Publisher's Synopsis
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss memory the most."
-Mark Twain
This book is designed to help people cope with memory loss through diet.
Packed with over 200 delicious recipes ranging from appetizers to main courses, from soups, to fish, to desserts. The recipes have been developed by well-respected Canadian cookbook author Norene Gilletz, each of which receives a solid commentary from Dr Edward Wein, Brain Boosting Diet provides both health and nutritional advice for people with memory loss.
Another important purpose of the book is to show the reader how to slow down potential cognitive decline.
- LEARN how diet fits with other lifestyle measures to stave off memory loss and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's and dementia.
- BECOME AWARE of the 3 deadly dietary sins that put your body and brain at risk:
- Too much food,
- Too much sugar and carbohydrates, and
- Too much processed foods.
- IDENTIFY foods that help prevent cognitive decline and those that accelerate it.
- CHOOSE a brain beneficial diet plan based on your personal preference. Plant Based. Med Diet. MIND Diet. BBD (Brain Boosting Diet).
- DISCOVER how to maximize the brain benefit of your chosen diet plan by selective food combinations and preparation. An approach not previously published.
- UNDERSTAND the role of supplements in a brain-healthy diet and choose those that are worth taking.
- FIND tidbits of interesting information interspersed throughout the text as well as "Dr. Ed Says" notes on the brain nutrition value of each of the recipes, like:
- Our human hunter gatherer ancestors of 10,000 years ago had better nutrition than our farming ancestors until a couple of hundred years ago. This was because the former ate a variety of foods they could find, rather than trying to exist on one or a few farmed crops which offered limited nutrition.
- Of the thousands of substances involved in human metabolism, about 50 need to be supplied by diet. The other compounds can be supplied by the metabolic processes of the body.
"If we don't use food as our medicine, we will use medicine as our food."
- Anon
