David Perlmutter Quotes

• We can change the expression of more than 70 percent of the genes that have a direct bearing on our health and longevity.

  David Perlmutter

  Expression, Genes, Longevity

  David Perlmutter (2014). “Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers”, p.109, Hachette UK

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• Researchers have known for some time now that the cornerstone of all degenerative conditions, including brain disorders, is inflammation. But what they didn’t have documented until now are the instigators of that inflammation—the first missteps that prompt this deadly reaction. And what they are finding is that gluten, and a high-carbohydrate diet for that matter, are among the most prominent stimulators of inflammatory pathways that reach the brain.

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  Brain, Gluten, Matter

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• Food is medicine. We can actually change our gene expressions with the foods we eat.

  David Perlmutter

  Expression, Medicine, Genes

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• Two forms of fat that are vitally important for brain health are cholesterol and saturated fat.

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  Two, Brain, Important

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• Gluten is this Generation's Tobacco

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  This Generation, Generations, Gluten

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• Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

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  Alzheimer's, Blood, Risk

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• It may seem draconian, but the best recommendation I can make is to completely avoid grains.

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  May, Recommendations, Grain

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• The origin of brain disease is in many cases predominantly dietary. Although several factors play into the genesis and progression of brain disorders, to a large extent numerous neurological afflictions often reflect the mistake of consuming too many carbs and too few healthy fats.

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  Mistake, Play, Healthy

  David Perlmutter (2014). “Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers”, p.27, Hachette UK

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• Eat your vegetables. Brush your teeth. Sweat once in a while. Get plenty of rest. Don't smoke. Laugh more. There are certain tenets to health that are pretty commonsensical and that we all know we should practice routinely.

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  Loss, Vegetables, Practice

  David Perlmutter (2014). “Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers”, p.12, Hachette UK

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• Fat is your friend. The brain thrives on a fat-rich, low-carbohydrate diet.

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  Brain, Rich, Carbohydrates

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• Carbs are devastating for the brain.

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  Brain, Carbs

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• Rarely, Type 2 diabetes develops without any readily identifiable predisposing factor. But in the great majority of cases it is brought on by lifestyle activities, including, and clearly most importantly, dietary choices.

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  Type 2 Diabetes, Choices, Majority

  "You Can Prevent Alzheimer’s" by David Perlmutter, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 1, 2013.

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• In general, the public knowledge base and thus decision-making behaviors are far more influenced by advertisement than with current science.

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  Decision, Behavior, Currents

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• The science supporting the relationship between carbohydrates and dementia is quite exciting, as it paves the way for lifestyle changes that can profoundly affect a persons chances of remaining intact, at least from a brain perspective.

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  Perspective, Brain, Way

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• Archives of Internal Medicine revealed that postmenopausal women who were put on statin drugs to lower their cholesterol had a nearly 48 percent increased risk of developing diabetes compared to those who weren’t given the drug.

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  Medicine, Risk, Drug

  David Perlmutter (2014). “Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers”, p.15, Hachette UK

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• Bad things happen. And the human brain is especially adept at making sure that we keep track of these events. This is an adaptive mechanism important for survival.

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  Track, Brain, Survival

  "Human Memory: Why Bad Memories Stick" by David Perlmutter, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2011.

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• Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer.

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  Cáncer, Corazón, Enfermedad

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• Throughout our lifetimes we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly being born in the hippocampus that ultimately differentiate into fully functional neurons.

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  Cells, Brain, Neurons

  "Becoming a Memory Champion?" by David Perlmutter, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2013.

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• We may all be sensitive to gluten from a neurological standpoint.

  David Perlmutter

  May, Gluten, Sensitive

  David Perlmutter (2014). “Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers”, p.54, Hachette UK

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• Strokes are categorized as either bleeding into the brain or a blockage in blood supply, known as an ischemic stroke. The latter are overwhelmingly more common, compromising about 87 percent of all stroke events.

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  Blood, Brain, Events

  "Olive Oil Cuts Stroke Risk?" by David Perlmutter, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2011.

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