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

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

Food is medicine. We can actually change our gene expressions with the foods we eat.

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.

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

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

Researchers have known for some time now that the cornerstone of all degenerative conditions, including brain disorders, is inflammation. But what they didn’t have documented until now are the instigators of that inflammation—the first missteps that prompt this deadly reaction. And what they are finding is that gluten, and a high-carbohydrate diet for that matter, are among the most prominent stimulators of inflammatory pathways that reach the brain.