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Cancer and heart disease is a breakdown of immunity. We can improve energy, immunity and mood with diet. Gymnema sylvestra a leaf native to India balances blood sugar, reduces sweet craving, reduces candida. The importance of scent for mood and memory.
According to new research: Anticholinergic drugs block the action of acetylcholine, which transmits messages in the nervous system. In the brain, acetylcholine is involved in learning and memory. In the rest of the body, it stimulates muscle contractions. Anticholinergic drugs include some antihistamines, tricyclic antidepressants, medications to control overactive bladder, and drugs to relieve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Here are natural supplements to protect your brain.
There is a romantic story about the origin of calamus a swamp grass that grows near cat tails. The word comes from Greek (kálamos, meaning “reed”) also the name of the son of a river god. He fell in love with Karpos another beautiful youth who drowned in the Meander river while the two were competing in a swimming contest. In his grief, Kalamos allowed himself to also drown then was transformed into a water reed, whose rustling in the wind was a sigh of lamentation. Calamus is also known as sweet flag, a pungently fragrant tuber that can be chewed or powdered as a spice. Its warming taste and fragrance are grounding, calming, and digestive. It is my Autumn herbal enthusiasm. I add a pinch to coffee or tea and take up to 1/4 tsp of the powder under the tongue at bedtime as a calming, warming digestive. Recommended for asthma, indigestion, depression, anxiety, and apparently lost love. It is bitter sweet. You will find warnings about its use from medical sources. Large doses can be toxic. I recommend using it combined with other digestive herbs in Saraswat Churna or trying no more than a pinch (less than 1/8 tsp) to observe its effects. Avoid this and other phlegm-clearing or laxative herbs during pregnancy.
Why do we need restful sleep? It provides more than beauty. Sleep can be a powerful creativity-booster and brain-healer, as the mind in an unconscious resting state can make surprising new connections that it perhaps wouldn’t have made in a waking state.
Spring 2014 I began having leech therapy treatments by Andrew Plucinski of SilesianHolisticCenter in Greenpoint Brooklyn, NYC. Phone 646 460 4212. The treatment protocol began with detox treatments for liver, pancreas, kidney, nervous system, heart and this treatment shown in 2 videos is for brain and emotional health. The treatment can benefit people who suffer from hypertension, migraine, nervous anxiety, depression, poor memory, and mood swings. It involves placing 2 live leeches on the bone behind each ear. The leeches exude saliva containing many beneficial enzymes that thin the blood, kill infection and enhance blood pressure and circulation, reduce pain and release endorphins to enhance mood. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wxv3q7xhf32ku8c/2014-05-01%2015.44.20.mov https://www.dropbox.com/s/igq2oxlqvg8trki/2014-05-01%2015.56.05.mov
Shiso leaf In a typical one step forward one step back fashion, a new study suggests that eating foods rich in Omega 3 fatty acids may delay brain damage and brain aging. However further study is necessary before dietary changes should be made. For people who hate fish or fear its contamination from pollution, there is another answer. Shiso leaf is often used along with Japanese sushi and in salads. Add it to tea. It is pungent, refreshing and very healthy. Here is an abstract of the study: Medscape.com: February 27, 2012 — New data from the Framingham Offspring Study cohort suggest that higher dietary intake of the omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) may help protect the aging brain.
Fooey! Flu virus is tough enough because of sore throat and fever, but now scientists are saying there may be a connection between brain inflammation resulting from a virus and the onset of Alzheimer’s. For the moment that disease is up for grabs. Some researchers point to proteins others to an acid that disrupts brain communication, destroys synapses to cause Alzheimer’s. No one knows for sure. The usual pedestrian advice about avoiding Alzheimer’s does not help much – learn new skills like card games or learn a language because that engages a different part of the brain.
Blueberries are in season. Did you know they can improve the brain? Research shows that blueberries help protect the brain from oxidative stress and may reduce the effects of age-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Diets rich in blueberries significantly improved both the learning capacity and motor skills of aging rats, making them mentally much younger. Just think what that delicious berry pie can do for you! For a protein meal I blend fresh chevre (goat cheese) with the liquid whey to make a thick paste, add a beaten egg and spread it on the bottom of a prepared pie shell. Add fresh blueberries on top, cover with foil, and bake at 375 degrees for 45 min. Allow it to cool before serving.
Here is an NPR Net radio interview of Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH and one of the authors of the JAMA paper. She is speaking with NPR host Ira Flatow on her recent research on the effects of cell phone use on the brain. Is it possibly dangerous? The researchers know that cell phone radiation changes brain chemistry by speeding glucose metabolism close to the area touched by the cell phone (I believe near the brain’s speech center.) Does cell phone use have a lasting effect on brain function? Dr. Volkow is not prepared to say, BUT she does use a head piece and room speaker phone with her own cell phone.
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