“ Two forms of fat that are vitally important for brain health are cholesterol and saturated fat. ”
In general, the public knowledge base and thus decision-making behaviors are far more influenced by advertisement than with current science.
~ David Perlmutter
The best diet for overall health, and specifically for heart, brain, and cancer risk reduction, is a diet that's aggressively low in carbohydrates with an abundance of healthful fat, and this is the central theme of 'Grain Brain.'
Fat is your friend. The brain thrives on a fat-rich, low-carbohydrate diet.
Shoot for a total of no more than 80 grams of carbs in your daily diet. This means favoring vegetables that grow above ground like kale, broccoli, spinach, and cauliflower as opposed to those that store carbohydrate in the form of starch like potatoes and beets.