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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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Work Vs. Dementia: Don’t Do Physical Work If You Want To Stay Sharp. Science Freakonomics Strikes Again!

Filed Under: Aging, Highlights

Work Vs. Dementia: Don’t Do Physical Work If You Want To Stay Sharp. Science Freakonomics Strikes Again!
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The Freakonomics Of Work. Office Vs. Physical Jobs Brain Health Outcomes:
One of the things we all need to maintain our health over time is Exercise.

It seems pretty straightforward at first.

So much so that in many posts here, we often cite the recent mantra, “What’s good for the heart is good for the brain.”

Even some recent work suggests there is no limit to the benefit of exercise.

But of course since things in application are always weirder than they are in theory,

We get a new piece of work suggesting that as far as you job goes, your brain health might not be as easy to look out for as your heart health…

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Inflammation & Dementia: Special Drugs & Barrier Repair May Slow Or Reverse Brain Aging

Filed Under: Aging

Inflammation & Dementia: Special Drugs & Barrier Repair May Slow Or Reverse Brain Aging
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Inflammation Vs. Dementia: Can Special Anti-Inflammatories Slow It Down?:
They say in Math, 1+1=2 and in Biology, 1+1=5.

That just might be true for some of the strange ways that researchers find a solution.

Because among the health problems we might face, Dementia is a big one.

And many solutions from big companies have been tried, with notable failures.

So what’s a researcher to do, give up hope and shut down their division like a few biotechs have?

Nope. Not if you’re Daniela Kaufer and Alon Friedman. You don’t quit; you get weird. And a big part of the solution might one day be as simple as popping an Advil…

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Deep Sleep Detox: Your Brain’s Self-Cleaning Rinse Cycle May Prevent Alzheimer’s; If You Sleep Well

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Deep Sleep Detox: Your Brain’s Self-Cleaning Rinse Cycle May Prevent Alzheimer’s; If You Sleep Well
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Deep Sleep Vs. Dementia, Your Brain’s Detox Cycle May Help:
There are a lot of mysteries still out there in the world for Science to solve.

Whether it’s why nature, people, or even diseases exist in the odd ways they do.

During that investigation some ancient ideas are refuted, or even confirmed in some cases.

But for one part of us, Technology is only in its early stages of being able to confirm those ancient conceptual insights.

And a recent investigation by a BU led team may have just found out a function of sleep that is very important for one of our worst health nemeses…

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Alzheimer’s & TEMT: NeuroEM Gadget May Help Revive Minds Via Electro-Magnetic Brain POWAH!

Filed Under: Gadgets

Alzheimer’s & TEMT: NeuroEM Gadget May Help Revive Minds Via Electro-Magnetic Brain POWAH!
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Alzheimers Vs. TEMT Electromagnetic Brain-Hacking Cap. Another Win?:
The History of Science is full of strange gadgets right back to our earliest days.

We’ve always tried to solve problems or improve some capability with wacky devices.

Whether it’s the surprisingly-advanced tools the Egyptians used to perform surgery,

All the way to Doc Brown’s electrical mind-reading headset from “Back To The Future”

But now, Science is getting a lot more serious about doing good with electricity and magnetism.

And a recent device in that long-parade might be another step in the direction of fixing a serious health problem; possibly without drugs…

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MCTs For Alzheimer’s & Mild Cognitive Impairment: Tired Brain Cells Get A Snake-Oil-Free Lifeline

Filed Under: Aging

MCTs For Alzheimer’s & Mild Cognitive Impairment: Tired Brain Cells Get A Snake-Oil-Free Lifeline
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MCTs For Alzheimer’s & MCI: A Tiny Keto Lifeline For Tired Brain Cells:
I think we can all agree that despite what we see in the supermarket checkout-lines,

Fad Diets are bullshit.

As a matter-of-fact, most diets are bullshit.

What matters is getting the right number and type of calories, even if your count is iffy.

That and regular Cardio exercise, for about 100 reasons.

But then, all-of-a-sudden, Sherbrooke U.’s Center On Aging comes along and kicks the crap out of that theory, in a very specific way…

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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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Repairing Your Brain Cells: Discoveries About Brain-Aging Also Come With A Fix!

Filed Under: Aging

Repairing Your Brain Cells: Discoveries About Brain-Aging Also Come With A Fix!
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Repairing Brain Cells As They Age, New Discovery, New Hope:
So a lot of us worry about losing our abilities, or marbles, as time goes on.

We’d all like to stay healthy as we do age, reflected in that new-ish term, “Healthspan”.

Which flies in the face of the old ideas that say there’s not much you can do.

Especially for the most important part of you, Your Brain.

Well some researchers from California and Canada present a Bad News, Good News scenario in their new work,

And if they’re right, may just prove the old ideas about brain-aging almost completely wrong…

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