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The glymphatic system: Enhancing performance with optimal sleep
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Perhaps by now, you’ve heard of the glymphatic system. Personally, I’ve seen it be a subject both popular media and medical journals are devoting more and more attention to. But, what exactly is the glymphatic system? This may come as…read more
Categories:Sleep
Can eating fatty fish ease your child’s asthma?
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Asthma is the world’s most common respiratory disorder, and, studies have found, is often associated with increased rates of mortality and decreased quality of life. Thus, it’s obvious that keeping asthma at bay is in our collective best interests. We’ve…read more
Categories:Asthma Pediatric Health
6 powerful ways to improve brain health
By Dr. David Perlmutter
What does it mean to have a healthy brain? It means having a brain that is readily capable of performing all of it’s vital functions. This includes basic functions, like regulating the involuntary functions of the autonomic nervous system, and…read more
Categories:Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Problems Alzheimer’s Exercise Inflammation Neurological Health
Diet and depression: A better plan for mental health?
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Could the food we consume impact our risk for mood disorders and depression? It’s a fascinating question, and one we should absolutely be exploring further. Today, I want to look at a study from the journal Psychiatry Research, which looks at…read more
Categories:Depression/Anxiety General Nutrition
Baby’s first bacteria: When does the microbiome begin?
By Dr. David Perlmutter
We often talk about the importance of method of birth on a newborn’s health, not only in the short-term, but in the long-term. Research has found, again and again, that vaginal birth, and the experience of going through the birth…read more
Categories:Microbiome Pediatric Health Women’s Health
Bone broth: A tasty, nutrition powerhouse
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Food & Health One of my core messages has always been that the dietary choices you make on a daily basis have a profound impact on your overall health and well-being. Our best peer reviewed research continues to indicate that,…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Microbiome Paleo Diet
Powerful new study confirms high-fat diet is best
By Dr. David Perlmutter
It’s hard to imagine that manufacturers of processed foods continue to think it’s a good idea to put the term “low-fat” on their labels to enhance sales. Maybe it is a good idea from a sales perspective because so many…read more
Blood sugar and your brain
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Several years ago, when I wrote Grain Brain, I had a long discussion with our publisher centered around choosing the best subtitle. Ultimately, we decided to emphasize the toxic role of sugar and carbs on the brain, and with good reason….read more
Categories:Aging Diabetes Neurological Health
Caffeine & ketosis: Friend or foe?
By Dr. David Perlmutter
A lot of times I’m asked about the impact of caffeine consumption on ketosis. Does it help? Hurt? A new study out of Canada seeks to answer this question. This video originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website.
Categories:Ketogenic Diet
Exercise and cognitive function: An incredibly powerful intervention
By Dr. David Perlmutter
I have spoken at length about the importance of exercise for increasing the gene expression of BDNF, a protein that increases the growth of new brain cells. As previously mentioned, research has shown that people with higher levels of BDNF are…read more
Categories:Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Problems Exercise
Zika – An emerging threat for all of us
By Dr. David Perlmutter
The relationship of the Zika virus to the development of microcephaly has certainly been receiving a lot of attention in the news lately, and with good reason. Microcephaly is a devastating, although rare, consequence of this viral infection, and it…read more
Categories:Infections Neurological Health
Ketosis & Parkinson’s Disease: Improving symptoms with a ketogenic diet
By Dr. David Perlmutter
If you feel like you are hearing about more and more about Parkinson’s Disease in the media lately, you shouldn’t be surprised. Cases are being presented with more and more frequency, such that Parkinson’s rate of incidence is now somewhere…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Ketogenic Diet Parkinson's Disease
Why supplementing with prebiotic fiber makes sense
By Dr. David Perlmutter
While there has been so much attention given in recent years to the importance of probiotics across a wide spectrum of important aspects of human physiology, we are just beginning to see an expansion of the medical literature clarifying the…read more
Categories:Digestive Health Microbiome Supplements
Is gluten-free toxic?
By Dr. David Perlmutter
I’ve been getting a lot of e-mail and social media messages over the past few weeks about a recent publication that purports that going off gluten-containing foods will increase a person’s risk of arsenic and mercury toxicity. The report, appearing…read more
Categories:Gluten Sensitivity
A connection between autism and glyphosate
By Dr. David Perlmutter
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the prevalence of autism continues to rise here in America. Their surveillance study identified autism spectrum disorder in an incredible 1 in 68 children (1 in 42 boys and 1 in…read more
Categories:Autism Environmental Health GMO
One big mistake people make on the elliptical machine
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Using an elliptical machine is a great way to get your daily aerobic exercise in. It’s low impact and strengthens both lower and upper extremities. But I frequently see a lot of people making this one mistake when on the…read more
Categories:Exercise
Important news about antibiotics: Antibiotics damage mitochondria
By Dr. David Perlmutter
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than a quarter billion courses of antibiotics are dispensed to outpatients in America each year. That means that five out of every six people, on average, are getting a…read more
Categories:Antibiotics Diabetes Obesity Supplements
How “sugar-free” spells danger
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Diet books, as a category, are among the most popular titles sold in bookstores, and with good reason. With soaring rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic conditions, and an overall lack of any meaningful “medical” fixes for…read more
Categories:Diabetes Nutrition and Weight Obesity
Statin Drugs Increase Risk for Brain Hemorrhage
By Dr. David Perlmutter
We are seeing ever-increasing efforts to make us believe that lowering our cholesterol is always going to be a risk-free event…and these efforts are working. Statin drugs to lower cholesterol have become among the most popular medications in the country!…read more
Categories:Heart Disease Heart Health Neurological Health
Making sense of “net carbs”
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Now that the low-carbohydrate dietary recommendations have really taken hold, we are beginning to see quite a bit more information about nutrition labeling that not only describes total carbohydrate content of a particular food, but also indicates “net carbs.” Depending on the…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
Sources of protein for vegetarians
By Dr. David Perlmutter
I’m often asked how someone who chooses to be vegetarian, or vegan, can get enough protein in their diet. While that’s an important question, I want to start my answer by pointing out that choosing this lifestyle can put you…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
Reversing Alzheimer’s with probiotics?
By Dr. David Perlmutter
For the past several years I have been writing and lecturing about the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease and changes in the gut bacteria. We know, for example, that Alzheimer’s is an inflammatory condition. As well, we know that changes in…read more
The real reason GMO matters
By Dr. David Perlmutter
When I lecture to the general public, as well as to healthcare professionals, I often ask the question, “How do you feel about GMO foods?” The results are almost universally negative. Generally, the audiences come to the conclusion that, for…read more
Categories:GMO Microbiome
Sudden cardiac death – magnesium reduces risk
By Dr. David Perlmutter
More than half of men and two thirds of women who experience sudden death from cardiac causes do not present any clinically recognized heart disease before they die. That means they hadn’t been diagnosed with angina, or narrowing of the…read more
Categories:Heart Health Supplements
Migraine headache remedy for treatment and prevention
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Migraine headaches represent a serious health issue in America today, and the statistics are staggering. As many as 13% of adults experience migraine headaches, and as many as 5 million experience at least one migraine attack each month. In fact, more…read more
Categories:Headache/Migraine Supplements
Why your gut bacteria love exercise!
By Dr. David Perlmutter
I’ve spoken at length about the important, health-sustaining role of diversity as it relates to the various types of bacteria that live with our intestines. In short, diversity paves the way for resiliency. There are many avoidable factors that work…read more
Categories:Exercise Microbiome
Prenatal probiotics – paving the way for a healthy baby
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Eczema is becoming a fairly common problem in young children. This condition is characterized by frequent outbreaks of reddened, inflamed skin with significant itching. But beyond the discomfort, it is now recognized that when children are diagnosed with eczema, they…read more
Categories:Pediatric Health Probiotics Supplements Women’s Health
Probiotics for childhood ear infections
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Kids get a lot of ear infections. In fact, it has been estimated that as many as 80% of children will experience at least one event of an acute ear infection, technically called acute otitis media (AOM). Often, as a…read more
Categories:Ear, Nose and Throat Pediatric Health Probiotics
5 incredible Alzheimer’s facts you probably don’t know
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Today, take a moment to consider these five amazing facts about Alzheimer’s Disease. How many did you know before reading? Alzheimer’s is preventable. More than 50% of Alzheimer’s cases can be prevented with specific attention to certain modifiable factors like…read more
These bugs may improve your mood
By Dr. David Perlmutter
You’ve heard of the term probiotics, and likely prebiotics as well, but now we are hearing about “psychobiotics.” These have been defined as: living organisms that, when ingested in adequate amounts, produces a health benefit in patients suffering from psychiatric illness….read more
Categories:Mental and Emotional Health Probiotics Stress Supplements
Eggs and heart health
By Dr. David Perlmutter
I don’t think there’s any more controversial food than eggs. By and large, the reason we have been told to avoid eating eggs is because they contain cholesterol, and indeed that’s true. A typical egg may contain as much as…read more
Categories:Heart Disease Heart Health Nutrition Controversies
Consider gluten sensitivity in children with psychosis
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Hardly a day goes by without someone telling me a story about a miraculous improvement in some form of medical condition when a person decided to eliminate gluten from his or her diet. No doubt, most would find it fairly…read more
Is spraying for Zika a health risk?
By Dr. David Perlmutter
War has been declared against Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, carriers of the dreaded Zika virus. With some pretty solid evidence linking Zika to microcephaly, as well as Guillian-Barre syndrome, governments in affected countries are going all out as they attempt to…read more
Categories:Autism Environmental Health General Nutrition Infections
Maple syrup cures Alzheimer’s?
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This week, Fox News published a startling report titled, “Maple syrup isn’t just delicious, it could also cure Alzheimer’s disease.” How exciting! All of the talk about the dangers of sugar go right out the window now, and we can…read more
Categories:Alzheimer’s
High fructose corn syrup and the brain
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Excessive alcohol use can cause fat accumulation in the liver. Ultimately, This accumulation of fat may lead to liver failure that may actually prove fatal. But it turns out, that there is another form of fat accumulation in the liver…read more
Categories:Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Problems Diabetes Inflammation Liver disease Metabolic Syndrome
Asthma – An epidemic explained
By Dr. David Perlmutter
So much has been written in scientific journals recently about how the loss of microbes in the gut, especially earlier in life, affects the immune system. For example, researcher Marsha Wills-Karp, at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, recently…read more
Categories:Antibiotics Asthma
3 ways to choose health in 2016
By Dr. David Perlmutter
My Top 3 Health Recommendations for 2016 As you’re planning your New Year’s Resolutions, consider my list of suggestions for 2016: Exercise – Yes, you’ve heard it so many times before, but our understanding of what exercise does to enhance…read more
Categories:Exercise General Nutrition
Coffee – a healthy choice
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. It has been estimated that around 60% of Americans over the age of 18 report that they are “regular” coffee drinkers. No doubt what most motivates this consumption is the familiar and…read more
PCOS – Focus on cause, not just symptoms
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome, is becoming increasingly common. The syndrome is characterized by a multitude of factures, including irregular or total loss of menstrual periods, heavy periods, acne, increased facial hair,…read more
Categories:Diabetes Endocrinology Women’s Health
Kale – what you probably didn’t know
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. As many of you will note, I have blogged quite a few times about the health virtues of kale. This is truly one on the healthiest food choices you can bring to…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Inflammation
Psoriasis – A gut related disorder
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. Modern medicine is clearly vested in what I like to call the Las Vegas mentality. We’ve all heard that “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” and it seems that, as it relates…read more
Categories:Digestive Health Skin and Hair Skin Conditions
Your brain really does have a second chance!
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. Years ago, when I was in medical school, we were taught that humans lacked the ability to grow new brain cells. This was called the “central dogma” of brain physiology. Incredibly, the…read more
Countering your antibiotics with probiotics
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. Frequently, I see members of this community write in with concerns on how taking an antibiotic may be disrupting the balance of their gut microbiome. Certainly, this is a valid concern, as…read more
Categories:Antibiotics Probiotics Supplements
Gut bacteria chart our destiny
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article orginally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. I have just finished reviewing what I believe is a seminal research article relating to the gut microbiome. The study, written by researchers in Sweden, is titled The Gut Microbiotia– Masters of Host…read more
Probiotic intervention affects mood
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. New and exciting research is revealing a strong connection between our mood and the various bacteria that live within our intestines. This is certainly a sobering notion. Think of it: the bacteria…read more
Sugar risks go beyond weight gain
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. The idea that dietary sugars increase the risk for such things as hypertension and the development of health threatening changes in lipid profiles is not new. But a commonly held perception has…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Hypertension Nutrition and Weight Obesity
Acid blocking drugs for one and all?
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. The term proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) may sound like a complex and compelling bit of science, but in reality, the term describes a type of drug that is among the most commonly used…read more
Categories:Digestive Health
Magnesium threonate powers the brain
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. Lately, in the lectures that I have been presenting to medical professionals, I have been emphasizing the virtues of magnesium threonate. Aside from the information I’ve been presenting, I thought it would be…read more
Weight loss recommendations not in line with current science
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. To this day, you still see products in grocery stores labeled, “low fat” as if this somehow translates into meaning the product is more healthful. Obviously the manufacturers of these products feel…read more
New study validates ketogenic diet for epilepsy treatment in adults
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. Epilepsy can be caused by a variety of different conditions including head trauma, infection, brain tumor, and stroke, but by and large most cases of epilepsy have no readily identifiable cause. Epilepsy…read more
DHA keeps your brain healthy
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. DHA is an omega-3 fatty acid that plays a central role in brain health. As I have discussed before, one of the key factors that correlates levels of DHA to brain health…read more
Reduce inflammation to protect your brain
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on Dr. Perlmutter’s website. Everyone is familiar with inflammation. When a joint is inflamed with arthritis, it swells, gets red, becomes painful, and becomes less functional. Inflammation may also occur in areas that are less obvious…read more
Categories:Aging Alzheimer’s Cancer Diabetes Heart Disease Heart Health Neurological Health Nutrition and Weight Parkinson's Disease
Fill your glass with this to improve gut microbiota
By Dr. David Perlmutter
This article originally appeared on DrPerlmutter.com. There is certainly been a lot of discussion in the scientific community I related to the positive aspects of drinking red wine. Red wine, in addition to its healthy content of polyphenols – natural…read more
Categories:Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Problems Autism Cancer Diabetes Digestive Health Heart Health
Dr. Perlmutter, author of “Grain Brain” responds to “meat and cheese may be as bad for you as smoking” study
By Dr. David Perlmutter
As you may have heard, University of Southern California researchers recently published a report in the journal Cell Metabolism in which they related consumption of higher levels of protein from animal sources to increased mortality risk as well as increased…read more
Coffee can save your brain
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Being a coffee drinker, and at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, as are we all, I was heartened by this study appearing in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. The researchers followed 1,409 individuals, aged 65-79, for an average of 21 years….read more
Categories:Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Problems Alzheimer’s General Nutrition Neurological Health
Wheat threatens all humans, new research shows
By Dr. David Perlmutter
Bread lovers, beware! Gluten-free diets may not just be a trendy choice but something everyone should follow. New research reveals that proteins in wheat may be detrimental to all humans. “Gluten-free” seems to be appearing just about everywhere these days,…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Gluten Sensitivity
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