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"Medications can and do change brain chemistry, and they have their place, but I’m convinced that the most powerful way to change brain chemistry is through food, because that’s where brain chemicals come from in the first place."
This about sums up the book. There's a lot of interesting information, facts and opinions and I wholeheartedly agree that what you eat can influence your mental health. It's why people that work out (I'm not talking chronic gym rats) and eat right tend to feel better, have more energy and tend to be more mentally stable than those that eat donuts all day and sit at a desk.
There are a lot of charts, graphs, images and the like so I'm really glad I didn't get the audio book because man would I have been confused.
The book discussed the different types of diets like keto, Paleo, meat only, etc.
Something I found particularly interesting and changed my perception was the meat chapter. It discussed our differences to chimps and why we shouldn't necessarily look at them to base our food pyramid and the misconceptions and blame the industry gets unnecessarily.
"Unlike plant foods, meat contains no substances that interfere with our ability to absorb or utilize nutrients. Meat is easy to digest and supports healthy insulin levels without promoting blood glucose spikes. The human brain evolved to require animal-source foods and therefore cannot develop or function properly without them. It contains all the nutrients we need."
Coming from a family with lots of heart conditions and who was always told to stay away from meat and eat grains and fruit, that threw me through a loop. If there were studies, statistics and facts to back it up I think I'd still be in denial about the entire chapter 😂.
And the book isn't just all bark, no bite. There's meal plans and recipes at the back to help those starting diet changes. I believe my diet it pretty well established for my life but will definitely be trying some of the recipes included.
Overall interesting read.
This about sums up the book. There's a lot of interesting information, facts and opinions and I wholeheartedly agree that what you eat can influence your mental health. It's why people that work out (I'm not talking chronic gym rats) and eat right tend to feel better, have more energy and tend to be more mentally stable than those that eat donuts all day and sit at a desk.
There are a lot of charts, graphs, images and the like so I'm really glad I didn't get the audio book because man would I have been confused.
The book discussed the different types of diets like keto, Paleo, meat only, etc.
Something I found particularly interesting and changed my perception was the meat chapter. It discussed our differences to chimps and why we shouldn't necessarily look at them to base our food pyramid and the misconceptions and blame the industry gets unnecessarily.
"Unlike plant foods, meat contains no substances that interfere with our ability to absorb or utilize nutrients. Meat is easy to digest and supports healthy insulin levels without promoting blood glucose spikes. The human brain evolved to require animal-source foods and therefore cannot develop or function properly without them. It contains all the nutrients we need."
Coming from a family with lots of heart conditions and who was always told to stay away from meat and eat grains and fruit, that threw me through a loop. If there were studies, statistics and facts to back it up I think I'd still be in denial about the entire chapter 😂.
And the book isn't just all bark, no bite. There's meal plans and recipes at the back to help those starting diet changes. I believe my diet it pretty well established for my life but will definitely be trying some of the recipes included.
Overall interesting read.
I haven’t finished this because it’s very dense and I got it on audiobook, which was my mistake. This, for me, needs highlighters and sticky notes to begin to absorb it all, but what I did listen to was interesting. It was distressing to hear about how 50 percent of antidepressants help people, which sounds not terrible until she says that 40 percent of people who take placebos also get better. I was perplexed by her seeming to cheer carnivore, heavy egg and fat diets because, if you’re that meat centric, how are you getting fiber? How can your gut possibly be happy with that diet?
NetGalley provided an advance copy of this nonfiction book.
NetGalley provided an advance copy of this nonfiction book.
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Intrigued enough that I bought a hard copy to explore more deeply what I missed via audiobook. Spoiler is a little bit "don't eat anything" but chock full of information to digest ;)
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I can admit I’m biased because keto already changed my life two years ago, so I went in pre-agreeing with the outcome. However, this is so well researched and cited and self-aware. Whether you agree with the author’s ultimate suggestions, there’s a ton of information to think through to make your own informed decisions. Understanding how the body reacts to what we put in it is vital to making changes to optimize your health. I appreciate now understanding why I’ve seen the improvements I have. Whether you’re looking at changing your diet for mental health or just general health, highly recommend.
Excellent information. I won this in a Goodreads giveaway. Without reading about it I expected an average book about lame diets. This book actually had information about what is helpful and when and how it impacts different parts of your body and brain. I was a little overwhelmed by all of the science in the beginning. And then at the end I was surprised by the recipes. The only reason for one less star is because there was a lot of focus on insulin deficiency and that doesn't really interest me as it seems really specific but maybe one day it will.
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Very informative and looking forward to implementing these things into my diet.