Brain maker the power of gut microbes to heal and protect your brain -- for life
Debilitating brain disorders are on the rise -- from children diagnosed with autism and ADHD to adults developing dementia at younger ages than ever before. But a medical revolution is underway that can solve this problem: New research indicates that the health of your brain may be, to an extraordin...
| Main Authors: | Perlmutter, David, 1954- (Author), Loberg, Kristin (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Bug alert: You've got company
- Gut check: What are your risk factors?
- Getting to know your hundred trillion friends. Welcome aboard: Your microbial friends, from birth to death ; Belly and brain on fire: The new science of inflammation ; Is your belly depressed?: Why angry guts make for moody and anxious minds ; How your intestinal flora can make you fat and brainsick: The surprising links between your gut's bacteria and appetite, obesity, and the brain ; Autism and the gut: On the frontiers of brain medicine
- Trouble in Bugville. Punched in the gut: The truth about fructose and gluten ; Bust a gut: Common exposures that make a good microbiome go bad
- Brain maker rehab. Feeding your microbiome: Six essential keys to boosting your brain by boosting your gut ; Go pro: The guide to supplements ; The brain maker 7-day meal plan: Eat your way to a healthier brain
- Why the future holds.