2024 the best food for brain review

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Strengthen your memory with New York Times bestselling author Dr. Neal Barnard’s simple 3-step plan to protecting your brain with your diet.

Could your breakfast or lunch be harming your memory?

Are you missing out on the foods that could prevent Alzheimer's disease?

Everyone knows good nutrition supports your overall health, but few realize that certain foods-power foods-can protect your brain and optimize its function, and even dramatically reduce your risk of Alzheimer's Disease. Now, New York Times bestselling author, clinical researcher and health advocate Dr. Neal Barnard has gathered the most up-to-date research and created a groundbreaking program that can strengthen your memory and protect your brain's health.

In this effective 3-step plan Dr. Barnard reveals which foods to increase in your diet and which to avoid, and shows you specific exercises and supplements that can make a difference. It will not only help boost brain health, but it can also reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and other less serious malfunctions such as low energy, poor sleep patterns, irritability, and lack of focus. You'll discover:
 The best foods to increase cognitive functionDairy products and meats-the dangers they may pose to your memoryThe surprising roles alcohol and caffeine play in Alzheimer's riskThe latest research on toxic metals, like aluminum found in cookware, soda cans, and common antacids.Plus a detailed menu plan, recipes and time-saving kitchen tips

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1455512206
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Balance; Reprint edition (February 25, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781455512201
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1455512201
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.88 x 8 inches
Reviewer: Frieda
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Worthy read
Review: This is solid, usable, reasonable advice to achieve some important and specific goals, mainly maintaining your brain health as you age. This book discusses Alzheimer's, but also includes a discussion of how to avoid or reverse general cognitive decline and function so you can boost your memory and recall in just a few weeks. The information in the book is science based, well presented, and a pleasant and easy read. Dr. Barnard has a wonderful sense of humor and is able to explain complex subjects clearly without talking down to his reader.My mother had a stroke a few years ago. When she was recovering, she said her greatest fear was not the possible loss of mobility or discomfort/pain, but the possibility that she might lose her ability to read and work with knitting patterns.Last year I discovered Dr Barnard's other work and my mother and I went on the diet he outlines in his book 21-Day Kickstart Weight Loss 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health. I wrote a review of that here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R38EXNJ7X5IP63/ref=cm_srch_res_rtr_alt_1That diet worked miracles for our health simply by changing our diet. This book will help us extend the benefits of that lifestyle to work miracles for our brain health by showing us what to eat and what to avoid.Dr. Barnard writes in Power Foods about where brain toxins are found in our diet (interestingly, some of the toxins aren't necessarily things to avoid, but things that are a problem if we ingest either too much or too little, or even the wrong form of, for example, some metals). Dr. Barnard writes that just adding an ounce a day of seeds or nuts (for the proper form of vitamin E) will help reduce the risk of Alzheimers by 70%. Add berries, apples, pears, grapes, green leafy vegetables, and beans to your diet. Certainly things we can all do easily! Also, get rid of saturated fats. We all know we need to to this for heart health, and we need to do it for brain health as well.The book also describes brain exercises as well as the benefits of physical exercise and gives some specific things to do. Just a half hour three times a week can make a huge difference.And, very importantly for many of our aging population, what medications can be causing severe damage to our cognition. We found this to be true for my mother. We were able to get her off of her statins from adopting the 21-Day Kickstart diet, and that made a tremendous difference in her ability to think clearly and get rid of the "brain fog" that was following her around like the proverbial dark cloud. We have already made a lot of the changes he suggests in this book, but we are learning some new information to incorporate into our lifestyle, so I would recommend this book even for those who have read other of Dr. Barnard's books.Finding the root cause of cognitive problems can be quite a riddle to solve. I know it has been with my mother. In this book, Dr. Barnard walks you through the variety of things that can be a problem. One of the important things he noted is that not only can medications impact mental function, and the problems can add up as you add more medications. As we discovered in my family, the doctors did not even consider this while medicating my mother, and we had to do the detective work on medications ourselves. Some of the biggest culprits include sleep medications, statins (cholesterol lowering drugs), anti depressants, allergy meds/antihistamines, anxiety medications, pain killers, blood pressure medications, and antacids. Some of these you can just trade out for another kind, but others you really need to see a doctor about and have it managed properly. Dr. Barnard discusses this and tells you how to address the subject with your doctor. We also called our pharmacist and asked him to take a look at what my mother was taking before we saw the doctor so that we arrived to the appointment as informed as possible.In addition to medications, Dr Barnard discusses problems that can arise from other areas, such as food intolerances, depression, menopause (this was a big one for me!), thyroid problems, infections, migraines, cancer treatments, diabetes, and more.There are about 75 recipes in the book. I haven't tried them yet, but they are by the same chef who created the recipes in the Kickstart book, so I expect these to be equally easy to make and quite tasty. Examples of breakfasts include blueberry buckwheat pancakes with veggie sausage and cantaloupe; waffles with maple "bacon;" and breakfast wraps. Examples of lunches include veggie falafel with pita bread and a garden salad; easy colorful pasta salad over mixed greens; English muffin pizza; and a Tuscan wrap. Examples of dinners include red lentil soup with brown rice salad and steamed spinach, tacos with potatoes, swiss chard, and pinto beans with a spinach salad and mashed sweet potato; white bean chili with red rice, steamed spinach, and banana ice cream; and baked ziti with a rainbow salad and strawberry dressing, and warm apple cherry compote. The recipes seem very simple to make without an excessive amount of ingredients or anything excessively costly.I'd like to briefly address the criticism of Dr Barnard's plan that it can be too restrictive or drastic. It may seem that way with an initial look, but to me, loss of brain function and the prospect of losing mobility, cognition, emotions, and the toll that cognitive degeneration can cause on our families are what's really restrictive and drastic. Being bedridden or institutionalized for our later years is restrictive and drastic. Not remembering our children or being able to experience (or even remember) normal emotions is restrictive and drastic. And in light of those very real and unfortunately not uncommon possibilities, Dr Barnard's suggestions are neither restrictive or drastic.Speaking as part of a family that started to make some of these changes about a year ago, they aren't initially easy (it can definitely be hard to give up some of the food we have gotten used to), but if you work at it a little bit at a time and just keep trying, it becomes easier and easier as time goes by (the book has a special section to help deal with food cravings and why we have them). It took way less than a year for our taste buds to change and for this way of life to become not only easy for us, but enjoyable.This book adds to the vast amount of information already out there on the benefits of plant-based diets and is suitable for those who already consider themselves well-read on the subject--there is, of course, some information you will have already heard, but there is more information that is new and important and not available from other mainstream sources.Thank you for reading my review. This is an important topic and I know it's hard for some people to think about some of the changes Dr. Barnard suggests. But it's very do-able.

Reviewer: David Rubenstein
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This is a wonderful book about how to help your brain
Review: This is a wonderful book about how to help your brain. These are the concrete steps that will help improve the health of your brain, and reduce the risk of certain debilitating diseases. Most notably, Alzheimer's disease is the most dreadful. Dr. Neal Barnard goes through all of the ideas that people have advanced for avoiding Alzheimer's disease. He focuses on the lifestyle approaches that might really help. Some commonly held ideas have no scientific evidence, but do have some anecdotal support. Barnard clearly states which ideas are speculative, and which are backed by hard evidence.For example, dairy products and meats can have deleterious effects on memory, and the effects of saturated fats on the risk of developing dementia. Omega-3 fat supplements have been shown to be no better than a placebo in forestalling memory loss. Fish oil also has no benefit. In the so-called blue zones, even in Okinawa and Sardinia where people commonly live to 100, fish is not a big part of the diet. The Mediterranean diet is better than the Standard American Diet (SAD), but its helpfulness in reducing the risk of Alzheimer's is not conclusive.Some metals, when ingested in excess, can also lead to brain issues. Metals like copper, iron, and zinc are all needed in small quantities. They are absorbed from both plant food and animal food. But when absorbed from plants the absorption is self-regulating, unlike animal sources. Too much absorbed metals are harmful to the brain. People following plant-based diets keep their iron levels in a healthy range. They don't experience anemia, but unlike meat-eaters, they do not accumulate excess iron.The role of aluminum in Alzheimer's is controversial. But, Dr. Barnard maintains that it is best to play it safe. He advances a number of recommendations on how to minimize aluminum intake. Interestingly, donating blood is the fastest way to remove excessive iron from one's body.The book goes into some detail about how exercise can help your brain. Dr. Barnard not only recounts some of the research into the benefits of exercise, but also describes the mechanisms of how exercise works to improve brain function, from a chemical and genetic point of view.I have personally attended many seminars given by Dr. Barnard. He is a true authority on these subjects. He has devoted his professional life to researching the effects of lifestyle changes on health. He never comes off as preachy. He states the facts, and allows people to make up their own minds. I recommend this book to anyone who has a brain, and wishes to protect it.

Reviewer: Susana De Régules
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Buen libro, práctico y con excelente información que es esencial para nuestra salud mental.

Reviewer: Francy261
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I read this book in a very short time. It's compelling, simple, and teaches everything that everyone should know about food for our brain's health. Absolutely recommend it.

Reviewer: Samy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Brilliant book, extremely interesting and useful.I have to say that the first chapters may require a bit of concentration to read and understand but it is very well explained. An interesting read that is very well written. The recipes are easy to recreate.I also bought the Italian version for my mum and she gave it a go.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Wonderful book.

Reviewer: Ocean
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Vorab: Das Buch ist auch für Nicht-Muttersprachler (Englisch) leicht zu lesen.Der Autor erläutert nicht nur die Zusammenhänge zwischen dem Gehirn und verschiedenen Einflussfaktoren, sondern gibt auch konkrete Praxistipps, was man machen/ändern sollte. Zahlreiche Referenzen am Ende des Buchs bestätigen alle seine wissenschaftlich fundierten Aussagen.Interessant ist auch das Kapitel über Metalle (wie Kupfer, Eisen und Zink), welche man in ausreichender Menge über die Nahrung (Bohnen, grünes Gemüse, Nüsse, Vollkornprodukte usw.) bereits aufnimmt. Es wird jedoch sogleich klar gestellt, das zuviel von diesen Metallen für unser Gehirn toxisch ist. Man denke jetzt nur an die zahlreichen Nahrungsergänzungsmittel, wo z.B. Zink einfach mit Vitamin C (speziell in Erkältungsprodukten) verkauft wird und wie schnell man da toxische Mengen einnehmen kann.Er geht nicht nur auf ernährungsbedingte Probleme und Lösungen in Bezug auf die Gehirnleistung ein, sondern auch auf mentales und körperliches Training fürs Gehirn. Auch hier wieder zig Praxistipps.Am Ende findet man noch nette Rezepte, wenn auch eher nach US-Geschmack.Insgesamt ein super interessantes Buch voll mit massenhaft Informationen und Tipps!