Long Term Cognition and Longevity via Beneficial Gut Bacteria

This cartoon video explains the gut microbiome. Here is another informative video on the gut microbiome.   Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome. Increases in the abundance and activity of Bilophila wadsworthia on the animal-based diet support a link between dietary fat, bile acids and the outgrowth of microorganisms capable of triggering inflammatory bowel… Continue reading Long Term Cognition and Longevity via Beneficial Gut Bacteria

Long Term Cognition, Longevity, Mental Health, and Immunity via a strong, robust Circadian Oscillation

Circadian rhythms are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle. These natural processes respond primarily to light and dark and affect most living things, including animals, plants, and microbes.   The internal body clock sets the timing for many circadian rhythms, which regulate processes such as Sleep/wake cycles Hormonal activity Body temperature… Continue reading Long Term Cognition, Longevity, Mental Health, and Immunity via a strong, robust Circadian Oscillation

Long Term Cogntion via a Healthy Lifestyle

A healthy lifestyle can slow cognitive decline, even prevent Alzheimer’s. A healthy lifestyle means maintaining regular physical activity (both aerobic and strength training) and managing classic cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes, obesity, smoking, a plant-based diet with little saturated fat, and avoiding high blood pressure. A healthy lifestyle also includes quality sleep. A healthy… Continue reading Long Term Cogntion via a Healthy Lifestyle

Long-term cognition and longevity via minimizing oxidative stress

Oxidative stress is an imbalance between free radicals and antioxidants in your body. Free radicals are oxygen-containing molecules with an uneven number of electrons. The uneven number allows them to easily react with other molecules. Free radicals can cause large chain chemical reactions in your body because they react so easily with other molecules. These… Continue reading Long-term cognition and longevity via minimizing oxidative stress

COVID-19: Interesting and Tragic Facts

  The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented health crisis of global scale. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been isolated and even photographed. Here is how coronavirus attacks the body. Here is a video summary of how to avoid COVID-19, which may be likely to infect (on average) up to 5 or 6 other people, rather than 2 or 3. COVID-19 is as transmissible as it is because… Continue reading COVID-19: Interesting and Tragic Facts

Long-Term Cognition via avoiding Meat, especially Red Meat and Processed Meat

You’ve heard time and again that it’s not wise to eat too much red meat, especially if processed, since higher intakes are linked with increased risks of obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and several cancers. A growing number of studies suggest dietary patterns high in meat may promote cognitive decline, too.   “There is… Continue reading Long-Term Cognition via avoiding Meat, especially Red Meat and Processed Meat

Long Term Cognition via minimizing Dietary and Environmental Copper

Copper appears to be one of the main environmental factors that trigger the onset and enhance the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by preventing the clearance and accelerating the accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain. Alzheimer’s disease was virtually unknown 100 years ago. And it involves only developed countries that use copper plumbing. Something in… Continue reading Long Term Cognition via minimizing Dietary and Environmental Copper

Long Term Cognition via Minimizing Chronic Inflammation

Chronic inflammation has been shown to account for many of the hallmarks Alzheimer’s disease. Here is a picture show in inflammation from WebMD. Researchers measured inflammation in more than 12,000 middle-aged adults. They then assessed the cognitive function of the participants in three separate visits over the next 20 years. They found that after adjusting… Continue reading Long Term Cognition via Minimizing Chronic Inflammation

Long Term Cognition via minimizing advanced glycation end products (AGEs)

Glycation affects physiological aging and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Modulation of the AGE-RAGE axis is now considered promising in the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases. Dietary advanced gycation end products are associated with a decline in memory including Alzheimer’s. Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) explain many of the neuropathological and biochemical… Continue reading Long Term Cognition via minimizing advanced glycation end products (AGEs)