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Alcohol vs. Alzheimer’s. Drinking Really Can Go Straight To Your Head. In A Very Bad Way.

Filed Under: Aging

Alcohol vs. Alzheimer’s. Drinking Really Can Go Straight To Your Head. In A Very Bad Way.
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The Baptist Conspiracy Against Alcohol Finally Revealed!:
One of the more difficult parts of becoming a health nut is changing the things you used to like in your diet.

This might be easy when you considered the Cap’n Crunch, Pancake, OJ carb-splosion you used to engage in as a kid.

But the more you whittle things down, the more disappointing it seems to get.

This was particularly difficult for me when I found out how dangerous eating dark chocolate can really be.

We’re going to have to pour another one out for an old friend on this one.

Because where I was sure Mormons perpetrated this idea first, apparently a squad of Wake Forest Baptists is out to convince you to give up alcohol…

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The Dietary Plutonium Of Ultra-Processed Food Might Steal Your Mind & Accelerate Cognitive-Decline

Filed Under: Nutrition

The Dietary Plutonium Of Ultra-Processed Food Might Steal Your Mind & Accelerate Cognitive-Decline
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UPF Junk Food Gives A Whole New Meaning To, “I Don’t Mind”:
Swanson may have had only good intentions when they wanted to make Thanksgiving dinner accessible to all in 1953.

But ever since that first set of turkey & sides were put into an aluminum tray, things have gotten steadily worse.

Because not only have obesity rates gone up a lot since then, but the rate of people consuming ultra-processed foods today is also increasing.

Worst of all, is that !SCIENCE! is finding that UPFs don’t just make you fat, like they did to the Amazon tribesmen who got “gifts” shipped-in from Nestle.

UPFs are like dietary plutonium. Not only are the after-effects weird, they look like they’re occurring in some of the worst ways…

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Look At This Photograph And Fight Off The Deadly Ravages Of Dementia w/ The Awesome Biochem Of Olive Oil

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Look At This Photograph And Fight Off The Deadly Ravages Of Dementia w/ The Awesome Biochem Of Olive Oil
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A Little Bit Of The Right Dietary Chemistry Goes A Long Way:
The increase in UPF consumption is a worrying stat.

It seems to indicate that for many people, food is still seen as some vague substance that’s only there to fill you up.

But what that increase also suggests is that many people don’t care what their food is made of.

Now contrast that with what a lot of research and specific plans like Intermittent-Fasting will tell you.

Food isn’t just fullness. It’s a biochemistry equation that you eat.

And Harvard researchers are finding out another healthy-eating staple seems to make a much bigger difference than just fancy flavor and a full stomach…

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Education Vs. Brain-Aging: MRI Scans + Studies Show Black Holes And Revelations For University-Graduates

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Education Vs. Brain-Aging: MRI Scans + Studies Show Black Holes And Revelations For University-Graduates
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Education & Brain-Aging. Black Holes & Revelations Confirm Old Adage:
Health nerds like us want to do whatever we can to live longer and better.

That’s pretty-much what everyone at HealthTrekker and similar channels are all about.

But whether you’re listening to Drs.: Neal Barnard, David Sinclair, Rhonda Patrick, or others,

The other thing we want to do is not just keep our physical health in shape as we go,

But to stay as sharp as we can mentally for as long as we can, too.

So as you might imagine, a research team from UZH is finding ways in which some really old advice on “keeping in shape” is being proven right yet again…

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Blueberries & Memory: The King Of Superfoods Wins Another Battle. This Time: Dementia

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Blueberries & Memory: The King Of Superfoods Wins Another Battle. This Time: Dementia
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Blueberries For Memory. Favorite Superfood Winning Against Dementia:
Many times, we can all hear about some kind of new hack or “Old Wives’ Tale” that we’re not sure about.

Sometimes it’s a checkout-lane diet, insane celebrity rumor, or just a fad.

You hear that this new thing is supposed to deliver results, but over time the story could seem to run out of legs.

But what really helps reinforce something that’s hard to believe is ongoing evidence from !SCIENCE!

And one of the recommendations in the HT post on Dr. Neal Barnard’s superfoods for your brain just got another big research boost…

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Exercise Vs. Dementia: Cardio Reverses Cognitive Decline In Older Mice At “Sweet Spot” Of Running

Filed Under: Aging

Exercise Vs. Dementia: Cardio Reverses Cognitive Decline In Older Mice At “Sweet Spot” Of Running
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Cardio Exercise Reverses Cognitive Decline In Older Mice That Run:
One of the things we can all worry about perhaps too much is, are we getting enough reward for the effort we put in?

This happens a lot on weight-loss plans, because to achieve the goals people are after they need to combine nutrition and exercise.

And of course with the nutrition part it’s worse, because if there’s one thing people hate it’s math.

So that puts a lot of people off calorie-counting, even though it works.

It’s hard to shoot for the right numbers when you’re not sure what they are.

On that note, Australian researchers are finding some very Freakonomics-like, but encouraging numbers on how exercise might help us stay young in a very important way…

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Coffee Vs. Dementia: A Couple Cups A Day May Reduce Cognitive-Decline And Alzheimer’s Disease

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Coffee Vs. Dementia: A Couple Cups A Day May Reduce Cognitive-Decline And Alzheimer’s Disease
coffee alzheimers espresso machine brewing


Coffee Vs. Alzheimer’s. A Few Cups A Day Is Looking Like A Great Habit To Have:
One of the most difficult things to deal with in life is something you feel you can do nothing about.

Well, one of the goals of this site is to try to help people avoid those situations in the first place.

And before we get our Artificial-Intelligence super-drugs in the year 2050, we have to take the best that SCIENCE! has to offer now.

One of those themes strangely-enough is exploration into the Freakonomics-like hidden benefits in all kinds of things.

-Like specific nutritional choices.

And if the current version of “Get your medicine from your food” is any indicator, everyone’s favorite drink just got another vote of confidence…

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Nutrition Vs. Dementia & Alzheimer’s: Can You Eat Your Way To Better Brain Health Before It’s Too Late?

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Nutrition Vs. Dementia & Alzheimer’s: Can You Eat Your Way To Better Brain Health Before It’s Too Late?
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Dementia & Nutrition. Can We Prevent The Disease Before A Cure Arrives?:
We all know that sometimes things seem beyond our control.

Sometimes people appear to get sick for no reason.

But until the new wave of AI & Machine-Learning powered medicine comes up with thousands of custom drugs,

Or Moderna cures every disease known to man,

We all have to try to do whatever we can to give ourselves the best odds at success.

And a handful of studies are pointing the way towards potentially better outcomes for the chances of avoiding Dementia…

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