Brain Maker
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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- If you can find it in the library, the book "Brain Maker" [0] has a good starting point in its recipes section. Here's [1] a video showing how it's done. You've got to buy the Kefir grains (or get them from someone you know who makes Kefir). Once you have the grains, you most likely won't need to buy them again, as you'll keep them alive and growing on your own. (Note for the grain-free folks, Kefir grains aren't actually grains. They're a bacterial culture conceptually similar to what you'd use to make yogurt.)
Basically, you combine water, Kefir, and sugar, then you wait a few days. Then, you drink. Or if you want to add flavoring (which I highly recommend), you do a second fermentation process: add in the flavoring (e.g. dried strawberries or something), bottle it for a 1-3 more more days, then drink or refrigerate.
[0] https://www.drperlmutter.com/about/brain-maker-by-david-perl... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_d7wQ-lkvI
- Dr. David Perlmutter has a fantastic talk (called Brain Maker, and associated with his book of the same name) on this mind-gut link. Synopsis here:
https://experiencelife.com/article/healthy-gut-healthy-brain...
- Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life by Perlmutter
I have a theory that fad diets like keto, paleo, primal blueprint, low fodmap, whole 30 (of which there are numerous people claiming they have major improvements) really work because they influence the gut biome.
- I got to know about microbiome sometimes last year.
Spent good amount of time on reading about it, some books I read:
* 10% Human: How Your Body’s Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness (https://www.amazon.in/10-Human-Microbes-Health-Happiness/dp/...)
* Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Under-Rated Organ (https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/938528861X)
* Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brainfor Life (https://www.amazon.in/dp/0316380105)
also watched the course on Coursera about Microbiome (https://www.coursera.org/learn/microbiome), it was an eye opener.
- This is a fairly decent introduction to the topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mioR_WrkRaU
This book is also doing the rounds but I'm not sure how good it actually is
http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Maker-Microbes-Protect-Brain%C2%...
