Quotes About Wellness

As many as 40 percent of us can't properly process gluten, and the remaining 60 percent could be in harm's way.

For people who never consumed fish, the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease during the four-year follow-up period was increased by 37 percent. In those individuals who consumed fish on a daily basis, risk for these diseases was reduced by 44 percent. Regular

the "normal range" have a much greater risk for brain

walnut oil, were 60 percent less likely to develop dementia than those who did not regularly consume such oils. The

consumption of omega-3 oils actually counterbalanced the detrimental effect of the omega-6 oils, and cautioned against eating omega-6 oils in the absence of omega-3. I

omega-6 fats fall under the "bad fat" category; they are somewhat pro-inflammatory, and there is evidence that higher consumption of these fats is related to brain disorders. Unfortunately,

the same pathway that turns on BDNF production can be activated by intermittent fasting. We'll

hunter-gatherer ancestors consumed omega-6 and omega-3 fats in a ratio of roughly 1:1.

Coconut oil, from which we derive MCTs, is a rich source of an important precursor molecule for beta-hydroxybutyrate and is a helpful approach to treating Alzheimer's disease.24

Brain dysfunction starts in your daily bread, and I'm going to prove it. I'll state it again because I realize it sounds absurd: Modern grains are silently destroying your brain.

The bottom line is that if you want to reduce oxidative stress and the action of free radicals harming your brain, you have to reduce the glycation of proteins. Which is to say, you have to diminish the availability of sugar. Pure and simple.

Anyone who's already been diagnosed with high cholesterol and prescribed a statin will be in for a rude awakening: I'm going to explain what's really going on in your body and tell you how to remedy this condition easily, deliciously, and without drugs.

the food choices we make, the stress we experience or avoid, the exercise we get or avoid, the quality of our sleep, and even the relationships we choose actually choreograph to a significant degree which of our genes are active and which remain suppressed. Here's

people who start taking cholesterol-lowering medication (i.e., statins) can become much more depressed.

Cyrex Array 2, which offers the

You'd have to be living under a rock not to know that we are getting fatter and fatter every year despite all the information sold to us about how to stay slim and trim. You'd also be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't know about our soaring rates of type 2 diabetes. Or the fact that heart disease is our number one killer, trailed closely by cancer.

Nine times out of ten, people pick the wrong food. No, it's not the sugar (GI = 68), it's not the candy bar (GI = 55), and it's not the banana (GI = 54). It's the whole-wheat bread at a whopping GI of 71, putting it on par with white bread (so

Brain disease can be largely prevented through the choices you make in life.

Scientists have documented time and time again that C-reactive protein—a commonly used laboratory marker of inflammation—is lower among people who keep an exercise routine.

Exercise also improves insulin sensitivity. It helps manage blood sugar balance and reduce the glycation of proteins.

The results of the study revealed that those individuals in the lowest 10 percent of daily physical activity had a 230 percent increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease compared to those in the highest 10 percent of physical activity. When

Ordnung zu halten, statt Unordnung aufzuräumen, ist das Grundprinzip der Weisheit. Eine Krankheit zu heilen, nachdem sie aufgetreten ist, ist wie einen Brunnen zu graben, wenn man Durst hat, oder Waffen zu schmieden, wenn der Krieg bereits ausgebrochen ist. – Nei Jing, 2. Jh. v. Chr.

May your cortisol levels stay low, your dopamine levels high, your oxytocin run thick and rich, your serotonin build to a lovely plateau, and your ability to watch your brain at work keep you fascinated until your last breath. I wish you well on your journey.

It appears that the perception of choice may be more important than diet and other factors for health. Choosing in some way to experience stress is less stressful than experiencing stress without a sense of choice or control.