The official website for the book is here: https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/full-article/all-about-my-new-book-change-your-diet-change-your-mind

It's been a while since I've finished this book, and the details are not so fresh in my mind any more, but it's more a book about right (and wrong) nutrition and how it affects brain metabolism than it is a book purely about the brain, which was what I thought it was going to be about.

The book discusses what we eat and what foods can cause metabolic distress. It discusses things like oxidative stress, inflammation, and hormones. There is a little section on the historical reason behind the dietary guidelines and how we came to demonize saturated fat. Dr. Ede provides helpful mention of other authors to also read, such as Nina Teicholz, but does not do a deep-dive into history.

The book also spends a lot of time going over animal foods and plant foods, including things such as nutrient availability, plant toxins, anti-nutrients, and so on. None of this is new to anyone in this community, but the book makes an excellent starting point and I'd recommend it to people just starting out since it touches on just about every salient point in the ongoing debate about our diets. The book also discusses the lack of any evidence when it comes to the widely perceived "health benefits" of plant based diets.

There is a section on brain metabolism and how psychiatric disorders are being increasingly linked to poor metabolic health, including an anecdote from Dr. Iain Campbell, who is one of the research fellows at the King's College in London researching the link between metabolism and bipolar disorder. Dr Campbell suffers from BPD himself and stumbled into the ketogenic diet when he tried to lose weight on the Atkins diet, and then felt that he had to share what he discovered by doing research into the field of metabolic psychiatry. Fascinating stuff, and what I was hoping to learn more about from this book.

The book ends with a several lists of foods that do not cause inflammation ("quiet foods"). I found myself looking this up a lot when discussing the matter with friends who don't want to go fully carnivore but would like to know what foods to avoid. Useful to have around!

Recommended. Extra recommendation since it's one of the few books available in Japanese and so I've bought a physical copy so I can lend it to friends. However, for metabolic psychiatry in particular, perhaps Brain Energy by Christopher M. Palmer, MD. (I'm halfway through this one) is richer in detail.