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We’ve all heard that omega-3 fats are healthy, associated with all manner of better health outcomes. What we didn’t really know was why. What is it about omega-3 fats that’s beneficial? Now we have some evidence. Using living mouse cells, a team of scientists discovered that omega-3 fats block a particular enzyme – cyclooxygenase – [...]
As baby boomers age, interest in brain and cognitive health is exploding. There isn’t much to recommend cognitive decline; it’s not a disease that’s well-managed by prescription drugs. The possibility of boosting brain function with nutrition is very attractive. It would be easy to just take some supplements. But is maintenance of brain health [...]
While obesity may be causing health havoc worldwide, is scarcely strikes fear in the heart of the average person the way dementia does. Cognitive decline with age is now a big research field, with an aging population. Loss of cognitive ability is a scary prospect, not to mention an expensive one. A study reported last [...]
Cobalamin, or vitamin B12, is an unusually large molecule for a vitamin. And we need just a tiny dose every day, just 2.4 micrograms for the average adult. Contrast that with the 1.3 mg requirement for riboflavin (B2). That’s 500+ times as much B2, by weight. But while B12 may only be necessary in tiny [...]
I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t want to do everything possible to avoid getting Alzheimer’s disease. So plenty of people are likely to read the headline “Moderate drinking may help prevent Alzheimer’s, Other Dementia” and conclude: drinking is good. They might start drinking, or may use this headline as justification to continuing their drinking [...]
A recent study from France links metabolic syndrome (abdominal fat, large waistline, high blood pressure) to cognitive decline in older people. The truly amazing finding from this study is that – Quelle surprise! – French people do get fat. 16% of the 65-and-older subjects had metabolic syndrome. The researchers tested over 7000 elderly people for memory, [...]
Nothing says summer quite like watermelon, even though it increasingly turns up in grocery stores in spring. It's one fruit that (mostly) hasn't … Read More
