When it comes to protecting your brain, one of the most powerful things you can do is surprisingly simple: Know your numbers. We often think about dementia prevention in terms of memory tests and brain scans. But some of the earliest clues that something needs...
Alzheimer’s doesn’t begin the day someone forgets a name
A recent article stopped me in my tracks. It described a small number of people who received a particular growth hormone treatment as children and developed cognitive symptoms some 30 to 40 years later. Researchers are investigating whether amyloid proteins in that...
What can your bones tell us about your brain?
We usually think about bone density in terms of fracture risk, and memory in terms of brain health. A new study suggests the two may deserve a closer look together. Researchers used AI to measure spinal bone density from existing chest CT scans, then compared the...
Anticholinergic Medications and Brain Health: What You Need to Know
The medicines you take today could have implications for your brain health tomorrow. A recent safety update from the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has prompted healthcare professionals to carefully consider the use of anticholinergic...
Adaptogens: Powerful Allies—But Not One-Size-Fits-All
Adaptogens have become one of the most popular trends in natural health—and for good reasons.These herbs help the body adapt to stress, support resilience, and promote balance across keysystems such as the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems.But here’s the...
Is Your Vitamin D Level High Enough for Brain Health?
Vitamin D is one of those nutrients I keep coming back to when we talk about brain health. And new research gives us another reason to pay attention to it. A recent study from Emory University looked at adults with both mild cognitive impairment and sleep disturbance...
What Wartime Sugar Rationing Can Teach Us About Lifelong Health
Sometimes the most fascinating health research comes from circumstances nobody would deliberately recreate. Britain’s sugar rationing during and after the Second World War created one of those rare opportunities. Sugar was strictly limited for years. Then, in...
Garlic – the wonder food for your brain.
fresh raw garlic ready to cook Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the most accessible yet powerful tools we havefor supporting brain health. From a functional medicine perspective, cognitivedecline is rarely caused by one single factor. Instead, it reflects a...
Herbal Medicine and Detoxification: Supporting the Body, Not Forcing It
Detoxification has become a major focus in modern health—but from a herbal and functionalmedicine perspective, it’s often misunderstood. The body already has highly sophisticateddetoxification systems, primarily through the liver, digestive tract, and kidneys. Our...
They Knew the Pill Was Fake: But Their Memory Still Improved
What if one of the most powerful tools for protecting the ageing brain is already inside it? A fascinating new study gave healthy older adults placebo pills for three weeks. Some were told they were taking a supplement to support wellbeing, while others were told...