The Online Brain Games BlogI came across this great article today on how to beef up our brain without shrinking our wallets. The article gave sound and tested advice that I felt was worth sharing with you. Many of the ideas presented (like playing online brain games) have been shown to cut the risk of dementia, and some by as much as 75 percent! You can find the entire article and read more about this by clicking here..
Below are recent link-ups to useful information I found on the web that deal with our brain.
How Big Is Your Brain? Its Size May Protect You From Memory Loss – ScienceDaily (Apr. 17, 2008) — From autopsies, researchers have long known that some people die with sharp minds and perfect memories, but their brains riddled with the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer’s disease. New research shows that those people have a larger part of the brain called the hippocampus.
The Health Dangers of Aspartame – An analysis done using MEDLINE showed that 92% of non-industry sponsored studies reported one or more problems with aspartame in terms of its effects on health. These studies reported a range of side effects including fibromyalgia, brain tumors, memory loss, lymphoma, leukemia, and peripheral nerve cancer. Headaches and migraine symptoms are one of the most common side effects of aspartame.
25 Surprising Ways You Are Harming your Brain – Taking hard drugs, not wearing a helmet during a drag race and snorting paint are of course harmful to your brain and might even be deadly in some cases. But did you know that getting too much sleep, not having any friends and not reading food labels is also harmful to your brain? Read on for 25 surprising ways you’re not protecting yourself the way you should
Tuna and Eggs Keep Your Brain Big – As if wrinkles weren’t bad enough, turns out our brains tend to shrivel as we age, too. Could eggs and tuna be the key to less shrinkage?
Do People Only Use 10 Percent Of Their Brains? – Though an alluring idea, the “10 percent myth” is so wrong it is almost laughable, says neurologist Barry Gordon at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Loneliness Affects How The Brain Operates – ScienceDaily (Feb. 17, 2009) — Social isolation affects how people behave as well as how their brains operate, a study at the University of Chicago shows.
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How to Prevent Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
Starting this week, The Online Brain Games Blog will be posting on a regular basis links to sites which offer some new and or interesting information regarding our brain.
So, here we go with our first installment..
“This study is in its early stages but it is interesting because it suggests that insulin, alongside drugs that help the body use insulin more effectively, may protect against the underlying biological mechanisms associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease.”
What puts you at risk for Alzheimer’s disease? How can you prevent this killer? Based on the results of a four-year study of the medical research literature on Alzheimer s prevention, this video shows the key strategies of prevention. Simple, inexpensive, and easy, they work to prevent Alzheimer’s and more!
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