Want To Live!
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Processed Meat Potential Risks For Cardio & More!:
So we’ve talked before at great length about the evils of processed food.

Still further, red meat and processed meat have joined that dietary-risk category.

Not only that, but The WHO has about 39 reasons you should consider a little caution.

Now normally, most dietary studies are criticized or even thrown-out for their lack of precision.

But an international group looking at another large population of subjects is putting even more weight behind the idea that processed meats are really bad for you…

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By: Will  /    /    

Sugar & Fat: Consumption Of Added-Sugar In Diet Supercharges Fuel For Health Problems

Filed Under: Weight Loss / Fat Loss

Sugar & Fat: Consumption Of Added-Sugar In Diet Supercharges Fuel For Health Problems
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Added-Sugar In Diet Worse For Fat Than We Thought:
So we’ve railed on about sugar and also fast-carbs, many times over the years.

Including the evils of the Inflammation Spiral that it can create.

It’s not doing your body-composition any favors, and may also be affecting your gut microbes, too.

But some crafty-researchers took time off from studying cuckoo clocks in Switzerland to find out it might be as bad or worse than we thought before…

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By: Will  /    /    

The Fog Of “Covid Brain”: Research Teams Tackle Mysteries Of The Pandemic’s Walking Wounded

Filed Under: Disease

The Fog Of “Covid Brain”: Research Teams Tackle Mysteries Of The Pandemic’s Walking Wounded


Covid’s Lasting Brain Fog. Can Researchers Find A Fix?:
So a few weeks ago, Tavarish came back to his channel after being MIA for quite awhile.

Two months is a long hiatus in YouTube time.

He tells us in the video above, that he and his wife were probably both infected with Covid-19, even though their test-results came back negative.

And one of the big complaints he has, despite the negative results, is Brain Fog.

Well, a few studies have come out that show what Covid infection may be doing to some people’s brains…

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By: Will  /    /    

Breaking The Winter Blues & More: Can Drinking Hot Cocoa Make Your Brain Smarter & Healthier?

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Breaking The Winter Blues & More: Can Drinking Hot Cocoa Make Your Brain Smarter & Healthier?
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Accidentally Brainy: Can Drinking Cocoa Make You Smarter?:
So while Winter is still here, let’s take a short break from our nearly year-long run of coronavirus coverage.

One of the great things that every season brings us is the food and drink that is traditional to it.

And the interesting questions of why we’ve been doing it that way for so long.

One of the best culinary traditions we have from Wintertime is: Drinking Hot Cocoa!

It turns out that depending on what kind you can get, you might be doing yourself a huge favor; and not just your taste buds…

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By: Will  /    /    

Getting The COVID Vaccine Might Not Make You Completely Safe Until July, So Keep Wearing Your Mask

Filed Under: Disease

Getting The COVID Vaccine Might Not Make You Completely Safe Until July, So Keep Wearing Your Mask
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Getting Vaccinated For COVID. We’re Not Safe Until Everyone Is:
So the world has been gripped by the Coronavirus pandemic for almost a year now.

And through that time, we’ve mostly learned to follow the right health-safety practices that protect other people according to the CDC.

By some kind of miracle, we got 2 COVID vaccines in just over 8 months, and 2 more on-deck shortly thereafter.

Even better, people are starting to get vaccinated in increasing numbers and case-counts are falling for the moment.

But even with people getting their shots, another spectre may be popping-up…

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By: Will  /    /    

The New COVID Variants: US Daily Cases Are Trailing-Off, But Only For The Moment…

Filed Under: Disease

The New COVID Variants: US Daily Cases Are Trailing-Off, But Only For The Moment…
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US Cases Down Only For Now. New Covid Variants Crossing Borders:
So for the first time in awhile, the new cases of COVID in the US look like they’re trailing off.

We’re also very fortunate, because there are now 3 accepted vaccines with at-least a 4th on-deck soon.

But, let’s try to keep the celebration short.

Because even though our daily-case waves are cresting and breaking,

International disease-researchers are finding ones of a different-type that could accelerate the pandemic in multiple-dimensions…

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By: Will  /    /    

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