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Mark Mattson is the current Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging. He is also a professor of Neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins University. Mattson is one of the foremost researchers in the area of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
“Fasting is a challenge to your brain and your brain reacts to that challenge of not having food, by activating adaptive stress-response pathways that help your brain cope with stress and resist disease.”
April 9th, 2015
Image - Lennart Nilsson I am reposting this article from this website where the whole article is shared. It is still the general opinion that babies are born sterile and only come into contact with microbes as they are born, via the vagina and then the skin they come in contact with. But there ...
February 16th, 2014
It’s Alive! & Airborne In the midst of airborne sea salt and dust, researchers from Georgia Tech unexpectedly found thousands of living fungal cells and bacteria, including E. coli and Streptococcus. Courtesy Georgia Tech; Photo by Gary Meek Earth's upper atmosphere—below freezing, nearly ...
October 11th, 2013
Gene Emerson's music carries beautiful messages and expresses love and concern for humanity as a whole. The music not only reflects our history, it also connects with the reality of our world today. It is music filled with deep emotions, genuine love and really touches one's heart. If you are av ...
September 8th, 2013
Just wanted to share this incredible painting of a head made of fruits and vegetables by the remarkable 16th century painter, Guiseppe Arcimboldo... From Wikipedia: Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 or 1527 – July 11, 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait hea ...
July 13th, 2013
The living bridges of Cherrapunji, India are made from the roots of the Ficus elastica tree. The root bridges, some of which are over a hundred feet long, take ten to fifteen years to become fully functional, but they're extraordinarily strong - strong enough that some of them can support the we ...
March 13th, 2013
NDP pledges to seek alternatives for people who don't want smart meter by Rob Shaw B.C.’s Opposition New Democrats accepted an anti-smart-meter petition with almost 30,000 signatures Monday and promised to seek hard-wired meters for people concerned about the health effects of wireles ...
March 8th, 2013
I stumbled across these amazing and addictive pickles while passing through Pikes Place Market in Seattle. It was perfect timing as I had just eated a rather cheap steak and egg breakfast and was needing some help digesting it. The Britt's Pickles stand offers free samples of all of their pickles as ...
March 7th, 2013
One of my friends recently posted on facebook about picking up this amazing little cookbook Moroccan Cooking in a second hand store and mentioned that it had a recipe for thistle tajine in it. That immediately got my attention so I got me a copy off of amazon and I don't regret it! A big thanks to A ...
March 2nd, 2013
In this video Nora Gedgaudas discusses intestinal bacteria, including new kinds never before seen in humans. Filmed @ Paleo FX Austin. Gedgaudas talks here about SIBO (Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) which is very common in people with gluten sensitivity and is thought to be connected ...
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