{"id":11486,"date":"2015-08-16T13:17:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T03:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=11486"},"modified":"2015-08-16T13:17:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T03:17:06","slug":"dont-give-your-brain-a-break-give-it-a-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=11486","title":{"rendered":"Don&#039;t Give Your Brain A Break, Give It A Boost!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just received this from Dr Russell Blaycock in an email newsletter from Newsmax. The first three of these ingredients are in my top bars and powders. The last I take as a supplement. If you want to maintain or improve the sharpness of your thinking, you could do a lot worse than add these to your diet.<br \/>\n&#8220;One of these brain-boosting compounds, Ginkgo biloba, has been shown to inhibit the formation of the enzyme MAO-B, which emerging evidence suggests may contribute to cognitive impairment as we age. Ginkgo also may help increase circulation in the brain, as well as support cells in the brain\u2019s hippocampus.<br \/>\nBacopa monnieri, my second recommended brain booster, may improve higher-order cognitive processes such as learning and memory. In a three-month study published in Psychopharmacology, subjects taking this herbal extract demonstrated significantly improved speed of visual information processing, learning rate, and memory.<br \/>\nBrain booster number three, huperzine A, is a plant extract derived from Chinese club moss. Researchers believe it works by improving the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. Neurotransmitters are chemicals that transmit signals from a neuron, or nerve cell, to a target cell across a synapse.<br \/>\nPhosphatidylserine is my recommended brain booster number four. This nutrient may help restore receptors on brain cells. These receptors permit neurotransmitters to communicate with neurons.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just received this from Dr Russell Blaycock in an email newsletter from Newsmax. The first three of these ingredients are in my top bars and powders. The last I take as a supplement. If you want to maintain or improve the sharpness of your thinking, you could do a lot worse than add these &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=11486\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don&#039;t Give Your Brain A Break, Give It A Boost!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}