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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
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
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
Forget Cholesterol. It’s Your Homocysteine Level That Matters
Forget Cholesterol. It’s Your Homocysteine Level That Matters
What you should know about the link between dementia, stroke, and cardiovascular disease
Maria Cross
Mar 12, 2022
Eggs for Breakfast, Eggs for Brains
Eggs for Breakfast, Eggs for Brains
How eggs can improve memory (and that’s just the start of it)
Maria Cross
Jul 5
Feed Your Brain: Call for Contributors
Feed Your Brain: Call for Contributors
Tell Your Story….
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.
Maria Cross
Sep 16, 2019
Your Brain On Antibiotics
Your Brain On Antibiotics
Can certain antibiotics cause cerebral issues? A story of the gut-brain axis.
Tim Rees
Oct 7, 2022
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
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 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
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
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
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
From Brain Fog to Psychosis: The Powerful Effects of This Everyday Food
From Brain Fog to Psychosis: The Powerful Effects of This Everyday Food
Imagine eating something that quickly causes a dramatic change in personality and behaviour. Or perhaps just creates a mental fog, or a…
Maria Cross
Nov 26, 2021
Does a Vegetarian Diet Cause Depression?
Does a Vegetarian Diet Cause Depression?
Three key brain nutrients worth supplementing on a meat-free diet
Maria Cross
Nov 4, 2021
How Giving Up Sugar Can Improve Your Mental Health
How Giving Up Sugar Can Improve Your Mental Health
From anxiety to depression — why you should hold that cake
Maria Cross
Jan 1, 2021
The One Supplement You Should Never Go Without
The One Supplement You Should Never Go Without
“D” is for Depression and Dementia
Maria Cross
Oct 21, 2021
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