Genius Foods

Before we move on, it’s important to be aware of the myriad of factors other than “chronic ca ...

Gluten is the sticky protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. Already present in most breads, cakes, pasta, ...

Making a positive change, such as reducing your grain intake, eliminating sugar, and reaching ...

sugar can suppress the stress hormone cortisol and stress responses in the brain.^26 This can ...

may just budge.” (Side note: this trick also works against other forms of social pressure, such ...

Forget “Everything in Moderation” and Embrace Consistency Many people told to “moderate” their carbohydrate intake ...

Have an “Accountabilibuddy” (Real or Digital) To borrow a term from one of my favorite shows (that’s ...

compromising our cognitive health. And yet the claim that grains (even “healthy” whole ones) improve health is ...

Reducing frequent, prolonged insulin spikes by minimizing concentrated carbohydrate consumption is one of ...

Genius Food #4 Dark Chocolate Did you know that cacao beans were honored as valid currency in ...

next to the cocoa). Such processing greatly degrades the phytonutrient content of cocoa, taking ...

Part 2 The Interconnectedness of It All (Your Brain Responds) ...

Chapter 5 Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain I remember eating my first omelet like it was yesterday. (What, y ...

humor. Did her promise hold true? Let’s just say I remain a picky eater.) A few years later, we were on ...

vascular health than we’d been in the past, but unfortunately, many doctors still dole out outdate ...

them? The discovery of vitamin C cured scurvy. Vitamin D prevents rickets. These were big wins with si ...

bodies and our relatively limited scientific tools, we should be intensely skeptical of any rapid, engineered ...

show any benefit whatsoever in terms of heart disease or overall mortality.^3 This lack of effect ...

damaging to your blood vessels than saturated fat. How damaging? Just picture taking a microscopic ...

alerting us to the unintended downstream consequences of using blanket cholesterol-reducing medicines (in ...