LearningRx1 Nutrition | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 15

Starving neurons and too much gas may cause memory loss

Feb 13, 2015 by

New research from the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University has indicated that too much gas and too little food (in neurons) may play a role in learning and memory loss....

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Gut microbes may help treat brain disorders

Feb 9, 2015 by

Researchers have found that the community of microbes (the microbiome) that live in our bodies may offer new therapies to help neurological and psychiatric disorders....

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Curcumin appears to help fight Alzheimer’s

Feb 4, 2015 by

Curcurmin, a natural product found in turmeric (think curry), is proving to be one of the most promising treatments for Alzheimer’s disease....

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Obese kids’ brains more responsive to sugar

Jan 16, 2015 by

New research indicates that the brains of obese children are more responsive to sugar than their fit peers....

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When you develop diabetes and high BP affects brain later

Dec 16, 2014 by

New research from the Mayo Clinic shows that people who develop high blood pressure and diabetes in middle age (40 to 64) are more likely to have brain cell loss and other damage (including problems with thinking skills and...

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Eating lots of trans fats is linked to poor memory in men

Dec 14, 2014 by

Ruling out other factors, scientists found that healthy working-age men who ate the most trans fats performed worse on memory tests than those that didn’t each much trans fats....

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Coconut oil may help slow brain aging

Dec 9, 2014 by

Mice placed on a high-fat that included coconut oil experienced a delay in their brain’s aging....

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