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Apr 21, 2021

Gut-Brain Connection #1: The role of digestion in brain performance

A few decades ago, our understanding of the gut only represented a long tube, secreting a variety of enzymes with 2 openings. One to...

Mar 18, 2021

Breakfast - To skip or not to skip?

In this article, I looked into the research of eating vs not eating breakfast. This is an assessment of some of the largest studies on...

Mar 5, 2021

Ginkgo Biloba - The Almighty Herb?

The ginkgo tree is one of the oldest living species of trees in the world. The family (Ginkogoaceae) can be traced to the fossil remains...

Feb 5, 2021

BDNF - The architect of your brain (Part 2)

In the previous post, I talked about what BDNF is, why is it important and what activities lifestyle choices harm our levels of BDNF. If...

Jan 26, 2021

BDNF - The architect of your brain (Part 1)

WHAT IS NEUROPLASTICITY AND WHAT IS BDNF? You may have heard about a concept called neuroplasticity. This is an ability of the human...

Jan 13, 2021

Omega 3s and Human Brain

Let’s start with that actually is Omega 3. (If you already know that, hope on to the next section). A human diet consists of 3 types of...

Jan 1, 2021

Is sitting for long time healthy?

Despite what we currently see around us, the REAL pandemic of industrialised worlds is sedentary behaviour. According to the World Health...