2024 the best food for brain review

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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.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071K4DWZ9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avery (March 6, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 6, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2141 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 365 pages
Reviewer: Kiwisteph
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Informative
Review: Easy to read and full of useful information about the food we need for brain health. Dr. Mosconi writes in a way that displays her knowledge of the subject and at the same time it is understandable for those that may not be scientifically minded. A must read!

Reviewer: Abacus
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent book with the latest science on the subject
Review: There are many books about nutrition and cognitive functions. The authors ground their nutrition protocol on what humans ate during the paleolithic era. Often these authors contradict each other. For some, we were better hunters than gatherers so we ate mostly meat. For others, we were better gatherers and ate primarily nuts, plants, fruits. Others advance our digestive system can’t tolerate grains because it was a modern invention of the first agricultural revolution (about 10,000 years ago).However, anthropology suggests that paleolithic diets were dependent of where people lived. Close to shores, they ate more fish; within the forest they ate plants; in areas with herbivores they ate more meat. Also, humans ate grains millions of years before the agricultural revolution. And, we can digest those just fine because of an enzyme earmarked to digest grains (amylase). So, paleolithic diets were as varied as they are today.Mosconi gets the anthropology right. Her foundation is based on two empirical findings. The first one is her studying of the “Blue Zones” or the five areas in the World associated with the greatest proportion of centenarians. And, her second one is her experience as a neuroscientist. She has seen thousands of brain MRIs while knowing what diet her patients ate. She uncovered a link between brain health and diet. The ones who ate a Mediterranean diet had far healthier brains (per MRIs) than the ones on an American diet. She also observed that 2 out of the 5 Blue Zones eat a Mediterranean diets. And, the three other ones have major overlapping components with a Mediterranean diet including complex carbohydrates (fresh produce) that have a lot of fiber, starches (sweet potatoes), nuts, fish, and not much meat and animal protein.By eating fish just twice a week, elderly can reduce their risk of Alzheimer’s (AD) by up to 70%.Mosconi uses a pragmatic approach to improve your diet for brain health. The book is divided in three parts. The first one provides information regarding the brain nutritional requirement. The second one teaches you how to eat better. And, the third part tests you to find out where you are in terms of feeding yourself well. This includes an 80 question test that grades you as either Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced. “Beginner” entails you have little food awareness. You eat a lot of processed food. “Advanced” entails you eat very healthily, mainly organic foods. And, “Intermediate” falls in between.Mosconi states that based on one’s result on the test, she has a good idea of what your brain looks like. She has seen a correlation between people’s diet and their brain’s MRI.Mosconi clarifies a few concepts. Other authors have advanced that the brain needs fat, including saturated fat, and cholesterol to function properly. Not so, Mosconi indicates that the fats we eat (saturated fat from animal protein) and cholesterol can’t even cross the blood-brain barrier. The brain needs a completely different type of fat: essential Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs). They include Omega-3s and Omega-6s fatty acids. Good sources of Omega-3s include fish, oils, eggs.Saturated fats are not good for the brain. They are associated with a 4 x increase in the risk of developing cognitive deterioration later in life.Also, brain cholesterol is very different from the cholesterol we eat. High cholesterol level (> 240 mg/dl) leads to 3 x the risk of cognitive issues and dementia later in life.The low-carb & high-fat diet (includes keto-diet) are not good for you because the brain needs glucose for fuel. It can burn fat. But, the brain’s preferred energy source is glucose. The key is to provide the brain with glucose without raising glucose/serum blood level. You do that by avoiding sugar and eating complex carbohydrates (fresh produce) that convert into glucose.Keto-diets have other negatives. An increase intake of saturated fat increases cholesterol levels (more than eating cholesterol directly). Also, fat-rich foods are often low in fiber, which is hard on your digestive system, and high in protein which is hard on your kidneys.A healthy diet has to include a lot of prebiotics food (good for microbiome). They include onions, asparagus, artichokes, garlic, bananas. These foods are rich in carbohydrates called oligosaccharides. The latter lower cholesterol, prevent cancer, and detoxify your body.Probiotics (foods that include live good bacteria) are also key. They include yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, and other fermented foods.Regular meats are really bad. They are loaded with antibiotics and antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria.So far there is no evidence that eating grains is associated with any cognitive decline. One can verify that at PubMed.Mosconi imparts information regarding food codes (small labels with codes stuck on fresh produce). A number starting with a 4 means a produce is not organic (has fertilizers and pesticides); Starting with an 8 means GMO; and with a 9 means organic.Exercise is important too. Vigorous, frequent exercise can reduce your risk of AD by 43%. However, daily activities like walking, gardening, can reduce your risk of AD by 35%.There are three mechanisms that clean up the internal infrastructure of the brain: 1) sleep, especially during the deep sleep zone (that activates the cleaning glymphatic system); 2) aerobic exercises that boosts enzymatic activity that dissolves AD plaques in the brain; and 3) Intermittent fasting (12 hours +) that cleans up amyloid in the brain.

Reviewer: Book Addict
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great ideas for improving brain health
Review: There are some great ideas for improving brain health in this book. Mostly involve eating and lifestyle habits. However there wasn't a whole lot that I haven't read before. Especially regarding nutrition and exercise.I did learn some new things about the critical power of sleep. And some things about how to identify regular versus organic produce by the labels.I am knocking this down a star because of the author's insistence on organic and difficult to find ingredients. If you live outside a major metropolitan area, you won't be able to get these items except to order online. Carbon footprint, folks. Also, the people she sites in the studies mostly live in rural areas. Eating the food that is available to them. My suggestion is to plant your own garden.Overall, a pretty good read, especially if you haven't studied the subject before.

Reviewer: Gina Titus
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Brain function book
Review: This book is very interesting and talks about our brain and its functions. It’s an excellent book to read if you know someone that has Alzheimer’s.Highly recommend

Reviewer: Patricia Wang
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Several things I love about the book
Review: A MUST READ IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUTH HEALTH AND BRAIN.Dr. Mosconi’s book is keystone book for advancing the dialogue and practice of integrative brain health. This is the book I’ve been waiting for. As someone who is obsessed with nutrition, it’s very hard to find REAL research and sound logic. There’s a lot of people who proclaim to be health experts, but few people who can say they are trained in both scientific and holistic approaches. Dr. Mosconi’s book FINALLY gets to the bottom of what we all need to know to take care of our brains.Several things I love about the book:*She incorporates her own research from her experiences of running some of the most cutting edge Alzemeihr’s research programs in the world.*She is also a certified integrative nutritionist, so she gives practical executional advice on how to eat better - so it’s not just “here’s all this research,” but she’s all saying “here’s what to buy and book.”She is very clear in her thesis that is preventable and/or is possible to halt/slow-down through nutrition and lifestyle changes.*She actually tackles the heart of the paleo-gluten debates with logic - it can be a nasty, confusing field but Dr. Mosconi doesn’t shy away from sorting through the hype to give us practical advice.*And she also includes a quiz for you to self-assess where you are on the brain health spectrum.PS - And if you are already a fan of integrative health experts such as Dr. Terry Wahls, Dr. Sarah Ballentyne, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Colin T. Campbell, Dr. Michael Greger, Dr. Dean Sherzai and Dr. Ayesha Sherzai - then this is a beyond worthy book to add to your collection.

Reviewer: Ken
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great
Review: Wonderful book. The information in the book was relevant and helpful

Reviewer: Rhonda Farkas
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Interesting read
Review: Have always tried to eat healthy, this gave us some more tweaks.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Arrived dirty, oily and ripped
Review: Arrived dirty and very oily. The back cover was ripped. I haven’t read the book yet.

Reviewer: Monica
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Un libro de cabecera. Muy importante saber de ese tema para gente mayo

Reviewer: eglantina
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: If you really want to understand about what is best to eat at this very confusing time’s! This is the book. Well written simple to understand and very very interesting. It will give you powerful insights about health. I will be buying more books from Dr Masconi thats for sure.

Reviewer: G
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: First, I’ve read through the reviews and very sad that the negative reviews have so many helpful votes on them and you can tell those reviews didn’t even read the entire book!!!!!!! I read this on our ereader and then had to have a paper copy because I found it so helpful and easy to understand! Sure, it has a lot discussed that we should already know but she goes into detail and discusses studies and her experience with brain scans too. She also does NOT ONLY recommend expensive food items like caviar as one reviewer was brazen enough to say without even reading the book but because “it fell open” to a page that does happen to talk about how good caviar is.I think everyone should give this book a read! She really drives home the importance of a healthy life. It breaks down and explains why and what our diet should look like for a healthy brain. I find she explains the science/studies behind it all in a very convincing and easy to read way. It even includes recipes! I can’t wait to read her next book, The XX Brain.

Reviewer: Zyppy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Brain Food è un libro che esplora il legame tra alimentazione e salute cerebrale, offrendo una prospettiva scientifica e accessibile su come il cibo può influenzare la nostra mente. Scritto dalla neuroscienziata Lisa Mosconi, il libro fornisce una panoramica completa delle ultime ricerche nel campo della nutrizione e del cervello.Una delle cose che ho apprezzato di più di questo libro è la sua approccio basato sulla scienza. Mosconi si basa su studi e ricerche scientifiche per supportare le sue affermazioni, rendendo il libro affidabile e ben documentato. Non si tratta di una semplice raccolta di consigli dietetici, ma di una guida completa che spiega il perché dietro le raccomandazioni.Il libro è organizzato in modo chiaro e logico, con capitoli dedicati a diversi aspetti dell'alimentazione e del cervello. Mosconi esplora i nutrienti chiave per la salute cerebrale, come i grassi omega-3, le vitamine del gruppo B e gli antiossidanti, spiegando come influenzano la nostra mente e fornendo suggerimenti su come includerli nella nostra dieta.Un altro aspetto interessante del libro è la sua attenzione alla prevenzione delle malattie cerebrali. Mosconi discute dei fattori di rischio per l'Alzheimer e altre patologie neurodegenerative, e offre consigli su come modificare la propria alimentazione per ridurre il rischio di sviluppare queste malattie.Unica nota negativa che ho riscontrato è che a volte il libro può risultare un po' tecnico e denso di informazioni scientifiche. Tuttavia, Mosconi fa del suo meglio per rendere il materiale accessibile anche a chi non ha una formazione scientifica, spiegando i concetti in modo chiaro e utilizzando esempi pratici.In conclusione, Brain Food è un libro che consiglio a chiunque sia interessato a migliorare la propria salute cerebrale attraverso l'alimentazione. È una lettura informativa e stimolante, che offre una prospettiva scientifica su come il cibo può influenzare il nostro cervello.👍

Reviewer: Valerie Bruysten
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Entertaining and very informative with scientifically researched infos on how not to become dement at old age and exactly what the brain needs to nurture it.