BRAIN HEALTH, DIVIDED ATTENTION & THE ONGOING DEBATE OVER MULTI-TASKING

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At the end of 2011, the media was buzzing about the harmful effects of multitasking and the evils of divided attention. True, according to a study done at Stanford, when we do multiple things at once, we don’t filter and sort information as…

Executive Functioning: The Command Center Part 1: Planning

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Thinking and functioning well involves a set of pretty complicated processes that are usually lumped together under one big, overlapping, confusing, and somewhat wishy-washy label: Executive Functioning. Simplifying and separating tasks might…

FIVE STEPS TO BETTER PROBLEM SOLVING

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Every day we face situations and challenges that make us use multiple brain processes, all at once, to find answers. Those tasks often involve a set of Executive Functions collectively known as Problem Solving. When you problem solve you must: Pay…

BUILDING COGNITIVE RESERVE: LETTING GO

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Cognitive reserve is that little bit of extra brain power, saved for when the brain is under attack. It is the well of support that kicks in when anything, traumatic or routine, drains all your mental energy or closes a neural pathway and leaves…

Shiitake Mushroom Seaweed Soup

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Try this delicious combination of seaweed and shiitake mushrooms to add an extra boost of minerals to your Healthiest Way of Eating. Enjoy! Prep and Cook Time: 30 minutes  6 whole dried medium shiitake mushrooms 6 cups warm water 4 medium-sized…

We are All “Fat Heads”

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The brain is made up of 60% fat…. Add to that, the coating that protects our nerve fibers (axons) that are a crucial part of the brain’s communication system called myelin, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelin) is 70% fat! Adequate intake…

HOW CAN I LOOK YOUNGER WITHOUT SURGERY

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Today's biggest questions: "How can I look younger without surgery?" "Which products are right for me?" "If I have sensitive skin are there products to address my needs?" And. . .the biggest one of all, "Are there Nature Based products I can…

HOW OLD IS THAT LIPSTICK????

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WE are ALL Guilty !!I have been involved with Make-up since I was very Small. Recently I found in an old tucked away box a fat lip pencil I know I bought in 1979..... OH My Goddess!!That's beyond scary. The good news is I bet I hadn't seen it…

Good Skin care is for Everyone!

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Now more than ever with the ever increasing numbers of skin cancer cases, everyone is putting on the Sun block... and Men are doing it too! The Men's Skin care Market is ever expanding. Beginning in the Sixties with " Bonnie Bell " a London…