by Jean-Pierre Deschenes | Mar 27, 2019 | Healthy brain
What is Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is an incurable neurodegenerative brain tissue disease (progressive loss of neurons) that leads to the progressive and irreversible loss of mental functions including memory. This is the most common cause of...
by Jean-Pierre Deschenes | Mar 27, 2019 | Healthy brain
What is Parkinson’s disease? Definition Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disease affecting about 1 to 2% of the population over 50 years of age, due to the degeneration of nerve cells in an area, located inside the brain (the black nucleus), and...
by Jean-Pierre Deschenes | Mar 27, 2019 | Healthy brain
Why neurotransmitters? Neurotransmitter balance is essential for a healthy brain. They also have a great impact on general health with hormonal and neuronal responses: the HPA axis with the stress response is a good example. Effectively,...
by Jean-Pierre Deschenes | Mar 27, 2019 | Healthy gut
Our inner universe; The microbiota Are we carrying 3.9x10 13 bacteria (39,000 billion) [1] weighing nearly 2 kg or are we hybrids half-human half-bacterial? After all, our body is composed of 3x10 13 cells so fewer cells than bacteria! About 500 to 1,000 [2] different...
by Jean-Pierre Deschenes | Mar 27, 2019 | Mind-Body Health
Is it possible to lose weight without dieting? Losing weight without deprivation and frustration by a change of attitude towards oneself and the food is possible! The enteric brain or enteric nervous system is not our second brain, but our first! It is the one that...
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