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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
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    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
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    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
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    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
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    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)
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    Maria Cross
    Jul 5
    Feed Your Brain: Call for Contributors

    Feed Your Brain: Call for Contributors

    Tell Your Story….
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    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.
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    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.
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    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…
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    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
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    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.
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    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
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    Maria Cross
    Apr 25, 2020
    Why Babies Need Animal Fat

    Why Babies Need Animal Fat

    They are born ketogenic — with good reason.
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    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.
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    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
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    Maria Cross
    May 22, 2018
    How to Combat Depression With Fat

    How to Combat Depression With Fat

    Your nerves, mood, and memory require lipids
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    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.
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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…
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    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
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    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
    Go to the profile of Maria Cross
    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
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    Maria Cross
    Oct 21, 2021
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