This article will piece together the bits of information out there on sugar and brain function to get a better understanding of what sugar is doing to our brains.
Healthy News From a New Attitude
This article will piece together the bits of information out there on sugar and brain function to get a better understanding of what sugar is doing to our brains.
Exercise is a powerful way to change how you feel and it can actually alter or reverse many diseases. If exercise were a drug, doctors couldn't keep it on the shelf. Exercise is truly the best drug ever, and the incredible part about the exercise story is that this "drug" is free and it has virtually no side effects.
We do a lot of strange things, and unfortunately for our health, they often lead to illness. As a whole, our memories are short, we think that the things we do every day are the things that humans have always done, but this is just not true.
Foods that Act Like Sugar I write a lot about sugar and foods that act like sugar in this blog. Lately, I’ve been getting a few questions about what I mean by “foods that act like sugar,” so here is the explanation and it all start with an understanding of the glycemic index. The Glycemic Index By now, most people have heard of the glycemic index, but I’ll take a moment to explain it. The way the glycemic index works is that a scientist will measure the blood sugar of a volunteer and then feed that volunteer a single...
Diabetes Doubles According to recent research, the number of people with diabetes has doubled in the last 10 years.1 The report, by the Centers for Disease Control or CDC, shows that the nation (and really the whole developed world) is becoming heavier and heavier (see YouTube video) and with that excess weight comes an increasingly large number of people who have diabetes. Having diabetes is far from a mild disease; it has major implications on the quality of life. People with diabetes are much more likely to have: Heart disease Kidney disease Eye disease (cataracts, macular degeneration, blindness) Vascular...
It is estimated that thirty to forty percent of Americans suffer from some form of insomnia. The most common way to combat this problem is to take prescription or over-the-counter medications, but most of these drugs have adverse affects on the normal sleep cycle, which means you become addicted to using them.
