Courtney King MD's Blog : Brain Health / Cognition
Thoughts and suggestions on how you can increase your wellness, infinitely...
What Stress Does To Your Immune System
Stress is the body and mind's response to event or situation that challenges us. It provides the body with a burst of energy in the form of adrenaline, the "fight or flight" response that helps us survive. This survival mechanism hails back to the times of hunting for...
The Critical Link Between Zinc Deficiency and Cognitive Decline!
Zinc is a very important mineral necessary for every single human to stay healthy!! Zinc is found in cells throughout the body and helps the immune system to fight off invading bacteria and viruses. The body also needs zinc to make proteins and DNA. During pregnancy,...
What is the Difference Between Alzheimer’s and Dementia?
“Dementia” somehow sounds less frightening to many people, and even experts in the field have now started using the two words interchangeably. But they aren’t interchangeable. Alzheimer’s Disease is a diagnosis, and dementia is a symptom.
Aging Gracefully: How Hormone Imbalance Affects Our Health, Sleep & Mood
At some point, we all have to cope with grey hair and wrinkles, however we choose to do so. The natural aging process in itself can be beautiful, but some of the hormone-related symptoms of aging can become much more problematic as one moves through the later years...
Paleo vs Keto: Similarities, Differences + Which Is Best For You
The Paleo diet and the Ketogenic diet have both gained extreme popularity in recent years for their acclaimed ability to promote weight loss, fat reduction, improved metabolism, and numerous other benefits. While there are a lot of overlapping similarities...
Obtain Emotional Stability That Supports Positive Thinking Through Mindful Meditation
Mindfulness meditation is a simple form of meditation based on the Buddhist Vipassana meditation method. This form of meditation may also be referred to as Insight Meditation, to see things as they really are. During the meditation, the meditator sits in...
