A BETTER BRAIN BLOG
Heavy Metals Relevant for Well-being
The term “heavy metals” refers to those metals which are: generous in the environment, and can be encountered in routine daily life sufficiently to cause some individuals to experience a toxic effect. We test for the metals that are circulating in blood and thus a...
Mold and Your Brain
Where is the mold? We all think of mold as a bit of bathtub grime or perhaps a bloom on something that should be tossed from the refrigerator and not eaten. Perhaps it was a science project in elementary school: “how many colors of mold are there?” Of greatest...
Move Your Bones
An exercise list for bone health “Structure determines function” is a cliché most of us have heard since as far back as we can remember. As such, we (the scientific community notwithstanding) often accept this as a truism even as it pertains to the human form. But...
Feed Your Bones
A shopping list for bone health Throughout our lives, our bones are working hard to be the best bones possible for the ease, comfort and strength of the entire body. Bone repair and rebuilding is an energy-demanding task that changes in intensity over our lives and...
Heavy Metals Exposure & Assessment
There are various ways to assess your exposure and circulation of heavy metals in both your environment and your body. Things to take into consideration: Infrastructure and Land: Many people find that they have exposure to toxic levels of metals through their home and...
Artificial Intelligence, where are we headed?
I spent the last ten days without wi-fi connectivity at my home—NOT by intention! I still had wi-fi at work and expected of myself the usual degree of work productivity. It drove me crazy!! I have decided that there are two possible explanations: I really do squeeze...
The Fountain of Youth
In honor of our virtual operations manager, Rachel Lee (well-known to many of you, who moved to Florida but luckily has stayed connected with our practice), let’s talk a minute about Florida. Old Florida of course had an indigenous presence long before the arrival of...
Health Span and Life Span: choose both!
Part of the sorry coronavirus news is that the US life expectancy has gone down during the pandemic (and actually a bit before that as well.) Actually, one reason we were hit so hard by the pandemic is that we’ve not been effectively paying attention to our “health...
Type 2 Diabetes and the Brain
Did you know that researchers find an utterly clear and repeatedly confirmed connection between eating too much sugar (it's less than one might think!), keeping too much of it in our blood (happens naturally as we age), and then cluttering up our brain irreparably and...
Pre-eclampsia and dementia
A study just released showed that women with a history of pre-eclampsia (hypertension, edema, and protein in the urine during pregnancy) have a marked (350%!!!) increased risk of dementia. The risk is primarily for vascular dementia, which is not strictly speaking...
Type 2 Diabetes and the Brain
Did you know that researchers find an utterly clear and repeatedly confirmed connection between eating too much sugar (it’s less than one might think!), keeping too much of it in our blood (happens naturally as we age), and then cluttering up our brain …