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Want to optimize your brain function? This book teaches you about specific brain-supporting nutrients, how these nutrients affect us, and what we can eat to support our brain function. The author is a survivor of a severe traumatic brain injury that left him comatose with less than a 10% chance of regaining consciousness beyond a vegetative state. In this book, he shares real-life stories of how he used nutrition in his own brain recovery, along with scientific studies and research explaining why and how nutrition makes such a difference in our brain function. The book includes downloads to printable charts, lists, and user-friendly handouts to take to the grocery store or put on the refrigerator so that readers can easily apply what they learn to optimally feed their brains. Special sections provide instructions for supplementation and tube feeding.After sustaining his severe injury, the author devoted years to researching and connecting with doctors, nutritionists, practitioners, neuroscientists, and more to learn how to optimize brain recovery and function. How to Feed a Brain is the culmination of the nutritional tools that he has learned through this journey and used in his own recovery.This book is not only for someone with a brain injury or disease, but also for anyone seeking to improve their brain. Ready to get started? This book will give you the nutritional tools to optimize your brain function.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Feed a Brain LLC; 1st edition (January 3, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 099950021X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0999500217
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.49 x 9 inches
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In 2011 Cavin Balaster sustained a severe traumatic brain injury that left him comatose with less than a 10% chance of ever regaining consciousness beyond a persistent vegetative state. He didn't eat, walk, or talk for months while he was in the hospital. He was breathing from a tube in his neck, receiving nutrition from a tube in his belly, and his left hand was completely flexed inward.

About a year after his injury, he was introduced to a nutritional protocol that helped him begin to regain some clarity. That's when he dove into an intense study of why nutrition made such a difference. For over 6 years, he has devoted his life to studying metabolism, neurometabolism, mechanisms of neuroplasticity, neuroscience, and nutrition, while reaching out to doctors, researchers, practitioners, and neuroscientists, to learn everything he can to optimize his brain function and to maximize his recovery.

Cavin started an award-winning blog and a podcast ("Adventures in Brain Injury"), where he interviews doctors, practitioners, researchers, and others involved in neurorehabilitation and brain function.

He is also the creator of FeedaBrain.com and the author of How to Feed a Brain, which is the culmination of the nutritional tools he has learned through this journey. Cavin wrote this book to share with others the nutritional information that has helped him to regain his brain function. While his recovery has been an astounding example for brain injury survivors, this book is not just for those with neurological conditions --it is for anyone wanting to improve their brains.

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I WISH I SAW THIS BOOK ONE YEAR AGO. THANKS DR DEBORAH ZELINSKY FOR ASKING TO BUY IT. THANKS CAVIN FOR MAKING TIME TO TALK TO ME. I AM SO HAPPY.OmG.. I call "feed a brain" my bible for brain health. It was my first immersion to the relationship between the brain and the guts. This book brought me to my feet as I read the "ins" and "out" andcthrew out all the dangerous food from my fridge. I will recommend this book as a text book for medical students and health care professionals to help their patients but most importantly, that people take the driving seat of their healthcare by educating themselves by themselves for themselves. Stella Emeka-okoli
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Russell Gaitz
5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable to our ongoing recovery!
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024
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This book has been a game changer for us. Thank you Cavin! I have probably bought this book 3 times because I keep giving it away. It is a wealth of knowledge in the ongoing recovery process for brain injury. Easy to read and even on Audio for even easier learning.
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sara
5.0 out of 5 stars but I do feel better in several ways that just might be related to ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2018
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I cannot overstate how grateful I am to Cavin for having published this book (and launched his podcast) before I needed it. I am 3.5 months out from a concussion and struggling to recover that final 25% or so of my brain and function. I fully believe that diet and lifestyle can help heal many of our ills, and this book gives me a path forward right now. Gavin's story is inspiring, and his book is well-researched and clearly written. I am a food geek and so innately understand a lot of his advice -- I'm not intimidated by the thought of drastically changing my diet because I know well how to shop and cook for myself -- but I so appreciate how his gentle approach and stories about his own struggles with a new diet might help people who would find it all daunting. I am in week 2 of following his advice (and also Dr. Titus Chiu's BrainSave plan). It's not an instantaneous miracle cure, but I do feel better in several ways that just might be related to this diet.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Changed my entire health around and diet is night and day different!
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2021
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This book has really changed the way I look at eating and overall body awareness and health! Cavin definitely packed a great bit of actionable info that you can do right away! I have implemented about 90% and it took 6 months to make a huge shift in my gut and brain health! It was so worth it staying consistent every day, now I am in a place where I am healthier than most people walking around in society! I was really really unhealthy and was not in a good place mentally and didn't know what was wrong. After reading Cavin's book & "Why Isn't My Brain Working", I knew what I had to do. I took action for 6 months and now my body is very very strong and healthy! Forever grateful for these guys! Thank you :)
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JL Populist
4.0 out of 5 stars Brain Nutrition.
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2021
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This book is both inspirational and educational.
The author writes from the experience of surviving a serious brain injury and his recovery.
What I found most beneficial was what he discovered through researching nutrition and it's effect on the brain. Omega-3s were one type of nutrient that I found intriguing. I had taken a supplement for prostate issues and didn't think of fish oils for the brain benefits.
For me nutrition is not a particularly interesting subject, but this book was surprisingly interesting.
The book covers a wide array of nutrients and is written in an easy - reading style.
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Jess
5.0 out of 5 stars from being told I was going to die to living fully
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2022
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In 2015, I barely survived a hemorrhagic stroke caused by a brain aneurysm rupture in my right frontal lobe.

My neurosurgeon went from telling me I wouldn't live another 24 hours to saying I had finished my recovery and there wasn't anything else to be done.

A few months later, I found Cavin's podcast and began to heal. When he released this book, I immediately bought it, and have since bought many more to give to people I love.

Recovery feels unbearably slow at times, but this book gave me hope when I had none. The change in my energy levels was quite noticeable, just by learning a few things taught in this book, and modifying my diet accordingly.

Highly recommend this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars HIGHLY RECOMMEND-excellent book
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2019
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Excellent book! Very well written, quick to red and provides lots of useful info in easy to read format. I like that the book is not overloaded with case studies, yet provides enough scientific citations for ppl not familiar with the Wahls protocol to get on board. I like the handouts and the easy to grasp “fist” concept for the portions! Great ideas for batch cooking - I got very motivated after being off the wagon for a while. Thanks a lot for sharing your journey, Calvin and wish you great health for many yrs to come and hopefully your book and all you do will change many people’s lives!!!
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Chandini Bachman
5.0 out of 5 stars An Enlightening Book For Anyone With A Brain
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2018
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In 183 pages, Cavin Balaster's new book, How to Feed A Brain provides an outline and plan for how to maximize one's brain performance. The "Citation Notes" provide all the scientific and academic documentation for further understanding. The "Additional Resources and Tips" listing takes you to Cavin's website for more detail than could be covered in 183 pages. Cavin came to this knowledge through the need to recover from a severe traumatic brain injury and he did not keep his lessons learned to himself. This book is enlightening for anyone with a brain. We all want to function optimally, even to take exams, stay dynamic, and make positive contributions to our communities. Bravo Cavin for sharing your lessons learned!
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Endo
2.0 out of 5 stars Rather disappointing.
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2018
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Nothing really special about the book. I was hoping for more detailed recommendations and so forth. Or possible further resources. It may be helpful to someone though.
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kathleen
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinant!
Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2018
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J’ai adoré ce livre et j’y ai appris beaucoup. Le site internet fourni des informations supplémentaires intéressantes!
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Alejandro
4.0 out of 5 stars Buen resumen de tips para mejorar la salu del cerebro. Se me hizo muy práctico y sintético.
Reviewed in Mexico on July 26, 2018
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Buen resumen y tips prácticos para mantener la salud del cerebro. No solo para accidentes o enfermedades. Desde la alimentación, suplementos y hasta entender las etiquetas de productos.
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Jenny Jonsson
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome read for Everyone!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2018
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Well researched book with TONS of awesome tips on how to feed your brain.
As it is, I have been through trauma and have an injury, but I would say this book is for anyone looking to sharpen their creativity and productivity. It's the fuel we put in us that makes the difference.
This book will remain on my desk to go back to - many times.
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MuYiMing
5.0 out of 5 stars Great tone, clear explanation and wise advice
Reviewed in Canada on February 14, 2018
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The author seems very credible, without the over-the-top hype so many of these books have. It got me to take action.
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Sarah Vauhan-Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars I’d highly recommend this for anyone suffering with a brain injury or ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2018
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Thank you so much for this book! This perfectly summarises the diet you need to follow for optimal nutrition for brain rehabilitation, and I’m no professional in this field but it seems to be underpinned by all the latest research in neurology. I’d highly recommend this for anyone suffering with a brain injury or Post Concussion Syndrome!
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