Get the Guide to Fats and Oils from the How to Feed a Brain Book!
Fats are one of the most controversial topics in nutrition. For decades, we were told that fat—especially saturated fat—was bad for heart health. This sparked
Hospitals, Rehabilitation Centers, and Nursing Homes, Please Let Food Be Thy Medicine!
For as long as I can remember, hospital food has been a subject of ridicule and jokes. We might laugh at the ridiculousness of being in desperate
A Vegan Diet Can Be Healthy… Here’s How:
First off, I want to make it perfectly clear that being healthy is more about what we do eat and less about what you don’t eat although both can be important.
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Synaptogenesis
Basically, synaptogenesis simply means “to create new synapses”. So then, what is a synapse? At the end of a neuron, there is a portion called the synapse where one neuron can communicate to another neuron by sending chemical
Note: DHA and DHEA, despite being similar acronyms, are two different things entirely. This article discusses DHA or docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid derived from food sources. DHEA is dehydroepiandrosterone, which is a synthetic hormone. While synthetic hormones may
What Can Oxidative Damage Do to My Cells?
There has been a lot of talk in the health world lately about free radicals, and how they cause many diseases. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a particularly reactive and damaging type
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What is Ketosis, and What is a Ketogenic Diet?
We hear the word “keto” thrown around a lot nowadays in the health and fitness world,
Research Roundup:
Nutrition and Traumatic Brain Injury: Improving Acute and Subacute Health Outcomes in Military Personnel.
Health outcomes associated with choline involve memory, heart disease, and inflammation, which also explain the consideration of choline as a plausible intervention in traumatic
People are often curious as to why I, a severe traumatic brain injury survivor, place so much emphasis on nutrition and supplementation during and after recovery.
In 2013, during the International Conference on Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine in Portland, OR, I was approached by an incredible woman named Andrea Nakayama. Andrea is a “rock star” in natural health and functional nutrition; she’s a Certified Nutrition