Gluten is this Generation's Tobacco

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

Eat your vegetables. Brush your teeth. Sweat once in a while. Get plenty of rest. Don't smoke. Laugh more. There are certain tenets to health that are pretty commonsensical and that we all know we should practice routinely.

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

Throughout our lifetimes we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly being born in the hippocampus that ultimately differentiate into fully functional neurons.

We can change the expression of more than 70 percent of the genes that have a direct bearing on our health and longevity.

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