Can Standing on One Leg Help Keep You Young?

Your ability to balance is an indicator of brain health. Learn some balance exercises that can help keep you young.

How good is your balance? Can you stand on one leg for 20 seconds? What about for a whole minute - or with your eyes closed?

It's something you might not have given much thought to before, but how well you can balance offers an insight into your general health.

A study published in the journal Stroke found that being unable to stand on one leg for more than 20 seconds was linked to an increased risk of 'silent' stroke - tiny bleeds in the brain that don't cause symptoms, but which raise the risk of both full-blown stroke and dementia. Read more

Stroke Test: Can You Balance on One Leg?

According to a new study, Older people who cannot balance on one leg for twenty seconds are more likely to have a stroke.

Older people who struggle to balance on one leg for 20 seconds are more likely to have a stroke, researchers claimed yesterday.

The simple test identifies those in need of extra support because they are more likely to have poor brain health, such as undiagnosed damaged and bleeding small blood vessels. Read more

Increase Your Brain Function Naturally

Margaret Durst reveals how to increase your brain and nerve function naturally.

Preserve your brain and nerve function. There are great supplements and lifestyle changes to help with this.

Some of the keys to long-term health for brain and nerves involves keeping insulin, blood sugar, inflammation, and toxicity at low levels. Read more

Fish Really IS Brain Food

Eating grilled or baked fish at least once a week is good for the brain, according to a new study.

Eating any type of fish just once a week increases brain health, a study has revealed.

Just one fillet - grilled or baked - boosts grey matter, regardless of how much omega-3 fatty acid it contains.

Experts have previously said the anti-oxidant effect of omega-3 fatty acids - found in high amounts in fish, seeds, nuts and certain oils - are associated with improved brain health.

But the new study hints that eating any fish has health benefits. Read more

4 Solutions for Preserving Brain Health

Mike Barrett reveals four delicious solutions to repair, restore, and preserve brain health and prevent Alzheimer's..

Young people may not be so worried about where their minds will be 40 or 50 years from now, but it’s extremely important to preserve brain health through diet and exercise to really enjoy life at all stages. According to current 2013 statistics, more than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, with 1 in 3 seniors dying with Alzheimer’s or dementia. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Simple dietary changes along with some physical activity may be more than enough to prevent and even reverse these cognitive issues in many cases.

Here are 4 solutions for Alzheimer’s disease. Read more

Brain Function Boosted for Days After Reading Good Novel

Reading a good novel doesn't just provide hours of entertainment. It also boosts brain function for days afterward.

Being pulled into the world of a gripping novel can trigger actual, measurable changes in the brain that linger for at least five days after reading, scientists have said. Read more

An Apple a Day May Save Your Brain

Was their folk wisdom behind the tradition of giving apples to teachers? Research suggest that an apple or two a day may save your brain.

Studies are constantly proving that what you eat can be as powerful and more potent than a prescribed drug. Such is definitely the case where apples are concerned - recently it has been proven that the presence of fresh apples in your diet can improve your memory and sustain brain health. Read more

Keep Your Brain Sharp Forever

Have you heard of the nutrient Astaxanthin? Joseph Mercola says its antioxidant powers blow away vitamins C and E.

... A Natural Way to Prevent Dementia?

Astaxanthin exhibits exceptionally potent free-radical scavenging activity, and protects your cells, organs and body tissues from oxidative damage. In this way it impacts many aspects of health, but one of the most exciting could be its impact on your brain. In fact it is hundreds of times more effective than vitamin E in squelching singlet oxygen free radicals.

People with dementia tend to accumulate abnormal levels of phospholipid hydroperoxides (PLOOH) in their red blood cells. But new research published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that taking 6 mg or 12 mg of astaxanthin daily for 12 weeks lowered blood levels of PLOOH by 40 and 50 percent, respectively.

Researchers concluded that the improved antioxidant status and decreased PLOOH levels in the red blood cells may contribute to the prevention of dementia.

Astaxanthin is a fat soluble nutrient and readily crosses your blood-brain barrier, and a past study found it may help prevent neurodegeneration associated with oxidative stress as well as make a potent natural brain food. Read more