Grain Brain

Low carbohydrate diet for healing inflammatory disease such as Crohn's disease.

Crohn's disease in the rear view.

For anyone suffering from inflammatory disease, including those of the bowel such as Crohn’s disease, Grain Brain really is an essential read. Don’t be fooled by the title and description (below) – this book is about much much more than the brain. It deals with inflammation throughout the body and explains how carbohydrate based food can cause significant issues for certain people. It was this book that turned my life around.

 

There’s also lots more information available about this extraordinary book on David Perlmutter’s website.

‘Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar – Your Brain’s Silent Killers’

 
‘Renowned neurologist Dr David Perlmutter, blows the lid off a topic that’s been buried in medical literature for far too long: gluten and carbs are destroying your brain. And not just unhealthy carbs, but even healthy ones like whole grains can cause dementia, ADHD, anxiety, chronic headaches, depression, and much more. Dr Perlmutter explains what happens when the brain encounters common ingredients in your daily bread and fruit bowls, why your brain thrives on fat and cholesterol, and how you can spur the growth of new brain cells at any age.’

Comment

It was the dietary guidelines in this book that had the biggest single influence on helping my body return to a healthy state. Within a few months of making many of the recommended dietary changes my ESR marker began to fall, eventually returning a value of ‘3’ – the lower end of normal.

 

 I have since recommended it to many friends and they have all benefitted in different ways. For some it has similarly healed their bowel, others have returned to a healthier weight whilst one person reversed early stage diabetes. All were helped by the dietary guidelines.

 

At one stage even my GP was recommending this book to his patients having changed his own life. Essential reading.