Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease

Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease

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...
Prevention of Parkinson’s Disease

Prevention of Parkinson’s Disease

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...
A Balanced Microbiota

A Balanced Microbiota

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...
Attaining a Healthy Weight

Attaining a Healthy Weight

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...