Have you ever felt like your head has been stuffed with cotton wool? The unofficial term for those mental fuzzies is brain fog. If you feel mentally exhausted and you have trouble focusing, brain fog may be the culprit. Here’s…
What impact does sugar have on your brain? You’ve likely heard the advice to keep your sugar intake to a minimum, or at least cutback, but what exactly happens to your brain when you consume too much sugar? In this…
It’s time to end unhealthy choices, and instead, opt for healthier beverages to help you jumpstart the day. In this article, we will introduce you to caffeine-free energy-boosting drinks along with an easy-to-make meal that will also wake you up…
When life is moving at a million miles a minute, your mental performance suffers — there’s only so much information and stimuli your brain can take in. Maybe you forget where you put your car keys, or you look everywhere…
Dopamine fasting is a new wellness trend that started in Silicon Valley. The basic idea is that, for a set amount of time, you remove mindless, yet pleasurable activities from your daily life—social media, emotional eating, watching porn, recreational drugs,…
What foods are good for your brain? Luckily, the list is long and varied. If you want to eat for powerful brain function, you’ve got quite a list of delicious nootropic foods to choose from. You won’t have to go…
Dealing with brain fog can be incredibly frustrating. A task that should take five minutes ends up taking 20 minutes or more, and focusing on any one thing feels like a heroic effort. What you eat can significantly impact how…
Unless you’re living on a freshly colonized patch on Mars, you’ve probably heard about the ketogenic diet. It seems like everyone and their great aunt is raving about the benefits of keto these days. They’re crowing about weight loss and…
Myelin is a fatty coating that insulates your nerve cells. It protects them from damage and allows them to communicate with one another faster. Myelin decreases as you age—a process called demyelination. Decreased myelin slows your brain down and makes…
Picture this: You yell, “I’ll drive” and someone tosses the car keys in your direction. How fast do you react in time to catch them? That’s reaction time (RT) – a measure of how quickly you respond to an external…
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