Brain Food

The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power

By: Lisa Mosconi PhD

Narrated by: Norah Tocci

Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

Dr. Lisa Mosconi, whose research spans an extraordinary range of specialties including brain science, the microbiome, and nutritional genomics, notes that the dietary needs of the brain are substantially different from those of the other organs, yet few of us have any idea what they might be. Her innovative approach to cognitive health incorporates concepts that most doctors have yet to learn. Busting through advice based on pseudoscience, Dr. Mosconi provides recommendations for a complete food plan, while calling out noteworthy surprises, including why that paleo diet you are following may not be ideal, why avoiding gluten may be a terrible mistake, and how simply getting enough water can dramatically improve alertness.

Including comprehensive lists of what to eat and what to avoid, a detailed quiz that will tell you where you are on the brain health spectrum, and 24 mouth-watering brain-boosting recipes that grow out of Dr. Mosconi's own childhood in Italy, Brain Food gives us the ultimate plan for a healthy brain. Brain Food will appeal to anyone looking to improve memory, prevent cognitive decline, eliminate brain fog, lift depression, or just sharpen their edge.

©2018 Lisa Mosconi (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Very inspiring and super informative

This is your nutrition science book in plain English including recipes and useful tips for sustainable brain healthy foods

Voice

Sounds like a computer reading this. The content is good and so important but the digital voice makes it hard to listen to.

Interesting and informative but needed pdf

Very interesting and informative but with so much information, the audiobook needs an accompanying pdf file.

fantastic book!!

this book and its advice is incredibly good! I only wish Lisa mosconi had been the one reading it herself. yet, it is still really really good.

Nothing new here

After hearing about Dr. Mosconi on Dr. Perlmutters website I had high expectations. I didn't find any new or surprising information.

not scientific

All she does is peddle unproven dietary information that you could google. Statements like "everyone knows berries is good for you" and "blank food has been long celebrated for its health benefits" without any scientific explanation or proof of said benefits. Basically the book is a lot of anecdotes. I expected a lot more from a scientist.

Bogus bull crap

She didn’t know how to provide the correct answers to the main question . She talked about everything else . She did not explain what I wanted to hear. She talked to much about other things that made no sense. I did not like this book and I don’t want to keep it.

Waste of time

Nothing about the research that was done or detail on specific studies. Recommendations are for higher end products. Just hype.

Standard line on diet. Nothing new here.

Even though I start the review saying there's nothing new here, let me be clear that I do not mean that as an endorsement of the content. Unfortunately, I was suckered into purchasing and reading/listening to this book based on how the author's qualifications were marketed. It turns out, she says nothing new about diet than what you hear in the mainstream press. Her nutritionist credentials are questionable (look them up) because the "certificate" she received comes from a place not well known for quality or cutting edge nutritionist training.

But this isn't an ad hominem based on those credentials, rather it's based on how the book is sold as the 'Surprising science' behind the diet she recommends; there's nothing surprising and very little strong science behind the recommendations. If you have never heard of the so-called Mediterranean diet (an umbrella term that proponents use to justify their eating tastes and habits, as long as it includes olive oil, fish and red wine), then this is as good an introduction as any. But be aware that nutrition science is more unclear on what she promotes than she or anyone else lets on. And nutrition science has some actually more surprising conclusions bandied about than what you find here.

She toes the line on what one is supposed to say about nutrition these days and she does nothing to challenge received wisdom.

Disappointed

After hearing the author talk in TMHS podcast I expected in depth details on various processes related to nutrition of the brain. I was disappointed when hearing only fairly superficial information, even combined with outdated advice on for example cholesterol.

Also, "the brain runs exclusively on glucose". Really?

Peanuts are not nuts...

Soy is not healthy.