From the category archives:

Brain Health

Exercise and Your Brain

July 12, 2009
Exercise and the Brain

If you want to improve and more importantly save your brain, there may be nothing better that you can do than exercise. It shouldn’t surprise us that the brain, which is a physical organ, is impacted by the physical health of our bodies. We tend to think of thoughts as something different than physical but they are not.

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Turmeric May Be a Potent Weapon Against Dementia and Alzheimer’s

June 25, 2009
Curry

The spice Turmeric contains the ingredient curcumin that has shown powerful properties important to the aging brain. In addition it recently has been shown to have fantastic potential in cancer prevention. Turmeric is an ingredient in curry powder and that may explain why seniors in India have 1/10 the rate of Alzheimer’s disease as seniors in the U.S. It is safe and well tolerated in large amounts so you should definitely add curry or turmeric to your diet and curcumin to your supplement program.

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Vitamin D and Your Healthy Brain

June 14, 2009
Sunshine and Vitamin D

There is strong and increasing evidence that high levels of vitamin D play a central role in the health of the aging brain.

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