Sentences with phrase «at least their functioning improved»

Not exact matches

A quick fifteen minutes of napping can certainly help recharge your batteries and improve your cognitive functions for the next few hours at least, but fall into a deeper sleep that lasts beyond that golden twenty - minutes, and you could conceivably end up feeling worse rather than better.

Another explanation could be that associations between breastfeeding and improved mother - child relations may, at least in part, reflect improvements in child cognitive functioning and / or physical health associated with breastfeeding.

Still, some researchers held out hope that the drug would at least improve cognitive function, as suggested by a few smaller studies.

«Even among patients with advanced Parkinson's disease and freezing of gait, it is apparently possible to improve brain function via non-invasive brain stimulation, at least in the short - term, and this has positive, functional consequences.»

At least three types of stem cells were tested for their ability to improve cardiac function: bone marrow derived stem cells (BMSCs), skeletal myoblasts and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).

Most of us conduct research on basic processes of cognition and emotion with the goal of helping to guide the development of interventions that can improve functioning in both healthy people and those with psychiatric or neurodegenerative disease - or at least that's what we say in our grant applications!

Another study of 29 adults found eight weeks of at least twice - weekly Bikram yoga significantly eased depression while also improving quality of life, optimism, and mental and physical functioning.

Not eating walnuts may double our risk of dying from heart disease (compared to at least one serving a week)-- perhaps because nuts appear to improve endothelial function, allowing our arteries to better relax normally.

Improved cognitive function: One study suggested eating chocolate at least once weekly has the potential to boost cognitive performance.

Studies show that lion's mane is effective for significantly improving cognitive function in those with mild cognitive impairment for at least 4 weeks

Research into Time - Restricted Feeding indicates that allotting at least 12 hours a day to fasting boosts the body's repair mechanisms, improves digestive function and motility, provides time for the body to switch to ketone body production (which tends to happen 10 - 12 hours after a meal), improves blood sugar control, regulates appetite, and enhances stress resilience.

«Combining catechin intake with habitual exercise is beneficial for suppressing the aging - related decline in physical performance and energy metabolism, and these effects may be attributed, at least in part, to improved mitochondrial function in skeletal muscle», the Japanese conclude.

Because of the effective use of the ketogenic diet in reducing seizures (see above), it has been suggested that it may also improve the clinical status in brain injury, especially by reducing the incidence of long - term consequences, such as epilepsy.79 Positive effects of a ketogenic diet have also been reported in reducing the cortical contusion volume in an age - dependent manner in an animal model of cortical injury, which is related to the maturation - dependent variability in brain ketone metabolism.92 These findings were also supported by the demonstration that a ketogenic diet reduced post-traumatic cognitive and motor function impairment, at least in a rat model.93

This shows us that adding coconut oil or other oils with MCTs to someone who suffers from a neuronal hypometabolism, could be positively beneficial for him, as It would improve his brain functioning, at least when it comes to performance on cognitive tasks.

Pellets are exceptional as these are carefully formulated to contain at least 20 percent protein which is essential for building tissues and improve the overall functioning of the little fellow's organs.

If that's just a bunch of international relations - speak to you, this is why this is important: The idea behind ecosystem services payments is that in exchange for preserving intact (or at least not entirely degraded) ecosystems, which perform valuable social functions such as improving air quality, flood protection, traditional medicines, sequestering carbon emissions, et cetera, nations should be compensated.

Alternatively, for those who are already involved in committed romantic relationships, making efforts to improve relationship functioning could be beneficial for job success — especially when at least one spouse is low in conscientiousness.»