cognitive dysfunction and dementia. Alternative: By
reducing carbohydrate intake, you will likely reduce
your symptoms of reflux as well as the need for
medication.^6
Avoid antibiotics, especially broad-spectrum
varieties, unless necessary. Alternative: Ask your
doctor for a narrow-spectrum antibiotic.Days 1 to 14: Clearing the Cache
Now that you’ve cleaned out your kitchen and medicine
cabinet and stocked up on brain-boosting foods, it’s time to
kick off the first two weeks of the Genius Plan.
In the first week, the focus should be on eliminating the
junk foods in your diet and turning instead to cognition-
boosting and fat-burning foods. The foods we will remove
first are those for which there is absolutely no human
biological requirement: that means all processed foods and
anything containing refined wheat and grains, seed and
grain oils, and added sugar (including beverages!) should be
cut. By dumping these foods from our diet, we’re skimming
off the majority of calories consumed by most people in the
Western world. These are calories that come from “ultra-
processed” foods, the vilest offenders. These foods digest
rapidly, sending blood sugar levels soaring, and promote
large spikes of insulin as a counterbalance, creating fatigue
from the blood sugar roller coaster—and you should kick
them all to the curb for good during week one.
During this first week, we’ll also begin an ultra-low-carb