A remarkable amount of new science is opening the door to help you maintain proper cholesterol metabolism. Cholesterol is essential for health in many different ways. Our society has been dumbed down by labeling LDL cholesterol as "bad." LDL cholesterol is vital for survival. Understanding how it works as part of your overall cholesterol fitness plan will...

Stress implies that there is an increased need for energy. Leptin, which is overall in charge of your body's energy spending systems, also regulates your adrenal and nervous system response to stress. When leptin systems work efficiently you have a better ability to tolerate stress, do not feel wired up or exhausted from stress, and do not eat in response...

Pregnancy and lactation offer a tremendous window of opportunity to support optimal brain development for your child. Many nutrients are involved with higher-level brain function. These include sulfur-rich protein, B vitamins, iodine, and DHA. All of these have been discussed extensively in this section and/or in the section on Prenatal Supplements.When...

The health of your cell membranes is critically important to your rate of aging, overall structural integrity, proper metabolism, cardiovascular health, and ability to quench inflammatory wear and tear. Cell membranes are composed mostly of fatty acids that are held together by phospholipids. Phospholipids align fatty acids into the cell membrane bi-layer...

Stress implies that there is an increased need for energy. Leptin, which is overall in charge of your body's energy spending systems, also regulates your adrenal and nervous system response to stress. When leptin systems work efficiently you have a better ability to tolerate stress, do not feel wired up or exhausted from stress, and do not eat in response...

Phosphatidylserine (PS) is the single most important nutrient for healthy brain cells. Research shows that supplemental phosphatidylserine can help improve memory, learning, stress, and mood.

Do you have trouble remembering names, lose your keys more frequently, or have a lack of motivation? If so, you may need to boost your acetylcholine, known as the memory neurotransmitter.

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L-theanine's original claim to fame is as a relaxing nutrient. Taken before bed it can help you sleep. Taken during the day it can help you relax and focus. A new study significantly expands on the nerve benefits of L-theanine, showing that it can prevent the accumulation and biological adverse effects of peptide amyloid beta, the compound associated with...

Discover how this key brain nutrient can help improve memory, brain stress, learning, focus, and mood!

The major problem with giving speed-like medication to children and adolescents in an effort to help them focus is that the substances are highly excitotoxic. Any benefit in terms of short-term cognitive improvement is traded off against long-term destruction of nerves.

Dietary levels of pure flavonoids improve spatial memory performance and increase hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

Higher glucose levels associated with lower memory and reduced hippocampal microstructure

Fat-induced satiety factor oleoylethanolamide enhances memory consolidation.

Mobile Phones Affect Memory In Laboratory Animals, Swedish Study Finds.

Effects of theanine, a unique amino acid in tea leaves, on memory in a rat behavioral test.

Vitex Agnus Castus Extract Improves Learning and Memory and Increases the Transcription of Estrogen Receptor α in Hippocampus of Ovariectomized Rats.