Brain Maker Quotes

“Elevated blood sugar stirs up inflammation in the bloodstream, as excess sugar can be toxic if it’s not swept up and used by cells. It also triggers a reaction called glycation—the biological process by which sugar binds to proteins and certain fats, resulting in deformed molecules that don’t function well. These sugar proteins are technically called advanced glycation end products (AGEs). The body does not recognize AGEs as normal, so they set off inflammatory reactions. In the brain, sugar molecules and brain proteins combine to produce lethal new structures that contribute to the degeneration of the brain and its functioning. The relationship between poor blood sugar control and Alzheimer’s disease in particular is so strong that researchers are now calling Alzheimer’s disease type-3 diabetes.14”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“New science reveals that exercise positively influences the gut’s balance of bacteria to favor colonies that prevent weight gain.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Our best medical journals are now brimming with high-profile, rigorous studies that show a stunning correlation between high blood sugar and risk for dementia.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“these same chemicals found in the brain are also produced in the gut, and that their availability to the brain is largely governed by the activity of gut bacteria, we are forced to realize that ground zero for all things mood-related is the gut.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“The microbiome affects our mood, libido, metabolism, immunity, and even our perception of the world and the clarity of our thoughts. It helps determine whether we are fat or thin, energic or lethargic. Put simply, everything about our health-how we feel both emotionally and physically-hinges on the state of our microbiome.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“The fact that changes in our gut affect our brain’s response to negativity or emotionally stirring images is just mind-boggling. But it’s also empowering. It means that what we put in our mouths and how we feed our gut bacteria do indeed affect our brain’s functionality. IT”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Your gut has its own immune system, the “gut-associated lymphatic tissue” (GALT). It represents 70 to 80 percent of your body’s total immune system. This speaks volumes about the importance—and vulnerability—of your gut. If the events that take place in the gut weren’t so critical to life, then the majority of your immune system wouldn’t have to be there to guard and protect it.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Some of my most remarkable case studies involve people changing their lives and health for the better through simple brain-making edits to their dietary choices. They cut carbs and add healthy fats, especially cholesterol—a key player in brain and psychological health. I’ve watched this fundamental dietary shift single-handedly extinguish depression and all of its kissing cousins, from chronic anxiety to poor memory and even ADHD.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“The fact that changes in our gut affect our brain's response to negativity or emotionally stirring images is just mind-boggling. But it's also empowering. It means that what we put in our mouths and how we feed our gut bacteria do indeed affect our brain's functionality.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“The neurons in the gut are so innumerable that scientist are now calling the totality of them "the second brain"...

In fact, recent research is revaling that our second brain may not be second at all. It can act independently from the main brain and control many functions without the brain's input.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Some bacteria are more or less permanent residents; they form long-lasting colonies.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“I am saddened by the fact that the billion-dollar psychotropic pharmaceutical industry is predicated on the idea that people will take a pill to treat symptoms, while the underlying disorder is ignored.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“For those of you who test negative to gluten sensitivity or who have never had problems with gluten and love your pancakes and pizza, let me share the following: Research shows that modern wheat is capable of producing more than 23,000 different proteins, any one of which could trigger a potentially damaging inflammatory response.13”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“formulas as easy as possible, I’ve simplified my recommendation to just five core probiotic species that are widely available: Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus brevis, Bifidobacterium lactis, and Bifidobacterium longum. Different strains provide different benefits, but these are the ones that will, as we’ve been discussing since the beginning of the book, best support brain health in these ways: • Fortifying the intestinal lining and reducing gut permeability • Reducing LPS, the inflammatory molecule that can be dangerous if it reaches the bloodstream • Increasing BDNF, the brain’s growth hormone • Sustaining an overall balance to crowd out any”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus brevis, Bifidobacterium lactis, and Bifidobacterium longum.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Italian researchers, for another example, have demonstrated that in elderly individuals suffering from mild cognitive impairment, those who consumed the highest level of flavonoids from cocoa and chocolate improved their insulin sensitivity and blood pressure significantly.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Cyrex Array 2, which offers the”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“all manner of disease is rooted in inflammation run amok, and your immune system controls inflammation.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“intestinal flora and mitochondria share a complex interplay and are like second and third sets of DNA in addition to our own nuclear DNA.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Fortalecer el revestimiento intestinal y disminuir la permeabilidad intestinal. Disminuir los niveles de LPS, la molécula inflamatoria que puede ser peligrosa si llega al torrente sanguíneo. Aumentar el FNDC, la hormona de crecimiento cerebral. Mantener un equilibrio general para controlar cualquier posible colonia bacteriana rebelde.”
― David Perlmutter, Alimenta tu cerebro: El sorprendente poder de la flora intestinal para sanar y proteger tu cerebro...

“The neurons in the gut are so innumerable that scientist are now calling the totality of them "the second brain"...

In fact, recent research is revaling that our second brain may not be second at all. It can act independently from the main brain and control many functions without the brain's input or help.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus brevis, Bifidobacterium lactis, and Bifidobacterium longum”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“these kits can be useful for gauging the diversity and general composition of your microbiome.”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Although microbial testing kits are starting to emerge on the market,”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“Lifestyle factors that stimulate this process include eating a diet that derives more energy or calories from fat than from carbohydrate (a central theme of Grain Brain”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

“As reported in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2013, even slight elevations of blood sugar that are far below the diabetes range have been shown to significantly increase the risk for the development of untreatable dementia.7”
― David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life