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Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power | Lisa Mosconi PhD
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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.
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Lizwarnerpdx
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Tons of interesting info. Self-help books are t my fave, so it was a bit too textbook-y for me. But I got some great takeaways from it.

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Sky_High
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The biggest fear of mine is to forget that's why I spend my time exploring new opportunities for brain productivity increase and general health condition improvement.

In this book collected everything I've very needed:
- healthy nutrients and powerful supplements;
- nutrition tips;
- health condition improvement tips and even quick review of the existed diets and their impact of health condition.

Game-changing Recommended reading!

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lolaandrioo
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Very good information. 5 of 5 Stars

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danimgill
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Anyone else have the kind of anxiety that‘s soothed by research? 🙋‍♀️ I‘ve been lowkey panicking about losing my memory in old age lately for no good reason so I borrowed this book. It‘s a straightforward, clearly written look at the connection between food and dementia and what healthy changes we can make to stave it off. The science seems sound and she gives great recipe suggestions in the final section, I look forward to trying them!

EloisaJames Thanks! I just listened to a dinner guest tell me that I should give up all carbs and sugar in order to stave off dementia—this sounds more reasonable! 6y
danimgill @EloisaJames I would never be able to fully 100% quit carbs and sugar 😱 The last section of this book has a test to see how “brain healthy” your habits are and then she gives you advice on improvement from there! I‘m starting with the babiest of steps lol 6y
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