Healthy research bites-videos
How the brain detoxifies itself Reference: Science. 2019 Nov 1;366(6465):628-631. doi: 10.1126/science.aax5440. Link to article: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6465/628 My words: It is well established in the literature that proper sleep is simply fundamental for general and brain health, and one of the reasons is that the brain clears out toxins during non-REM sleep, as shown by researchers […]
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Resveratrol and Quercetin on Inflammation Reference: Mediators Inflamm. 2016; 2016: 5460302. doi: 10.1155/2016/5460302 Link to Article: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mi/2016/5460302/ When the supplements Resveratrol and Quercetin are named, some words pop up immediately like antioxidant, immune enhancement, and sirtuin expression, but researchers from Hungary added a very interesting characteristic of these natural compounds and it is their modulating effects of
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Cardio after lifting weights Reference: J Sports Sci Med. 2017 Sep; 16(3): 391–395. Link to article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5592291/ My text: Doing cardio after a lifting weights is a common practice in a large number of gyms around the world, but research has been telling us that falling under this advice, will impede hypertrophy and
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Cannabinoids and Brain Disorders Link to Study: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/normalization-of-mediotemporal-and-prefrontal-activity-and-mediotemporalstriatal-connectivity-may-underlie-antipsychotic-effects-of-cannabidiol-in-psychosis/6571F47CE15D05DC50782A7BB7C00A7F Reference: Psychol Med. 2020 Jan 29;1-11. doi: 10.1017/S0033291719003519. My text: Cannabinoids have been in the scope of science because they have a large potential for improving different conditions. In this promising study from King’s College London researchers, they tested the use of CBD in psychotic patients, who
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In the strength training circles, there is usually a debate trying to find out which program is better than others, and researchers from Spain tried to answer that question by doing a meta-analysis comparing contrast with complex training. The results of the study showed that both types of intervention improve athletic performance by virtually the
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