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Want a Healthy Gut Biome? Add These Gut-Boosting Foods to Your Diet
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
June 8, 2018
Illness, poor dietary choices, smoking, artificial sweeteners, even stress — these things can all upset the careful balance of bacteria in our gut biome. Before you turn to supplements or probiotic-fortified processed foods to boost your biome, consider adding foods to your diet that can help your… See more
Exercise Is Good for Your Brain, Dementia Risk
March 26, 2018
Walking can be good for your mental health
What's your risk for dementia and how can you lower it? Find answers in our brain health center. If you’re worried about your brain health, forget Sudoku. Online memory sites? Skip them. Instead, put on your walking shoes. That’s right… See more
Top Foods to Eat to Protect Your Brain
March 26, 2018
eating leafy greens help reduce dementia risk
What's your risk for dementia and how can you lower it? Find answers in our brain health center. You’ve heard it a million times: Eat healthier for your heart, to prevent diabetes, for your joints. But what about your brain? Research… See more
What You Need To Know about Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
March 26, 2018
Brain Dementia and Alzheimer's Primer
Did you know that dementia isn’t a disease? It’s also not one of those inevitable aspects of aging, like getting shorter or losing muscle mass. (In fact, it’s not even a normal part of the aging process, according to the National Institute on Aging.) Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of… See more
The MIND Diet Can Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk
March 26, 2018
Beans are one of the recommended foods in the MIND diet.
There isn’t a magic bullet that can prevent Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia. But there’s a diet may be the closest thing we have. It’s called the MIND diet, and it was designed by experts at Rush University Medical Center to slow down the brain changes that raise the risk of… See more
4 Dementia Risk Factors (You Can Actually Change)
March 26, 2018
Heavy alcohol use can increase dementia risk
The various forms of dementia affect our memory, our ability to think and communicate and sometimes our ability to perform basic, everyday tasks. While there’s nothing we can do about some risk factors – like age and genetics – there are other risk factors that we can control. Here are four of them… See more
Supplements to Improve Memory: What You Should Know
March 19, 2018
fish oil supplements may help with dementia risk
A recent survey found that more than 170 million Americans take supplements, and the number one reason is to improve health and wellness. But if you ask your primary care doctor which supplements are right for you, you’ll probably get a very short list – if you get any recommendations at all. One… See more
Vitamin D Supplements May Help with Bone Health - For Everything Else, Studies Are Mixed
By Janet Tiberian, MA, MPH, CHES
February 16, 2018
Vitamin D Supplements May Help with Bone Disease - For Everything Else, Studies are Mixed
High doses of vitamin D may quickly ease arterial stiffness in certain overweight, vitamin-deficient populations, according to a recent study conducted by the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. Arterial stiffness can in crease your risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, dementia… See more
Should You Get the Flu Shot?
By Sean Kelley
MDVIP
December 28, 2017
Flue shots available
Each year, millions of Americans ask that question – and more than half the adult population say, “no.” That’s right. Only about 40 percent of Americans get the flu vaccine every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite the fact that it’s the best protection… See more
Perspective on the Vegan Documentary "What the Health"?
By Louis B Malinow, M.D.
MDVIP
December 12, 2017
what the health
Have you seen What the Health? It’s a Netflix vegan documentary that critiques the meat and dairy industries. I've gotten a lot of questions about it lately and I thought I’d share some of my insights. Keep in mind that What the Health? is a movie produced to promote veganism.… See more

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