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Cholesterol is an important brain nutrients
It is repeatedly emphasized in the media, how harmful is too high cholesterol to our health. But when it comes to brain health, nothing is further from the truth than that. The Framingham Heart Study, a large long-term study has proven that high cholesterol is associated with health and brain fitness.
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Office work: a sedentary lifestyle can be caused illness.
The sitting for long periods isn’t conducive of our health as we all know . But how can we move more if we exercise an office job? Even small but regular exercise units could have a positive effect. But what and how? We give you practical tips for more movement in the office that will support your health.
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Mitochondrial disease – this is a new disease?
Mitochondrial diseases are, which originate in the cells: The mitochondria, which are tiny cellular components that are primarily responsible for energy production in the cells do not function properly. There are several reasons. The medicine knew for a long time only the inheritable mitochondrial disorders that are caused by corrupted or altered genes. Today they are called mitochondrial disorders “primary mitochondrial disorders”. They usually appear early in childhood with symptoms of massive especially highly energy requiring organs revealed (nerve disorders, muscle weakness, eye problems, brain disorders etc.).
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Stress should never be ignored!
We all experience stress at times and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Because stress has its advantages: it gives us energy and concentration when we are facing a challenge, it is when we have to defend ourselves, or just have a very tight schedule. Stress only becomes a health problem if he no longer wears off and people are living in a chronic heightened state of tension and anxiety.
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What is Osteopathy?
Osteopathy is initially only bone conditions, but other than a bony prefix nothing with the always brought with it in the context of osteoporosis together. Osteopathy is a manual medicine concept consisting of a holistic diagnosis and treatment structure. This means that people judged as a complete living being, with its three components body, mind and soul and is treated not its symptoms. This is the first and most important principle of osteopathic all other superior is. Osteopathy stating that life is the same movement: Movement of joints and muscles, liquids and gases within the body, such as blood, lymph, urine, intestinal contents, bile, cell fluid and breathing and digestive…
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Herpes virus and parvovirus B19 in patients with a chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and the Parvovirus B19 have been proposed as etiological agent of chronic fatigue syndrome, but none of these viruses has been consistently demonstrated in all patients. However, active viral infection can be localized in specific tissues, and are therefore difficult to detect. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of HHV-6, HHV-7, EBV and parvovirus B19 in the gastrointestinal tract of CFS patients.
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Gluten can cause brain problems
An interesting paper, published in September 2008 in the “Annals of Neurology”, described a “new science” of an enzyme that causes your brain problems caused by the reactivity to gluten, and also independent of other celiac symptoms. Most doctors know that the open Gluten-reactivity with celiac disease and the classic constellation of symptoms and signs of characterization is the malabsorption syndrome, easy to recognize and is classified as a manifestation of “celiac disease”. Malabsorption symptoms are steatorrhea, weight loss or failure to thrive, bloating and flatulence, with still other deficiencies.
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Artificial food additives
Countless food additives such as preservatives, artificial sweeteners, flavors and colors are administered our food and make it thus, at best, useless and dangerous in the long term for our health. A natural, real food is, paradoxically, to procure increasingly rare and difficult in the era of food industry. She is one of the main principles of sustainable health. Nevertheless grasp sometimes processed foods? Then reading the label of great value to your health. Below we present some of the food additives that you may encounter while and before that you should keep your body as far as possible.
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Effect of physical activity on the brain
Research has shown that exercise promotes neurogenesis, a process in the brain, which can be adapted and grow faster the brain cells, and this regardless of age! Responsible for this positive effect a so-called specific protein. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which is released during the movement, protects the brain cells against damage and give the possibility of a new neuron growth. How are physical activity and mental health interact together?
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Avoiding gluten and casein in the diet of children with autism can lead to psychosocial improvements!
This conclusion has shown research results of a study on autistic children from 2012. Teams of two researchers have collected and analyzed data from 387 parents of children with autism. The study was designed to investigate the efficacy of a gluten and casein free diet in autism disorder.