Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind
A powerful plan to improve mood, overcome anxiety and protect memory for a lifetime of optimal mental health
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Are you struggling with attention problems, mood swings, food obsession, or depression? Whatever the issue, you have far more control than you realize. In Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind, Dr Georgia Ede reveals that the most powerful way to change brain chemistry is with food - because that's where brain chemicals come from in the first place.
In this provocative, illuminating guide, Dr Ede explains why nearly everything we think we know about brain-healthy diets is wrong. The truth is that meat is not dangerous, vegan diets are not healthier, and antioxidants are not the answer. Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind will empower you to:
- Understand how unscientific research drives fickle news headlines and dietary guidance
- Evaluate yourself for signs of insulin resistance - the silent metabolic disease that robs your brain of energy
- Improve your mental health with a personalized plan to suit your own food preferences and health goals
Drawing on a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biochemistry, neuroscience, and botany, Dr Ede will ignite your curiosity about the fascinating world of food and its role in nourishing, protecting, and energizing your brain.
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Psychiatrist Ede debuts with a stimulating examination of how eating better can boost brain health. Exploring how various foods affect the mind, she explains that refined sugars and flours are unnaturally rich in carbohydrates that cause glucose and insulin spikes in the bloodstream, impeding communication between neurons in the brain and making "concentrating, remembering, and processing information" difficult. To reduce carb intake, she recommends following a modified paleo diet that "allows meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, fruits, and vegetables and excludes grains, legumes, dairy, refined carbohydrates, alcohol, vegetable oils, and ultraprocessed foods." If the paleo diet doesn't yield improvements after six weeks, she suggests switching to the narrower ketogenic diet, noting studies that have shown it "cools inflammation," "bolsters antioxidant defenses," and keeps glucose levels in check. The science is rigorous yet accessible (cytokines in the brain respond to molecules formed from excess sugar by crossing "into the bloodstream to alert the rest of the body that the brain is under attack and instruct your whole body to temporarily adopt a new set of priorities to deal with the emergency"), and the dietary advice is easy to follow. It's a solid guide to eating better.
