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    3 Reasons Your Brain Needs Stomach Acid

    3 Reasons Your Brain Needs Stomach Acid

    Stomach acid is essential and may play a role in mood, learning, and neurological disorders.
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    Laura Duffy
    Feb 24
    Why Giving Up Sugar Is So Good For Your Mental Health

    Why Giving Up Sugar Is So Good For Your Mental Health

    Sugar makes you fat, which is bad enough. But can it really make you depressed? Clinically depressed, even? The evidence is compelling…
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Jan 1
    How Stress Makes You Overeat — And How to Stop it.

    How Stress Makes You Overeat — And How to Stop it.

    Learn to control the reward centres of your brain
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Dec 20, 2020
    Vitamin B12, Memory Loss and Dementia

    Vitamin B12, Memory Loss and Dementia

    Deficiency affects young and old alike.
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    Maria Cross
    Feb 2, 2020
    Thinking of Going Vegan? Read This First.

    Thinking of Going Vegan? Read This First.

    What you need to know about vitamin B12, before deciding.
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Oct 13, 2017
    Alzheimer’s Disease and the Sugar Connection.

    Alzheimer’s Disease and the Sugar Connection.

    They call it type 3 diabetes — with good reason.
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Sep 23, 2017
    How Gut Bacteria Can Lift Depression. Be Sure to Feed Them Well.

    How Gut Bacteria Can Lift Depression. Be Sure to Feed Them Well.

    If you have ever thought that your innards appear to have a mind of their own, it’s because they have. Deep within your abdomen is a brain…
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Sep 29, 2017
    Feed Your Brain: Call for Contributors

    Feed Your Brain: Call for Contributors

    Tell Your Story….
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Mar 22, 2020
    The Four Stages of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

    The Four Stages of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

    Given up animal foods? How to ensure you don’t get to stage four. The damage could be irreversible.
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Sep 16, 2019
    Why You Need Cholesterol For Your Mental Health

    Why You Need Cholesterol For Your Mental Health

    And how it could even save your life
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    May 24, 2017
    Brain on Fire — How Inflammation Damages Your Mental Health

    Brain on Fire — How Inflammation Damages Your Mental Health

    From depression to dementia: 5 ways to reduce inflammation naturally
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    Maria Cross
    May 17, 2020
    How to stop Alzheimer’s before it begins

    How to stop Alzheimer’s before it begins

    Four dietary changes that can slow down or block the pre-dementia stage.
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    Maria Cross
    Oct 20, 2018
    Look After Your Teeth Now and Avoid Alzheimer’s in Later Life

    Look After Your Teeth Now and Avoid Alzheimer’s in Later Life

    Good oral hygiene protects your brain as well as your gums
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Sep 24, 2020
    How Eating More Fat Can Improve Your Memory

    How Eating More Fat Can Improve Your Memory

    The ketogenic diet is about much more than weight loss
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Jun 5, 2018
    Your Brains are in Your Belly, and That’s Good for Your Mental Health.

    Your Brains are in Your Belly, and That’s Good for Your Mental Health.

    From depression to dementia, probiotic therapy is the revolutionary, not-so-new treatment.
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    Maria Cross
    Jul 17, 2018
    How to Fight Depression With Vitamin D

    How to Fight Depression With Vitamin D

    And minimize risk of sun damage
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    May 22, 2018
    Is Gluten Messing With Your Mind? Find Out Now.

    Is Gluten Messing With Your Mind? Find Out Now.

    How to test yourself for gluten sensitivity
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Jun 27, 2018
    What Intermittent Fasting Does For Your Brain

    What Intermittent Fasting Does For Your Brain

    From depression to dementia, the benefits are proven.
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Mar 10, 2019
    How Fermented Foods Calm the Mind

    How Fermented Foods Calm the Mind

    It has something to do with the limbic (or reptilian) brain.
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    Shin Jie Yong
    Mar 24, 2020
    How To Manage Your Stress By Changing Your Diet.

    How To Manage Your Stress By Changing Your Diet.

    Stress is normal. If your body can cope, your mind is better equipped.
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Aug 4, 2018
    How Your Skin Colour is Linked to Your Mental Health

    How Your Skin Colour is Linked to Your Mental Health

    There is no such thing as race. Only vitamin D.
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Aug 7, 2019
    The five best diet hacks to transform your mental health.

    The five best diet hacks to transform your mental health.

    Your brain is made of what you eat. Change what you eat.
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Sep 6, 2020
    The link between diet and depression: 5 important facts

    The link between diet and depression: 5 important facts

    Depression is a debilitating and potentially life-changing condition. If you receive a diagnosis, you can expect to be treated with…
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Feb 13, 2018
    The Physical Symptoms of Mental Illness

    The Physical Symptoms of Mental Illness

    How to spot the outward signs of a fat-deprived brain
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Sep 1, 2019
    Why Babies Need Animal Fat

    Why Babies Need Animal Fat

    They are born ketogenic — with good reason.
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Jul 11, 2019
    How Your Gut Talks to Your Brain and Changes Your Mood

    How Your Gut Talks to Your Brain and Changes Your Mood

    There is constant chatter. Here’s how you stay in charge
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    Maria Cross
    Apr 25, 2020
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