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Antioxidants Like Green Tea Protect the Brain

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Green Tea has healthy antioxidants Fruits and vegetables and common beverages like green tea contain a number of healthy antioxidants.  These antioxidants  like those in green tea soak up free-radicals which damage cells.  Antioxidants, like those in green tea, are believed to provide protective effects in the brain by a number of different actions.  Which foods and beverages offer the best protection?  Green tea and red grapes top the list. … Continue reading

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Tips for Eating Chocolate & Eating Healthy

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The media must have chocolate on the brain.  No matter where you turn these days, you see another article on the health benefits of chocolate.  So how do you cut through the hype?  Here are a few tips that might help: Tip #1 – The Darker the Better:  When it comes to the health benefits of chocolate, dark chocolate is the clear winner.  The darker the chocolate the greater the … Continue reading

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Sleepy Brain has No Impulse Control

A sleepy brain has less impulse control. Less impulse control means you probably aren’t going to be able to control how much you eat.  Even light late night snacking can lead to a major calorie splurge.  So, try your best to get enough rest. A study presented Monday, June 13th 2011, added to the growing body of evidence linking poor rest to weight gain and obesity.  In the study, sleepy adults showed a … Continue reading

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Ways to Trick Your Brain so You Eat Less

It has long been known that there a strong connections between cues from our environment and the amount of food or the type of food we eat.  When you go to the movies and smell popcorn, do you suddenly get a craving for it?  If so, you’ve just experienced an environmental cue.  There is a lot of research out there which shows that much of what we eat is nearly … Continue reading

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