Brain Health Hacks

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What is the age barrier to genius – I...

The great genius Einstein once said, “A person who has not made his great contribution to science before the age of 30 will never do so.” However, new research might prove the great Einstein wrong, and that nowadays more and more of the genius level accomplishment are not reached until far later in life. Read more »
Chemo Brain, Chemo Fog, in Breast Can...

Chemo Fog, or chemo brain is reported by many cancer patients, but doctors tend to ignore it since they put most of their concentration of treating the cancer. [..]
Alzheimer’s disease: omega-3 and exer...

Fish and/or exercise to help Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer’s disease background: Alzheimer’s disease is the leading neurodegenerative dementia disorder. In most cases Alzheimer’s does not appear until after the [..]
Weekend’s Better Brain Health B...

The power of love and friends for your health Staying married or good social connections can help you live longer are covered in this Washington post article. I [..]
Are there differences between physica...

Does physical decline directly mirror cognitive decline? In a previous post I pointed out how after the age of 25 the brain is losing a proportion of its [..]
Can mindful meditation reverse brain ...

Meditation for brain health As we age our brain slowly starts shrinking (and this starts by the age of 25), can we do anything to help slow or [..]
Reverse your brain aging: How to take...

Reverse the brain aging process Wouldn’t it be great to reverse the age accumulated damage to your brain, stop the shrinking of your brain? Sound like marketing hype, [..]
Weekend’s Better Brain Health B...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Are good looking people also smarter? Would this be prove how fair the world is if on average the best looking people [..]
How to open your mind and put it in a...

Do you want to play? Do you want a simple brain hack to make you playful, increase your amusement, make you laugh inside? In today’s world we might [..]
Can working on puzzles ‘widen&#...

Chasing the “Aha” of puzzle solving We have all chased the “Aha” moment that occurs when coming up with a solution to the problem and felt how good [..]

Tag Archives: calorie restriction

60 minutes TV coverage of longevity

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Ward | Permalink 3

Last night the 60 minutes TV show had a segment on the latest longevity research. One leading scientist in the field Richard Weindruch reported on the latest results [..]

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Is calorie restriction the same in mice and men?

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Ward | Permalink 1

Calorie restriction (CR) (reduced calories with adequate nutrition) in multiple organisms increase mean and maximum lifespan. The big question (along with CR mimetics) is will it do the [..]

longevity, Uncategorized calorie restriction, lifespan, longevity

How would you hack metabolism ?

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Ward | Permalink 2

On the subject of general hacking. Look at the complexity of metabolism (via sigmaaldrich.com) metabolicpathways_updated_02_072 Not so easy to hack a system so complex. Now the reason this [..]

brain hack calorie restriction, dietary restriction, every-other-day fasting, fasting, hacks

Resveratrol for better brain health ?

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Ward | Permalink 1

Image by Getty Images via Daylife A new study (freely available because it is published in PLOS one) published today demonstrates that resveratrol (found in wine), in small [..]

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