• Grain Brain

  • The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers
  • By: David Perlmutter, Kristin Loberg
  • Narrated by: Peter Ganim
  • Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (5,479 ratings)

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Grain Brain

By: David Perlmutter, Kristin Loberg
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
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The devastating truth about the effects of wheat, sugar, and carbs on the brain, with a 30-day plan to achieve optimum health.

Renowned neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, blows the lid off a topic that's been buried in medical literature for far too long: carbs are destroying your brain. And not just unhealthy carbs, but even healthy ones like whole grains can cause dementia, ADHD, anxiety, chronic headaches, depression, and much more. Dr. Perlmutter explains what happens when the brain encounters common ingredients in your daily bread and fruit bowls, why your brain thrives on fat and cholesterol, and how you can spur the growth of new brain cells at any age.

He offers an in-depth look at how we can take control of our "smart genes" through specific dietary choices and lifestyle habits, demonstrating how to remedy our most feared maladies without drugs. With a revolutionary 30-day plan, Grain Brain teaches us how we can reprogram our genetic destiny for the better.

Please note that there are many references in this audiobook to information discussed in Chapter 10. Chapter 10 has been recorded in its entirety on this audiobook and all information contained in this chapter can be listened to in the recording.

©2013 David Perlmutter (P)2013 Hachette Audio

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"Dr. Perlmutter provides sound advice, supported by the latest and most well respected medical research." (Russell. B. Roth, MD, Past President, American Medical Association)
"Dr. Perlmutter is the leading integrative medicine neurologist in North America today. His ability to fully integrate conventional medicine diagnosis and treatment with the latest innovations in nutritional and environmental medicine is phenomenal. As a teacher and clinician, he has fundamentally changed how physicians and patients think about neurological degeneration and, happily, regeneration." (Joseph Pizzorno, MD, coauthor of Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine)
"A provocative, eye-opening scientific account of how diet profoundly influences nerve health and brain function. Grain Brain explains how the American diet rich in gluten and inflammatory foods is linked to neurological conditions. Dr. Perlmutter outlines a blueprint for optimal health and a more resilient brain through proper nutrition and lifestyle. Grain Brain is a must-read!" (Gerard E. Mullin, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and author of The Inside Tract: Your Good Gut Guide to Great Digestive Health)

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Please read this

It may save your life ... or at least your golden years. My husband died at 68 very unexpectedly- I can’t help but think if I had read this book years ago he might still be alive.

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Best Audiobook yet!

Fantastic. narration! This book is great for anyone; even someone without any neuroscience or nutrition background. The other does a lovely job describing his research. I'll definitely listen to it again. Highly recommend!

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What I've Been Searching For

I am a nurse and loved every second of this book! I followed his recommendations and feel so much better than I have in a long time. My back pain and life long headaches are no longer a constant. Everyone should buy this book.

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Mind blown!

Everyone will benefit by this knowledge- and if you know it and do it- you will be happier and healthier!

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protect your brain...

One needs to listen to this several time... I found myself taking notes. Highly recommended to anybody who wants a healthy brain.

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Life changing!

Dr. Perlmutter explains the effects of grains on your mind & body in a concise manner

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Another piece of the puzzle!

Provocative feeding philosophy that will at least hopefully pull us back to the middle away from the horrors of sugar, especially refined sugars and high glycemic carbs. I already feel better eating more fat and I would say I am only following about 60% of recommendations for a duration of two weeks.

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GREAT BOOK THAT CHANGED THE WAY I EAT

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This is a great book at literally changed my life and the way I eat. Thank you Dr. Perlmutter!!

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strong message given with a non-critical doctor

it listened to it a while back now I got back into it now that I'm more ready to change what I'm doing to myself. thank you to dr. Perlmutter for exposing the truth it just is so wonderful when I hear someone talking about what I believe to be the truth with what's going on in our world our society with our health. You won't regret it. And while he's got a simple program to follow not a diet just a healthy program.

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Everyone needs to read this book

I might just be buying a bunch of books and giving them to everyone I care about. I have been researching and reading more on diet and nutrition and how we have been mislead for so many years. This ties it all together for me and goes counter to what the average person thinks. I got angry reading this based on what I have been taught and have heard over the years. It is almost criminal.

Time to fix all that. Please get this book, it is a game changer!!!!!!!!

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