In previous posts (here, here, here, here) I have explained how the two simplest things you can do for better brain and body health is live in an enriched environment (new learning, novelty, etc), and exercise. But we all are limited by time. That is why I was quite excited by a post by Alvaro…
Category: brain health
brain health
Why surprise is good for the brain.
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There is a new unified theory of the brain that is reported in NewScientist and introduced to me here (Reverendbayes’s weblog). Karl Friston, a neuroscientist, from University College London has come up with this new theory based on mathematics. The general idea behind the theory is that the brain is a probability calculator (machine) that…
brain health, genetics
Your enriched enviroment today: DNA wrapping and replication.
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I have pointed out several times now how a enriched environment is good for your brain health. In reality an enriched environment entails exposure to new things, which means learning. So one of the best and easiest ways to brain health is keep on learning. In our modern day age we have no excuse for…
brain health, exercise
What should you be eating after the big game?
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What should you be consuming/eating after you exercise, or the big game if you are Kevin Garnett? The dogma over the last 15 or so years is we should be consuming a large number of carbohydrates after exercise. Then they started telling us we should be doing it before, during and after. Next came the…
brain hack, brain health
Resveratrol for better brain health ?
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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 doses, fed to middle age mice appears to improve the health of the heart and potentially the brain. Previous studies used quite high doses (22 to 186…
brain fitness, brain health, exercise
New neurons for better brain health: neurogenesis
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Image via Wikipedia Now you might ask what good does all this exercise and enriched environment (novelty) really do for my brain health and fitness? One thing that these two brain hacks increases is the birth of new neurons. Yes, new neurons. The old dogma back when I started my undergraduate degree was that in…
brain hack, brain health
Enriched environment improves your brain health
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I previously mentioned that various forms of exercise are beneficial to the brain and I will go into greater details on the many ways it is good for the brain in a later post, but I also want to introduce another way to improve brain health – enriched environment. Numerous animal studies have demonstrated the…