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Electrical Brain Stimulation: Frankenstein Your Forehead For Improved Working-Memory

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Electrical Brain Stimulation: Frankenstein Your Forehead For Improved Working-Memory
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Electrical Brain Stimulation For Memory. IT’S ALIIVE!!!:
In 1894, Pierre DeCoubertin coined the Olympics Motto: Faster, Higher, Stronger.

To an extent, non-Olympian humanity is constantly trying to do something similar.

And as our population becomes both older, and also more focused on mental-work,

The importance of being a lifelong Cognitive Athlete, or at-least maintaining fitness in that area becomes increasingly-apparent.

And a team at Boston University is showing that science previously-dismissed as Frankensteinian hokum can actually improve mental-performance…

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Vitamins From Food Vs. Pills: You May Not Be Able To Supplement Your Way Out Of A Bad Diet

Filed Under: Vitamins/Supplements

Vitamins From Food Vs. Pills: You May Not Be Able To Supplement Your Way Out Of A Bad Diet
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Vitamins From Food Or Pills. Can Supplements Fix Bad Nutrition?:
So we all try to focus on eating healthy, with varying levels of success.

And as we showed before, there are some real pitfalls out there,

When it comes to going for what’s cheap, tasty, or quick.

So as a result of our dietary-sins, when we’re not dieting or exercising,

Many of us are using Supplements and Vitamins to try to make-up for the mistakes and deficiencies,

And even though it seems well-intentioned, some research from Tufts has come out that may discourage you, even from taking vitamins…

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Ultra-Processed Food Dangers: Ready To Eat Foods Can Readily Shorten Your Life

Filed Under: Nutrition

Ultra-Processed Food Dangers: Ready To Eat Foods Can Readily Shorten Your Life
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Ultra-Processed Food Dangers. The Snack That Bites Back!:
We all worry to some extent about Nutrition.

And we’re all reminded on a fairly-regular basis to eat right.

This also comes with some vague stipulation about avoiding certain things.

But it may not always be clear other than the obvious platitudes.

However, recently a French team is looking into the How & Why of avoiding increasingly processed-foods,

And they are slowly putting together some actual Facts & Figures about why you really want to listen…

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Birth Month & Your Health: The Astrologists Were Right About Your Future After-All!

Filed Under: Disease

Birth Month & Your Health: The Astrologists Were Right About Your Future After-All!
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Birth Month & Disease Risk. Your Horoscope = Your Health?:
As much as we’d like to think so, Science is not new.

Mankind has been trying to solve problems using their best guess since the beginning of time.

Sometimes that involved explanations using natural phenomena, like the stars.

And although people haven’t put much stock in Astrology since the Tarot-card-reading days of the 1600s,

A new take on this old system may prove the prior wisdom correct, in surprising ways…

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Mushrooms And Cognitive Decline: The Fungus Among Us May Help Protect Your Brain

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Mushrooms And Cognitive Decline: The Fungus Among Us May Help Protect Your Brain
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Mushrooms & Cognitive Decline. Could Odd Nutrition Help?:
SCIENCE! cured Polio, but it hasn’t solved all the health problems out there yet.

Hence, all the nutbar alternative therapies that can at-times have a spotty record.

So until the time a company like Biogen finally cures Alzheimer’s,

Researchers are left trying to find any good habits associated with better-outcomes.

And in a mix of folksy-sounding ancient medicine coupled to new research that may confirm old suspicions,

A Singapore team may have found yet another thing you can do to try to stave-off cognitive-decline before it happens…

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Starting Exercise In Middle Age: It Really Is Never Too Late To Make A Positive Change

Filed Under: Aging

Starting Exercise In Middle Age: It Really Is Never Too Late To Make A Positive Change
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Starting Exercise In Middle Age. Late Is Better Than Never:
Many of us do what we can to Get healthy.

And then after that, comes the part about Staying healthy.

For example, getting down to a good weight is great for avoiding complications.

But Exercise is even better.

But as scientists study things we thought we knew about, they’re finding-out more things we didn’t.

This is especially-true for the NCI work that found the old saying “Use it or lose it.” might actually be true…

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Nutrition And Brain-Function: Starting Mediterranean Diet Early Preserves Brainpower With Age

Filed Under: Nutrition

Nutrition And Brain-Function: Starting Mediterranean Diet Early Preserves Brainpower With Age
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Mediterranean Diets & Brain-Health, Start Early & Reap The Benefits:
For many people, the main focus of their health-maintenance efforts is on diet.

If you’ve been to any checkout aisle, plans of all types are pretty popular.

But regardless of which one they choose, most people are after them for one reason:

Weight Loss.

That’s a good problem to solve first, but scientists are finding out you may need a good diet for more than one reason.

They might make a difference not just in how good you look,

But also in how well your body and most-importantly, Your Brain runs…

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Counting Calories: UVM Study Shows Key Weight-Loss Method Works Even If You’re Not Perfect

Filed Under: Weight Loss / Fat Loss

Counting Calories: UVM Study Shows Key Weight-Loss Method Works Even If You’re Not Perfect
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Calorie Counting, Unfairly-Maligned Method Works; Easily!:
If you’ve seen any of the countless infomercials on TV or walked by any supermarket checkout,

You’ll know that Weight Loss is one of the biggest problems people face.

Fad diets are everywhere. Lemon-water-hot-sauce-cleanses; Keto, Paleo, etc…

And whatever madness Christian Bale is going through at the moment.

But one of the most-straightforward plans was a big deal back in the 70s.

No, I don’t mean margarine, I mean Calorie-Counting. And if a UVM team is right, that largely-abandoned “fad” could actually work…

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