A dog trainer was stunned after she managed to train a sheep to do an agility course meant for mutts. Becky Reeves, 26, has run Blaenplwyf Dog Training in Llanybydder, Wales, for four years but said she had never thought about training a sheep. But, after volunteering to care for abandoned lamb Luna, she found a new … Read more
Drinking cocoa can increase your mental agility thanks to the presence of flavanols – chemicals that are abundant in cocoa beans. UK and US researchers found healthy adults performed better on difficult cognitive tasks if the participants had consumed a cocoa drink containing high levels of flavanols. After drinking flavanol-rich cocoa, participants produced a faster and greater … Read more
Get active to keep your brain moving: Study finds that doing regular exercise helps older people boost their mental agility and is particularly important for those at risk of Alzheimer’s Exercising four days per week increased blood flow to the brain in volunteers Volunteers had an average age of 66 with no history of heart … Read more