Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life, by David Perlmutter, is a comprehensive exploration of the link between a healthy gut microbiome and a healthier brain. It dives into the power of probiotics to reduce inflammation and stress, improve cognition, and even reverse damage caused by Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The book provides informative and actionable steps on how to achieve a healthier gut and brain, such as lifestyle changes, dietary modifications, and supplement use. Perlmutter presents a wealth of research showing how the gut and brain can influence each other for better or for worse. He provides an in-depth explanation of the gut–brain axis and how it works, as well as the importance of probiotics for gut health. He then looks at the neuroscience behind the beneficial effects of probiotics on mental health, such as improved memory and mood.Brain Maker is a great resource for anyone looking to better understand and take control of their mental health. Perlmutter outlines practical steps that can be taken to enhance and protect brain functioning. He also offers amazing advice on eating right and building healthy relationships. Above all, Brain Maker demonstrates the healing power of the gut and helps individuals understand how to use it to maximize their brainpower.
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The single most important medical innovation in the 21st century is making the link between the gut and the little bugs that live there and nearly every chronic disease – from autism to depression, from asthma to autoimmune disease, from diabetes to dementia. Brain Maker is a game changer. For the first time, this brilliant scientist doctor connects the dots and teaches us why we need to tend our inner garden (our microbiome) and provides a radical but simple plan to reset, reboot, and renew your microbiome. This book shouldn’t be called Brain Maker, it should be called Health Maker.