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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When we talk about protecting the brain as we age, we often think about sleep, exercise, genetics and keeping mentally active. But there’s another question worth asking: How well can your brain access fuel? Most of us think of glucose as the brain’s main energy...