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diet and depression

Diet changes improve depression outlook

February 19, 2019 by Tim Crowe 5 Comments

A review of diet study trials finds that positive dietary changes can reduce symptoms of depression, but less of a benefit is seen in addressing symptoms of anxiety.

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This is your brain on blueberries

September 12, 2017 by Tim Crowe 9 Comments

What’s blue, round, sweet, grows on a bush and can boost your brain power? If you answered blueberries, you would be correct.

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Could your greengrocer hold the secret to happiness?

November 8, 2016 by Tim Crowe 4 Comments

Eating fruits and vegetables are good for your health in so many different ways. Now in the first major scientific study of its kind, eating more of these powerhouse foods has been linked to substantial increases in people’s happiness levels. Fruits and vegetables have an abundance of health benefits. But it’s not from lack of […]

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Dementia risk linked to how food is cooked

April 30, 2015 by Tim Crowe 6 Comments

Over-cooking and blackening food leads to a number of chemical changes in the food. For the first time, scientists have linked some of these chemical byproducts to the rise in age-related dementia risk. Whenever food is cooked, there are always some degree of chemical changes occurring. Many of these changes are positive as they add […]

Keys

Lifestyle keys to cutting dementia risk

December 11, 2013 by Tim Crowe Leave a Comment

You may have seen some recent press around a book (‘Grain Brain’) written by a US neurologist with the claim that eating grains (and most carbohydrate foods in general) are a major culprit in causing dementia, depression, ADHD and headaches. What the book boils down to is yet another variation of a high-fat, low-carbohydrate, gluten-free, […]

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