David Perlmutter MD

David Perlmutter MD, FACN, ABIHM is a Board-Certified Neurologist and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He's also an associate professor, lectures frequently, and has written many books. He's been interviewed on radio and television, he serves as medical adviser on the Dr. Oz show, and has received numerous awards. If you'd like more details, such as where he went to school, his accomplishments even as a medical student or the names of all his books, read his official bio on his site.

Dr. Perlmutter focuses on preventative medicine. If it doesn't break, you don't have to fix it, right? Brain problems such as Alzheimer's, dementia, depression and ADHD may be prevented with - wait for it - lifestyle changes! There's that word again - Change. Here's the change - gluten free, low carb high fat diet along with aerobic exercise.

Can you do that? Change your diet? Start moving every day enough to get your heart rate up? The reward of doing so is huge.

On his site, Dr. Perlmutter talks about a large study done with eighty-five thousand women over twenty years. Their diets were analyzed; specifically noting the amount of protein, carbohydrates and fat that was eaten, adding to it the "glycemic load" knowing that the foods with a higher glycemic load are foods that tend to raise blood sugar.

They found that compared to the women who had the lowest glycemic load in their diets, those with the highest glycemic load increased their risk of diabetes by 250%!

Grain Brain

Dr. Perlmutter wrote a book called "Grain Brain". He informs us of how whole wheat, carbohydrates and sugar are destroying our brains.

Interesting that it's whole wheat, carbohydrates and sugar that cause a problem for our brains, and they are also the foods that raise blood sugar levels.

A quote from Dr. Perlmutter's site:

"Here’s the take home message: you can absolutely and dramatically reduce your risk for becoming a diabetic today by changing your diet to one that includes much fewer carbs and sugars and reintroduces healthful fats back to the table. In addition, regular aerobic exercise will help to reduce diabetes risk, and, as such, go a long way to helping you avert dementia."1

Word to the wise.

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