Brain Food, Lisa Mosconi, PhD
Brain Food, Lisa Mosconi, PhD
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Brain Food
The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power

Author: Lisa Mosconi, PhD

Narrator: Norah Tocci

Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2018


Synopsis

Dr. Lisa Mosconi, whose research spans an extraordinary range of specialties including brain science, the microbiome, and nutritional genomics, notes that the dietary needs of the brain are substantially different from those of the other organs, yet few of us have any idea what they might be. Her innovative approach to cognitive health incorporates concepts that most doctors have yet to learn. Busting through advice based on pseudoscience, Dr. Mosconi provides recommendations for a complete food plan, while calling out noteworthy surprises, including why that paleo diet you are following may not be ideal, why avoiding gluten may be a terrible mistake, and how simply getting enough water can dramatically improve alertness.

Including comprehensive lists of what to eat and what to avoid, a detailed quiz that will tell you where you are on the brain health spectrum, and 24 mouth-watering brain-boosting recipes that grow out of Dr. Mosconi's own childhood in Italy, Brain Food gives us the ultimate plan for a healthy brain. Brain Food will appeal to anyone looking to improve memory, prevent cognitive decline, eliminate brain fog, lift depression, or just sharpen their edge.

About Lisa Mosconi, PhD

Dr. Lisa Mosconi, PhD, INHC, is the associate director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC)/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She also is an adjunct faculty member at NYU School of Medicine, NYU Steinhardt School of Nutrition and Public Health, and the University of Florence (Italy).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jane on July 06, 2018

I don’t know whether to give this a 2 for below average or 3 for interesting. There were many interesting things in the book, but it lacked scientific research. Most of it felt like her personal opinion. Some of her advice follows. All food must be organic, no GMOs. Cattle must be organic grass fed.......more

Goodreads review by Bharath on February 28, 2022

We have among the most complex brains among all animals, and also the most demanding as a result. This book is an important one as it brings together current research to recommend how we can eat for better brain performance and safeguard ourselves from dementia in later years. A very small fraction......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on June 02, 2018

I wanted to like this book more. Lisa Mosconi has excellent credentials-trained in Neuroscience and Nutrition-that give her the research-backed clout to speak to the kind of food that would make our brain work better. However, while I can get behind her basic recommendations to eat more fish and veg......more

Goodreads review by Aloe on September 02, 2023

Booktube Review: [URL not allowed] A great guide to boost brain function Detailed list of what to avoid and what to eat. It is just difficult for some of the recipes due to the ingredients that are not available here in the Philippines. Will try some of the equivalents or alter......more

Goodreads review by Karolyn on June 25, 2018

If every adult read BRAIN FOOD, by Lisa Mosconi, it might change the course of history. A non-fiction book like this, one that makes bold claims about health matters, is entirely dependent on the author's credentials. Lisa Mosconi has the right credentials: She has a duel PhD in neuroscience and Nuc......more