Losing your keys and forgetting phone numbers? Think that it's just a normal part of aging? What if you could optimize your brain function, think more clearly, and remember all the things you need to? The Better Brain Book will show you how:
Do you feel happier in the spring and summer months? If so, is it because of the warmth and the flowers? Or maybe, is it because you’re just getting enough vitamin D? Vitamin D, known as the “sunshine vitamin” because it is only produced by the human body when exposed to sunlight, is essential...
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Results of Randomized Controlled Trials Several randomized controlled trials have been performed utilizing omega-3 fatty acids as a monotherapy for depression, or as augmentation therapy (added to an antidepressant for major depressive disorder.) Two recent meta-analyses aggregated these data, and found that there is evidence for an anti-depressant effect of omega-3 fatty acids when...
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Previous research has suggested that eating a diet containing curcumin, an active ingredient in turmeric, may prevent memory loss in older populations. Now, there is growing interest in the possible anti-depressant effects of curcumin. In a recent review by a group of authors from India, several plausible mechanisms are presented for how curcumin may...
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In this classic article to the Lancet, JR Hibbeln demonstrated that there was an inverse correlation between annual fish consumption in a country, and that country’s incidence of depression (Hibbeln, 1998.) As you can see from the graph, those countries that consumed the most fish per capita, such as Japan, had the lowest rates...
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We recently had a patient at the hospital where I work who became psychotic, or lost touch with reality, believing that the CIA wanted to assasinate him, and hearing voices whispering death threats through the hallways. The only cause that could be found was vitamin B12 deficiency. Once we gave him injections of vitamin...
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A report was recently published in one of the most prestigious scientific journals that a virus called “xenotropic murine leukemia virus related virus” was recently found to infect 67% of white blood cells of chronic fatigue syndrome patients, but only ~4% of normal individuals (Lombardi et al., Science, Oct. 2009). This finding was covered...
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