Illinois.edu - A group of “professional couch potatoes,” as one researcher described them, has proven that even moderate exercise – in this case walking at one’s own pace for 40 minutes three times a week – can enhance the connectivity of important brain circuits, combat declines in brain function associated with aging, and increase performance [...]

AJCN.org - Two new studies on resveratrol and red wine point to their possible benefits for body fat metabolism and vascular endothelial function.
The “French Paradox” refers to relatively low cardiovascular disease prevalence in France despite high dietary saturated fat consumption and cigarette smoking. Among factors thought to provide cardioprotective benefits to the French is red [...]

UMich.edu - While breakdowns in brain connections that lead to slowed physical response times as we age are probably unavoidable, according to a new study, aerobic exercise likely helps to counteract this age-related cognitive decline.
This slower reactivity is associated with an age-related breakdown in the corpus callosum, a part of the brain that acts as [...]

USDA.gov - Three B vitamins - vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and folate (or folic acid) - all nourish the brain. But much remains to be discovered about the relation between these essential nutrients and our brainpower.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutritionist Lindsay H. Allen has collaborated in ongoing research with an aging Hispanic population that [...]

USDA.gov - Nursing home residents with normal blood zinc concentrations were found to have about 50 percent less risk of developing pneumonia than peers with low zinc blood levels, according to a recent observational study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study, funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the USDA [...]

Northwestern.edu - The more an older woman weighs, the worse her memory, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine. The effect is more pronounced in women who carry excess weight around their hips, known as pear shapes, than women who carry it around their waists, called apple shapes.
The study of 8,745 cognitively normal, post-menopausal women [...]