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  The following research analyzed 243 observational studies and 153 randomized controlled trials to document ways to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (Yu GT, et al., 2020). The researchers found 10 suggestions with strong evidence. These were the areas: Education, cognitive activity, high body mass index in late life, high homocysteine levels,...

  Human gammadeltaT lymphocytes are a subset of T cells (white blood cells) and are a first line of defense against microbes and tumors. According to these researchers L-Theanine was found to enhance gammadelta T cell function in individuals supplemented with this amino acid (Bukowski JF, Percival SS, 2008). This...

  This population-based study included 495 077 women and men with an average age of 56.6 years (Li ZH, et al., 2020). The researchers wanted to find out if glucosamine would affect mortality. They evaluated all-cause mortality and mortality due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory and digestive disease. The average...

  Exercise produces many health benefits, but can it help us live longer, and if it can how many years can we gain? 654,827 individuals were included in this research (Steven SC, et al., 2012).   The study had a median follow up time of 10 years. A physical activity...

  Advanced glycation end-products are considered potent molecules capable of promoting neuronal cell death and participating in the development of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (Bittencourt LS, et al., 2014). Advanced glycation end-products can be formed several ways. Elevated blood glucose can cause the glucose to react with protein...

  Both green coffee extract and guarana contains caffeine in combination with antioxidants. Caffeine is increasing energy and has shown to improve athletic performance , but can it also help sedentary people increase their exercise capacity? That is what the researchers of the following study wanted to find out (Laurence...

  Research has shown that chlorogenic acids the major compounds present in green coffee are highly absorbed and metabolized in humans (Farah A, et al., 2008). In the following study coffee extract was found to induced apoptosis (cell death) in a human prostate carcinoma cell line (Bauer D, et al.,...

  L-Theanine is an interesting substance. It is an amino acid found in tea. Green tea contains both caffeine and L-Theanine while coffee contains caffeine, but no L-Theanine. That’s why coffee and green tea don’t affect us exactly the same way, because L-Theanine makes us feel calm and relaxed and...

  The amino acid L-Theanine an ingredient of tea has been found to improve cognitive functions, verbal fluency, and executive function (Hidese S, et al. 2019). L-Theanine has also shown protective effects from neurotoxicity induced by neurotoxins affecting Parkinson’s disease, in cultured human dopaminergic cell lines (Cho HS, et al.,...

  Berberine a plant compound has shown several health benefits. The following are some interesting examples of that. Berberine suppresses neuroinflammatory responses through activation of the AMP-activated protein kinase (Lu DY, et al., 2010). AMP-activated protein kinase is an enzyme involved in energy metabolism. Berberine has shown to inhibit proinflammatory...

Adequate levels of glutathione are essential for optimal functioning of the immune system in general and especially T cell activation (Morris G, et al., 2014). T cells are immune cells that are programmed to recognize an antigen (foreign particle). Glutathione is also very important for the brain as an antioxidant,...

  When researchers reviewed 21 studies on green tea and how it affected brain functions in humans, they found some interesting things (Manchini E, et al., 2017). The reviewed studies presented evidence that green tea influenced the reduction of anxiety. It also improved cognition as benefits in memory and attention....

There are a lot of recommendations for a ketogenic diet now, as a way of promoting health.Eating a ketogenic diet means that you eat a very high-fat diet.You can also find recommendations for consuming a lot of saturated fat.We have known about the effect of fat for quite some time.Let’s...

  We all know that air pollution is harmful, but did you know that it can result in a smaller brain? The researchers in the following study investigated the toxic effects of air pollution on the brainin 1,315 women aged 65 to 80 years which were free of dementia at...

  In this randomized double-blind control study, the participants were 70-year-old individuals with mild cognitive impairment (Smith D, et al., 2010). Cranial MRI scans were done at the start and finish of the study. The participants were assigned to two groups of equal size. One group was treated with folic...

  This research reviewed randomized controlled trials assessing the effects of omega 3fatty acids on clinical symptoms and cognition in children and young people withattention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (Chang JP, et al. 2017).The researchers also reviewed case-control studies which evaluated the levels ofomega 3 fatty acids in the blood...

  Viral infections are a constant threat. Every year people get sick from the influenza virus.In addition to eating healthy and being physically active, what else can you do?How about using green tea.Researchers in Japan tried to find additional resources and investigated if capsules with greentea extract including catechins and...

  Most people get some degree of buildup, calcification of their arteries as they get older which isnot a good thing.To stay healthy and live longer, it is crucial to have a good blood supply to all tissue, because thatis how we get nutrients and oxygen to the tissue.We have...

  Telomeres are structures found at the end of our chromosomes. They help protect geneticinformation.Shorter telomeres have been associated with poor health behaviors, age-related diseases, andearly mortality.Telomere length can for that reason be one way to estimate how fast we age. As we agetelomeres get shorter. If we can slow...

  At certain times we have to deal with more pathogens like viruses and bacteria, but there willalways be challenges to handle.The best way to confront that is to be prepared by implementing habits that will make both thebody and mind resilient.When we take a closer look at why we...