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“Sleep as foundational bedrock for our ability to learn from experience In some ways, the highly conserved nature of sleep across the animal kingdom seems like a paradox: Whereas closing our eyes to sleep obviously leaves us and the rest of the animal kingdom vulnerable for long stretches of the twenty-four-hour day…”

“While executive function loss is highly variable and easily measurable in older adult populations, younger adults usually perform at a level consistent with their peers, which makes studying cognitive decline in younger adults difficult.”

“After first determining that sake yeast activated adenosine receptors in a human cell line, the authors of the study conducted a double‐blind placebo‐controlled crossover trial involving 68 healthy men and women (average age 38 years old).”

“In some children, some stimulants can cause the paranoid feeling that bugs are crawling on them. Facial tics. They can cause children's eyes to glaze over, their spirits to dampen.”

“00:20:21 - Some of the key blood-based biomarkers that are useful for tracking and projecting future cognitive health, including: homocysteine (<7μml/L preferred), which Dr. Bredesen indicates may be a mediator of cerebral atrophy, and also fasting insulin (<5% preferred), hemoglobin A1c, fasting glucose, vitamin D, and a number of other hormones relevant for trophic support.”

“These findings suggest that certain medications induce gray hair re-pigmentation. Although these drugs aren’t presently recommended for treating gray hair, their mechanisms provide insights into potential targets for future medications aimed at hair re-pigmentation.”

“Eating more blueberries didn't show a protective effect against developing cataracts; however, higher anthocyanin intake did confer a 10 percent reduction in risk. Blueberries are rich in anthocyanins – a class of flavonoid compounds that exert robust antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties via hormetic effects.”

“They also found that the macrophages could migrate from the fatty tissue to other parts of the body, including the eyes, where they could contribute to the onset of macular degeneration. Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness worldwide.”

“These risks persisted even after accounting for the participants' ages. Interestingly, the vision testing was more sensitive to variables commonly associated with dementia risk (such as age, gender, and education) than traditional dementia assessments.”

“They also injected DHA or BDNF, a growth factor involved in neurogenesis, into the brains of the mice. Mice that ate the DHA-containing diet showed improvements in body mass, glucose metabolism, activity levels, and response to leptin, a hormone involved in appetite control.”