April 2026 - David R Hamilton PHD

Cooking Once a Week Could Protect Your Brain

By Dr David R Hamilton | April 8, 2026 |

Photo of cooking ingredients on a worktop with a person stirring a glass salad bowl of salad. On the worktop there's garlic, onions, mushrooms, broccoli, spinach leafs, olive oil, sweetcorn, carrots, tomatoes, broccoli, yellow and red peppers, as well as herbs in plant pots. The image is brightly lit and colourful.

Wellness advice often focuses on what we put on our plates – the ingredients – but new research suggests we’ve been overlooking the role of how those ingredients came to land on our plates in the first place.

The Emotion that Silences Overthinking

By Dr David R Hamilton | April 1, 2026 |

partially snow-capped mountain ranger, looking over the top of a canopy of clouds. The sky is light blue in the background.

Research suggests that experiences of awe – moments when we encounter something vast or beautiful – can calm the brain systems associated with rumination and self-focused thinking.

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Cooking Once a Week Could Protect Your Brain

The Emotion that Silences Overthinking

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