Eating Just Half Cup Of Blueberries A Day May Cut Dementia Risk

Blueberry season is upon us, and as if we needed another reason to love these sweet, bright-blue wonders, a new study published in Nutrients found that eating ½ to 1 cup of blueberries daily can cut dementia risk in at-risk middle-aged adults with insulin resistance. Native to North America, blueberries, as we know them today, have only been in cultivation for about 100 years, although evidence suggests that they’ve been around for several millennia. In fact, wild blueberries are believed...

Are You Taking 500-1,000 Mg of Vitamin C Daily?

Vitamin C is one of the safest and most effective nutrients when it comes to protecting our health and longevity. When we are run down, stressed, or actually sick, our bodies burn through vitamin C at an alarming rate. Once your vitamin C levels drop, your immune system becomes more compromised which could lead to other health issues. This explains why we are able to tolerate much larger than normal doses of vitamin C than we would normally require when...