Which Diet is Best for Cognitive Power and Preventing Alzheimer's?

Brain scans reveal the foods that maximize cognitive power and prevent Alzheimer's dementia. In this episode, scientists reveal the critical role phytochemicals play in brain health.

0:00 The big question
0:37 National Child Development Study
3:42 Which experts should we listen to?
4:33 Chris Palmer and Brain Energy
8:58 David Perlmutter and Grain Brain
9:42 Lisa Mosconi's books
11:46 Discovery via brain scans
13:10 The brain's unique nutritional needs
15:55 My minerals tests
16:56 Food that makes us smarter
18:52 Phytonutrients
21:24 Ketones and brain health
22:10 Red meat and the brain

BOOKS REFERENCED:

Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power by Lisa Mosconi
https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Food-Lis...

The XX Brain: The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease by Lisa Mosconi
https://www.amazon.com/The-XX-Brain-a...

Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More by Chris Palmer
https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Energy-R...

This Is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods That Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More by Uma Naidoo
https://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brai...

Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers by David Perlmutter
https://www.amazon.com/Grain-Brain-au...

Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy by Herman Pontzer
https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Research-...

Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis Third Edition by Herman Pontzer
https://www.amazon.com/Reconstructing...

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PAPERS:

Mediterranean diet and 3-year Alzheimer brain biomarker changes in middle-aged adults | Lisa Mosconi
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

The effect of a high-polyphenol Mediterranean diet (Green-MED) combined with physical activity on age-related brain atrophy: the Dietary Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial Polyphenols Unprocessed Study (DIRECT PLUS) | Iris Shai
https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article...

Broccoli sprouts: an exceptionally rich source of inducers of enzymes that protect against chemical carcinogens | Jed Fahey
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/...

The beneficial effects of Mediterranean diet over low-fat diet may be mediated by decreasing hepatic fat content | Iris Shai
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Effect of egg ingestion on trimethylamine-N-oxide production in humans: a randomized, controlled, dose-response study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24944...

Iron and Mechanisms of Neurotoxicity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...