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Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain's Silent Killers

by David Perlmutter
with Kristin Loberg. 8 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Hachette Audio. 2013. ISBN 9781619698468. $30; Playaway digital; digital download. HEALTH
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Diabetes, dementia, epilepsy, suicide, autism, schizophrenia—this, apparently, is your brain on gluten. Perlmutter (Power Up Your Brain) here offers a comprehensive plan for optimal brain health that includes the elimination of all gluten from not just your diet but also your skin products. In addition to exercise and plenty of sleep, the author suggests that a change in diet can remedy all of the aforementioned maladies as well as many others not listed here. Peter Ganim's narration is enthusiastic, and a PDF of recipes is included on the last disc.
VERDICT This addition to the growing list of books denouncing grains as the leading cause of society's epidemic of health problems is recommended only for libraries where there is demand for the genre. ["An optional purchase; buy where Perlmutter's titles are in demand," concurred the review of the Little, Brown hc, LJ 11/1/13.]
Reviewed by Deb West, Gannon Univ. Lib., Erie, PA , Feb 15, 2014
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