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Books like Grain Brain
The best books like Grain Brain are The Plant Paradox, How Not to Die, and The Obesity Code. Grain Brain by David Perlmutter is about gluten, brain health, inflammation. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Plant Paradox
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Steven R. Gundry · Health
Steven Gundry, a cardiac surgeon turned nutrition researcher, argues in The Plant Paradox that many health problems attributed to processed food, red meat, or fat are actually caused by lectins — proteins found in plants, particularly grains, legumes, and nightshade vegetables.
Shares inflammation and diet with Grain Brain.
Read the summary → - How Not to Die
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Michael Greger · Health
How Not to Die is Michael Greger's systematic argument that the fifteen leading causes of death in the United States are largely preventable through diet and lifestyle change.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - The Obesity Code
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Jason Fung · Health
The Obesity Code is Jason Fung's argument that obesity is a hormonal disease, not a behavioral one, and that the treatment follows from that understanding.
A kindred health read.
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- The China Study
- Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
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Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
David A. Sinclair · Science
Lifespan opens with a bold claim: aging is not an inevitable feature of biology but a disease — one that can be treated, slowed, and possibly reversed.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - The Longevity Paradox
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Steven R. Gundry · Health
Steven Gundry is a cardiac surgeon turned functional medicine physician who built his practice around the hypothesis that gut microbiome health is the central driver of aging and age-related disease.
Shares inflammation and diet with Grain Brain.
Read the summary → - The UltraMind Solution
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Mark Hyman · Health
The UltraMind Solution is Mark Hyman's argument that most mental and cognitive problems — depression, anxiety, ADHD, brain fog, memory decline — are not primarily psychiatric disorders but symptoms of underlying physical imbalances.
Shares brain health and inflammation with Grain Brain.
Read the summary → - Anticancer: A New Way of Life
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David Servan-Schreiber · Health
Anticancer is David Servan-Schreiber's account of his own experience with brain cancer, diagnosed when he was thirty-one, and what he learned over fifteen years about the lifestyle and environmental factors that feed or suppress tumor growth.
Both dig into inflammation.
Read the summary → - Spark
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John J. Ratey · Health
Spark is John Ratey's argument, grounded in neuroscience, that aerobic exercise is the single most powerful thing most people can do for their brain.
Both dig into brain health.
Read the summary → - The Good Gut
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Justin Sonnenburg · Health
Justin Sonnenburg is a microbiologist at Stanford who studies the gut microbiome, and The Good Gut is his attempt to translate that research into something useful for non-scientists.
Both dig into diet.
Read the summary → - The Healing Self
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Deepak Chopra · Health
The Healing Self, written by Deepak Chopra with molecular biologist Rudolph Tanzi, argues that the most powerful medicine available to most people is not pharmaceutical but behavioral: the daily choices that regulate inflammation, immune function, gene expression, and neurological health.
Both dig into inflammation.
Read the summary → - The Microbiome Solution
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Robynne Chutkan · Health
Robynne Chutkan is a gastroenterologist who founded the Digestive Center for Women in Washington DC, and The Microbiome Solution is a practitioner's-eye view of what she sees as a microbiome crisis in her patients.
Both dig into diet.
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Books like Grain Brain: quick answers
What are the best books like Grain Brain?
The best books like Grain Brain by David Perlmutter are The Plant Paradox by Steven R. Gundry, How Not to Die by Michael Greger, The Obesity Code by Jason Fung, The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To by David A. Sinclair, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Grain Brain, such as gluten, brain health, inflammation.
What should I read after Grain Brain?
A natural next read after Grain Brain is The Plant Paradox by Steven R. Gundry. Shares inflammation and diet with Grain Brain. Other strong choices are How Not to Die by Michael Greger, The Obesity Code by Jason Fung, The China Study by T. Colin Campbell.
What books are similar to Grain Brain by David Perlmutter?
Grain Brain centers on gluten, brain health, inflammation. Books with a similar feel include The Plant Paradox by Steven R. Gundry, How Not to Die by Michael Greger, The Obesity Code by Jason Fung, The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To by David A. Sinclair, The Longevity Paradox by Steven R. Gundry — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
