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November 19 2019

Can Fast Food Increase Risk of Depression?

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There was a recent study done by researchers at James Cook University where they went to two Australian islands.

One island had fast food readily available, and the other island had no fast food outlets at all.

Out of the study group from both islands it was found that 19 people had moderate to severe depressive symptoms.

16 were from the island where they were eating fast food and 3 were from the other island.

The researchers also analyzed blood samples and found that those who were eating fast food had higher levels of omega 6. The people from the island with no fast food had higher levels of omega 3.

So what does this even mean and why is it important?

Well both omega 6 and omega 3 are important for our body, but ideally they should be at a 1:1 ratio.

Fast food and processed foods have very high levels of omega 6. If this is your primary source of food, you are naturally going to cause an imbalance of your fatty acid levels.

Traditional well balanced diets help to maintain the healthy 1:1 ratio. Unfortunately, contemporary Western diets can have a ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 as high as 20:1!

Omega 6 is a fatty acid that is associated with depression. Omega 3, on the other hand, is a fatty acid that is associated with protecting against depression.

November 14 2019

4 Ways To Show Your Brain Some Love!

Marcelo Oleas Health alzheimers, brain health, brainpower, dementia, healthy brain, healthy living, mental health 0

Our brain is one of our most important organs, yet it is so often neglected. When you realize the importance of our brain’s function when it comes to the rest of our body working properly, you’ll want to make sure that your brain is as healthy as possible.

Here are four simple things that you can start doing right now to show your brain some much needed love!

November 6 2019

Digital Dementia – Are You At Risk?

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With the immense advancement in portable devices like our cell phones and tablets we have an infinite amount of information at our fingertips. This is an amazing thing, but it also comes at a price to our health.

Our brain is like a muscle and if we don’t use it, we lose it. We are relying and have become more and more dependent on using our digital devices instead of the greatest intelligence machine that we have been blessed with – our brain.