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Eating Hot Peppers Might Add Years
For all you fans of hot and spicy.
Eating hot peppers may just help you to live longer.
Yep, really! In a study that looked at 16,000 Americans over a 19-year period, researchers found that eating hot red chili peppers lowered the chances of dying by 13%.
The key to the hot pepper is thought to be capsaicin, the chemical that gives the pepper its hot taste.
Capsaicin is known to stimulate cellular mechanisms against obesity, improve blood flow to the heart and keeps the gut's probiotic pop...
Daily Coffee Drinking Protects Your Brain
My family knows. You do not speak to me in the morning until after cup #3.
”My name is Allison and I'm a coffee-addict.” If you insist that I give up my cup of joe for supposed health reasons, I will break into a cold sweat.
And now, I don't have to...
Recent studies have found that drinking 3 to 5 cups of coffee a day in mid-life can be associated with up to a 65% reduction in risk for dementia and Alzheimer's Disease later in life.
1+2+3+4+5
Coffee activates our Nrf2 pathways, helping t...
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Allison Blankenship, DHSc, NBC-HWC, DipACLM, CDP
Brain Health Behaviorist
Sharing the latest in lifestyle strategies to enhance brain health, reduce dementia risk, and ease dementia care.
