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Brain maker : the power of gut microbes to heal and protect your brain--for life
Title:
Brain maker : the power of gut microbes to heal and protect your brain--for life
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Summary:
Identifies the role of intestinal bacteria in brain health, outlining easy-to-follow dietary strategies for preserving later-in-life brain functions by improving gut ecology.
Year Published:
2015
Physical Description:
viii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Bug alert : you've got company -- Gut check : what are your risk factors? -- Getting to know your hundred trillion friends. Welcome aboard : your microbial friends, from birth to death ; Belly and brain on fire : the new science of inflammation ; Is your belly depressed? : why angry guts make for moody and anxious minds ; How your intestinal flora can make you fat and brainsick : the surprising links between your gut's bacteria and appetite, obesity, and the brain ; Autism and the gut : on the frontiers of brain medicine -- Trouble in Bugville. Punched in the gut : the truth about fructose and gluten ; Bust a gut : common exposures that make a good microbiome go bad -- Brain maker rehab. Feeding your microbiome : six essential keys to boosting your brain by boosting your gut ; Go pro : the guide to supplements ; The brain maker 7-day meal plan : eat your way to a healthier brain -- Why the future holds.
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ISBN:
9780316380102
Publisher:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.