Gluten, Grain and Brain - Separating The Wheat from The Chaff
The Brain Health Revolution Podcast
Dean and Ayesha Sherzai
4.8 • 604 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
This episode is dedicated to the science behind the consumption of gluten and brain health. There is a notion that gluten is bad for our health and especially for our brain, but does that stem from valid scientific sources, or is it just a food fashion statement? Dean and Ayesha go through a case report of celiac disease, describe what gluten is, the science behind it, and explore the evidence for and against gluten for different populations.
Ayesha is leading a FREE 5-day, Better Brain Nutrition Challenge beginning Saturday, Feb 4th that will teach the basics of brain-healthy eating and give you specific meals you can make for yourself and your family. She will go live each day of the challenge to cook, alongside you, a brain-healthy breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks so that you can see how delicious and simple healthy nutrition can be.
LINK: https://betterbrainnutritionchallenge.mn.co
References:
Wang, Yiqing, et al. "Long-term intake of gluten and cognitive function among US women." JAMA network open 4.5 (2021): e2113020-e2113020. PMID: PMID: 34019084
Wang, Kanran, et al. "High consumption of whole grain foods decreases the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: Framingham Offspring Cohort." Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (2022). PMID: PMID: 36382854
Lebwohl, Benjamin, et al. "Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study." bmj 357 (2017). PMID: PMID: 28465308
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brain Health Revolution podcast with your hosts, Aisha and Dean Sharesai. |
| 0:11.3 | This episode is dedicated to the science behind gluten and brain health. |
| 0:16.9 | As you may have heard, there's a notion that gluten is bad for our health and especially for |
| 0:21.7 | our brain, but does that stem from valid scientific sources, or is it just a food fashion |
| 0:27.1 | statement? Dean and I go through a case report of celiac disease, describe what gluten is, |
| 0:33.0 | the science behind it, and explore the evidence for and against gluten consumption for different populations. |
| 0:39.7 | But before we jump into the episode, I wanted to quickly let you all know that I'm leading a free |
| 0:45.9 | five-day Better Brain Nutrition Challenge beginning Saturday, February 4 that will focus on the basics |
| 0:52.8 | of brain healthy eating for you and your family. |
| 0:55.9 | I'll go live each day of the challenge from my kitchen to cook, hopefully alongside you, |
| 1:01.1 | a brain healthy breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks so that you can see how delicious and |
| 1:06.4 | simple healthy nutrition can be. In the meantime, we can have a live Q&A session. I'll go over some |
| 1:12.2 | myths and misunderstandings in the field of nutrition and teach you some of my favorite tips and |
| 1:17.3 | tricks for making a delicious meal. I'm doing this challenge because changing our eating habits |
| 1:23.1 | can be one of the hardest shifts to make in our lifestyle, and I want to help. |
| 1:27.8 | Not to brag, but as a neurologist, a scientist, and having trained in the culinary arts, |
| 1:34.3 | I have a unique understanding of what foods are best for our overall health and how to make |
| 1:39.1 | the most delicious meals with those foods, so even the pickiest of eaters will be surprised at how delicious |
| 1:46.3 | and easy eating healthy can be. I'd love for you to join me. To learn more and join the free |
| 1:53.1 | Better Brain Nutrition Challenge, please visit BetterBrain Nutritionchallenge.com and sign up today. |
| 2:00.8 | Details will be in the show notes. Okay, let's jump into |
| 2:04.2 | the episode now. Thank you so much for joining. Today we will talk about gluten and brain health. |
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