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The Lipid Membrane: The Unsung Hero of Cellular Health
The cell membrane, a lipid bilayer just a few nanometers thick, plays a critical role in cellular function by regulating nutrient transport, immune signaling, and maintaining overall cell integrity. Essential fatty acids, like omega-3 and omega-6, are crucial for maintaining membrane fluidity and functionality, which supports energy production, cellular communication, and resistance to degenerative disease.
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The Top Brain Exercises to Improve Cognitive Function
In this article, we’ll cover ten enjoyable and effective brain exercises that enhance cognitive function.
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Best Foods for Brain Health: Support Memory, Concentration, & Anti-Aging
A balanced diet filled with antioxidants and healthy fats supplies the brain with the necessary building blocks to operate efficiently.
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Environmental Toxins & Their Effects on Health
On both a personal and environmental level, we can reverse toxicity and restore good health.
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How to Navigate Election Anxiety & Support Your Mental Health Through Election Season
While participating in the democratic process is important, it's equally vital to take care of your mental health.
AndrewDurot Collaborator
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04.21.2015
Oren Motevassel
Oren Motevassel, the No. 1 seed, of Alpharetta, Ga., recently claimed the men’s open title at the United States Professional Tennis Association Hard Court Championships. Motevassel, who is originally from Israel and has been ranked as high as No. 161 in the world.
Dr. Thomas Wnorowski, BCIM, CNCC
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04.20.2015
Cardiovascular Disease: What’s Choline Got to Do With It?
Phosphatidyl Choline (PC) is the largest of the phospholipids that comprise the membrane of our cells. PC is also prominent in egg and soy lecithin. While PC may be the largest of the phosphatides in lecithin there are other principle phospholipids, phosphatidyl-ethanolamine (PE), phosphatidyl-inositol (PI), phosphatidyl-serine and phosphatidic acid that together, constitute a higher concentration in lecithin than does PC.
Ed Kane
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04.09.2015
Taking A Peek Inside a Muscle Cramp
Cramping is one of the most common complaints of athletes. It can occur at any time but more often at the tail end of their workout. Cramps are a one way street in the complete cycle of muscle action. All body motion is controlled by the opening and closing of ion channels that sit in the membranes of all cells. Sodium (Na) contracts the cell and potassium (K) relaxes it.
Ed Kane
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04.08.2015
Leg Cramps (Night Cramps)
Leg cramps can be very painful and are fairly common. A leg cramp is a spasm that comes from a muscle in the leg. It usually occurs in one of the calf muscles below and behind the knee. Sometimes, the small muscles of the feet can be affected, as wells as the hands.
Ed Kane
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04.04.2015
Sugar Free Electrolytes
The body has a high storage capacity for fats (lipids), but a rather meager ability to store glucose. The effort to build up a reservoir of sugar of any kind, ends up, in a healthy individual, as triglycerides or fats, the principle form of energy. In effect, carbohydrate loading makes you fat momentarily, at least, until your next workout.
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11.20.2014
Does Being Healthy Mean You Have To Be Miserable?
Yes. But like anything else that’s good for you, you’ll get over it. Then, you won’t be miserable any more. And you’ll be healthy and live long enough to pay your grandkids’ college bills. But do you really have to avoid the cookie tray and get a yearly physical? This is an important question. However, a mere “yes” or “no” does not suffice an answer.
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11.19.2014
Wintertime Depression
When the winter solstice occurs and the sun is above the Tropic of Capricorn, do you turn from Prince or Princess Charming into an ogre? It’s the time of year when people report feeling more depressed—overwhelmed by the impending holidays, bothered by dried out bank accounts, disconcerted by situations at work. Folks get irritated by things that don’t raise a hackle the rest of the year.
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11.17.2014
Shh! I’m Trying To Sleep Over Here
Can too much sleep cause depression, or does depression cause hypersomnia? Not that this is an age-old riddle, but little time and effort have been put to the answer. Part of the reason for that neglect is that sleep has been viewed as something that merely happens to us, as opposed to something we do… passive versus active participation. It’s odd, though, that when we really try to fall asleep, we can’t.
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11.16.2014
Chocolate Covered Prevention
Chocolate consumption can reduce cardiac risk by a third, according to a very recent pronouncement based on meta-analyses of previous works. Scientists report that chocolate could be a viable factor in the reduction of heart disease and metabolic syndrome by virtue of its polyphenol content, keeping company with fruits and vegetables, extra virgin olive oil, wine and teas.