David Perlmutter's "The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan" is a compelling guide that extends beyond typical dietary advice. With a friendly tone, Perlmutter delves into the impact of grains on brain health, offering practical tips for a grain-free lifestyle. He provides a balanced mix of scientific insights and actionable steps, making it accessible and motivating. While some may find his arguments against grains too strict, the book’s strength lies in its holistic approach to wellness. It’s a valuable read for anyone interested in improving their overall health and cognitive function.

This book elaborates on how grains are bad for humans, and how to avoid them. The recipes I've tried are not too hard to make, and tasted good. It is, of course, more work than simply eating all the easy-to-buy grain-based prepared foods out there. It is worth the effort to see whether avoiding grain makes a difference!

A truly informative book! Perlmutter always something new and exciting to health reading

David Perlmutter really knows how to take complicated "science-ey" concepts and put them language that the layperson can understand. While reading this book, I found myself talking to my friends about the changes they too could make for better health. My son is a pharmacist and after talking to me about the book, he went out and purchased it. Thanks again Dr. Perlmutter for helping us achieve better health!

This is a great book for those unfamiliar with the nitty gritty of gluten free. For those experts out there they might not find much new information in this book. Overall a good and very thorough account of what gluten does to the body.

We have all been dieting off an on for years. It's so difficult to tell when a book is going to hit the mark, especially since everyone's body is different, and when a book is going to flop completely.

To be honest, I started thinking this may be a flop. I read it with an open mind and when I got to the recipes we were honest about trying them. Right from the beginning there is a feeling of importance of of putting YOURSELF first. How many times have we been told this just to forget it two days (two minutes?) later? This is all about putting yourself first in every way!

And although it is mostly a diet book, it is about becoming your best you through your diet. My favorite meal from this, and the most different from my norm is a salad for breakfast. As strange as this sounds, it is delicious! The secret, an olive oil, lemon dressing. Omg I am in love!

Now, don't go thinking that I'm perfect by eating salad for breakfast, because I'm far from it. I just happen to love lemon so I got really lucky with this one! In all honesty, dropping out gluten is difficult but my most difficult has been dropping out sugar. Sugar is MY LIFE but sadly sugar isn't really life so I've been trying to slowly cut down on sugar, one teaspoon at a time. Hey, I eat salad for breakfast! What more do you want Dr. Perlmutter?! Well, don't answer that, because I know what he wants, for me and everyone out there to be completely cognizant of what we put into our mouths and how those choices affect our lives.

When my husband and I started on this diet we edited instead of deciding to change everything. Although the lifestyle is something that we think we can handle, it is tough. We have been watching what we eat but it is really to say that when you watch all that yummy bread going into your mouth! What I wanted to do is make a change that was satisfying as well as yummy. This just happens to hit both of those points.

Weirdly, eating the food is the easy part, finding stuff that is gluten free, not so much! I had no idea how difficult it can be to try to get out there and find gluten free anything. But since we started this we have both lost all of the weight we gained in our sedentary lifestyle last year! My hubby is down 35 pounds and I'm down 15! Although I'm surprised I didn't gain it back while on my Disney vacation. Guys, the food there!!!

While people will go back and forth about how this diet may not be for everyone and we can debate until the cows come home (which is about 5 pm on our farm), what I have noticed is the ability to want to eat healthier. I enjoy food, not all, but I do enjoy salads more. Even in winter! Shifting our perceptions of what we should be eating from the pyramid that we've been taught the last forty years, to a healthier diet is what matters but each body is different so while I enjoy Dr. Perlmutter's expert advice you may want to take it with a grain of salt (hahahaha) but I definitely suggest at the very least trying it.

More pics and meals to come as we work further through his cookbook which we recently purchased!