The eating secret to a much faster brain
Posted on: November 11, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

The eating secret to a much faster brain

If you want to boost your brainpower, there’s an easy way. Feed your brain a little less. This sounds counterintuitive, but this doesn’t mean starve your brain. It means avoid overeating. Charles Mobbs, a neuroscientist from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, calls this the “metabolic mystery.”  Since the early 1930s, research studies have consistently demonstrated that too many nutritional resources, resulting in conditions like obesity and diabetes, can be…

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In the kitchen with Kelley: Garlic roasted mushrooms
Posted on: November 11, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

In the kitchen with Kelley: Garlic roasted mushrooms

Claim your FREE copy of Doctor’s Inside Secrets for Natural Cleansing and Detoxification and your FREE subscription to Easy Health Digest™ when you sign up today! My older son hates mushrooms. My daughter, younger son and I quite like them. So now that Will is away at college, we cook mushrooms at least once a week. This particular recipe works well as a side dish. But it works equally as…

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New exercise trend brings out your inner-animal strength
Posted on: November 11, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

New exercise trend brings out your inner-animal strength

Observation shows that animals in nature appear healthier than we humans. I mean, when was the last time you saw an obese giraffe, a lion with arthritis, or a depressed chicken? Most of the animals I see (at the zoo and on television, anyway) look fit and well. One thing I admire about the Chinese is that over the centuries they have continually looked to animals in nature on which…

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Add this to the list of heart healthy fats
Posted on: November 10, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Add this to the list of heart healthy fats

By now you’re well aware of the good fats omega-3 and omega-6. They’re the essential polyunsaturated fats we need to survive. But they’re not the only unsaturated fats that are good for you. Have you heard of omega-9? Omega-9s are monounsaturated fats that can boost heart health, too. Oleic acid is an omega-9, and it’s what gives healthy foods like olives and nuts their heart-healing power. Oleic acid from olive…

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The brain-threatening vitamin shortage caused by popular meds
Posted on: November 10, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

The brain-threatening vitamin shortage caused by popular meds

If you take heartburn medicine, you could be setting yourself up for a destructive vitamin deficiency. And you may not know you have a problem until your memory starts disappearing, you suffer nerve damage and perhaps fall victim to anemia. The medicines, proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and anti-acid medications called histamine-2-receptor agonists (H2RAs) are available by prescription or, in some cases, over the counter. A study by researchers at the Kaiser…

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“Diabesity”: Are you next to be diagnosed?
Posted on: November 10, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

“Diabesity”: Are you next to be diagnosed?

The epidemic of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which is striking Western nations and the United States in particular, has elicited somewhat of a muted reaction. “Diabesity” may affect as many as 100 million Americans and nearly a billion people around the world, but compare the public health response to previous epidemics — polio for example. It doesn’t come close. Perhaps this is because it’s a silent, insidious epidemic,…

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Getting through the wintertime blues
Posted on: November 10, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Getting through the wintertime blues

Are you a happy-go-lucky kind of person for most the year—and then WHAM! Your mood takes a major hit and plummets at the first signs of fall or winter? Some people call it the winter blues, but like other types of depression, seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can be serious and debilitating for those who suffer from it. Not everyone is affected by SAD the same way, but general symptoms include:…

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Double your memory in a month?
Posted on: November 9, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Double your memory in a month?

It’s the first study of its kind. An international team of researchers gave people real-world memory tasks in simulated everyday settings, and then looked at whether the gains would transfer to the peoples’ home lives. It took only one month. Just that brief training with a computer brain game helped people significantly strengthen prospective memory (a type of memory that is crucial for planning, everyday functioning and independent living). In…

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In the kitchen with Kelley: Cranberry sauce
Posted on: November 9, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

In the kitchen with Kelley: Cranberry sauce

Claim your FREE copy of Doctor’s Inside Secrets for Natural Cleansing and Detoxification and your FREE subscription to Easy Health Digest™ when you sign up today! I’ve started planning our Thanksgiving menu, and this year I’m going to make cranberry sauce from scratch. I made this many years ago, and my children didn’t like it. But their palates have evolved now that they’re older. And besides, I like it. Cranberries…

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IBS: 4 ways to find relief
Posted on: November 9, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

IBS: 4 ways to find relief

The variation of bacteria strains in your intestinal tract is collectively called “bacterial gut flora” or “bacterial milieu.” Gas is a by-product of naturally occurring bacteria that digest certain foods in your intestinal tract — mainly in your large intestine. The healthier your gut bacteria strains are, the less gas you’ll have and the less smelly will be your gas. Certain gases are directly linked and highly correlative of pains…

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