Fat is your friend. The brain thrives on a fat-rich, low-carbohydrate diet.

Fat is your friend. The brain thrives on a fat-rich, low-carbohydrate diet.

We can change the expression of more than 70 percent of the genes that have a direct bearing on our health and longevity.

Strokes are categorized as either bleeding into the brain or a blockage in blood supply, known as an ischemic stroke. The latter are overwhelmingly more common, compromising about 87 percent of all stroke events.

Throughout our lifetimes we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly being born in the hippocampus that ultimately differentiate into fully functional neurons.

Carbs are devastating for the brain.

Eat your vegetables. Brush your teeth. Sweat once in a while. Get plenty of rest. Don't smoke. Laugh more. There are certain tenets to health that are pretty commonsensical and that we all know we should practice routinely.