Grain Brain Surprising Brains Killers Reviews Summary

Impact on Health

Pros:

• "I am also seeing changes in my children as we switch our dietary priorities!"
• "I feel better eating far less carbs and practically no wheat."
• "Acid reflux, gone! I have not had a single flare up since going gluten free a year and a half ago!"
• "I am calmer, ptsd is eased, my mind is clearer and my overall health is greatly improved."
• "After reading this book, I was motivated to drop carbs, sugar and gluten from my diet and I have lost 50 pounds, reduced my depression meds, have a better short term memory and overall feel MUCH BETTER."
• "From personal experience, going gluten-free has helped me to maintain a healthier lifestyle despite having MS."
• "The book changed my life. Full lifestyle change. No more joint pain, no brain fog, no headaches, restful sleep, high energy."

Cons:

• "Because I don’t believe in cutting an entire food group (carbs) out of my diet, this isn’t for me."
• "It is extremely hard to stay on a severely low carb diet forever."
• "I found I didn't feel comfortable making all the changes in my diet this book recommends. A little on the extreme side for me."
• "Dangerous absolute rubbish. When I realised how sick and misleading this health killer is I felt angry - very angry."
• "Eating large amounts of meat is linked to cancer particularly colon cancer and heart disease."
• "This book is nonsense. Everything in moderation."
• "The book does advocate eating non-starchy vegetables which is undoubtably a good idea but is unlikely to make up for the other bad advice."

Scientific Backing and Research

Pros:

• "I read this book with great interest because the author backs up all of his claims with solid, scientific documentation."
• "Author supports his points with extensive bibliography of peer-reviewed published studies."
• "Facts, facts, and more facts back up everything he says in the book."
• "Really interesting read, pointed out lots of scientific studies that countered some of the most pervasive and incorrect data we’ve been force fed for decades about which foods are healthy and which are not."
• "David Permutter is one of the ONLY Dr's in our country with credentials as a doctor (neurologist) AS WELL AS in NUTRITION."
• "This book gave me the credible evidence, backed by cited medical studies, to convince me to give a gluten free lifestyle a chance."
• "Incredibly eye-opening and informative."

Cons:

• "A lot of text about how flawed 'studies on wheat' are funded and gives distorted views - from the perspective of Agriculture, but fail to do good studies on the effect of altered wheat(and wheat crop herbicides and pesticides) on human beings."
• "However, there was so much 'it's too good to be true' content, that I got suspicious."
• "Search for 'perlmutter quack' and you'll get a lot of informative links."
• "Many of the publications David Perlmutter claims to have contributed, were not peer reviewed articles."
• "As with any non-fiction book that receives accolades from the New York Times, this book exaggerates research findings."
• "I believe Dr. Perlmutter is mistaken about the diet he recommends."
• "The Used Book supplier was disappointing. Scribbles on front cover and inside."

Usability and Writing Style

Pros:

• "It was straightforward and easy to read."
• "The book is a bit technical, but written in a way anyone can understand."
• "The book itself is very well written and Dr. Perlmutter does an excellent job providing background information on everything he discusses."
• "Very informative and written in a way that is easy to read and understand."
• "Really well done, written with passion, explains the science in plain language like only a really super-smart person can do."
• "This was an extremely well written and very understandable book."
• "He has a lot of great information but he's very technical in his explanations of things."

Cons:

• "It's frightening to contemplate the number of people whose health has been damaged by this best selling book."
• "I would have thought that, especially since he had a writer help him with this Revised Edition, somehow between the two of them, they'd know enough to use the subjunctive when called for."
• "A bit repetitive, and it seems to take him a long time to get to the point."
• "One is the 'hype' aspect of it. The author kept saying things like: 'I'll prove it to you.' 'This will change your life.'"
• "However, I'm giving this book 3 stars because, in my opinion, the author falls pray of two things: first, his alarmist tone almost made me stop reading all together."
• "But it is strikingly devoid of any discussion of gluten, grains, or probiotics."
• "You kinda have to wade through that to get to the gems hidden in there."