Toppling the Food Pyramid

What should you eat to optimize your brain's ability to function? Dr. David Perlmutter suggests that there are many lifestyle changes we can make today to preserve our mental capacity into the future. You might be surprised that one of the first, even for people who do NOT have celiac disease, is avoiding dietary gluten as well as sugar and other foods that raise blood sugar and make insulin spike. What kind of diet should we follow to reduce inflammation throughout the body, and especially in the nervous system? Has cholesterol been falsely demonized?  

In the book Grain Brain, Dr. Perlmutter argues that a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet promotes brain health and can help stave off depression and ADHD as well as dementia. How do medications harm the brain? How can we balance exercise, sleep and diet to optimize brain function?

Guest: David Perlmutter, MD, is the President of the Perlmutter Health Center in Naples, Florida, and the co-founder and president of The Perlmutter Brain Foundation. He is a board-certified neurologist and a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. His book is Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers. His website is GrainBrainBook.com

Source:  http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2013/12/14/927-how-grains-and-gluten-could-be-sapping-your-brain-power/, accessed 17 Dec. 2013

You may listen to the interview with Dr Perlmutter on The People’s Pharmacy radio program by mashing this address:

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/PP-927GrainBrain.mp3