Mental Health Nutrition and Articles Related to Mental Health
Articles on Mental Health Disorders and Nutrition to Help Prevent and Halt Mental Health Decline.
Causes of Memory Loss – Low Folate Levels
High homocysteine levels and low folate levels cause memory loss. The B vitamin folate may help reduce memory loss according to data from a recent nationwide health and nutrition survey, NHANES III. Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, Mass., were looking for a relationship between blood homocysteine levels and memory loss. Earlier, their research had established that homocysteine levels were higher in elderly people with low intakes of B vitamins, especially folate...Read full article
A Natural Remedy for Depression - Alleviating Sleep Apnea?
For more than twenty years studies have suggested the existence of a relationship between depression and obstructive sleep apnea in the general population. A researcher at Stanford University found that in the general population of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain about 800 of 100,000 individuals have both a breathing-related sleep disorder and a major depressive disorder with nearly 20% of the subjects who had one of these disorders also having the other...Read full article
Decreased Cognitive Brain Function Delayed and Reversed by Blueberries
Studies show that blueberries contain nutrients that reverse decreases in cognitive brain function and delay cognitive brain function decline while also protecting delicate brain structures against oxidative damage. One of the first of Agricultural Research Service neuroscientist James Joseph’s studies, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, showed a protective effect of consuming antioxidants on brain function...Read full article
Natural & Healthy Anti-Aging Foods
Studies suggest that consuming fruits and vegetables with a high Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) value may help slow the aging process in both body and brain. Getting plenty of the foods with a high Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity activity, such as spinach, strawberries, and blueberries, has so far: Raised the antioxidant power of human blood, Prevented some loss of long-term memory and learning ability in middle-aged rats, Maintained the ability of brain cells in middle-aged rats to respond to a chemical stimulus, Protected rats' tiny blood vessels-capillaries-against oxygen damage...Read full article
Causes of Alzheimer’s and the Role of Blueberries
Although the exact cause of Alzheimer’s is not completely understood, experts have recently identified one mechanism involving the insufficient breakdown and recycling of amyloid protein in the brain. They studied mice that carried a genetic mutation for promoting increased amounts of amyloid beta, a protein fragment found within the telltale neuritic plaque, or “hardening of the brain,” seen in Alzheimer’s disease...Read full article
Causes of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are an increasing public health problem among young women: they may give rise to serious physical problems such as hypothermia, hypotension, electrolyte imbalance, endocrine disorders and kidney failure. Women with eating disorders are also at risk of long-term psychological and social problems, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse and suicide. The costs in terms of quality of life, loss of productivity, serious medical problems and mortality are high...Read full article
Causes of Cognitive Losses in the Brain
What causes the cognitive part of the brain to stop working? Cognition can be defined as the mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment and the ability to use simple-to-complex information to meet the challenges of daily living...Read full article
Dementia Treatment – Lower Homocysteine Levels
This article relates to 7 case reports regarding the administration of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine together with folate (folic acid) and vitamin B to cognitively impaired patients with elevated levels of homocysteine...Read full article
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Fish Reduces Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s
Fish consumption has been associated with lower risk of dementia and alzheimer’s. Fish is the best source of omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to be essential for neurocognitive development and normal brain functioning. Several studies have demonstrated that consumption of one omega-3 fatty acid in particular, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), is important for memory performance...Read full article
Linking Cognitive Functioning and Exercise
By Kevin Flatt
Excercise directly affects the structure and function of the brain. Exercise has been suggested as an innovative approach to improving cognitive functioning in older adults. Cross-sectional evidence suggests that older adults who are physically active display better cognitive functioning than their sedentary peers, in areas such as memory, reaction time, and visuospatial skills...Read full article
Cognitive Function - Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Homocysteine
By Kevin Flatt
Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Deficiency - Cognitive Function, Mental Deterioration, Alzheimer’s and Dementia Linked to High Homocysteine Levels. Findings from a broad range of studies show significant relationships between cognitive function and intakes of various nutrients, including long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidant vitamins, and folate and vitamin B12...Read full article
Cinnamon Improves Cognitive Function
By Kevin Flatt
Recent research shows that cinnamon does more than just ward off diabetes and heart disease - it also makes you smarter. That’s what a recent study determined after administering cinnamon, both orally and nasally, to adults. Both “real” cinnamon and cinnamon flavored items, such as gum, were effective in enhancing the participants’ cognitive function. (Society for the Study of Investigative Behavior (abstract), 2/8/05). ...Read full article
