MIND Diet for Beginners: 85 Recipes and a 7-Day Kickstart Plan to Boost Your Brain Health

by Kelli McGrane MS RD

Feed your brain with the MIND diet—a beginner’s cookbook and meal plan

The Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, or the MIND diet, is a brain-building way to eat that’s proven to treat hypertension, support your brain health, and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia—all while enjoying delicious and nutritious meals.

Kick-start your MIND diet with an easy step-by-step guide, plus a 7-day meal plan—complete with shopping lists. And dig in to 85 tasty beginner recipes that keep your brain (and body) healthy and happy.

MIND Diet for Beginners

A 5-step MIND plan—Incorporate the MIND diet into your lifestyle with a beginner-friendly 5-step plan, help on stocking your kitchen, meal planning guidance, and more. Tools to stay organized—Stay on track with an easy-to-follow meal plan, shopping lists, food trackers, and advice for long-term success. Quick, easy recipes—Make it simple to boost your brain health with the 30-minute recipes, 5-ingredient recipes, one-pot recipes, or no-cook recipes in this MIND diet cookbook.

MIND Diet for Beginners has everything you need to boost your brainpower and keep your body happy.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Health

248 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 15, 2020

Reviews

[Michele Hirsch · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am not reading this book page by page because... well it is a cookbook, not a work of fiction.
Importantly, I purchased the book because it has a week-long menu of recipes that I thought would make it easy to kick start my new diet.
Also, I am the type of poor cook who has had my blender stored for over 10 years. Suffice to say that I am the "Beginner" cook that this book was designed for.
Ultimately, I've only made about six of the 85 recipes in the book. However, despite being a beginner I have been pleasantly surprised at the recipes' ease and tastiness. I plan on making many more recipes (with the use of my no-longer-dusty blender).

[Kathryn Duncan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I never can find a silver bullet, including this cookbook. I'm a vegetarian who occasionally eats fish and lives with a somewhat-picky 18 year old. Both my parents had dementia, so I'm doing my best to address that via my diet. There is a good info here, some nice guidance, but the cookbook has chicken and beef, and many of the vegetarian recipes have tofu, which my daughter doesn't like. So the search continues.

That being said, the recipe for the fish tacos is super easy and absolutely delicious, so that, along with clear recommendations on particular foods to eat, made this purchase worth it.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mostly good, definitely healthy, but I’m still not buying a blender or chopping up meat. However, many workable recipes that sound tasty enough.

[A.L. Zeine · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a physician, I know what I SHOULD be doing for the most part, however, we all need constant nudges to keep us headed in the right direction. My family has a strong history of Alzheimer's dementia and with many risk factors, it is something I fear. I picked up this book hoping for insight into the Mind diet, as this diet is new to me. This was a very informative book. I already make some of the recipes, but there were quite a few I plan on adding. I also found the author knowledgeable about the different lifestyles (Mediterranean, DASH Diet, etc) and what is truly needed to have a healthier life. I also teach that lifestyle change is needed, not just a quick diet. Thanks for another needed nudge along my wellness journey.

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

I guess the book is good. It certainly has some good info about what should be eaten to maintain brain health but there isn’t much detail or data about what it talks about. A very “surface” book. As far as some the recipes are concerned, there are some recipes neither of us would ever even think of eating. They sound gross! Like black bean sweet potato burgers! Barf! I’m by no means a huge meat eater but if I’m going to have a burger, it’s going to be a real burger!

[Tara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really do not need to buy the book to get the point an instructions.

[Dee Renee Chesnut · Rating 5 out of 5]

I appreciate the 7-Day Kickstart Plan and the links to blank charts to help me track using these new recipes as I try them and make adjustments to family recipes and menus.