Strawberries and Walnuts: The Brain Food Nobody Talks About
Two ordinary foods with extraordinary mechanisms for protecting your brain as you age — and why most people overlook them.
Anti-Inflammatory
Foods That Lower Cortisol (and Ones That Spike It)
🎧 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. What foods actually lower cortisol? A 2014 meta-analysis in Psychopharmacology found that dark chocolate with at least 70% cacao reduced cortisol and catecholamine levels in stressed participants. Magnesium deficiency — present in roughly half of U.S. adults — directly correlates with elevated cortisol output. Your diet is the fastest lever you have for cortisol control, and most people are pulling it in the wrong direction. ...