It was early in the evening and I just happened to look outside the windows at the front of our house. You can see our neighbours' house almost directly across the street and our front garden. As I looked, I noticed a woman dressed in cargo pants, T Shirt, baseball...
Welcome to my blog
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.
Welcome to my blog
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.
Are we getting closer to understanding what triggers Parkinson’s disease?
Parkinson’s disease is a brain condition where cells that produce a neurotransmitter called dopamine are lost in a particular area of our brain. Once 80% of these cells are lost those symptoms that we associate with Parkinson’s disease such as movement disorder and...
A little ray of sunshine for Parkinson’s Disease: Vitamin D
A little ray of sunshine for Parkinson’s disease may lie with Vitamin D. Vitamin D is the vitamin we obtain through the action of ultraviolet light on our skin. Most of the vitamin D produced is then bound in the blood and only a tiny fraction remains free and able to...