Posts Tagged ‘ memory ’

Remember where your car is parked — with chocolate?

December 1, 2009
By Felipe A. Jain, M.D.
Remember where your car is parked — with chocolate?

There is so much hype about chocolate, and for good reason.  It makes most of us feel good, probably in part by liberating dopamine in the brain – the signal that indicates a pleasurable, or rewarding choice.  Its caffeine helps us to wake up, and there is quite a bit of it.  Chocolate is...
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Do Flavonoids Slow Cognitive Decline?

November 24, 2009
By Felipe A. Jain, M.D.
Do Flavonoids Slow Cognitive Decline?

Flavonoids are compounds found in plants.  Their functions include providing pigmentation — especially yellow, red and blue tones — and also protecting against the attacks of insects and microbes.  Remarkably, they have numerous beneficial effects on the human body and mind as well.  A recent study in the American Journal of Epidemiology (Letenneur et...
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Can Eating Curry Prevent Memory Loss and Dementia?

October 22, 2009
By Dr. Willison M.D. Ph.D.

Various preparations from the plant Curcuma longa, also known as turmeric have been used for millenia in South Asia as both as a spice in diverse culinary traditions (including many curries) and to treat an array of different health conditions. Recently, many scholarly articles have been written in the Western medical literature that support...
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Want to Maintain Brain Health? Sleep!

September 30, 2009
By Aaron Burke
Want to Maintain Brain Health? Sleep!

Alzheimer's Disease is one of the most cruel diseases that can affect us as humans. It robs us of our memories, and eventually robs of us our mental power and our lives. So it is very important that not only do you maintain good brain nutrition, but that prevention steps are taken now to...
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