Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers

whole wheat, whole grain, multigrain, seven-grain, live grain, stone-ground, and so on.

Brain dysfunction starts in your daily bread, and I’m going to prove it. I’ll state it again because I realize it sounds absurd: Modern grains are silently destroying your brain.

We are increasingly challenging our physiology with ingredients for which we are not genetically prepared.

wheat, fructose (the natural sugar found in fruit), and certain fats, proving that an extremely low-carbohydrate but high-fat diet is ideal (we’re talking no more than 60 grams of carbs a day—the amount in a serving of fruit).

Gluten is what I call a “silent germ.” It can inflict lasting damage without your knowing it.

but I’ll be recommending that you start swapping out your daily bread with butter and eggs.

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