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kat_learner's review
4.0
I learned more from Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back To Health But like the title indicates this book focuses more on what wheat, carbs, & sugar does to the brain. There are some decent recipes included.
libellum_aphrodite's review
3.0
If you were not paranoidly questioning the conventional wisdom of doctors and other authority figures before, you may be after reading this book. Perlmutter provides yet another case for improving health by avoiding gluten and limiting carbs, but from a new angle of the long-term cognitive risks associated with these foods. Alzheimer's and similar ailments that degenerate the brain are one of my personal worst medical fears and the idea that society has promoted a diet exacerbating the risk is highly disturbing. Whether you come away from the book agreeing with Perlmutter or not, I hope he convinces you to question (and by that I do mean question, not handily reject) all the information you are spoon-fed by any self-proclaimed expert, including him. That being said, I found his rationale solid, backed with statistical studies, thorough explanations of biological mechanisms, and anecdotes. Much of his evidence does stem from his own practice and patients, but I would beg any skeptics to consider if there was even the slightest chance of healing a patient with chronic illnesses of any sort, or just improving your own well-being, with simple, non-outlandish diet changes, why on Earth wouldn't you try it? I already eat mostly in line with his recommendations from following Paleo and limit carbs as suggested in [b:The Primal Blueprint|6515468|The Primal Blueprint Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy|Mark Sisson|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348726627s/6515468.jpg|6707264], but plan on trying his recommended 30-40g carbs/day for 4 weeks.
tamaru22's review
5.0
Learning about the science behind how carbs affect the body is eye opening. After cutting carbs in half in my diet, I feel 10 years younger, no longer have back aches, have a much improved mood and mentality and increased energy. And that's what is happening that is external and noticeable.
Reducing carbs has allowed me to increase vegetables in my diet. I am so glad to have made these changes and really recommend anyone to just give lowering your carbs a try. I saw changes in just 2 days.
I will never return to the way I previously ate.
Regardless of what people generally feel about the allegedly seriously for-profit Dr. Perlmutter, try out removing gluten and lowering your carbs below 100g a day and see for yourself.
Reducing carbs has allowed me to increase vegetables in my diet. I am so glad to have made these changes and really recommend anyone to just give lowering your carbs a try. I saw changes in just 2 days.
I will never return to the way I previously ate.
Regardless of what people generally feel about the allegedly seriously for-profit Dr. Perlmutter, try out removing gluten and lowering your carbs below 100g a day and see for yourself.
lriopel's review
4.0
Another non-fiction related to my current obsession with diet and nutrition - I liked this one, offered some new information, seemed pretty thoroughly researched. Not perfect as far as fully exploring the subject matter, but definitely more easily readable and understandable than 'Good Calories, Bad Calories', which I am still slogging through. I really respect that work, but it is pretty fact-dense and not easy to digest. This one was much more palatable for someone who is just getting into the subject matter. I am planning to give it to some family members who continue to be perplexed by what I do an don't eat these days, and why.
aoosterwyk's review against another edition
5.0
This book made me think about what I eat. A powerful connection between food and the brain exists and much of the information I had already learned (and forgotten about, LOL) in The End of Alzheimer's. I tried a couple of the suggestions and noticed that even after a week I felt better.
deniseef's review
5.0
Brilliant book. I read this to see if I could learn anything about my son's brain fog - virtually everyone in my family have since gone wheat free and we feel better for it (although subtly). But it was only on reading about how people suffering from migraines are markedly improved by removing wheat/gluten from their diet that I mentioned it to my 13-year old daughter who has suffered from migraines almost weekly for 6 years. She decided herself to try it and so stopped eating wheat over 4 months ago and, I am not kidding, has not had ONE migraine since! She once had two slices of pizza (I didn't remind her of the wheat as I almost didn't believe it myself) before she remembered and, the next day when I collected her from school, the first thing she said to me was, "It's definitely the wheat, I haven't had a migraine but I've had a headache all day". Amazing!
A really good book and it has some great information about diabetes, Alzheimer's and how we need good fats. The ridiculous mainstream "advice" we are fed (excuse the pun) by telling us to cut out fats is nonsense, has been proven so a long time ago, but we are still being told we should look after our health this way. Yet diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer's is ever-increasing. A very good way to start to take control of your health again.
A really good book and it has some great information about diabetes, Alzheimer's and how we need good fats. The ridiculous mainstream "advice" we are fed (excuse the pun) by telling us to cut out fats is nonsense, has been proven so a long time ago, but we are still being told we should look after our health this way. Yet diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer's is ever-increasing. A very good way to start to take control of your health again.