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Make Love, Not Stress
Happy couples live longer and healthier lives. New research shows that they also have lower stress hormones floating around in their blood all day, which lets them handle more challenges at the office.
BrainFit for Life: A User's Guide to Life-Long Brain Health and Fitness.
Brain Fitness is quickly gaining momentum in the media and business worlds. Most of the current focus is on 'brain-training' programs to boost cognitive function. While this is a positive movement, we must not lose focus that the physical health of the brain is required for cognitive health. We must not ignore all the data regarding the cognitive benefits of a health diet, physical exercise and optimal sleep.
Tai Chi for Your Head and Your Heart
Many people practice Tai Chi for health benefits. Now a new study supports those efforts showing that Tai Chi reduces cholesterol, improves blood pressure and reduces risk of heart disease. What's good for the heart is good for the brain as well.
Is Kevin Bacon Controlling Your Health?
How much are your friends and relatives controlling your health? New studies suggest it may be more than you think.
Are Kid's Growing Bellies Increasing Their Odds of Alzheimer's?
Belly fat and brain fitness are related. Adult obesity increase odds for late-life dementia and Alzheimer's. Childhood obesity sets kids up for a life-long battle with a weight problem. It's not much of a stretch to say that weight problems in adolescence set kids up for increased odds of Alzheimer's disease down the road.
Climbing the Corporate Ladder of Brain Fitness
Higher levels of education and more intellectually challenging careers associate with lower rates of Alzheimer's disease. However, this doesn't mean you need a PhD to stave off cognitive decline. Commitment to life-long learning can be done without formal education and boost your brain fitness as well.
There's More than Meets the Taste Buds
Sugar activates pleasure centers in your brain, which causes you to crave sweet foods. New research shows it goes beyond the taste buds to light up these brain circuits
Easy Living - Good or Bad for Brain Fitness?
With the ease of which we find food today, we may be robbing ourselves of the rewarding feelings that our ancestors used to get after the hunt. Research suggests that this may be a factor in modern rates of depression.
Feed Your Brain - Keep Your Mind
The blood supply that feeds your brain is crucial for life-long brain fitness and mental health. A new study shows that small blood vessel disease may account for on third of dementia cases. One of the best things you can do to protect your brain is to eat right and get regular physical activity.
A Donut is not Always a Donut - Timing is Everything
New studies suggest that we are more sensitive to spikes in blood sugar from high carbohydrate foods in the morning than we are later in the day. Timing is everything.
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