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    5 Reasons To Toss The Junk Food: The Truth About Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) and Brain Health By Dr. Annie Fenn

    We all know junk food is not good for us. Now, thanks to several recent large-scale studies, we can quantify exactly how bad these foods are for brain health. Some processed foods are easy to spot—things like soda, energy drinks, potato chips, and candy. Others are more tricky. They may…

    5 Reasons To Toss The Junk Food: The Truth About Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) and Brain Health By Dr. Annie Fenn

    By Annie Fenn, MD   We all know junk food is not good for us. Now, thanks to several recent large-scale studies, we can quantify exactly how bad these foods are for brain health. Some processed foods are easy to spot—things like soda, energy drinks, potato chips, and candy. Others…

    Food “Farmacy”: Food “Prescriptions” For Physical And Cognitive Health

    You don’t need to be a physician to understand that the food you eat is directly implicated in how you feel. Whether in the short term (feeling bloated after eating a rich and heavy, late-night meal) or the longer term (too much ultra-processed food leading to an obesity problem and…

    Food For Life: What, And How, You Eat Can Determine Your Future Health

    With the holidays approaching, the days becoming shorter, and the weather more conducive to indoor activities, food can take on outsize importance. Thus it’s a good time to review and reinforce the notion that as you age, you are what you eat. What you eat and drink, the quantities you…

    Cookies And Cognition: More Evidence That Processed Food Can Lead To Cognitive Decline

    Have you been firing up the grill this summer with the usual summer fare? Burgers and hotdogs, along with the chips, sodas, and ice cream that signal it’s truly a summertime meal? Well, going forward, you may want to make some healthy substitutions, as two new studies report that the…

    A Diet That Delivers: Foods That Can Give Your Aging Brain A Boost

    It’s a mantra that’s worth repeating over and over: You are what you eat. And to that, add the following tag-on: What you eat can benefit your brain. While some may think that cognitive impairment or even dementia are inevitable aspects of growing older, in fact, what you do- and…