How to eat for maximum brain power and health from an expert in both
neuroscience and nutrition.
Like our bodies, our brains have very specific food requirements. And in
this eye-opening book from an author who is both a neuroscientist and a
certified integrative nutritionist, we learn what should be on our menu.
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.
