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 [...]

NYU.edu - NYU dental researchers have found the first long-term evidence that periodontal (gum) disease may increase the risk of cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease in healthy individuals as well as in those who already are cognitively impaired.
The NYU study offers fresh evidence that gum inflammation may contribute to brain inflammation, neurodegeneration, and Alzheimer’s [...]

Buffalo.edu - Resveratrol, a popular plant extract shown to prolong life in yeast and lower animals due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, appears also to suppress inflammation in humans at a modest dose of 40 mg per day, based on results from the first prospective human trial of the extract conducted by University at [...]