When Unhealthy Foods Hijack Your Brain

In a book being published next week, former FDA chief Dr. David Kessler brings to consumers the disturbing conclusion of numerous brain studies -- some people really do have a harder time resisting bad foods. Read more

Rising Blood Sugar May Harm the Aging Brain

(HealthDay News) — Scientists have unmasked what appears to be a major mechanism contributing to normal, age-related cognitive decline.
Happily, it’s a mechanism that is amenable to change: rising blood glucose levels, which means that exercise might be the antidote.

Researchers reporting in the December issue of Annals of Neurology showed that rising blood sugar levels, a normal part of aging, affect a part of the hippocampus, a part of the brain critical to learning and memory. Read More