Category: Flavonoids

Flavonoids Keep Your Brain Young

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Scott Anderson

“Wisdom is wasted on the old, and youth is wasted on the young.” ― George Bernard Shaw. The gut-brain connection is a story that just keeps giving. The idea that gut microbes could affect your mood and cognition is startling and potentially very useful. The microbes that improve your mood are called psychobiotics. Microbes eat prebiotics, which include…
What is the Diversity Diet?

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Scott Anderson

Diversity is a hot topic these days. Certain TV pundits will tell you that diversity is a bad thing, but Mother Nature begs to disagree. Ecology always favors diversity. Diversity allows redundancy: when several creatures can perform the same task, losing one is not fatal to the ecosystem. Variety thus creates a more resilient network, with a great store…