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How a Blood Test Can Reveal One Major Cause of Depression
How a Blood Test Can Reveal One Major Cause of Depression
Genes, diet and toxic homocysteine
Maria Cross
Oct 3
Does Lion’s Mane Have Cognitive Boosting Benefits?
Does Lion’s Mane Have Cognitive Boosting Benefits?
Roll up, roll up to the Mushroom Nootropics Hall of Fame
Victoria Metzger | Nutrition & Wellness Copywriter
Oct 2
ADHD: How Is Diet Involved?
ADHD: How Is Diet Involved?
With rates rising faster than the speed of a diagnosis, it’s an urgent question
Maria Cross
Sep 7
Avoiding Dementia, Next Level: The Role of Magnesium
Avoiding Dementia, Next Level: The Role of Magnesium
It’s a crucial element, but deficiency is rife
Maria Cross
May 27
Why You Need Cholesterol For Your Mental Health
Why You Need Cholesterol For Your Mental Health
And how it could even save your life
Maria Cross
May 24, 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…
Maria Cross
Sep 29, 2017
Drugs, Diet, and Dementia: How to Prevent Memory Loss
Drugs, Diet, and Dementia: How to Prevent Memory Loss
Proven methods, with and without side effects
Maria Cross
Dec 18, 2022
Alzheimer’s Disease and the Sugar Connection.
Alzheimer’s Disease and the Sugar Connection.
They call it type 3 diabetes — with good reason.
Maria Cross
Sep 23, 2017
What You Should Eat For Your Mental Health: Mussels
What You Should Eat For Your Mental Health: Mussels
How brain and thyroid function are connected
Maria Cross
Jul 26, 2023
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
Maria Cross
Apr 25, 2020
Why Babies Need Animal Fat
Why Babies Need Animal Fat
They are born ketogenic — with good reason.
Maria Cross
Jul 11, 2019
How to Feel Good, Happy and Calm
How to Feel Good, Happy and Calm
Or… how to have good levels of dopamine, serotonin and GABA
Maria Cross
Nov 15, 2023
How Coffee Helps Prevent Dementia
How Coffee Helps Prevent Dementia
Not your usual detox product, but an effective one
Maria Cross
Dec 6, 2023
How Fermented Foods Calm the Mind
How Fermented Foods Calm the Mind
It has something to do with the limbic (or reptilian) brain.
Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Mar 24, 2020
It’s a Crime: How Food Can Trigger Aggressive Behaviour
It’s a Crime: How Food Can Trigger Aggressive Behaviour
Food affects mood. But it can go a lot further than that
Maria Cross
Apr 17
How To Feed Your Brain — The Book
How To Feed Your Brain — The Book
It’s been a long time in the making, so I’m going to shout about it
Maria Cross
Sep 14, 2023
How to Fight Depression With Vitamin D
How to Fight Depression With Vitamin D
And minimize risk of sun damage
Maria Cross
May 22, 2018
How to Combat Depression With Fat
How to Combat Depression With Fat
Your nerves, mood, and memory require lipids
Maria Cross
Jun 26, 2022
How Collagen Can Help Protect You From Alzheimer’s
How Collagen Can Help Protect You From Alzheimer’s
Yes it’s great for skin, hair and nails. But it’s even better for your brain.
Maria Cross
Feb 22
Thinking of Going Vegan? Read This First.
Thinking of Going Vegan? Read This First.
What you need to know about vitamin B12, before deciding.
Maria Cross
Oct 13, 2017
Do You Have Leaky Brain Syndrome?
Do You Have Leaky Brain Syndrome?
Brain permeability is linked to depression and other mental health problems. How to mend the gaps.
Maria Cross
Jun 4, 2021
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.
Maria Cross
Jul 17, 2018
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
Maria Cross
Jun 5, 2018
This is What the Ketogenic Diet Does to Your Brain
This is What the Ketogenic Diet Does to Your Brain
The clues are in the past and in the present
Maria Cross
Mar 18
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
Maria Cross
Sep 24, 2020
How to Calm Your Overanxious Mind
How to Calm Your Overanxious Mind
Fear and anxiety in the vagus nerve can be controlled — here’s how
Maria Cross
Nov 17, 2021
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