Dr. Neal Barnard: How to Eat to Prevent Alzheimer's and Boost Brain Power

Update: 2025-11-06

Description

Discover how your diet affects memory, focus, and long-term brain health in this powerful conversation with Dr. Neal Barnard and host Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.

Learn which foods fuel your brain — and which ones damage it. Dr. Barnard reveals the surprising truth about dairy, red meat, coconut oil, and fish oil, and shares which plant-based foods can lower your risk for Alzheimer's, dementia, and depression.

✅ What You'll Learn:

• How saturated fat and heme iron accelerate cognitive decline

• The best plant-based omega-3 sources for brain performance

• Why "eating the rainbow" boosts memory and mood

• New research showing a vegan diet may reverse dementia

• Three easy habits for seniors to sharpen memory starting today

🌱 Start your journey to better health today!

Work with the expert doctors and dietitians at the Barnard Medical Center: https://www.BarnardMedical.org

This episode is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg's passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation. Visit their website: https://gregoryreiterfund.org

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About Us

The Physicians Committee is dedicated to saving lives through plant-based diets and ethical and effective scientific research. We combine the clout and expertise of more than 17,000 physicians with the dedicated actions of more than 175,000 members across the United States and around the world.