Food

If you’ve read “Grain Brain,” then you know that signing up for the Grain Brain diet means going grain- and gluten-free. Many individuals try to ease into a grain- and gluten-free diet. By and large, this sh...

On my Facebook page, an ever-increasing number of people have asked me about whether or not a gluten-free and grain-free diet, the Grain Brain diet, is compatible with a vegetarian and/or vegan one. Many int...

Many people find it hard to believe that I’m such a vocal endorser, and liberal user, of olive oil. At almost any meal, I’ve been known to drizzle a bit of extra olive oil on top of my food. To those who are...

Although many people may see the value in the grain- and gluten-free diet proposed by Grain Brain, getting them to take the final step, to actually make a nutritional change in their life, can often prove di...

Now that it has been two weeks since the launch of Grain Brain, my hope is that many of you have had a chance to thoroughly examine and digest the conclusions of the book, and are beginning to incorporate th...

Most of the time, it’s not just what we eat, but how we prepare it, that determines the nutritional value and overall “healthfulness” of our foods. A common point of concern is in the use of cooking oils, li...

He may have been President, but John F. Kennedy also made a great philosopher. The spirit of this comment is what I hope to impart to people with Grain Brain. In good times, we can, and we must, make the cho...

Thinking they might be able to catch me off-guard, I’ve received plenty of seemingly impossible to answer questions from some investigative minds. One that always entertains me is the question of what I woul...

When it comes to going gluten- or grain-free, the first complaint I always hear is the same: “But what am I going to do without my (insert grain/gluten-filled food here)!” For those of you who have the same ...

The sentiment of the above quote is something that speaks directly to the point I convey with my book. Grain Brain is all about how our diet is responsible for some of the most frightening neurological disor...