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The bestselling author of Grain Brain uncovers the powerful role of gut bacteria in determining your brain's destiny.



Debilitating brain disorders are on the rise-from children diagnosed with autism and ADHD to adults developing dementia at younger ages than ever before. But a medical revolution is underway that can solve this problem: Astonishing new research is revealing that the health of your brain is, to an extraordinary degree, dictated by the state of your microbiome--the vast population of organisms that live in your body and outnumber your own cells ten to one. What's taking place in your intestines today is determining your risk for any number of brain-related conditions.



In Brain Maker , Dr. Perlmutter explains the potent interplay between intestinal microbes and the brain, describing how the microbiome develops from birth and evolves based on lifestyle choices, how it can become "sick," and how nurturing gut health through a few easy strategies can alter your brain's destiny for the better. With simple dietary recommendations and a highly practical program of six steps to improving gut ecology, Brain Maker opens the door to unprecedented brain health potential.

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• Introduction: Bug Alert: You've Got Company(p. 3)
• Gut Check: What Are Your Risk Factors?(p. 15)
• Part I Getting to Know Your Hundred Trillion Friends
• Chapter 1 Welcome Aboard: Your Microbial Friends from Birth to Death(p. 21)
• Chapter 2 Belly and Brain on Fire; The New Science of Inflammation(p. 43)
• Chapter 3 Is Your Belly Depressed? Why Angry Guts Make for Moody and Anxious Minds(p. 71)
• Chapter 4 How Your Intestinal Flora Can Make You Fat and Brainsick: The Surprising Links Between Your Gut's Bacteria and Appetite, Obesity and the Brain(p. 96)
• Chapter 5 Autism and the Gut: On the Frontiers of Brain Medicine(p. 116)
• Part II Trouble in Bugville
• Chapter 6 Punched in the Gut: The Truth about Fructose and Gluten(p. 143)
• Chapter 7 Bust a Gut: Common Exposures That Make a Good Microbiome Go Bad(p. 155)
• Part III Brain Maker Rehab
• Chapter 8 Feeding Your Microbiome: Six Essential Keys to Boosting Your Brain by Boosting Your Gut(p. 179)
• Chapter 9 Go Pro: The Guide to Supplements(p. 202)
• Chapter 10 The Brain Maker 7-Day Meal Plan: Eat Your Way to a Healthier Brain(p. 217)
• Epilogue: What the Future Holds(p. 265)
• Acknowledgments(p. 279)
• Notes(p. 281)
• Index(p. 305)

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David Perlmutter, M.D. is a Naples, Florida, based American physician, author, and scholar. He is the president of the Perlmutter Health Center. He wrote the New York Times bestselling book Grain Brain, released September, 2013. The book addresses nutritional and lifestyle influences and their impact on neurological disorders, such as Dementia.

Perlmutter serves as a medical advisor for The Dr. Oz Show, and lectures at symposia sponsored by such medical institutions as Harvard University, the University of Arizona, Scripps Institute, New York University, and Columbia University. His contributions to medical literature include publications appearing in the Journal of Neurosurgery, the Southern Medical Journal, Journal of Applied Nutrition, and Archives of Neurology.

Perlmutter has received awards for his approaches to neurological disorders including the 2002 Linus Pauling Award, 2006 National Nutritional Foods Association Clinician of the Year Award, and 2010 Humanitarian of the Year award from the American College of Nutrition. His title's The Grain Brain Cookbook: More then 150 Life Changing Gluten-free Recipes to Transform Your Health and Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)