There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise... Which is all well and good if your aim is just to keep your body healthy. But what about your brain?
From chocolate to coffee and sleep to sharper smarter thinking, join me for an article or three as I share insights, tips and ideas on what it takes to keep your brain operating at full speed, so you can wake up feeling refreshed, happier and healthier every day.
There is a lot of information around on the importance of looking after our health, like maintaining a healthy diet and plenty of exercise... Which is all well and good if your aim is just to keep your body healthy. But what about your brain?
From chocolate to coffee and sleep to sharper smarter thinking, join me for an article or three as I share insights, tips and ideas on what it takes to keep your brain operating at full speed, so you can wake up feeling refreshed, happier and healthier every day.
I hate to admit it, but I've become one of those coffee snobs.Yes it's true. I have eschewed my previous penchant for Nescafe that I used to drink by the bucket load, in favour of a single daily brew artfully prepared by a craftsman barista and no sorry, I don’t...
The one thing I like after attending our local dental hygienist is that lovely clean teeth feeling where all your pearly whites are buffed and polished. It's good while it lasts!The association between gum disease and other illness such as heart disease and some form...
Every so often I come across some published research that literally blows my mind with the possibility it provides. This was one such occasion. A remarkable breakthrough has just been published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Researchers from the Case...
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Neurofeedback is not new. It has been around since the 1960's and used by some practitioners as a form of biofeedback measuring brain waves. Proponents have been using it in the area of ADHD and more recently in treating bedwetting, but it has really suffered from a...
Carrying the Apoe4 allele is known to be linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and a steeper rate of memory decline in healthy adults, but what does the effect of the amount of accumulating amyloid plaque deposition in the brain have on memory and...