Northern Nutritionals

Tag: memory

  • Dopamine

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    Gaum et al. (2017) assessed dopamine in their participants by measuring two of its metabolites, homovanillic acid (HVA) and vanillylmandelic acid (VMA), in urine.  They adjusted the levels for creatine as a marker of urine concentration, albumin to account for liver function, and also self-reported traumatic experiences, taking post-traumatic stress disorder into account as a…

  • Mediterranean Diet

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    Townsend et al. (2023) found in a systematic review that studies showed the Mediterranean diet to be associated with better cognitive performance, reduced rate of cognitive decline, less global cognitive decline, reduced chances for mild cognitive impairment, lower risk of dementia, lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease, improved cognition, increased processing speed, and less likelihood for…