The authors have developed a new conceptual and mathematical framework to understand consciousness from a relativistic point of view, and their new physical theory claims to solve the hard problem of consciousness in a purely physical way: the brain does not create the conscious experience, at least not through computations, but we have conscious experience due to the process of physical measurement.
This study analyzed questionnaires about children (aged between 18 months and 2 years) from around 300 families and showed that young children’s executive functioning (i.e. the higher order cognitive abilities that control attention, memory, and emotional control) may be negatively affected by poor diet (i.e. more sugary snacks and processed foods) and household chaos (i.e. child’s home environment prone to noise, overcrowding, and disorganization).
This is the largest study that reveals significant changes in brain structure in anorexic individuals, which is based on in-depth examinations of brain scans obtained from patients all around the world, and it showed that three crucial brain measurements are “sizeably reduced” in anorexics (i.e. the loss of brain cells or the connections that link them).
This animal study discovered that red and black maca was the most effective at protecting the bones of rats, while yellow maca did not have as much impact.
The authors found that red maple leaves contain 106 phenolic compounds (11 that may have never been discovered before and 75 that weren’t known to exist in red maple), which can boost elastin and may restore the look of youth to the skin.
The authors discovered that an extract from collard greens was effective in decreasing high blood sugar levels among rats with diabetes mostly due to the antioxidant and phytochemical content of collards.
By analyzing data from seven prospective cohort studies involving 16,544 cases of Type 2 diabetes among 306,723 participants (4.6–24 years follow-up periods), the authors discovered that eating cruciferous vegetables offered a significant preventive benefit against type 2 diabetes.
This systematic review used 11 databases until March 2016 and included all clinical trials on the improvement of semen quality parameters in infertile and healthy men, and it concluded that the use of maca may improve semen quality in both fertile and infertile men.
The authors discovered that maca extract did not improve sports performance for male distance cyclists any more than placebo after two weeks, but it caused significantly increased levels of sexual desire at the end of the two weeks.
This review of four randomized clinical studies included a total of 131 people and concluded that maca could improve ardor after consuming it for six weeks.
By examining 45 female outpatients (average age of 41 years) during a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of maca root, the authors discovered that maca root helps to improve the ardor of postmenopausal women who were on antidepressants.
The authors discovered that unusual heart metabolism could be a predictor of potential sudden cardiac death as patients with low cardiac adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels were three times more likely to experience life-threatening arrhythmias (an irregular heart rhythm) and sudden cardiac death.
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