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Ultraprocessed foods, like cookies, chips, frozen meals, and fast food, may be contributing to your brain’s decline

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You Know That Mindfulness Calms Your Mind and Body But Did You Know That It Can Also Boost Your Brain and Energy?

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Research Says Depression Is Probably Not Caused by a Chemical Imbalance in the Brain

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Taking Control of Your Mind, Puts You In Contol of Your Life

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September 15, 2019 Depression

How to Make Happy Happen In Your Brain

Just what is this thing we call happiness? Try to define it. You’ll end up describing feelings, things, or even circumstances which will undoubtedly vary from person to person because happiness is a completely subjective perception and experience. It’s a…

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January 28, 2018 epigenetics

How Trauma Can Damage the Brain for Generations and Can Be Reversed

The relatively new science of epigenetics is proving that who you are is the culmination of the experiences in your life – and even those of your ancestors – which cause changes in how your genes operate. Modifications occur and…

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October 4, 2015 Michael Merzenich

Ten Fundamentals Of Rewiring Your Brain

Neuroplasticity has become a buzzword in psychology and scientific circles, as well as outside of them, promising that you can “rewire” your brain to improve everything from health and mental well-being to quality of life. There’s a lot of conflicting,…

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March 12, 2023 brain food

Ultraprocessed foods, like cookies, chips, frozen meals, and fast food, may be contributing to your brain’s decline

Scientists have known for years that unhealthy diets – particularly those that are high in fat and sugar – may cause detrimental changes to the brain and lead to cognitive impairment. Many factors that contribute to cognitive decline are out of a person’s…

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February 26, 2023 mindfulness

You Know That Mindfulness Calms Your Mind and Body But Did You Know That It Can Also Boost Your Brain and Energy?

By now, you probably have a pretty good idea of what mindfulness is and know that it is useful for calming your mind and easing stress, anxiety, and depression. But did you also know that certain mindfulness practices can energize…

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January 29, 2023 brain fitness

Did You Know That Your Brain Needs Cholesterol For Optimal Health and Function? (It May Not Be the Villian After All)

When you think of cholesterol, you probably think of heart disease. But without this fat-like substance, you wouldn’t be able to think at all and your brain would not function normally. Your Brain Needs Cholesterol to Function The brain has…

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January 16, 2023 brain

The small, seemingly insignificant choices you make today are shaping the brain you have to live with tomorrow

We all have the same 24 hours in one day and 8760 hours in one year — if we’re lucky. None of us are guaranteed any of it. All any of us are ever guaranteed is this very moment —…

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January 2, 2023 antidepressants

Research Says Depression Is Probably Not Caused by a Chemical Imbalance in the Brain

For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” in the brain – namely an imbalance of a brain chemical called serotonin. However, our latest research review shows that the evidence does…

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December 18, 2022 calm mind

Taking Control of Your Mind, Puts You In Contol of Your Life

Often, your own mind is the worst enemy you will face on a daily basis. Far too many of us let our minds doubt, criticize, bully, and limit us relentlessly. And if that’s not bad enough, over time, that fearful,…

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November 20, 2022 Mental Health

The First Necessary Step to Improve Your Life is to Learn to Challenge Your Damaging Cognitive Distortions

(The following is adapted from The Theory & Practice of Well-Being by Lee LaMee.) I think all human beings have one fundamental goal in common. We all want to find some level of happiness, contentment, and peace. Is that too…

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November 6, 2022 Mental Health

This Is How You Can Get a Bigger Better Brain at Any Age

Over the years, we’ve all heard of the many benefits of exercise, which include toning up, losing weight, building muscle, heart health, having more stamina, etc. These alone are more than enough good reasons for anyone to start moving their…

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October 24, 2022 neuroplasticity

Science Proves Your Thoughts Influence Your Reality and Shape Your Brain for Better or Worse. You Choose.

If you Google “power of thoughts,” you get a lot of results including words like “consciousness,” “swami,” “manifest,” and “unleash.” To me, these words suggest a basis not rooted securely in science and more rooted in marketing hype. I like…

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October 2, 2022 brain fitness

The New Fitness, Brain, and Memory Health Information You Need to Know About Your Daily Step Count

I know you’ve seen the fitness trackers everybody is wearing. You may even use one. One of the benefits of the increasingly popular devices — besides helping people realize how much they move (or don’t move), is that they allow…

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September 20, 2022 Depression

Here’s How Your Diet Can Lighten Depression or Make It Worse

There is a clear link between your dietary choices and your health. What you put in your mouth can have significant implications for your brain and mental health specifically. Research analyses looking at multiple studies support that there is a definite…

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September 4, 2022 Mental Health

Mindfulness and Dance Stimulate a Part of Your Brain That Can Improve Mental Health

Like a thick velvety headband, the somatosensory cortex arcs across the top of the brain from just above one ear to the other. I fell in love with the brain as an undergraduate student and pursued a career in neuroscience, but…

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