Francie Healey
  • Home
  • About
  • Eat To Beat Alzheimer's
  • Resources
  • Recipes
  • Appearances
    • Book Francie
    • Media Kit
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Children's Health

B Vitamins help to reduce risk of Alzheimer's

3/29/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Image source: Flickr user egadenne.

Reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease with high folate intake: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

This study reviewed the diets of over 500 individuals over the age of 65.  They found a significant correlation with individuals who met or exceeded the RDA intake for folate and a decreased risk for Alzheimer’s.  Interestingly, only 13% of the sample size were able to meet RDA levels with diet alone!  

The best source of folate for us is in its natural form:

  • spinach
  • lentils
  • turnip greens
  • beets
  • broccoli
  • Brussels sprouts
  • asparagus
  • romaine lettuce
  • cauliflower
  • parsley

Because we continue to learn how vitamins work in symphony with other micronutrients, our best practice is to get essential vitamins from foods rather than isolated in synthetic supplements.  Furthermore, added folate to food products, like bread, present similar problems, by taking the nutrient out of its natural environment, whereby we may unknowingly decrease its effect on us, as well as our ability to absorb it.

Read Study
0 Comments

All about amino acids and brain health

3/15/2017

1 Comment

 
Picture
Image source: Flickr user pachecophotography.

Amino acids and their significance for sleep, mood and performance

Read article
1 Comment

B Vitamins and brain health

2/17/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Image source: Flickr user rhodes.

Preventing Alzheimer’s disease-related gray matter atrophy by B-vitamin treatment

Did you know that B Vitamins are essential for brain health?  Actually B vitamins, specifically B-6 and B-12 have shown preventive effects on adults at risk for dementia.

Read study
0 Comments

    Archives

    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017

    Categories

    All
    Added Sugar
    ADHD
    Alternative Treatment
    Alzheimer's
    Amino Acids
    Anti-amyloid
    Anti-inflammatory
    Antioxidant
    Ayurveda
    Behavior
    Beta-amyloid
    Brain Health
    Brain Training
    B Vitamins
    Children's Health
    Cholesterol
    Choline
    Chronic Illness
    Chronic Inflammation
    Clinical Trial
    Cognitive Decline
    Cognitive Impairment
    Curcumin
    Curry
    Dementia
    Depression
    Diabetes
    Diet
    Dietary Guidelines
    Digestion
    Disease Prevention
    Eggs
    Elimination Diet
    Energy Metabolism
    Energy Regulation
    Epigenetics
    Fatigue
    Fat-Soluble Vitamins
    Few Foods DIet
    Folate
    Food
    Food Additives
    Food Color
    Gluten
    Gut
    Healthy Weight
    Herpes
    Hidden Sugar
    Homocysteine
    Hormone
    Hyperactivity
    Immune Cell Function
    Immune Function
    Infection
    Inflammation
    Intergenerational Trauma
    Interview
    Intestinal Function
    Iron Deficiency
    Lifestyle
    Longitudinal Studies
    Magnesium
    Malnutrition
    Memory Loss
    Metabolic Disease
    Metabolic Syndrome
    Metabolism
    Metagenome
    Methylphenidate
    Microbes
    Microbiome
    Mild Behavioral Impairment
    Mild Cognitive Impairment
    Mood
    Nervous System
    Nutrient Absorption
    Nutrition
    Nutrition Facts
    Obesity
    Observational Study
    Perlmutter
    Prevention
    Prospective Studies
    Serving Size
    Study
    Sugar
    Supplements
    Symptoms
    Treatment
    Turmeric
    Type 2 Diabetes
    Video
    Vitamin A
    Vitamin D
    Vitamin K
    Warning Signs
    Wolynn
    Zinc
    Zinc Sulfate

    RSS Feed

Copyright 2016-2018, Francie Healey
​Site Design by Artotems Co.
  • Home
  • About
  • Eat To Beat Alzheimer's
  • Resources
  • Recipes
  • Appearances
    • Book Francie
    • Media Kit
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Children's Health