May 2010
3 posts
COLON CLEANSING NATURALLY
Health problems such as constipation, lack of energy and abdominal pain results from irregular bowel habits brought about by consuming foods that influences a lot waste to build up inside the colon. We take in generous quantities of food products daily that contribute to such condition. These are artificial sweeteners, caffeine, sugar, white flour (this is a type of flour where most of the bran...
Natural Acne Cure Treatments Found In The Kitchen
Pimples, acne,zits , rosacea or acne; this is one term, which does not bear out William Shakespeare’s statement of ” What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Acne is most certainly a pimple flare up and cannot be called a dimple by any stretch of the imagination! As this skin condition is quite prevalent among adolescents,...
What Happens to the Brain during Sexual...
The brain performs intricate and elaborate functions. The master organ controls all the system of the human body. Along with all its plentiful functions. It is remarkable to realize how it manages to perform all functions with out making any confusion or mistakes that will affect any system of the body.
Nerve Supply
Brain and spinal cord are classified under the central nervous system. They are...
September 2009
11 posts
How To Learn Faster - The 3 Laws
In this competitive world, there is no way you can get by without learning. Continous education is required just to stay in a job.
In this article, I want to introduce you to the 3 laws that all of us have to obey to learn and master any skills. These laws are not made up of thin air - they developed through thorough scientific research. Unfortunately, there are no short-cuts either but if you...
Learn Faster With These Learning Tips and Tricks
Learning is crucial to your brain fitness. But in a time where everyone’s so busy, who’s got the time to learn anything?
Well, in this article, I’ll attempt to correct that problem by giving you some tips and tricks to learn any skill you want. Yes, I said any. How is that possible? Because whatever you learn - be it playing the piano or rock climbing - goes through the same...
“Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I will...”
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Meditation and Your Brain
Meditation is one of the oldest practice on earth. Practitioners have reported all sort of benefits… but is there any scientific basis?
Well, the scientific community as of today couldn’t prove (just yet) exactly how meditation can improve your brain and your overall health but a handful of studies have done that clearly shows a difference.
The first study was published in the...
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Want to increase your productivity? Sleep.
Counter-intuitive as it may sound, sleeping actually increases your productivity. And I don’t mean the regular night-time sleep (you require that just to survive). I mean afternoon naps.
That’s right. Studies have shown afternoon naps increase the productivity of workers. NASA pilots, for example, increased their performance by a whopping 34% just from a short 26 minutes afternoon...
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How Music Improves Your Brain Functions
If your parents have been nagging at you to stop listening to your music while you’re studying, then there’s good news for you: Studies have shown music improves memory, focus and even intelligence.
A Stanford University study has even shown music to improve your anticipatory intelligence. Other benefits include less stress, happiness, mood lifting, prolonged attention and better...
Brain Foods That Improve Mental Functions
Brain exercises are not the only way to improve your mental functions. Several studies have suggested certain foods that great beneficial causation-effect on your brain too - although these studies have only been conducted on animals.
There is, as of this writing, no way for neuroscientists to know exactly what are the effects of these foods on the human brain without cutting them open.
With...
Does Every Brain Fitness Programs Work?
One of my friend got his son one of those “brain fitness games” for his Nintendo DS. “At least now he’ll be improving his brain.” he said.
But is that true? You see, one of the problems with brain fitness programs is that there’s no way to reliably measure results by yourself. How do you know if your brain is really improving?
If you read the testimonials of...
“Everything that you can see happen in a young brain can happen in an older brain”
– Dr Merzenich, Posit Science
“When Pablo Casals, the cellist, was ninety-one years old, he was approached by a...”
– Norman Doidge, M.D, “The Brain That Changes Itself”
The Concept of Brain Plasticity
Age is often used as an excuse for a degenerating brain. It’s true that in some ways, when you get older, your brain slows down a little. But the true effects of age, really isn’t that great.
Some older people have a brain more active than those of a 20 year old. Look at the case of Dr Stanley Karansky. He was born in 1916 but even today he is still learning new things daily. His...