At Brighter Health we take a holistic approach to health and wellness that incorporates physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being. These characteristics of a person are all essential and interconnected. We offer distinctive viewpoints to help you build and develop a life with more awareness, meaning, energy, fulfillment, and purpose.
IS PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE USEFUL FOR SUPPORTING COGNITIVE FUNCTION DURING MENOPAUSE?
Menopause brings a sea of changes—hot flashes, mood swings, sleep disruptions—but among the most frustrating for many women is the mental fog. Words get lost mid-sentence, focus drifts during meetings, and the sharp memory once taken for granted feels dulled….
OMEGA-3 SUPPLEMENTS AND SARCOPENIA: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR ADULTS OVER 50
There is a moment that many people over 50 recognize, even if they cannot quite name what caused it. The gym session that used to leave you pleasantly tired now leaves you genuinely wiped out. Recovering from a long weekend…
BRAIN FOG AFTER 40: COULD YOUR HORMONES BE TO BLAME?
Somewhere around 40, a lot of men start noticing something subtle but frustrating: words don’t come as quickly, focus slips during long meetings, and remembering where the car keys went becomes an actual challenge rather than a passing joke. It’s…
9 OF THE BEST BRAIN HEALTH WEBSITES WORTH BOOKMARKING
Brain health is a huge topic, spanning everything from nutrition and sleep to cognitive training and dementia prevention, and no single blog can cover it all. To help you dig deeper, we’ve rounded up some of the most popular and…
I WENT THROUGH THREE ANTIDEPRESSANTS BEFORE ANYONE MENTIONED MY GENES MIGHT BE WHY NONE OF THEM WORKED
The first medication did almost nothing after two months, other than some mild side effects that made the wait feel even less worth it. The second worked marginally better, enough that my doctor and I debated whether to stay the…
MY STOMACH ONLY ACTED UP ON SOME DAYS, NEVER ALL DAYS, AND THAT INCONSISTENCY DROVE ME CRAZY
I could eat the exact same breakfast on a Tuesday and a Thursday and get completely different results. One day, nothing. The next, cramping and discomfort that would linger for hours. I kept waiting for a pattern to emerge from…
RANDOM HIVES SENT ME TO THREE DIFFERENT DOCTORS BEFORE ANYONE LOOKED PAST “ALLERGIES”
The first time it happened, I assumed it was a new laundry detergent. Raised, itchy welts across my forearms, gone by the next morning. I switched detergents, and it happened again a few weeks later anyway, this time across my…
I THOUGHT I WAS JUST “HIGH-STRUNG.” IT TURNS OUT MY NERVOUS SYSTEM WAS DOING EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS WIRED TO DO
Friends have called me high-strung for as long as I can remember, usually affectionately, sometimes less so. I notice a shift in someone’s tone before they’ve finished a sentence. I scan a room within seconds of entering it. I have…
EVERY PAINKILLER MY DENTIST PRESCRIBED EITHER DID NOTHING OR KNOCKED ME OUT FOR A DAY
My relationship with dental procedures has always come with an asterisk: whatever painkiller gets prescribed afterward is a gamble. One wisdom tooth extraction left me barely covered, gritting through real pain on the standard dose. A different prescription after a…
MY PMS WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM MY SISTER’S THAT I GENUINELY WONDERED IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH ME
My sister and I grew up in the same house, eating mostly the same food, sleeping on similar schedules. When it comes to PMS, we might as well be describing two different biological processes. She gets a little tired, maybe…












