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" The best diet for overall health, and specifically for heart, brain, and cancer risk reduction, is a diet that's aggressively low in carbohydrates with an abundance of healthful fat, and this is the central theme of 'Grain Brain.' "

David Perlmutter

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Risk

Heart

" Two forms of fat that are vitally important for brain health are cholesterol and saturated fat. "

" Mental fitness is served by consciously redirecting our attention away from the constant bombardment from the media whose reason to be seems to be focused on keeping us in a state of constant alert. "

" Most grain foods, whether we're talking about quinoa, amaranth, the very popular grains of the day - the reality is they still are associated with a carbohydrate surge. "

" Fat is your friend. The brain thrives on a fat-rich, low-carbohydrate diet. "

" Our ancestors relied upon their advanced brains to survive during times of food shortage, and fortunately, the human brain is able to utilize body fat as an extremely efficient fuel to sustain function when glucose-providing food is unavailable. "

" The story of gluten as it relates to the brain throws a wide net, so much more encompassing than the inflammation of a small section of the small intestine that characterizes celiac disease. "

" It may seem draconian, but the best recommendation I can make is to completely avoid grains. "

" Shoot for a total of no more than 80 grams of carbs in your daily diet. This means favoring vegetables that grow above ground like kale, broccoli, spinach, and cauliflower as opposed to those that store carbohydrate in the form of starch like potatoes and beets. "

David Perlmutter

Diet

Daily

" Memory enhancement self-help programs abound and promise improved memory performance by the utilization of any number of seemingly unique techniques focused on the context of how information is encoded. "

" The science supporting the relationship between carbohydrates and dementia is quite exciting, as it paves the way for lifestyle changes that can profoundly affect a person's chances of remaining intact, at least from a brain perspective. "

" The Mediterranean diet is rich in fruits and vegetables while low in sodium. It is also enriched with olive oil, high in antioxidants as well as monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. "

" Strokes are categorized as either bleeding into the brain or a blockage in blood supply, known as an ischemic stroke. The latter are overwhelmingly more common, compromising about 87 percent of all stroke events. "

David Perlmutter

Blood

Brain

" Saturated fat is a fundamental building block for brain cells. It's certainly interesting to consider that one of the richest sources of saturated fat in nature is human breast milk. "

" Parkinson's is described as a progressive idiopathic neurodegenerative disorder, a brain disease that will worsen with time for which no cause has as yet been identified. "

" Children need to be exploring their physical world. They need to be learning the fundamental laws of physics by manipulating objects. "

" Humans are not the fastest or the strongest animals on the planet, but when it comes to survival, we have had the unique advantage of being clever. "

" The bottom line is that this author, a practicing neurologist dealing with Alzheimer's disease on a daily basis, believes we need to expand the public awareness that modifiable lifestyle factors have a profound role to play in determining who will or won't get this disease. "

" So-called 'complex carbs' may actually represent a more significant threat to health than simple sugar in that they may not only raise blood sugar, but keep it elevated for a more prolonged period of time. "

David Perlmutter

Simple

Time

" The idea that people are nutritionally deprived because they don't eat grain has no scientific basis. "

" Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease. "

" As a practicing neurologist, I place central importance in applying current science to the notion of disease prevention. "

" As a practicing neurologist, I can tell you first hand that working with Parkinson's patients offers clinical challenges. But from an emotional perspective, this disease can border on overwhelming. "

" In general, the public knowledge base and thus decision-making behaviors are far more influenced by advertisement than with current science. "

" Carbohydrates, whether derived from gluten-containing foods or other sources, including fruit, sweetened beverages, and starchy vegetables, are dangerous as they relate to brain health in and of themselves. "

" Food is medicine. We can actually change our gene expressions with the foods we eat. "

" This low-fat idea that's been drummed into our heads and bellies is completely off-base and deeply responsible for most of our modern ills. "

" The biggest issue by far is that carbohydrates are absolutely at the cornerstone of all of our major degenerative conditions. "

" Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer. "

" From the earliest moments of life, children begin to learn the fundamentals of language. The most powerful influence for effective language development are the verbal interactions with caregivers. "