Dr. David
Perlmutter’s new book just released: Brain Wash!

Dr. David Perlmutter of Grain Brain
fame has just released his newest book, Brain Wash:
Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper
Relationships, and Lasting Happiness,
co-authored with his physician son, Austin.
Brain Wash is a book I found packed
with unique new insights into brain and
overall health.
You probably already knew that you should not
be spending tons of time online or on your
smartphone. You already knew that you should
get sufficient, quality sleep and exercise.
You knew that a diet overloaded with processed
foods and sugar is awful for you. But
did you know that all these factors in life
actually “rewire” or reorganize
your brain? And that many of these
changes can be visualized and measured by
devices like MRIs or EEGs?
In Brain Wash, Dr. Perlmutter takes
you on a journey to appreciate just how profound
something as simple as mindfulness meditation
can be in changing the anatomy and physiology
of your brain. He shows us that it’s not
just a temporary “state of mind,”
but involves an actual physical change in brain tissue.
Among the other fascinating issues
Dr. Perlmutter highlights in Brain Wash include:
- The damaging brain and health effects of
the “Disconnection Syndrome”
- How spending too much time on electronic
devices disrupts the relationship between
the prefrontal cortex and amygdala with
real consequences for health
- The astounding capacity the human brain has
for neuroplasticity, i.e., to grow and
rewire itself
- How inflammation cultivated by modern habits
can negatively impact decision making and
impulse control
- Why building a healthy prefrontal cortex using
tools such as exercise can help cultivate
emotions such as empathy and compassion
- The beneficial physical effects essential oils have on the brain
The book concludes with a prescriptive
program, The Ten-Day Brain Wash, to address all
these factors. Dr. Perlmutter’s work has
been unfailingly enlightening and insightful
over the years, and Brain Wash expands the
conversation in a wonderful new direction
with plenty of valuable new insights for the
reader from a genuine authority on brain health.
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