Do you know what inflammation is? It’s an important protective, self-healing response that removes harmful substances-including damaged cells, toxins, or an invading organism, such as bacteria, virus or fungus. Ironically, ongoing (chronic) inflammation promotes the development of most diseases. A new study identified foods that can help prevent chronic inflammation.
Do lifestyle factors, including the American diet increase your risk of developing heart disease?
The largest nationwide clinical trial to study high-dose resveratrol long-term in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease found that a biomarker that declines when the disease progresses was stabilized in people who took the purified form of resveratrol.
While cognitive abilities naturally diminish as part of the normal aging process, it may be possible to take a bite out of this expected decline.
New research suggests poor sleep and a lack of exercise may increase people’s risk of Alzheimer’s disease, and make coping with the disease difficult after it has taken hold.
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people, according to the most robust study of its kind ever conducted.
I am so worried about getting older, and developing the diseases my parents had. Is there anything I can do to prevent them?
Are you worried about getting Alzheimer’s or have a family member or sick loved one who has it? Did you know that lifestyle factors greatly affect the progression of cognitive decline, with high-risk behaviors including unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, smoking, and exposure to environmental toxins leading to enhanced oxidative stress and inflammation?