Naturally Brimming Brain Power With PQQ
A recent discovery sheds new light on how our cells make energy, and how we can influence that process to slow aging, and give you more energy throughout your day.
This nutrient — called pyrroloquinoline quinone, or PQQ — has the potential to become an anti-aging powerhouse, and I’m already using it with my own patients to improve daily energy levels.
You see, PQQ is the first nutrient ever discovered that multiplies the number of mitochondria in your cells. Mitochondria are the “power plants” in your cells that generate all of the energy you use to get through your day.
As you get older, mitochondria become weak...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 29, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Marcelo Oliveira Tags: Brain Health energy mitochondria PQQ pyrroloquinoline-quinine super-nutrients Source Type: news
Butterflies heat up the field of solar research
The humble butterfly could hold the key to unlocking new techniques to make solar energy cheaper and more efficient, pioneering new research has shown. By mimicking the v-shaped posture adopted by Cabbage White butterflies to heat up their flight muscles before take-off, the amount of power produced by solar panels can increase by almost 50 per cent, scientists say. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 31, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Simulated seawater flooding decreases growth of vegetable seedlings
Scientists evaluated plant growth responses of 10 vegetables to simulated seawater flooding. The plants were flooded with SSW or tap water for 24 hours and grown subsequently for 2 weeks in a greenhouse. Spinach, eggplant, and tomato were the most tolerant, while Chinese cabbage, Chinese greens, and cucumber were the least tolerant species to simulated seawater flooding. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 29, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Simulated seawater flooding decreases growth of vegetable seedlings
(American Society for Horticultural Science) Scientists evaluated plant growth responses of 10 vegetables to simulated seawater flooding. The plants were flooded with SSW or tap water for 24 hours and grown subsequently for 2 weeks in a greenhouse. Spinach, eggplant, and tomato were the most tolerant, while Chinese cabbage, Chinese greens, and cucumber were the least tolerant species to SSW flooding. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 29, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
6 Easy Tips for Clean Eating on a Small Budget
Photo: Pond5 By Kristen Domonell for Life by DailyBurn Ever thought about cleaning up your diet but worry about the price tags on all that healthy food? You're not alone. Whole Foods Market, often nicknamed "Whole Paycheck" for its prices, recently announced the launch of a new, budget-friendly store geared toward millennial shoppers who share these cost concerns. "It's really challenging for people to make the right choices when price is sometimes the thing that strikes them in the face," says Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson Libby Mills, MS, RDN, LDN, a nutrition and cooking coach in the Philadelphia ar...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Purple Power For Your Brain
During one of my trips to Brazil a few years ago, I went in search of new healing herbs I could use at my wellness center. That’s when I discovered açaí berries.
Now everyone’s talking about these berries. And they really are one of the richest sources in antioxidants, vitamins A, B, C, and E, minerals and omega-3s.
In fact, I ended up including powdered açaí berries in one of my supplements.
Back then, they were pretty much a novelty outside of South America, but now I even see frozen açaí berry smoothie packs when I’m in the grocery store.
And that’s my problem with açaí berries – they grow mostly i...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - June 29, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Brain Health Nutrition Acai berry anthocyanin extract brain-derived neurotrophic Parkinson’s disease Source Type: news
Why You Should Thank A Caterpillar For Your Mustard And Wasabi
Eons ago, cabbage butterfly larvae and the plants they eat began an evolutionary arms race. The result: "mustard oil bombs" that give the plants, and condiments we make from them, distinctive flavors.» E-Mail This (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - June 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jessie Rack Source Type: news
14 Most Dangerous Summer Foods
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The secret weapons of cabbages: Overcome by butterfly co-evolution
(Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology) An international team of researchers has used the power of genomics to reveal the mechanisms of an ancient and ongoing arms-race between butterflies and plants, played out in countless gardens around the world as green caterpillars devour cabbage plants. The study not only provides striking support for co-evolution, but also provides fundamentally new insights into its genetic basis in both groups of organisms. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 23, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Super Nutrient’s Liver Surprise
I was one of the first doctors to talk about the incredible benefits of the super-nutrient pyrroloquinoline quinone, or PQQ for short.
I was also one of the first doctors to recommend it to patients.
Now I recommend this essential nutrient and powerful antioxidant to almost everyone who comes to see me at my wellness clinic.
Researchers have only just recently begun to understand the many important roles of PQQ on the body’s cellular processes.
Not only does it possess extraordinary energy-giving qualities and have the power to ease nerve pain and battle Alzheimer’s, it has the potential to become the world’s stronge...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - June 10, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging Cancer CoQ10 Source Type: news
Give Your Manhood A Sporting Chance
I went to a sporting goods store with my son last weekend and found it pretty much impossible to buy him a sports jersey that wouldn’t poison him with gender-bending chemicals.
Almost everything these days is made of synthetic material or some new "techno" fiber that "wicks away moisture."
It took me half an hour to find something made from real cotton. But here’s the problem… those hi-tech materials are full of nasty and dangerous chemicals.
Too many popular sportswear brands, including Adidas and Nike, manufacture sportswear that contain chemicals linked to low-T, obesity, can...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - June 8, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Uncategorized Cancer estrogen testosterone Source Type: news
All Men Should Avoid This Diet…
Most doctors will tell you to avoid unhealthy crash diets. It’s not rocket science.
Desperate weight-loss tactics, such as skipping meals, extreme low-calorie diets or taking strenuous exercise with little fuel in your body, are perhaps the most useless ways of trying to get back into shape.
That’s because if you repeatedly gain and lose weight you will end up with a slower metabolism, which makes it easier for your body to gain weight and harder to lose it in the future.
I see many victims of crash dieting in my wellness clinic – and in a minute I’m going to reveal a great Italian secret to losing weig...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - June 3, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Men's Health Weight Loss diet fat loss testosterone Source Type: news
Nordic school meals influence children’s school performance
ConclusionThe researchers conclude that serving nutritious school meals seems to influence cognitive abilities and school performance. This finding could have long-term perspectives for educational attainment and socioeconomic factors. However, the study’s noteworthy findings call for further investigation on the cognitive effects of dietary intake during school age.
Louise Bergmann Sørensen
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Source: The Nutrition Society - May 13, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: Cassandra Ellis Source Type: news
Plant-derived compound targets cancer stem cells
A compound and an enzyme that occur naturally in cruciferous vegetables--cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli and Brussels sprouts--may help prevent recurrence and spread of some cancers, according to researchers. When they treated human cervical cancer stem cells with phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) in a Petri dish, about 75 percent died within 24 hours using a 20-micromolar concentration of the compound. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 5, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
10 Things You Can Do To Live To Be 100
It seems that almost every day we read about another centenarian swimming across the English Channel blind-folded with one hand tied behind his back or jumping out of an airplane while she knits a scarf without dropping a single stitch. OK, slight exaggerations perhaps, but without a doubt, more people are living to the ripe old age of 100 -- or longer. Certainly, medical advances are a principal reason behind the longevity boost and to a large extent you will play the genes you are dealt. But here are a few more ways to improve your odds of reaching a triple-digit birthday:
1. Run like your life depends on it.
Why? Becau...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
