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Those who drink tea regularly have healthier brains, research shows

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Regular tea drinkers have better organized brain regions—something associated with healthy cognitive function—compared to non-tea drinkers, according to new research.

“Our results offer the first evidence of positive contribution of tea drinking to brain structure, and suggest that drinking tea regularly has a protective effect against age-related decline in brain organization,” explains Feng Lei, an assistant professor in the psychological medicine department at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore.

Past studies have demonstrated that tea intake is beneficial to human health, and the positive effects include mood improvement and cardiovascular disease prevention. In fact, results of a 2017 longitudinal study that Feng led showed that daily consumption of tea can reduce the risk of cognitive decline in older persons by 50%.

Following this discovery, Feng and his team further explored the direct effect of tea on brain networks.

Upon analyzing the participants’ cognitive performance and imaging results, the research team found that individuals who consumed either green tea, oolong tea, or black tea at least four times a week for about 25 years had brain regions that were interconnected in a more efficient way.

“Take the analogy of road traffic as an example—consider brain regions as destinations, while the connections between brain regions are roads. When a road system is better organized, the movement of vehicles and passengers is more efficient and uses less resources. Similarly, when the connections between brain regions are more structured, information processing can be performed more efficiently,” explains Feng.

“We have shown in our previous studies that tea drinkers had better cognitive function as compared to non-tea drinkers. Our current results relating to brain network indirectly support our previous findings by showing that the positive effects of regular tea drinking are the result of improved brain organization brought about by preventing disruption to interregional connections,” he says.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/09/tea-protection-against-brain-decline

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The Purdue Vaccination Studies And Auto-Antibodies

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A team at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine conducted several studies (1,2) to determine if vaccines can cause changes in the immune system of dogs that might lead to life-threatening immune-mediated diseases. They obviously conducted this research because concern already existed. It was sponsored by the Haywood Foundation which itself was looking for evidence that such changes in the human immune system might also be vaccine induced. It found the evidence.

The vaccinated, but not the non-vaccinated, dogs in the Purdue studies developed autoantibodies to many of their own biochemicals, including fibronectin, laminin, DNA, albumin, cytochrome C, cardiolipin and collagen.

This means that the vaccinated dogs — “but not the non-vaccinated dogs”– were attacking their own fibronectin, which is involved in tissue repair, cell multiplication and growth, and differentiation between tissues and organs in a living organism.

The vaccinated Purdue dogs also developed autoantibodies to laminin, which is involved in many cellular activities including the adhesion, spreading, differentiation, proliferation and movement of cells. Vaccines thus appear to be capable of removing the natural intelligence of cells.

Autoantibodies to cardiolipin are frequently found in patients with the serious disease systemic lupus erythematosus and also in individuals with other autoimmune diseases. The presence of elevated anti-cardiolipin antibodies is significantly associated with clots within the heart or blood vessels, in poor blood clotting, haemorrhage, bleeding into the skin, foetal loss and neurological conditions.

https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/purdue-vaccination-studies
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Top 13 Supplements to Sharpen Mind and Mood

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Various foods known as cognitive enhancers or brain boosters are a great way to add specific health-boosting nutrients to your diet so you can optimise your mental faculties. Of the 13 mentioned in this article I have 9 in my Memory powder – and a whole lot more. 60 different ingredients, in fact. If you have senior moments you’d like to lose, try this: https://www.healthelicious.com.au/Nutri-Blast-Memory-Blend.html

https://www.theartofhealing.com.au/Top_13_Nootropic_Supplements.html

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An alarming amount of toxic mercury can now be found in coastal fog

A new study out of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has detected alarming levels of toxic mercury in California’s coastal fog. The research is just the latest confirmation that this neurotoxin can be carried in fog, deposited on land, and found within the food chain, according to Phys.org.

While this latest study was performed on California’s coastal ecosystems, researchers warn that what they found there can likely be found in coastal fog around the world. That’s because the source of mercury in coastal fog is from the ocean, and the world’s oceans have a fairly even distribution of this toxin across the planet.

The oceans aren’t to blame, though; we are. The increased amount of mercury found in our oceans is directly connected with an increased amount of pollution generated from mining and coal-fired power plants around the world. “Mercury is a global pollutant,” explained Weiss-Penzias. “What’s emitted in China can affect the United States just as much as what’s emitted in the United States.”

Tom: So if you are going into fog, wear a mask.

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/alarming-amount-toxic-mercury-can-now-be-found-coastal-fog