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Part 3 From the Lab to Your Frying Pan — Is Lab-Grown Meat the Future?
The meat we eat and the way we farm it are being scrutinized more than ever. Greenhouse gases, animal welfare concerns, and overfishing are just some of the issues. Food scientists and companies...
The Neuroscience of Meditation
Contemplative Neuroscience — A Growing Field Meditation encompasses a family of complex practices that include mindfulness meditation, mantra meditation, yoga, tai chi, and chi gong. Of these practices, mindfulness meditation is one of...
The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: Why Our Tummy Is Important for Our Mind
Would you believe that we humans are mostly microbes — over 100 trillion of them? Microbes outnumber our human cells ten to one. The majority live in our gut, particularly in the large...
Food for Your Brain
The right diet and proper nutrition can help you boost your brain health and maintain a healthy memory. Research shows that the best brain foods are the same ones that protect your heart...
Part 1 Advanced Glycation End Product Crosslinking
What are Advanced Glycation End Products or AGEs? Advanced Glycation End product crosslinking is a naturally occurring physiological phenomenon. Many pathological states implicated in age-related diseases increase the degree and rate of crosslinking...
Omega 3’s are critical. Full Stop.
A balanced diet rich in Omega 3 fatty acids is ideal. Most of us don’t live in an ideal world, so supplementation can help…By Alex Tarnava Omega 3 supplementation is another one of...
Epigenetic Clocks and The Insights They Provide Into Aging
DNA Methylation and Aging There are pronounced differences in the health status of individuals with the same chronological age, as well as in the extent to which they are affected by age-related medical...
Part 1 Natural, Synthetic, Organic – Navigating the New Era of Food Science
In today’s world, we are bombarded with the advertisement for natural and organic products. The typical message is “man-made is bad while natural is good.” The popularity of this belief is growing rapidly...
Deprivation & Allostasis – The Cost of Sleep Loss and of Adaptation
In the first installation of this series, we discussed the conservation of sleep across species, the ecological intelligence of sleep behavior, and the Two-Process Model of sleep regulation. In part 2, I’ll dive...