There is a huge body of research showing that taking about 3 grams/day (usually 3 capsules/day) of a *high-quality* fish or krill oil helps the body’s cells rebuild healthy membranes. If your cells membranes are healthy, they are likely to function properly, and you are likely to stay healthy (or at least healthier than with weak cell me…
There is a huge body of research showing that taking about 3 grams/day (usually 3 capsules/day) of a *high-quality* fish or krill oil helps the body’s cells rebuild healthy membranes. If your cells membranes are healthy, they are likely to function properly, and you are likely to stay healthy (or at least healthier than with weak cell membranes). This is likely to greatly increase the odds of your brain staying healthy. Plus, every healthy thing you can eat- blueberries, broccoli, oranges, etc. - all add up to your body being better able to repair itself. I have a masters degree In wholistic nutrition and am convinced that the body does indeed have the ability to repair *IF* you give it the nutrients it needs!
Crucial for the food to be organic because it is far superior in trace mineral content. You need trace minerals to build enzymes your body requires. Conventionally grown food is nutritionally deficient. GMO crops are extremely deficient in nutrients after a few years of glyphosate application on the crop land.
Yes! The big food companies will say, ‘oh, we tested and both organic and non-organic foods contain the same amount of calcium, magnesium, etc.’. But what they don’t tell you is this:
Plants evolved over millions of years absorbing dozens of micronutrients and trace elements from the organic soil, right? They don’t need all of these micronutrients, but the animals, including humans, who eat the plants *have* evolved to need them. Without these micronutrients, hundreds of biochemical processes can’t happen in our bodies, and normal repairs processes don’t go to completion. For example, you probably know that to build healthy bones you need calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D3. But you also need tiny amounts of Vitamin K and boron, and you’re not getting them from your food anymore. Why? Because modern petrochemical farming just puts back into the soil the three elements that *plants* need to grow, and the dozens of other micronutrients are *not* replaced! So, organically-grown foods have *all* the nutrients you need, plus virtually none of the pesticide, herbicides, and other toxin found in conventionally-grown soil.
An example is coffee. You may have heard that drinking coffee has been shown to help prevent Alzheimer’s. But it has to be organic! Organic coffee has all the micronutrients, flavonoids, and antioxidants that are good for your health. If you’re brewing non-organic coffee you’re brewing pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other toxins, and *not* getting the good stuff! Easy choice, right?
I read an antedotal report that taking a tablespoon of MCT oil daily can help memory issues. Some add it to coffee or yogurt. It’s made from coconut oil. It can be purchased from Amazon. Read the reviews.
(Continued - sorry, hungry kitty bumped me) She told how her husband developed early-onset Alzheimer’s, and in researching the medical literature, she found that the medium-chain triglycerides in coconut oil were beneficial enough to reverse his decline, actually making him considerably better. In subsequent years, other researchers have also found great benefit from medium-chain triglycerides and ketones. So, if you can get into the habit of eating about 2 tablespoons of *unrefined* coconut oil each day, you may go through life with a healthy brain!
What I do:
I melt a jar of unrefined coconut oil in a saucepan over low heat, add a few (5)squares of unsweetened 100% chocolate, then add a few tiny scoops of lo han (monk fruit) to sweeten it, plus half a cup of unsweetened organic cocoa powder. Then I pour it into small silicon molds and freeze it for fifteen minutes or so. Then I pop the solid ‘chocolate’ out of the molds, and refrigerate them. The result is tasty ‘candies’ that I can eat all I want - no sugar, healthy flavonoids from the organic chocolate, and medium-chain triglycerides that are good for my brain. (If I could find a healthy way to coat them with something that would prevent them from melting in your hand, I could become a billionaire!)
There is a huge body of research showing that taking about 3 grams/day (usually 3 capsules/day) of a *high-quality* fish or krill oil helps the body’s cells rebuild healthy membranes. If your cells membranes are healthy, they are likely to function properly, and you are likely to stay healthy (or at least healthier than with weak cell membranes). This is likely to greatly increase the odds of your brain staying healthy. Plus, every healthy thing you can eat- blueberries, broccoli, oranges, etc. - all add up to your body being better able to repair itself. I have a masters degree In wholistic nutrition and am convinced that the body does indeed have the ability to repair *IF* you give it the nutrients it needs!
Is it important that the food be organic?
Crucial for the food to be organic because it is far superior in trace mineral content. You need trace minerals to build enzymes your body requires. Conventionally grown food is nutritionally deficient. GMO crops are extremely deficient in nutrients after a few years of glyphosate application on the crop land.
Yes! The big food companies will say, ‘oh, we tested and both organic and non-organic foods contain the same amount of calcium, magnesium, etc.’. But what they don’t tell you is this:
Plants evolved over millions of years absorbing dozens of micronutrients and trace elements from the organic soil, right? They don’t need all of these micronutrients, but the animals, including humans, who eat the plants *have* evolved to need them. Without these micronutrients, hundreds of biochemical processes can’t happen in our bodies, and normal repairs processes don’t go to completion. For example, you probably know that to build healthy bones you need calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D3. But you also need tiny amounts of Vitamin K and boron, and you’re not getting them from your food anymore. Why? Because modern petrochemical farming just puts back into the soil the three elements that *plants* need to grow, and the dozens of other micronutrients are *not* replaced! So, organically-grown foods have *all* the nutrients you need, plus virtually none of the pesticide, herbicides, and other toxin found in conventionally-grown soil.
An example is coffee. You may have heard that drinking coffee has been shown to help prevent Alzheimer’s. But it has to be organic! Organic coffee has all the micronutrients, flavonoids, and antioxidants that are good for your health. If you’re brewing non-organic coffee you’re brewing pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other toxins, and *not* getting the good stuff! Easy choice, right?
I read an antedotal report that taking a tablespoon of MCT oil daily can help memory issues. Some add it to coffee or yogurt. It’s made from coconut oil. It can be purchased from Amazon. Read the reviews.
Pretty much covered there! Thank you very much
Another great nutrient for brain health? Coconut oil!
A decade or so ago a pediatrician named Mary Newport wrote a book called, “Alzheimer’s Disease: What if There Wasa Cure?
(Continued - sorry, hungry kitty bumped me) She told how her husband developed early-onset Alzheimer’s, and in researching the medical literature, she found that the medium-chain triglycerides in coconut oil were beneficial enough to reverse his decline, actually making him considerably better. In subsequent years, other researchers have also found great benefit from medium-chain triglycerides and ketones. So, if you can get into the habit of eating about 2 tablespoons of *unrefined* coconut oil each day, you may go through life with a healthy brain!
What I do:
I melt a jar of unrefined coconut oil in a saucepan over low heat, add a few (5)squares of unsweetened 100% chocolate, then add a few tiny scoops of lo han (monk fruit) to sweeten it, plus half a cup of unsweetened organic cocoa powder. Then I pour it into small silicon molds and freeze it for fifteen minutes or so. Then I pop the solid ‘chocolate’ out of the molds, and refrigerate them. The result is tasty ‘candies’ that I can eat all I want - no sugar, healthy flavonoids from the organic chocolate, and medium-chain triglycerides that are good for my brain. (If I could find a healthy way to coat them with something that would prevent them from melting in your hand, I could become a billionaire!)
Good advice. I’ve been taking coconut oil nearly every day. I make a fruit/veggie smoothie and add it in there.