Blog posts about Brain Food & Eating Plan
Beyond Roughage: The Smarter Side of Fiber
Fiber! Yes, it’s “good” to eat fiber (while some people do very well on a no-fiber diet!), but I’d say the value is in what surrounds the fiber: the colors, antioxidants, micronutrients, and good flavors in well-selected, well-prepared fruits and veget …
APOLLO Brain Pearls #2: Understanding Dementia
In January’s article, I skimmed over the five basic steps you can take to prevent and even help treat Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. For March, I’m offering two pearls. Brain Pearl #1 – Expanding on January’s First Pearl If you’re reading t …
HIGH PROTEIN & NUTRIENT DENSE WAYS TO START YOUR DAY
If you follow the suggestions of DrDeborahMD, you know that she often recommends prioritizing a high protein diet. Her general recommendation is to have 1 gram of protein for every kilogram of your body weight daily. Many of our patients use resources …
COLOSTRUM for newborns and … adults?
Imagine a newborn baby, suddenly exposed to the outside world after a completely protected life growing in their mother’s womb. Not entirely on their own, new babies are strengthened to interact with the world by a special food in early breast milk: Co …
CreatinG Health with CreatinE
Creatine is probably the most overlooked—yet absolutely essential—supplement to include in any plan focused on getting or staying healthy, especially if you are a vegetarian*. Spoiler alert: you should only read on if you want to be smarter, have bette …
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 …
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 …
You and Your ApoE4 Gene
How is my brain? If you’ve heard me speak about genetics, you know I recommend that my patients obtain their raw genetic data from 23andMe.com, choosing either the Ancestry package ($99) or the Health and Ancestry package ($199). Both options analyze a …
DIY Memory Health: Part 3 of 3
Recently in the news one of the online brain exercise programs announced some great results using brain training games to prevent Alzheimer’s. The current study was a re-analysis of former data collected from observing almost 3000 healthy older adults …
DIY Memory Health: Part 2 of 3
How is your brain rejuvenation program going? In the first article, I described the basic lifestyle habits associated with improved and maintained brain function. Let’s talk more specifically about each step and where to go from here. Anti-inflammatory …
DIY Memory Health: Part 1 of 3
There’s a lot you can do to enhance your own brain and memory health. Memory can be improved by paying attention to details of diet and lifestyle, as well as taking some crucial supplements. To make things simpler for you I’ll divide up these issues in …
Feed Your Brain
Everything we put in our mouths affects the health of our brains. What we are learning now is that sweets don’t appear to be good for our brains, while healthy fats are excellent brain food. The whole story, however, gets much more complex than that. G …
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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 …