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The Effect of Solar Flares on the Pineal Gland

'According to study published in the New Scientist back in 1998, there is a direct connection between the Sun’s solar storms and human biological effects.

The conduit which facilitates the charged particles from the Sun to human disturbance — is the very same conduit which steers Earth’s weather —– the magnetic field. Animals and humans have a magnetic field which surrounds them — in the very same way the magnetic field surrounds the Earth as a protector.

From 1948 to 1997, the Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems in Russia found that geomagnetic activity showed three seasonal peaks each of those years (March to May, in July, and in October). Every peak matched an increased incidence of anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and suicide in the city Kirovsk.'

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'The brain is without question the most important, and yet least understood, of all the parts of the body. It controls every major function performed by the body, and its correct functioning is undoubtedly one of the crucial parts of having successful and happy life. However, due to the complexity of the brain, there are many things that can go wrong with it, and there are also many lifestyle factors that influence its performance. Food is one of the primary factors in optimizing brain function and preventing brain disease, and yet many people are unaware of exactly what foods they should be eating for these purposes.'

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'Regular physical exercise appears to trump mental memory games when it comes to protecting the brain from shrinking, an otherwise natural process that occurs with age. Conversely, mentally and socially stimulating activities, long believed to stimulate the brain, had no major effect on preventing brain shrinkage, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.'

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"People in their seventies who participated in more physical exercise, including walking several times a week, had less brain shrinkage and other signs of aging in the brain than those who were less physically active," said lead author Alan J. Gow of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. "On the other hand, our study showed no real benefit to participating in mentally and socially stimulating activities on brain size, as seen on MRI scans, over the three-year time frame."

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'Normally, we think of probiotics as digestive supplements. However, more and more research is showing that they could do much more than help your gut.

In fact, a double-blind placebo controlled study found that two probiotic strains, Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Bifidobacterium longumR0175, actually alleviated symptoms of anxiety.'

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'Ever wonder why some people are able to be hyper-productive each morning? It’s because their brains are ready for the day at an early time, they get their “neurons firing” and brain working. Fortunately, there are many great exercises that you can use to help get yourself moving each morning.

This will help increase your brain activity and get your ready for the day ahead. Learning to create positive, healthy habits each morning is a great way to improve the overall health of your brain. Read below and you will find plenty of great activities that you can use each morning before work or school to help you kick your brain into gear!'

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'Many believe that conscious awareness originates in the brain alone. Recent scientific research suggests that consciousness actually emerges from the brain and body acting together. A growing body of evidence suggests that the heart plays a particularly significant role in this process.

Far more than a simple pump, as was once believed, the heart is now recognized by scientists as a highly complex system with its own functional “brain.”'

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Alzheimer’s Is Diabetes of the Brain: Diet & Vaccination Connections

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Alzheimer’s can be prevented. Why waste your last years and put both emotional and financial stress on your family, when you could be living life to the hilt?

'The now-traditional belief that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a buildup of plaques on the brain has always been deficient for one simple reason: It completely ignores why those plaques build up. We now have good information that documents the reason for it. Alzheimer’s shares its genesis with diabetes. It’s a derangement of the body’s ability to process or produce insulin. Alzheimer’s is a third type of diabetes: type 3.

Alzheimer’s is a terrible disease that steals people’s twilight years, takes grandparents from children years before they actually die, and costs society untold resources. And this disastrous condition is a growing epidemic.

It should come as no surprise that Alzheimer’s is yet another chronic disease that can blamed on modern life. It’s long been known that it’s related to diet, that those who eat primarily from Agribusiness offerings are more likely to become afflicted. It may also be triggered by vaccinations.'

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'With a chilling hint of the not-so-distant future, researchers at the Usenix Security conference have demonstrated a zero-day vulnerability in your brain. Using a commercial off-the-shelf brain-computer interface, the researchers have shown that it’s possible to hack your brain, forcing you to reveal information that you’d rather keep secret.

As we’ve covered in the past, a brain-computer interface is a two-part device: There’s the hardware — which is usually a headset (an EEG; an electroencephalograph) with sensors that rest on your scalp — and software, which processes your brain activity and tries to work out what you’re trying to do (turn left, double click, open box, etc.)'

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'It's a serious disorder that has only become more common in recent years. Hoarding (or pathological collecting) is a pattern of behavior that is characterized by the excessive acquisition of and inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects that would seemingly qualify as useless or without value. We all know at least one hoarder. Researchers have now identified parts that the part of a hoarder's brain involved in decision-making is under-activated when dealing with others' possessions, but over-activated when deciding whether to keep or discard their own things, a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded study has found.'

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'Everyday, Life Extension® health advisors field questions about brain health. You know, questions like, “how can I improve my memory?” or, “what can I take to fight poor mood?”

Our advisors have long known about the benefits of nutrients like omega-3 fats, blueberry extract and ginkgo for helping our members improve memory and recall. But new research is showing that two vitamins can also play a role in helping our brains remain at full capacity as we age.

In this post, we’ll take a look at what vitamins B6 and B12 can do for us.'

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by Michael Cornwall, Ph.D.

'The report—entitled “Epigenetics of Major Psychoses: Progress, Problems and Perspectives”—was supported by the Canadian Institute for Health and the National Institutes of Health. It represents the cutting edge science on the brain, genetics, and so-called psychiatric disease.

To me this report heralds an Orwellian prophecy of hugely ominous proportions. Anti-psychotic and mood altering agents are being cheerfully seen as acceptable gene modifying substances that reverse the genetic misregulation that is boldly claimed to underlie so-called schizophrenia and bi-polar.

This is the new model. No more unproveable, debunked chemical imbalance theory of causation. Now we read:'

DR BRUCE GREYSON - THE MIND IS NOT THE BRAIN

'Psychoactive drugs are used to control symptoms in people defined by psychiatrists as depressed, schizophrenic, bipolar, or any of a huge and growing range of pseudo-mental disorders invented by a group of privileged people who vote to add conditions to the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual (DSM).

The methods by which these drugs work vary to some degree, but all of them operate by causing brain damage. It isn’t surprising that many—perhaps most—people who take these drugs develop movement disorders sooner or later.'

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'Dr Mark Moss said: ‘We were not surprised by the improvement in cognitive performance following exposure to rosemary aroma as this has been demonstrated previously. ‘What excited us was the demonstration that performance was linked to plasma levels of 1,8-cineole following exposure.’

Tests on 20 people showed the natural compound was absorbed through the nose and into the blood plasma. For Dr Moss, this means there is a more traditional biochemical explanation for the increased cognitive performances previously demonstrated.

‘This compound is present in rosemary but has not previously been demonstrated to be absorbed into blood plasma in humans,’ he added. ‘It is our view that the aroma therefore acts like a therapeutic drug, rather than any effects being a result of the more sensory properties of the aroma.’ '

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'Bacopa monnieri is a lovely wild and garden plant that has recently been shown to completely reverse epilepsy in rats. Herbalists call it adaptogenic, meaning that it’s a plant with the ability to strengthen the immune system and help the body adapt to the environment. Therefore, it’s not surprising that it’s known to benefit many health problems

Bacopa m. is known in Ayurvedic medicine as a treatment for both epilepsy and asthma. It’s been shown to be beneficial in several conditions, including: Mental decline associated with aging, Mental impairment associated with oxidative stress, Alzheimer’s disease, Prevention of aluminum toxicity in the brain Inflammation, Tumors, Epilepsy, [and] Liver protection.

The best documented benefits center around brain neurology, and the positive effect on epilepsy is stunning—likely better than pharmaceutical drugs and without their adverse effects, as discussed later. In this time of severe degenerative brain diseases, it clearly has an important role to play in health, both in treatment and prevention of disorders.'

'A new Greek scientific study has demonstrated how frequency electromagnetic fields, namely cell phones, portable phones, WiFi, and wireless computer equipment, alter important protein changes in the brains of animals.

Exposure to electromagnetic frequencies is the result of our advancing technologies, but it is important to study these effects so people know exactly what they’re dealing with in order to take the necessary precautionary.'

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'Another study obfuscating the cause of autism now purports to show that boys with regressive autism have bigger brains, but that they don’t start to grow until age four months. They’re claiming that, on average, these boys have brains that are 6% bigger than normal. Aside from the fact that the study size is too small to draw any statistical conclusions—though that certainly didn’t bother the authors—the results do not support the conclusion drawn. Instead, it supports vaccinations as a primary cause of autism. The hype, of course, is quite different:'

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'Italian Dr. Paolo Zamboni has put forward the idea that many types of
MS are actually caused by a blockage of the pathways that remove excess
iron from the brain - and by simply clearing out a couple of major
veins to reopen the blood flow, the root cause of the disease can be
eliminated.

Dr. Zamboni's revelations came as part of a very personal mission -
to cure his wife as she began a downward spiral after diagnosis. Reading
everything he could on the subject, Dr. Zamboni found a number of
century-old sources citing excess iron as a possible cause of MS. It
happened to dovetail with some research he had been doing previously on
how a buildup of iron can damage blood vessels in the legs - could it be
that a buildup of iron was somehow damaging blood vessels in the brain?

He immediately took to the ultrasound machine to see if the idea had
any merit - and made a staggering discovery. More than 90% of people
with MS have some sort of malformation or blockage in the veins that
drain blood from the brain. Including, as it turned out, his wife.'

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'Scientists have found that vitamin C can help
reverse the build-up of toxic proteins which form into harmful plaques
in the brains of sufferers.

Researchers
at Lund University in Sweden hope their discovery can be used to slow
the progress of the disease in those who already have it.'

health fitness diet nutrition and lifestyle

The Effect of Solar Flares on the Pineal Gland

Top 10 Brain Food That Will Boost Your Intelligence

Physical Exercise Still Beats Mental Workouts For Keeping The Brain In Top Form

Can Probiotics Help Reduce Anxiety?

16 Ways to Amp Up Your Brain Power in the Morning

The Heart Has Its Own “Brain” and Consciousness

Alzheimer’s Is Diabetes of the Brain: Diet & Vaccination Connections

Hackers Backdoor the Human Brain, Successfully Extract Sensitive Data

Researchers Discover Brain Activation Areas For Hoarders

How Two B Vitamins Can Help Us Think Better

If the Latest Theory of Mental Illness Is Correct, Then Drugs Genetically Engineer Brains.

DR BRUCE GREYSON - THE MIND IS NOT THE BRAIN

Brain Damage by Psychoactive Drugs: How the Victims Are Blamed

How sniffing rosemary could boost your brain power

Common Herb, Water Hyssop (Bacopa) Reverses Epilepsy, Treats and Prevents Other Brain Disorders

Cell Phones, Wi-Fi EMF Negatively Altering Important Regions of the Brain

New Study Claims Autistic Boys’ Brain Size Clears MMR: It Actually Implicates All Vaccines

Italian doctor may have found surprisingly simple cure for Multiple Sclerosis

VITAMIN C CURBS DEMENTIA

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