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    Mediterranean Diet & Better Brains

    Mediterranean Diet & Better Brains

    A new study in this week’s JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that eating a Mediterranean-style diet (more veggies, olive oil, nuts, fish and less red meat) is good for your mind and your heart. This finding in JAMA is from a long-term clinical trial of various diets, and is the first ever to show brain-boosting benefits of one eating pattern compared to others. The study participants were part of a large Spanish trial known as PREDIMED (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea) which stands for “prevention with Mediterranean diet”). The Mediterranean diet is plant-based. It focuses on vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans and other [...]

    Mediterranean Diet & Better Brains2019-02-04T11:40:48-06:00

    15 Ways to Lower Blood Pressure

    3 out of 4 people who have a stroke had high blood pressure first. High blood pressure is often fixable by “life style changes.” Get fitter (work out, achieve an ideal weight, work your blood vessels into a more healthy state) Eat beets (or beet powders i.e. neogenis.com has a great black cherry beet powder drink and i get no money for saying this) and lots of greens (spinach, salad, arugula, etc.) all that help your body produce “nitric oxide” that promotes healthy blood vessels Make sure you are not on any medication that is raising your blood pressure (yep, shockingly [...]

    15 Ways to Lower Blood Pressure2018-09-18T13:52:50-05:00

    Many “Green Cleaners” Contain Biocides And May Be Causing Allergies and Contributing to Antibiotic Resistance

    Biocides kill bacteria and nasty microorganisms from growing and spoiling items they are added to, but they may also be causing allergic reactions and even contributing to antibiotic resistance. Biocides are added to diverse consumer products, especially detergents, disinfectants and cosmetics. Contact Allergy Some people are now developing contact dermatitis allergy to their green laundry detergents, and one reason is because of these biocides. Biocides, for example these polysyllabic names like benzisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, can give you rashes or add to adverse reactions to antibiotics you may need in your future. Look at this article published in Contact Dermatitis. 2014 Jul;71(1):41-8. [...]

    Many “Green Cleaners” Contain Biocides And May Be Causing Allergies and Contributing to Antibiotic Resistance2019-02-04T11:30:47-06:00

    Brain and Diverse Infections/IQ Link

    A study on 190,000 Danes hospitalized and treated for all kinds of serious infections, linked these diverse infections with an increased incidence of getting poorer cognition and lower IQ scores, post infections. This Scandinavian study showed that people with 5 or more hospital contacts with infections had an IQ score of 9.44 points lower than the average! That's a huge dumbing down of thought processing. The study showed a clear dose-response relationship between the number and severity of infections to the effects on cognitive ability. Infections in the brain affected the cognitive ability the most, but many other types of infections [...]

    Brain and Diverse Infections/IQ Link2018-10-24T19:58:12-05:00

    14 Fibromyalgia Considerations

    Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is chronic pain and fatigue that comes from the brain and spinal chord more than directly from the areas where one hurts. It’s not easy to diagnose or treat. When I was first in practice many doctors thought this problem was all in a patient’s head and dissed its veracity. Now, fibromyalgia is considered the 2nd most common rheumatic disorder behind osteoarthritis. Fibromyalgia is regarded as a lifelong central nervous disorder that creates amplified pain in various body parts. The person with it can suffer greatly and often can’t get off the couch. Commonly used medications don’t seem to [...]

    14 Fibromyalgia Considerations2018-09-18T13:42:06-05:00

    HORMONE THERAPY STARTED WITHIN 10 YEARS OF MENOPAUSE HALVES THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE and DEMENTIA IN WOMEN

    Evidence on hormone therapy is confusing for docs and patients alike. The research is so convoluted it’s difficult to interpret and translate into safe to-dos unless you know the large terrain of the data. And is enough to put anyone into early cognitive decline. So to keep your head and facts clear, read on. Part of the issue is that headlines that emphasize scary results are made more public while positive results studies don’t garnish as much attention and are often lost to the public and even doctors. A perfect example of this confusion surrounding presentation of research on hormone therapy [...]

    HORMONE THERAPY STARTED WITHIN 10 YEARS OF MENOPAUSE HALVES THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE and DEMENTIA IN WOMEN2019-01-30T14:39:12-06:00

    Solvents, Fertility, Cancer, and Home Safety

    Solvents are nasty and pretty much everywhere. At home. At work. The chemicals – benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene – are ubiquitous. I warned about them in Hormone Deception 15 years ago.Today in Environmental Health News they have been officially dubbed endocrine disruptors, even at the "every day low levels" we are ALL exposed to. Especially at HOME. HOME is not just where the HEARTH is – but where the SOLVENTS are. Many health problems like asthma, low birth weights, faulty sperm and infertility, heart disease, preterm births, liver and kidney disease, and even cancer – can be rooted in early [...]

    Solvents, Fertility, Cancer, and Home Safety2019-02-14T13:58:30-06:00

    DETOX before Conception to Save Your BABY’s BRAIN

    Exposure 80% of what exposures moms have had in their body by a life time of accumulation, not just on the job but through air, water and food (heavy metals to plastics & persistent organic pollutants) drain from mom, to babe, through breast feeding. These chemicals are being linked to causing issues in your child’s health, especially attention problems from autism and ADHD to Aspergers syndrome. The mother of the future will detox before getting pregnant. End of story… to have better beginnings of stories. There is no other way out of protecting our child’s brains and the next generations. Here is [...]

    DETOX before Conception to Save Your BABY’s BRAIN2019-06-28T14:41:50-05:00

    PRE-DIABETES/INSULIN RESISTANCE TEST – we have all been waiting for

    The Concern We are all concerned, understandably and rightfully so, about getting diabetes. Or outliving our wits and developing Alzheimer’s disease, which is now called Type-3 diabetes of the brain. The present tests we have, when we go once a year for a physical to our doctors aren’t working. Otherwise we would not be seeing one out of 3 people born after the year 2000 getting diabetes. We walk around with the worry in the back of our head. I have too. But the fasting blood sugar test, glucose, is not enough. It does not tell us how our body handles [...]

    PRE-DIABETES/INSULIN RESISTANCE TEST – we have all been waiting for2019-02-18T11:39:48-06:00

    6 Ways To Have Your Aura Be Less Sticky

    Consider they said what they did because of what happened to them historically, not what occurred between the two of you now. Don't judge; at some point in your life, other lives or this one, you did, said, thought, and were the same thing. Think of how you can add to a situation for all, not only what is in it for you. Even if your first thought is anger, fear, frustration; work toward developing a knee-jerk reflex of laughter, this dilutes all those inflammatory molecules. Do more happy stuff for yourself so when potentially yucky stuff shows up, you make [...]

    6 Ways To Have Your Aura Be Less Sticky2018-10-31T17:52:20-05:00

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    Medical Disclaimer: The information contained in this website is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as medical advice. It is intended as a sharing of knowledge and information from the research and experience of Dr. Lindsey Berkson and the experts who have contributed to the field of research. You are encouraged to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional of your choosing.

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