Heal your gut, save your brain : the five pillars of enhancing your gut and optimizing your cognitive health

Heal your gut, save your brain The five pillars of enhancing your gut and optimizing your cognitive health

Partha Nandi

Book - 2024

The brain and gut are intricately connected through the gut-brain axis, involving both neural pathways and gut microbiomes, which influence brain functions such as cognition, memory, and motor control. While it was once thought that the brain controlled the gut, recent research shows that gut health also plays a crucial role in brain function and may impact neurodegenerative diseases like stroke, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's. Poor gut health is now linked to cognitive decline, prompting new treatment possibilities. Dr. Nandi's book, Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain, explains this emerging science and offers a simple, holistic approach to improving gut health through nutrition, movement, purpose, spirituality, and community, aim...ing to prevent cognitive decline and support recovery from neurological disorders.

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Subjects
Brain > Diseases > Nutritional aspects > Popular works.
Brain > Diseases > Prevention > Popular works.
Gastrointestinal system > Microbiology.
Mind and body.
Published
Rochester, MN : Mayo Clinic Press 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Partha Nandi (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
ix, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index.
ISBN
9798887701790
  • Introduction
  • Searching for Answers
  • Beyond Nutrition: The Five Pillars
  • Living as a Health Hero
  • Simple and Effective Solutions
  • 1. What Happens in the Gut Does Not Necessarily Stay in the Gut
  • It Takes Guts to Survive
  • Microbes: Earth's First Communicators
  • The Gut-Brain Axis: Your Personal Fiber-Optic Cable
  • The Microbiome: A World unto Itself
  • The Gastrointestinal Barrier: The Body's Border Control
  • Change Your Microbiome, Change Your Health
  • Chronic Inflammation: An Immune Response Gone Wrong
  • Leaky Gut Syndrome
  • Neurodegeneration and Cognitive Decline
  • Gut Attack
  • 2. Gut Health: A State of Dis-Ease
  • Raising a Red Flag in Our Brain
  • Mechanisms and Factors of Poor Gut Health
  • Carbohydrates and Sugars
  • Not All Fats Are Created Equal
  • Food or Poison?
  • Beyond Food: Antibiotics and Other Medications
  • The Five Pillars That Affect Gut Health
  • Drawing Conclusions
  • 3. How to Change Your Gut Health
  • How to Make Gut Health a Priority
  • Stop Being So SAD
  • Exercise and Gut Health
  • You Are Not Your Genes
  • Aging and Change
  • If You Do Only One Thing to Improve Gut Health...
  • 4. How Gut Health Contributes to Stroke
  • What Is a Stroke?
  • Causes of a Stroke
  • Surprising Factors Contributing to Stroke (That Your Doctor Might Not Mention)
  • Inflammation
  • Microbiome Research and Stroke Recovery
  • Our "Second Brain"
  • 5. Changing the Course of Stroke
  • Using Probiotics
  • Targeting Inflammatory Gut Cells to Support the Microbiome
  • Eating to Prevent Stroke
  • Magnesium and Stroke
  • The Future: Zonulin and More
  • Mind-Body Practices and Decreasing Cortisol
  • The Five Pillars and Changing the Course of Stroke
  • 6. How Gut Health Contributes to Alzheimer's Disease
  • What Is Alzheimer's Disease?
  • How Does Alzheimer's Start?
  • The "Alzheimer's Gene"
  • Alzheimer's Genes and the Gut
  • Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, and Obesity
  • Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, Obesity ... and Gut Health
  • Heart Disease: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You
  • Heart Disease and Gut Health
  • Microbiome Research and Alzheimer's
  • 7. Changing the Course of Alzheimer's Disease
  • The Alzheimer's Gut
  • From India to Italy: Reversing Inflammation with Nutrition
  • The Mediterranean Diet
  • Supplements
  • Intermittent Fasting
  • Why Fasting Seems to Work: Lysosomes
  • The Five Pillars and Changing the Course of Alzheimer's Disease
  • 8. How Gut Health Contributes to Parkinson's Disease
  • What Is Parkinsons Disease?
  • Understanding Lewy Bodies
  • The Gut-First Hypothesis
  • People with Parkinson's Are Prone to Constipation (and Possibly Vice Versa)
  • Dietary Factors
  • The Bidirectional Approach
  • 9. Changing the Course of Parkinson's Disease
  • Lewy Bodies and Gut Integrity
  • What Starts in the Gut Ends Up in the Brain (and Beyond)
  • Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Postbiotics
  • Coffee, Tea, and Constipation
  • Meat, Dairy, and Parkinson's Disease
  • The Glymphatic System and Sleeping on the Side
  • The Five Pillars and Changing the Course of Parkinson's Disease
  • The Recipes
  • 10. Recipes to Help Change the Course of Stroke
  • Banana Ginger Smoothie
  • Red Cabbage and Spinach Salad
  • Butternut Tikka Masala
  • Lentil Stew with Spinach and Potatoes
  • 11. Recipes to Help Change the Course of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Brain-Boosting Fish Fillets
  • Coconut Curry Chicken
  • Dr. Nandi's Berry Delicious Salad
  • Almond Nutmeg Cookies
  • 12. Recipes to Help Change the Course of Parkinson's Disease
  • Indian Lentil Soup
  • Chicken and Watercress Wrap
  • Dr. Nandi's No-Cook Pumpkin Oatmeal
  • Bean Salad
  • Afterword
  • Glossary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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