Diet & Nutrition
The 3 Best Diets For Your Brain
The right diet can measurably lower your risk of heart disease. Here are three proven ones.
Brain
Your brain's health isn't fixed — what you expose it to, through your diet, environment or daily habits, shapes how well it works: memory, focus, attention, mood, emotions, and cognition. This page covers proven strategies that support brain function, mental health, and keep your mind sharp as you age.
Health & Wellbeing
How Fasting Affects Your Brain, Cognition and Mental Health
Fasting has real, biologically plausible effects on the brain. Still, the human evidence is more nuanced.
Health & Wellbeing
Fasting and Autophagy: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Autophagy is one of biology's most compelling cellular processes. But the gap between the science and the social media needs closing.
Health & Wellbeing
How Poor Sleep Affects Your Brain and Mental Health
Poor sleep doesn't just leave you tired, it alters how your brain processes emotions, memories, and protects itself against mental disorders and damage.
Health & Wellbeing
6 Ways to Decrease Cortisol
Stubbornly high cortisol doesn't have to be permanent. There are several proven, easy ways to bring your cortisol back under control.
Diet & Nutrition
MIND Diet: A Review
A hybrid of the Mediterranean and DASH diets, designed specifically to support long-term brain health.
Exercise & Fitness
Exercise for Depression: Does it Work?
Research shows that regular exercise helps with depression, comparable to routine care.
Exercise & Fitness
Does Exercise Help Anxiety?
Regular physical activity can reduce anxiety, and it may even help prevent anxiety from starting in the first place.
Diet & Nutrition
Atkins Diet: A Review
A pioneering low-carbohydrate diet with a long track record, real trade-offs, and specific use cases.
Diet & Nutrition
Oily Fish: Health Benefits, Best Choices and How Much to Eat
An overview of oily fish as a superfood, highlighting heart, health, and brain benefits. Get the recommended servings, what to eat, and practical tips to get omega-3-rich fish in your diet.
Diet & Nutrition
Ketogenic Diet: A Review
A very low-carbohydrate diet that forces the body into ketosis — effective for some, restrictive for most.