Category: Mental Health

November 6, 2012

Feed Your Brain!

Feed Your Brain Do you remember that PSA (Public Service Announcement), where an egg is being fried in a pan and the message is, “This is your brain on drugs”?  Pretty vivid picture of what drugs – the bad ones – can do to your brain. Unfortunately, it can be more than just drugs that […]

September 4, 2012

Boosting Children’s Health and Brain-Power

Boost Your Kids’/Grandkids’ Health and Brain Power! The childhood obesity epidemic continues to grow and shows no signs of tapering off, or at least reaching a plateau.  Since 1980, obesity in children has tripled, and today over 17 percent of our children are severely overweight.  According to an education workshop hosted by the Tyler Public […]

August 14, 2012

Ultimate Food For Your Brain

Is Ginkgo Biloba Really a “Brain Food”? You may have already heard of Ginkgo Biloba . . . in fact, I’d be surprised if you hadn’t!  The extract, which is derived from the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree, has been commonly used in Chinese treatments for thousands of years.  Today, it’s enjoying mainstream popularity […]

March 27, 2012

Amazing study Reveals more about Omega 3 fatty acids

Omega-3s and Your Memory If there weren’t already enough health benefits to encourage you to add more Omega-3 to your diet, then perhaps the findings of a recent study published in the American Academy of Neurology’s journal “Neurology” will do it. The study has found that not getting enough Omega-3s in your diet is responsible […]

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