Entries by Deane Alban
Deane Alban is co-founder of BeBrainFit.com and author of "Brain Gold: Brain Fitness Guide for Boomers" and "21 Days to a Brighter Brain." Deane holds a bachelor's degree in biology from University of South Florida, where she also studied journalism. She has taught and written on a wide variety of natural health topics for over 20 years, including teaching healthy cooking classes. As a baby boomer, Deane has turned her passion for healthy living to focus on a major problem people everywhere are facing – issues with mental decline right now and worries about Alzheimer's disease and dementia in the future. Deane brings the science down to earth in an entertaining and engaging way, giving her readers practical, easy-to-follow advice to keep their minds sharp for life. Deane lives near Tucson, Arizona with her husband and business partner, Patrick, a retired chiropractor. She loves living in the desert where plenty of sunshine and outdoor activities help keep her mind young!
Are Prescription Drugs Destroying Your Brain?
Prescription drugs cause over 100,000 deaths per year and cause another 1.5 million people to experience side effects so severe they must be hospitalized. Shockingly, adverse drug reactions are now the fourth leading cause of death in the US. (1)… 0 Shares |
The Seedy Truth About “Healthy” Vegetable Oils
Our intake of polyunsaturated vegetable oils has tripled in the last 50 years, about the same time Americans started getting fatter and sicker. It turns out that vegetable oils like canola, safflower, soy, and sunflower are not the health foods… 0 Shares |
Have a Healthy Thanksgiving Without Eating Like a Pilgrim
The Thanksgiving feast we have today bears no resemblance to the one the first settlers had. We would find their dinner downright spartan. Here are some steps to have a happy, healthy Thanksgiving while still enjoying the foods you love.… 0 Shares |
3 Deceptively Easy Ways to Counter the Dangers of Too Much Sitting
Before the advent of agriculture 12,000 years ago, all humans were what archaeologists call hunter-gatherers, people who spent most of their time in search of food. If future archaeologists were to look at us now, they would surely call us… 0 Shares |
Do You Have “Grain Brain”? Why a Low-Fat, High-Carb Diet is Bad News for Your Brain
Modern society is suffering from an epidemic of “broken brains”. 1 in 3 of us currently die with dementia. 1 in 4 of us will experience some sort of mental disorder during the course of a year. Alzheimer’s, depression, anxiety,… 0 Shares |
Pumpkin: The Amazing, Neglected Superfood
When most people think “pumpkin”, they think of pumpkin pie or carving one up for Halloween. But that is unfortunate! This food has a lot going for it nutritionally yet is one of the most neglected healthy foods. 6 Healthy… 0 Shares |
Can You Trust Your Supplements? 9 Ways to Know for Sure
Hype around nutritional supplements abounds. How do you find those “hidden gems” amongst all the poor-quality supplements? Know for sure that any supplements you take will deliver on their promiose with this 9 point checklist. Unless you have the knowledge… 0 Shares |
Put Down That “Energy Bar”! How It’s Worse Than a Candy Bar
The makers of snack bars – also euphemistically called health, nutrition, energy, or power bars – lead you to believe they are the perfect snack containing the optimal balance of protein, carbs, and fats. But this is not true. It’s… 0 Shares |
Coming to a Theater Near You: the Anti-GMO Movie “GMO OMG”
Heading to the movies? Skip the mind-numbing blockbusters! Catch the first documentary on GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) to get a major theatrical release – Jeremy Seifert’s GMO OMG. GMO OMG is a powerful, yet personal and touching documentary about a… 0 Shares |
