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

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.

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.

Two forms of fat that are vitally important for brain health are cholesterol and saturated fat.

Strokes are categorized as either bleeding into the brain or a blockage in blood supply, known as an ischemic stroke. The latter are overwhelmingly more common, compromising about 87 percent of all stroke events.

Rarely, Type 2 diabetes develops without any readily identifiable predisposing factor. But in the great majority of cases it is brought on by lifestyle activities, including, and clearly most importantly, dietary choices.