When your adrenal glands have been working too hard for too long they simply may not be able to keep up. Sometimes this is triggered by emotional loss, physical pain, or simply prolonged stress. Things just start feeling too out-of-control or overwhelming. Your adrenals are the foundation for your entire ability to adapt to anything. This system talks to...

Potassium is a vital mineral in human nutrition. It is highly concentrated within cells, where it acts to promote proper fluid balance and pressure in regards to the water systems within your body. Fluid retention problems, intolerance of heat, or fatigue can be signs of a lack of potassium. Potassium is needed to maintain healthy blood pressure.*...

In the process of normal metabolism, nerves must stimulate stored fat (white adipose tissue). However, if a person is overweight then nerves tend to excessively stimulate stored fat because that fat is somewhat numb and less metabolically responsive. Extra nerve drive is a form of stress to the kidneys that can strain blood pressure fitness. The kidneys...

The overall function of thyroid hormone in your body is occurring with permission from the big hormone boss, leptin. Not surprisingly, leptin regulation of bone is even more important than thyroid regulation of bone. We now understand that leptin regulates bone in two primary ways: 1) Leptin signals your subconscious brain (hypothalamus) to turn on...

Your heart never gets time off for a vacation. Made up of four chambers, your heart is synchronized by nervous system control. The challenges you must overcome to keep your heart in optimal working condition are wear and tear to your heart's structure and its energy producing systems, and stress. A startling array of new science is showing that the...

A significant body of science has left no doubt that omega 3 oils, of which DHA is the most important, have a significant ability to support Heart Rate Variability (HRV), reflecting a healthy nerve-heart relationship. Doses of DHA fish oil ranging from 1 to 6 grams have shown benefits, with higher doses offering more support. Fish oil, due to its DHA...

In patients with Parkinson's 76% have elevated levels of a pesticide called beta-HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane), compared to 40% of controls. Pesticide exposure has been implicated as a Parkinson's risk factor for some time, but this is the first study linking a specific pesticide to Parkinson's disease

A surprising new study with MS patients shows that even a six month smoking period at any previous time in the person's life (10 or more cigarettes per day) was associated with 17% more brain lesions compared to MS patients that never smoked. This news follows an earlier study that showed heavy smoking resulted in early onset Alzheimer's.

There are important distinctions among the various forms of vitamin B12. In particular, the adenosylcobalamin form of B12 plays a critical role in mitochondria, methylation tolerance, myelin formation, cancer risk reduction, and neurological health and it may be lacking in your diet.

Dopamine is an important nerve transmitter involved with reward. It is released when you eat, so that you know eating is good and thus you will survive. Some individuals don't release a normal amount, thus they eat more to get the same feeling of satisfaction that someone else gets eating less food. A new study with advanced brain imaging while...

Your stomach may be more powerful than you think. Its appetite hormone, ghrelin, has now been found to protect the dopamine nerves in your brain, a finding that is relevant to any person at risk for Parkinson's.

Scientists have now proven that extra body weight is associated with adverse nerve abnormalities in the frontal brain that influence cognitive ability as well as impulse control.

Resveratrol-Activated AMPK/SIRT1/Autophagy in Cellular Models of Parkinson's Disease.

Possible Neuroprotective Effect of Withania somnifera Root Extract Against 3-Nitropropionic Acid-Induced Behavioral, Biochemical, and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in an Animal Model of Huntington's Disease

Protection against arsenic trioxide-induced autophagic cell death in U118 human glioma cells by use of lipoic acid.

The neurobiology of autism.

Carnosine and related dipeptides as quenchers of reactive carbonyl species: from structural studies to therapeutic perspectives.