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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
The book was the central topic of discussion when host Theo Von interviewed author Dr. David Perlmutter. Theo, who found the initial chapters "really fascinating," related the book’s core message—the severe negative impact of modern wheat and refined carbohydrates on brain health—to his own family history with Alzheimer’s. The conversation focused heavily on the preventability of neurological diseases and strongly recommended dietary changes, such as adopting a ketogenic diet, based on the book’s principles.
Episode: Dr. David Perlmutter | This Past Weekend #187
It was discussed at length, with a focus on the negative impacts of gluten and refined carbohydrates on the brain, and a recommendation for a ketogenic diet with supplements and fiber.
He's the author of Grain Brain, which has more than 1 million copies in print ladies and gentlemen, dr. Pearl mutter
I've been there with my dad who died of Alzheimer's.
I read that in your book Like yeah, my stepfather has it and my mother has to and it's horrible and it's mostly Preventable right
I only read about 60 pages of grain brain But it was really fascinating to me even in that little bit of time I found some things that were really interesting and and so I'm glad you're here today so I can talk to you about them
I read in your book that there's like sometimes you think like, okay I'm having This thing that my ancestors had this primitive sort of diet and it was about wheat a part of it was about a wheat or something But that the wheat that we have now is nothing like the act the wheat that they had then
