Diet

  This study investigated how the ability to control the levels of blood glucose was related to mood and cognition (Young H, Benton D, 2014). 155 adults, aged 45-85 years,  without a diagnosis of diabetes, were given an oral glucose tolerance test and cognitive tests.  The researchers found that those with...

Blueberries contain flavonoids and it is the flavonoids that provide all the health benefits. The following study showed that daily 1-month blueberry consumption increased flow-mediated dilation as well as lowered systolic blood pressure (Rodriguez-Mateos A, et.al., 2019). The more blueberries are researched, the more impressive they look. Flow-mediated dilation is...

  Everybody agrees that to be able to function well and live a long life, we need good blood circulation. This necessitates a healthy vascular system. Your vascular system is especially important for your heart, brain, and the rest of your body because the blood delivers nutrients and oxygen. Without a...

Plaque formation in the vascular system is something we are better off without, not only because it will increase cardiovascular risk, but we need good blood circulation to all tissue we have. Blood vessels in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients have, for example, been found to have a lot of...

Research sometimes find interesting connections we usually don’t think about. A study including 3278 women found an association between plaque in the carotid artery and osteoarthritis in the knee and hands in women (Hoeven TA, et.al., 2013). We know that inflammation is involved in osteoarthritis, even if it is less...

Like so many others, you may have noticed that you can’t remember like you once could. Sadly, some of your most common habits may actually increase your risk for developing dementia. Pay attention to this – life expectancy is increasing! If you don’t do anything to change, most likely you...

The consumption of red meat has been associated with an increased risk of chronic disease. The research reviewed here investigated the risk of eating red meat and mortality (Pan A, et al. 2012). This was a large study and included 37,698 men and 83,644 women who were free of cardiovascular...