Monthly Archives: May 2016

The Modern Day Friendship Cake that is not a cake….

Who remembers the friendship cake? My recollection is from university days when my aunt Bibi first gave me a ‘starter kit’ with the live and fermenting cake mix base, that I kept in my room, feeding regularly with……was it flour, sugar and milk……, made lovely moist cakes with in my electric frying pan (I didn’t…

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Using Diet to Reduce Dementia Risk

The following article has been taken, in full, from Scientific American: http://www.healthafter50.com/alerts/memory/Feed-Your-Brain-With-MIND-Diet_7653-1.html “Question: What do you get when you mix two well-established, healthful diets and sprinkle in a pinch of ingredients known to slow or reduce the risk of cognitive decline? Answer: The MIND (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) diet, a dietary eating plan that…

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