LearningRx1 Nutrition | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 16

High-carb diet may increase dementia risk

Mar 2, 2014 by

Medical reports are now linking brain shrinkage, dementia and Alzheimer’s with small increases in blood sugar caused by high-carb diets....

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Seniors with high Vitamin E levels have fewer memory disorders...

Feb 10, 2014 by

A new study of 140 seniors (over 65) found that those with high serum vitamin E levels had fewer memory disorders than seniors with lower levels. (Vitamin E exists in eight different natural forms.)...

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Asparagine in meat, egg and dairy essential for brain development...

Dec 3, 2013 by

Although Asparagine is found in foods, which means it can provide an essential amino acid to most organs in the body, that’s not true for the brain because it Asparagine is not easily transported via the blood-brain barrier....

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Oreos as addictive as cocaine or morphine

Nov 20, 2013 by

A professor and his students at Connecticut College found that for lab rats, Oreo cookies appear to be as addictive as cocaine or morphine....

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Belly fat increases your chances of dementia and memory loss later in life...

Nov 4, 2013 by

Middle-aged men and women who have a lot of belly fat are 3.6 times more likely to suffer from dementia and memory loss when they’re older....

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Vitamin B may stave off stroke

Oct 24, 2013 by

New research of data collected from 54,913 participants indicates that Vitamin B may be beneficial in reducing the risk of stroke by 7 percent. The researchers also found that folic acid appears to decrease the effect of the Vitamin...

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