Keeping ones brain well !
I was watching this TV program that discusses and researches what may help keep ones brain well and prevent brain diseases like Alzheimers..
It was suggesting that Walking is maybe one of the best exercises to keep ones brain well... when it was tested against Table Tennis which uses more of a combination of physical and mental stimulations. Dancing was also suggested as being high on the list..
in terms of diet.. it suggested that one part of Japan was shown to have much less brain problems than any other part of the world and it was suggested that their diet on Sweet Potatoes was one of the reasons.
It said it contained Anthocyanin contained in it... that was the main reason for its benefits.
There are other foods that contain this that have more Anthocyanin that may be just as good or better.. such as types of berries..as an eg.. The higher the number the better it is !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocyanin
QuoteFood source Anthocyanin content
in mg per 100 g
Açaí 320
Blackcurrant 190–270
Aronia 1,480[10]
Eggplant (Aubergine) 750
Blood orange ~200
Marion blackberry 317[11]
Black raspberry 589[12]
Raspberry 365
Wild blueberry 558[13]
Cherry 122[14]
Queen Garnet plum 277[15]
Redcurrant 80–420
Purple corn (Z. mays L.) 1,642[16]
Purple corn leaves 10x more than in kernels[17]
Concord grape 326[18]
Norton grape 888[18]
ON a test with some Mice.. it was found that if an older mouse was given a younger mouses Blood plasma.... that its memory improved quite well..
its suggested similar to Humans...
So is that why the Elites are said to be vampire like and do things like drink younger persons blood I wonder !!! Maybe they know something we don't ! as evil as it seems..
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QuoteAngela Rippon and Chris van Tulleken present the second of two programmes in which they explore the latest research into delaying the ageing process. This episode looks at ways of keeping the brain healthier for longer. In Japan Angela discovers the foods that can help to protect the brain and meets a 100 year-old who is living proof of the importance of diet in maintaining cerebral health. In the US, Chris observes a trial during which Alzheimer's sufferers are injected with young people's blood in order to observe its effects. Finally, a team from King's College, London, investigate what sort of exercise is most beneficial for the brain.
7 Habits That May Actually Change The Brain, According To Science
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The brain is by far our most precious organ–others are good, too, but they all pale in comparison to the mighty brain. Because the brain works so hard around the clock (even while we're sleeping), it uses an extraordinary amount of energy, and requires a certain amount of nutritional support to keep it going. It's high-maintenance, in other words. But there may be misconceptions about what keeps a brain healthy–for instance, there's little evidence that omega-3 supplements or green smoothies would do anything above and beyond generally good nutrition. So what does science actually tell us can help our brains? Here's what we know as of now.
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Exercise
Physical activity is pretty clearly linked to brain health and cognitive function. People who exercise appear to have greater brain volume, better thinking and memory skills, and even reduced risk of dementia. A recent study in the journal Neurology found that older people who vigorously exercise have cognitive test scores that place them at the equivalent of 10 years younger. It's not totally clear why this is, but it's likely due to the increased blood flow to the brain that comes from physical activity. Exercise is also thought to help generate new neurons in the hippocampus, the brain area where learning and memory "live," and which is known to lose volume with age, depression and Alzheimer's disease. The one stark exception to the exercise rule is impact sports like football, which has been shown again and again to be linked to brain damage and dementia, since even low-level impacts can accrue over time. The same is true for soccer headers.
Starting an exercise routine earlier in life is likely the best way to go, and the effects more pronounced the younger one begins. More research will be needed, but in the meantime, enough research has shown exercise to be beneficial to the brain that it's pretty hard not to at least acknowledge it (even if we don't do it as much as we should).
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The brain is a massive energy suck–it uses glucose way out of proportion to the rest of the body. In fact, it requires about 20% of the body's energy resources, even though its volume is just a tiny percentage. This is justifiable since thinking, learning, remembering and controlling the body are all huge jobs. But the source and quantity of the sugar matter: Eating highly processed carbs, which break down very quickly, leads to the famous spike-and-crash of blood sugar (which your brain certainly feels). But eating whole, unprocessed foods leads to a slow, steady rise, and a more constant source of energy–and it makes the brain much happier.
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Beyond giving energy, dietary sugar (especially too much of it) also appears to affect how plastic the brain is, or how capable of change. A study last year, for instance, found that rats fed fructose water after brain injury had seriously impaired recovery. "Our findings suggest that fructose disrupts plasticity—the creation of fresh pathways between brain cells that occurs when we learn or experience something new," said study author UCLA study author Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, whose work has also shown that sugar impairs cognitive function in healthy animals. Interestingly, omega-3 fatty acids appear to reverse some of this damage. And in humans, fatty fish has been linked to cognition, presumably because the fats in it make the cells of the brain more permeable. Omega-3 capsules, however, have not been shown to do much good.
There's mixed evidence that plant-derived antioxidants can improve cognitive function, at least in isolation. While some studies haven't found an effect, others have suggested that compounds in foods like cocoa and blueberries may do some good. (Not surprisingly, Mars Inc. has funded a lot of research in this area, and even markets a high-potency cocoa mix, CocoaVia, for cognitive health.) And finally, turmeric, a key component of curry, if used regularly, has been linked to reduced incidence of Alzheimer's disease, presumably for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
In general though, researchers are split on whether eating just one thing will cut it–for instance, adding blueberries to an otherwise mediocre diet probably won't do much. But a diet low in sugar and high in whole foods, healthy fats and as many colorful fruits and veggies as you can take in is cumulatively one of the best things you can do for your brain.
Vitamins and Minerals
Though there's little evidence that multi-vitamins do us much good, there are certain vitamins that the brain needs to function. Vitamin B12 is one of the ones critical for the function of the central nervous system, and whose deficiency can lead to cognitive symptoms like memory loss. Vitamin D is also critical for brain health–and while there's no causal link, low levels have been linked to cognitive decline. Iron is another that the brain needs to function well (especially for women who are menstruating) since it carries oxygen. But as always, although supplements are certainly necessary for certain people, getting your nutrients from food appears to be the most efficient way to take them in and absorb them.
Coffee
This is a funny one. Many coffee lovers know instinctively that coffee does something very good for their brains in the morning, and indeed our cognition seems a little fuzzy without it. But coffee does appear to effect some real change: Not only does it keeps us alert, by blocking adenosine receptors, but coffee consumption has also been linked to reduced risk of depression, and even of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. This is partly because, like cocoa, compounds in coffee improve vascular health, and may also help repair cellular damage by acting as antioxidants.
Meditation
This connection is fascinating, because although there are thousands of years of anecdotal evidence that meditation can help a person psychologically, and perhaps neurologically, the scientific evidence for meditation's effects on the brain has really just exploded in the last five or 10 years. Meditation has been linked to increased brain volume in certain areas of the cerebral cortex, along with less volume in the brain's amygdala, which controls fear and anxiety. It's also been linked to reduced activity in the brain's default mode network (DMN), which is active when our minds are wandering about from thought to thought, which are typically negative and distressing. Meditation also seems to lead to changes to the white matter tracks connecting different regions of the brain, and to improved attention and concentration.
Education/Mental Activity
Staying mentally active over the course of a lifetime, starting with education, is tied to cognitive health–which explains why crosswords and Sudoku are thought to help cognition. Mental activity may or may not keep a brain from developing disease (like Alzheimer's), but it certainly seems to be linked to fewer symptoms, since it fortifies us with what's known as cognitive reserves. "It is not that the cognitive activity stops amyloid beta production or neurofibrillary tangle development or spread," David Knopman of the Mayo Clinic told me recently, "but rather that higher cognitive activity endows the brain with a greater ability to endure the effects of brain pathologies compared to a person with lower cognitive engagement throughout life."
Sleep
The brain does an awful lot of work while we're sleeping–in fact, it really never sleeps. It's always consolidating memories and pruning unnecessary connections. Sleep deprivation, and just a little of it, takes a toll on our cognitive health. It's linked to worse cognitive function, and poorer attention, learning and creative thinking. The more sleep debt you accrue, the longer it takes to undo it. Sleeping for about seven hours per night seems to be a good target to aim for.
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The bottom line is that doing as many of these things as you can is good for your brain; but if you can't do them all every day, don't beat yourself up. If you don't do any, just integrating a couple will very likely help. And your brain may appreciate it more than you think.
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Difficult to trust since the good and bad keep changing so rapidly.
Personally I have a doubt of the benefits of something if it has a really negative side effect (withdrawals) when you stop using it.
When I used to drink tea my hands were steady and I did not react when missing a day. I have been drinking coffee 2 cups now for years and if I stop I get a bad headache, the stuff makes your hands shake also. Clearly it is a stimulant but over long term how good are stimulants for us.
When the TV program referred to Humans ..that they may benefit from obtaining Blood Plasma...(I am not sure if that meant drinking or by other means...such as a drip like when one is in hospital or having blood transfusion) I am also not sure if it actually referred to it being Human blood/ plasma.
But I think that they were referring to suggest Older Humans would benefit from obtaining a younger human persons blood/or plasma.
I also thought that some of the stories or conspiracies may have suggested that the Elites sacrifice young humans and drink their blood like Vampires....Unless I misunderstood..and it was animal blood that it referred to.
I have come across some quite disturbing stuff recently that does suggest that their are a certain group that are like vampires and drink young persons human blood...and its also connected to Peodophilia even among some well known persons...
Its very hard to believe and could be dangerous to discuss in detail..I had considered doing a thread about it but it would have to be a private one..some persons who attempted to comment on it have had unfortunate / suspicious endings..
Its also a good question E113, as to how humans maybe effected from obtaining animal blood...or eating parts of an animal.
I made a surprising discovery that one of the best things to aid ones IQ is actually certain parts of animal Meat rather than Fish.. like we are often led to believe..
When I was young, I liked to eat Steak...but my brother likes Liver.. as we got older his IQ is much greater than mine..
At the earlier time I may have actually been clever than him.
and I wondered what happened thru out those years ! :)
To my surprise..within the last two years I found an article that suggested Liver is the Best thing to aid ones IQ..
I can only assume maybe its down to it being more to do with Cleaning the Blood within an animal..
It MAY only effect one if they were brought up on it from being young... as we get older the effects may alter..
but I do find it interesting if there is something in it..
Does animal or Human Blood or meat effect us ?
They say we are what we eat...But how it effects us mentally.. that is a very good question !
Does eating an animal or human brain have certain effects on us mentally or spiritually / genetically.. or effect our DNA..
I would like to know !
QuoteWhat if they drank animal blood like many rituals? Do you figure this would affect them with some sort of genetic modification or spiritual connection to the sacrificed animal? What if they ate the Hippocampus itself?
I sort of can understand what your referring to Dyna..
Yes I think Coffee is a good brain stimulant. and know what you mean if you lay off it for a while..We may well become addicted to it.. and how does it effect us if we then are unable to access it..
what is it doing to us long term.
I used to work with someone on 12 hr shifts.. and I don't think that I ever seen him eat on them once..even when we went into the works canteen..It was a mystery to me for some time..
I don't think he drank much either thru out the day..
But I think now since leaning about things.. that he was maybe well aware of the issues with foods..and strictly avoided them..
He was quite sharp.. and maybe that's from avoiding dodgy food and drinks.
Quote from: Dyna on April 15, 2016, 05:09:31 PM
Difficult to trust since the good and bad keep changing so rapidly.
Personally I have a doubt of the benefits of something if it has a really negative side effect (withdrawals) when you stop using it.
When I used to drink tea my hands were steady and I did not react when missing a day. I have been drinking coffee 2 cups now for years and if I stop I get a bad headache, the stuff makes your hands shake also. Clearly it is a stimulant but over long term how good are stimulants for us.
Quote from: astr0144 on April 15, 2016, 05:36:00 PM
When the TV program referred to Humans ..that they may benefit from obtaining Blood Plasma...(I am not sure if that meant drinking or by other means...such as a drip like when one is in hospital or having blood transfusion) I am also not sure if it actually referred to it being Human blood/ plasma.
But I think that they were referring to suggest Older Humans would benefit from obtaining a younger human persons blood/or plasma.
That reminds me of what professional cyclists used to do (before it was banned) for the big events: they had reserves of their own blood, taken when they were in perfect physical conditions and they had blood transfusions during those big cycling events, basically "resetting" the blood to the conditions it was before they had spent some days on the event.
QuoteDoes animal or Human Blood or meat effect us ?
I doubt it makes much of a difference, in Portugal we have some traditional recipes made with blood (not human), like the cabidela (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabidela) and the chouriço de sangue and the morcela (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_sausage#Portugal), and I have never seen a difference between people that eat those dishes and those that do not (like me, as I don't like them).
QuoteDoes eating an animal or human brain have certain effects on us mentally or spiritually / genetically.. or effect our DNA..
In Portugal we also have some recipes with (non-human) brains, like the omolete de mioleira (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggs_and_brains). Some people also like to eat rabbit or roasted kid (not human ;) ) brains. Again, I haven't noticed any difference between the people that usually eat them and those that do not.
As for eating human brains, that's a good way of getting some diseases, like kuru (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)).
That is very interesting Dyna if your article is truth.
The eg that I gave was also from an article that I had read that had suggested that Liver was good for the development of a persons Intelligence..more so than even fish (That I think many of us perhaps had been taught that Fish was good for the brain..Maybe it is in certain ways) But I suppose the Liver article meant something to me when comparing my brother...
I was just saying he developed cleverer than me.. but hes no genius like the Scientists in your article..very few of us are !
I suppose we just go of what we red in such articles and often have faith in them..but like the many things we read and come across many a time they are not always correct.
This articles just come out now suggesting that Vegetarian diets are not good for you in terms of other health factors. and that they can cause cancers.. That new to me !
yet i think not so long ago they would have been saying that about meats in general.. or maybe certain meats..so there may be partial truths to some of what they say..
I suppose moderation and balanced diets are the safest bet if one is willing to eat both meat and veg type foods..
It is suggesting that diet changes our DNA.. so I assume that could be both from Veg and meats we eat that can alter it..
E113 was asking if eating brain could alter our DNA.. I suspect so even if not in a positive way for our health...(esp if were were to get diseased as one article suggested) but im not sure if that would always be the case where it happens...there maybe some positive things when eating brain as well..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/29/long-term-vegetarian-diet-changes-human-dna-raising-risk-of-canc/
QuoteDoes eating an animal or human brain have certain effects on us mentally or spiritually / genetically.. or effect our DNA.
QuoteOn your liver eating (based on one case ???) why would so many who don't eat meat at all be exceptional?
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/02/the-worlds-greatest-geniuses-are-vegetarians/
I was under the impression that Young blood from and for mice or from and to humans may help juvenate in one way or another based upon what I had come across either on TV or articles / posts.... The article you posted was from 2015 and the TV program I watched I think was more recent..
It maybe another case of Science disputing research as so often seems to happen.. that sometimes it seems very hard to conclude which suggestion is correct..
QuoteI am pretty sure ingesting blood (digesting) does nothing for a person as it is only value would be the nutrients which an be had for many other sources.
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'Young blood' anti-ageing mechanism called into question
A protein in the blood of young mice that seemed to rejuvenate older animals may do the opposite.