DHA and PhosphatidylSerine (PS) are the most effective nutrients to help build healthy brain cells.* DHA is the preferred essential fatty acid and PS is the preferred phospholipid in brain cell membranes. Fatty acids attach to phospholipids to form cell membranes. The quality of brain cell membranes is thus based on the dietary intake of fatty acids and...

Everyone needs stability in their life. Food, clothing, reproduction, and shelter are core survival principles that relate to all mammals. All mammals have a subconscious brain limbic system that takes these issues very seriously. In the machine language of the subconscious brain, stability is all that matters—and the feeling that things are too out of...

The issue of cognitive decline and the more advanced Alzheimer's disease is predicted to be a public health crisis in America over the next 20 years, as the swell of baby boomers hits the age when problems manifest. This past week the Wall Street Journal ran an article on a man getting Alzheimer's in his 40s, one of 500,000 Americans with early onset.

There is no private island one can jet off to and avoid stress forever. Use nutrition to nourish the stress response pathway and help your body recover.

How does your brain bounce back from intense stress? When will your subconscious brain start believing you should actually be that weight you desire? And why is it you just can't seem to break that bad habit? The answers may lie in how flexible or "plastic" your brain structures are.

Drugs like Benadryl, Coumadin, Sominex, Klonopin, Detrol, Flexeril, Lasix, and Elavil have something in common. They are classified as anticholinergic medications and all negatively affect acetylcholine, the memory neurotransmitter. Thankfully, there are natural options that can help your memory recover from use of these medications and even improve the...

New research has for the first time pinpointed the precise mechanism explaining how excess cortisol results in a fatty liver.

While we may not think of medications affecting the eyes, it is a very real concern. Commonly prescribed medications like antibiotics, heart medications, bone drugs, and diuretics affect the whole body including the eyes, which are particularly vulnerable to the side effects of medications. Are you taking one of these vision-compromising medications?