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As a leader in the field of mental health, Amen Clinics has treated an array of psychiatric conditions over the past 30 years and has amassed the world’s largest database of brain scans at 150,000 and...
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If you want to decrease your risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, you must: Get a baseline assessment of your brain’s health and function. Develop brain envy, or fall in love with...
View ArticleCan A “Western Diet” Give You ADHD?
How many times have you heard to put the burger and french fries down? A study from Australia suggests there may be good reasoning for this, warning about the effects of a typical Western diet and the...
View ArticleA 4-Letter Acronym That Can Help You Curb Cravings
Perhaps the biggest mistake emotional overeaters make is failing to manage their fluctuating emotions as carefully as they do their careers or physical health. Luckily, there’s a shorthand you can rely...
View ArticleHow Did Antidepressants Get into Your Fish Dinner?
Other than having an allergy to it, most people believe eating fish is one of the healthiest things we can do for our body and brain—which in many cases is true. Yet, while we would like to think the...
View ArticleCan Soft Drinks Make Young Children Aggressive?
Although most people are aware of how unhealthy soft drinks are, American youth and adults continue to consume more per capita than any other country. Compelling evidence showing why conventional soft...
View Article9 Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Foods You Eat
Nearly everywhere you go (schools, work, shopping malls, movie theaters, airports, ballparks, and so on) someone is trying to sell you low-quality, tasty food that will hurt your brain health/mental...
View ArticleThe 5 Types of Overeaters: Type 5 Anxious Overeaters
A diet that works well for one person may be completely wrong for another person. Why? Different brain systems drive different tendencies and behaviors. Most diets fail because they take a...
View ArticleWhy You Should Care About Having a Healthy Brain
If you want to keep your brain and body healthy for as long as possible you must answer this question. It’s actually the most important question I ask my patients: Why? Furthermore, why do you want to...
View ArticleWhat Is the Connection Between Your Brain & Skin?
Did you know your skin’s condition may tell you the condition of your brain? Skin, just like the brain, changes dramatically as we age. People age at different rates, according to: • Inherited genes •...
View ArticleDr. Amen’s 7 Brain Superfoods for 2020
Each year, nutritionists and wellness experts offer their suggestions for the best superfoods to fight cancer, protect heart health, and fight off cold and flu bugs. But what about superfoods that...
View ArticleThe 5 Types of Overeaters: Type 2 Impulsive Overeaters
Did you know as the size of your waistline goes up, the size and functioning of your brain goes down? In other words, the more overweight you are, the greater the stress on your physiology particularly...
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Brain Health Guide To Red Dye #40
Content updated from previous publish date. Skittles—sweet treats or toxic chemicals? A 2023 bill passed in California aims to ban several ingredients found in many candies and snack foods. The four...
View ArticleSubstance in Green Tea Calms and Increases Focus
One of the challenges for people who experience both anxiety and focus issues, such as a combination of PTSD and ADD, is to calm the anxiety without decreasing focus. Many anti-anxiety drugs have side...
View ArticleChange Your Thinking to End Emotional Overeating
Celebrity Russell Brand, a self-confessed emotional overeater with a history of bulimia and bipolar disorder, said it well. While overeating, “I’m expecting food to do something for me that food is not...
View Article11 Foods That Elevate Happiness and 9 Foods That Steal It
Content updated from previous publish date. One of the secrets to happiness is to enjoy real happy foods (and beverages) that will make you feel better, not just in the moment but in the long run....
View ArticleBeyond Burgers and Impossible Burgers: Good or Bad for Your Health?
Do you love a good, juicy burger? Are you wondering if you should give up beef for one of those plant-based burgers that look and taste like the real thing but without the meat? Meatless burgers like...
View Article8 Mood Foods that Fight Depression
Did you know that the foods you eat can either fire up overactivity in your brain’s limbic system (emotional center), which brain scans show is linked to depression, or it can calm activity to promote...
View ArticleThe 5 Types of Overeaters: Type 1 Compulsive Overeaters
If you are on a diet right now, you are not alone. Unfortunately, losing weight and gaining it back (yo-yo dieting) is a vicious cycle that leaves millions of people frustrated and unhappy. According...
View ArticleThe Importance Of Getting Good Sleep
It is estimated that as many as 70 million Americans have trouble sleeping and it is progressively getting worse with the proliferation of gadgets and bad habits. If you think you may be struggling...
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