“he gave the first modern-day description of the condition in children in a lecture at a London hospital in 1887, noting, “If… — David Perlmutter Children Copy Share Image
The best diet for overall health, and specifically for heart, brain, and cancer risk reduction, is a diet that's aggressively low in… — David Perlmutter Abundance Copy Share Image
“We can break down fat into specialized molecules called ketones, and one in particular that I’ve already mentioned—beta-hydroxybutyrate (beta-HBA)—is a superior fuel… — David Perlmutter Food Copy Share Image
“the food choices we make, the stress we experience or avoid, the exercise we get or avoid, the quality of our sleep,… — David Perlmutter Evolution Copy Share Image
Our ancestors relied upon their advanced brains to survive during times of food shortage, and fortunately, the human brain is able to… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
Rarely, Type 2 diabetes develops without any readily identifiable predisposing factor. But in the great majority of cases, it is brought on… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
Parkinson's is described as a progressive idiopathic neurodegenerative disorder, a brain disease that will worsen with time for which no cause has… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“The results of the study revealed that those individuals in the lowest 10 percent of daily physical activity had a 230 percent… — David Perlmutter Education Copy Share Image
“The neurons in the gut are so innumerable that scientist are now calling the totality of them "the second brain"... In fact,… — David Perlmutter Brain Copy Share Image
So-called 'complex carbs' may actually represent a more significant threat to health than simple sugar in that they may not only raise… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
When we are exposed to a real or perceived threatening situation, powerful things happen in the brain to memorialize aspects of the… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
Shoot for a total of no more than 80 grams of carbs in your daily diet. This means favoring vegetables that grow… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“As we’ve seen, science is only recently discovering that both fat and cholesterol are severely deficient in diseased brains and that high… — David Perlmutter Cholesterol Copy Share Image
“Warning: Drugs used to treat ADHD have resulted in cases of permanent Tourette’s syndrome. Science has been documenting this since the early… — David Perlmutter Food Copy Share Image
Memory enhancement self-help programs abound and promise improved memory performance by the utilization of any number of seemingly unique techniques focused on… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“in the past decade have we really been able to quantify and qualify the extraordinary relationship between physical fitness and mental fitness.” — David Perlmutter Exercise Copy Share Image
“when animals are on a reduced-calorie diet (typically reduced by around 30 percent), their brain production of BDNF shoots up and they… — David Perlmutter Food Copy Share Image
The human brain is at particularly high risk for damage by free radicals because of its high degree of metabolism compared to… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
The Mediterranean diet is rich in fruits and vegetables while low in sodium. It is also enriched with olive oil, high in… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“Depression and anxiety are often severe in patients with gluten sensitivity.7, 8 This is primarily due to the cytokines that block production… — David Perlmutter Depression Copy Share Image
Saturated fat is a fundamental building block for brain cells. It's certainly interesting to consider that one of the richest sources of… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
Eat your vegetables. Brush your teeth. Sweat once in a while. Get plenty of rest. Don't smoke. Laugh more. There are certain… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
Archives of Internal Medicine revealed that postmenopausal women who were put on statin drugs to lower their cholesterol had a nearly 48… — David Perlmutter Archives Copy Share Image
“In the normal process of producing energy, each mitochondrion produces hundreds if not thousands of free radical molecules each day. Multiply that… — David Perlmutter Energy Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that this author, a practicing neurologist dealing with Alzheimer's disease on a daily basis, believes we need to… — David Perlmutter Alzheimer Copy Share Image
Far from being entirely dependent on exogenous food sources of antioxidants, our cells have their own innate ability to generate antioxidants upon… — David Perlmutter Ability Copy Share Image
“refuted. The most important modifiable risk factors related to heart attack risk include smoking, excess alcohol consumption, lack of aerobic exercise, overweight,… — David Perlmutter Fitness Copy Share Image
“omega-6 fats fall under the “bad fat” category; they are somewhat pro-inflammatory, and there is evidence that higher consumption of these fats… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“What’s more, as we consume carbohydrates we stimulate an enzyme called lipoprotein lipase that tends to drive fat into the cell; the… — David Perlmutter Food Copy Share Image
“omega-6 fats, which are found in many vegetable oils, including safflower oil, corn oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, and soybean oil; vegetable… — David Perlmutter Food Copy Share Image
“The one variable that clearly stood out above all others was whether or not the mice had a running wheel. It didn’t… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“The following grains and starches contain gluten: barley bulgur couscous farina graham flour kamut matzo rye semolina spelt triticale wheat wheat germ” — David Perlmutter Food Copy Share Image
Throughout our lifetimes, we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly… — David Perlmutter Being Copy Share Image
A fundamental premise in cancer therapy is trying to identify how the metabolism of cancer cells differs from normal tissue. When differences… — David Perlmutter Cancer Copy Share Image
“You can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce your risk of diabetes (not to mention all manner of brain diseases) simply by making… — David Perlmutter Food Copy Share Image
People are getting to this place of understanding that their lifestyle choices actually do matter a whole lot as opposed to this… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“Scientists have documented time and time again that C-reactive protein—a commonly used laboratory marker of inflammation—is lower among people who keep an… — David Perlmutter Habits Copy Share Image
Most grain foods, whether we're talking about quinoa, amaranth, the very popular grains of the day - the reality is they still… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“Regular users of butter had no significant change in their risk for dementia or Alzheimer’s, but people who regularly consumed omega-3-rich oils,… — David Perlmutter Change Copy Share Image
“Your brain… weighs three pounds and has one hundred thousand miles of blood vessels. contains more connections than there are stars in… — David Perlmutter Brain Copy Share Image
