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Feed Your Brain
“You are what you eat” is a very well known and slightly overused phrase. The problem with overused phrases is that we say them so much that they tend to lose their meaning. When you really take a look at the information, you start to realize what a huge impact nutrition has on brain function. Our brain needs fuel, but it needs the right kinds of fuel to function well. It is estimated that 20% of our caloric intake is used by our brain. Read More
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Tagged age-related decline, aging, Alzheimer's disease, antioxidants, Brain, brain food, brain health, cognitive performance, cognitive reserve, EFAs, Memory, mild cognitive impairment, myelin, neurotransmitters, Nutrition, nutrition for the brain, ORAC, Research
Mother’s Day All Year Long
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! As great as it is to celebrate them today, they should really be celebrated more often, especially given the amount of hard work they put in on a daily basis. From Read More
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Tagged Brain, Brain Fitness, Products, Research, Visual Perception, Word Skills
Brain Myths: Debunked!
Brain Myth #1: The brain doesn’t make new brain cells. Fact: Wrong! You can create new neurons and synapses by exercising your brain. The 100 billion neuron cells in your brain process and transmit information, but with stimulation (i.e. brain Read More
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Tagged aging, Brain, Brain exercise, Brain Fitness, cognitive stimulation, continual learning, Exercise, Research, Social Interaction, Stress, Working Memory
Brain Fitness and the NFL
As Doug Beaudoin says, “Use it or lose it.” For an ex-starting safety for the New England Patriots, I bet he originally only applied that to his athletic abilities. I was thrilled to hear that the NFL Alumni Association is Read More
Posted in General, Research
Tagged athletes, Brain Fitness, brain fitness software, Exercise, Memory, mental abilities, Products, Research
Brain Tip: Social Interaction Promotes Brain Fitness
The holidays are an opportunity to spend time with family and friends, attend social gatherings, and/or participate in your community. A study published in 2008 shows why we should take this opportunity when we have it. In the study they Read More
Alzheimer’s Awareness: Why Bother?
When we opened our first Marbles stores we were looking for support and came across a company that was in the Alzheimer’s Awareness field, McCare. We decided to work together from the beginning and they are the backbone of our Read More
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Tagged Alzheimer's, Dementia, News, Research
Do you know about all the different factors that can affect your risk of Alzheimer’s disease?
A recent study found that those who live alone have twice as high of a risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease as those living with a spouse or partner. In particular, being a carrier of the apolipoprotein E e4 gene variant Read More
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Tagged Alzheimer's disease, Brain Fitness, Chain Game, Research, socializing, Word Skills
What do you expect old age to be like?
A Pew Research Center Survey on Social and Demographic Trends study on Growing Old in America that came out last Monday provides an interesting comparison of those 65+ and their experiences with aging to those 64 or younger and what Read More
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Tagged Growing Old, Memory, Products, Research
We all know that physical exercise is good for our bodies, but did you know that exercising regularly helps your brain as well?
As Joni Gatz discusses at our regular Brain Aerobics classes (check our Upcoming Events to see when the next session will be), physical exercise is also extremely important for the brain. There have been many articles on the importance of Read More
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Tagged Brain training, NeuroActive bike, Physical exercise, Research