LearningRx1 Nutrition | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 21

Fortified breakfast cereals contributing to Alzheimer’s?...

May 10, 2013 by

 Are over-fortified breakfast cereals contributing to our risk of Alzheimer’s? Vegetarian activist and author Dr. Neal Barnard thinks so. He argues few of us are deficient in copper and iron (two of the supplements in cereals) and too much...

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Can you use your brain to change your age?

Feb 6, 2013 by

Dr. Daniel Amen, author of “Use Your Brain to Change Your Age” uses brain scans, blood tests, cognitive tests and family history to diagnose his patients’ brain health. The scan shows where there is low blood flow to the...

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One drink increases the activity of the brain’s connections at rest...

Nov 2, 2012 by

You know drinking too much kills brain cells, but new research shows that one drink can actually increase the activity of the brain’s functional connections when at rest....

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Young adults who take Omega-3s have better memory

Oct 31, 2012 by

Healthy young adults can improve working memory by taking a daily supplement of Omega-3 fatty acids – even young adults who are already high functioning....

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Obesity from high-sugar and high-fat foods impairs memory and learning...

Oct 4, 2012 by

Essentially, when these foods impair the brain (specifically the hippocampus) they fuel overeating creating a vicious cycle.  This helps confirm previous links between middle-age obesity and the increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias later....

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Omega-3s may help reading skills

Sep 10, 2012 by

Omega 3 may help improve kids’ reading skills. In a double-blind study, kids too 600mg per day of omega-3 DHA from algal oil for 16 weeks. Compared to the kids who took the placebo, the lowest tenth of the...

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Green tea boosts memory and spatial awareness

Sep 5, 2012 by

Green tea boosts memory and spatial awareness. There’s always good news about green tea but in this particular case, researchers found that EGCG (an organic chemical in green tea) promotes the production of progenitor cells (similar to stem cells...

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