Kariza Vargas

Title : SUGAR: Slave to Sweetness Summary: There are natural forms of sugar found in many foods such as the simple sugars glucose and fructose present in honey and fruit (monosaccharides: a single sugar molecule). In ascending order of refinement first comes dark brown muscovado, then Demerara, raw sugar, and finally sugar syrups. Available from health stores, specialty stores and some supermarkets are: date sugar (looks/tastes like brown sugar); date syrup (caramel taste and look); agave syrup (from a Latin American succulent); rice or barley malt (dark syrups); honey, maple syrup, apple syrup (no added sugar), coconut sugar, palm sugar or jaggery (cooked sap from palm trees; used in Thai and Indian cooking), stevia powder (a remarkable sweet herb which comes in a green or white form). When too much added sugar or refined carbohydrates swiftly raise blood sugar, this is followed by a spike in insulin. Table of Contents:      Introduction Hidden from view The Dark Side of White Sugar Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour Ups Stress and Fat; Lowers Immunity and Vitality Sections: * Most of that intake is hidden * The New Zealand Medical Journal 9-8-2002 states that the most common factor to tumour development “is the gross elevation of mean blood glucose Links and references: The Deception of MSG and Other Additives Blood Sugar Levels The Shape Diet Modern Milk Adrenals; Sleep List of Keywords/Tags: Glucose Fructose Sucrose Maltose Lactose Potassium Alcohol Kidney Magnesium Calcium brain acidic Caffeine Title: Free Medicine for Brain Summary: By staying physically, mentally and socially active you can retain and grow more of the brain circuits linked to memory, acuity, motivation and satisfaction. The most prominent is BDNF (brain derived neurotrophic factor), which is produced inside brain neurons, particularly in the hippocampus or learning centre. Studies on rats also show that social and emotional deprivation can physically shrink brains, while an environment of enhanced stimuli produces heavier brains with improved neuronal structure that fire signals efficiently. Produced by the brain, and by the heart when exercising, it also triples during pregnancy to suffuse the mother and protect the baby’s brain from the toxic effect of stress. Table of Contents:      Introduction Brain building Brain Food Reptilian Responses Foods as Drugs Sections: * Sister Bernadette had a fine mind which she enjoyed putting to work with puzzles, debating social issues, and teaching the young * One of the antidotes to anxiety is high intensity exercise. Links and references: Aging With Grace Check Out Your Adrenals The Deception of MSG and other Additives Moods and Foods. SPARK Lis of Keywords/Tags: hippocampus Glutamate Gaba serotonin Dopamine noradrenalin brains obesity cortisol inflammation caffeine Title: Your Gut Summary: Its hormones control secretion of stomach acids (for iron, folic acid, B12 absorption; initial protein breakdown); pancreatic enzymes (for protein, fat and carbohydrate breakdown) and bile (for fat digestion; liver and gallbladder health; toxin elimination). Or your gut state may primarily affect your moods – with stress in turn weakening gut cells. Gas is produced by bowel bacteria trying to digest food the small intestine hasn’t managed (primarily sugars and starches). Nerve cells communicate with gut receptors to get enzymes flowing and food propelled. Table of Content:    Introduction How Is Your Gut Intelligence? Feed Both of Your Brains Sections: * Your gut tends to be discreet. It may occasionally gain your attention with gurgling or gas, but it usually remains invisible and ignored. * If opened up, the entire gut is larger than a tennis court. * hyperpermeability or leaky gut. * Eat, drink, move and laugh well – your gut is listening. Links and References: Pain The Fats of Life List of Keywords and Tags: liver alkaline protein large intestine epithelial Skin Zinc lymphatic system inflammation obesity Osteoarthritis wheat potassium calcium magnesium sleep digestion Title: Sleep and Alzheimer’s Summary: Sleep and Alzheimer's disease, and the 4 pillars of sleep [11:15] Walker was studying the brainwave patterns in people with dementia but not getting anywhere Noticed that different pathologies hit sleep centers, others spared until late in process Needed to measure patients while sleeping, not aware: then results took off Could sleep disruption be a biomarker of dementia, or even an underlying cause? "Based on the weight of the data that we have, the evidence, I think it is causal. Sleep impacts oxidative stress From Matthew's book: "Wakefulness is low level brain damage" and "sleep is the price we pay for wakefulness" It's a tenable hypothesis that evolutionarily, sleep may have been the default state "Perhaps the default state of life on the planet was sleep, and it was from sleep that wakefulness emerged". He is also the founder and director of the Center for Human Sleep Science.Dr. Walker's research examines the impact of sleep on human health and disease. Table of Content:   Audio Clip about episode #47 Sleep and Alzheimer’s disease, and the 4 pillars of sleep  Alzheimer’s disease  The role of β-amyloid in AD  Subtypes of Alzheimer’s  Tau And AD  The future of subtypes and AD  The 4 Pillars of Sleep Sections: * Could poor sleep lead to neuronal energy deprivation (like vascular disease and insulin resistance? * How is this related to AD? * This study in humans was the “turning point” for Matthew * What about variation among people: can you miss things you’d see in homogeneous populations? Links and References: episode #47 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D., on sleep – Part I of III: Dangers of poor sleep, Alzheimer’s risk, mental health, memory consolidation, and more Matthew’s book Iliff et al., 2012 This study in humans Center for Human Sleep Science Why We Sleep @sleepdiplomat List of Keywords and Tags: "sewage system" glymphatic system glial cells metabolic detritus increase in circulating levels of amyloid tau patient with genetic mutation PSEN1 or PSEN2 mutation APOE genotype electrical signature speaker entrepreneur