Dr. Becky Fitness Blog

Memory Foods

Memory Foods, Snacks, and Habits

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) plays a critical role in learning and memory, and its decline is closely associated with mental deterioration, especially in aging and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. This blog post shares how type 2 diabetes factors into a declining level of BDNF and the delicious foods and easy-to-follow lifestyle changes that boost this important growth factor.

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No-Sugar Snacks

Top 10 No-Added-Sugar Snacks [No Cooking Needed]

Ideally, you want to limit or avoid snacking. But sometimes you just need a little something. Finding satisfying snacks without added sugars can be challenging, but plenty of delicious and healthy options exist. Here are ten great choices that require zero cooking.

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Carb Tolerance

Test Your Carb Tolerance with a Saltine Cracker?

How many carbs can you eat daily to maintain or lose weight? An unsalted cracker might just tell you the answer. This post looks at a test proposed in the book The DNA Restart that utilizes saltine crackers to determine how your body breaks down carbs

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