wcw MARCH 2022

healthier you
The Brain is a
“Picky Eater”
Brain health is highly dependent
on the food choices we make
“
Let food be
thy medicine
and
medicine
be thy
food,” is a famous
quote from Hippocrates,
the father of
medicine, circa 440
BC. But that famous
citation must have
been forgotten by
the time I reached
medical school in
the 1970s, for we had no formal training
in nutrition at all. I was told by my
professors that it was just “old hat” and
basically not that important.
That was the philosophy of medicine
at that time, and I took it as the truth.
(It wasn’t until after medical school
that I went back to school to earn my
degree in Nutritional and Metabolic
Medicine). For most of human history,
we have thought of food as essentially
fuel. We knew we couldn’t survive
without it and that our organs, tissues
and muscles need sustenance on a regular
basis to continue to function. But
that was about the sum total of it.
Now 2400 years later and, even as
I write, that “old hat” philosophy
is changing. As scientists have begun
to study our bodies down to the
molecular level, we are rediscovering
the profound effect of food…which
foods make us stronger, healthier and
more long-lived. We have learned vast
amounts, in just the past few decades,
about what constitutes “health foods”
and which foods might be damaging
to our bodies. For example, that a diet
high in fresh fruits and vegetables may
help protect against heart disease and
cancer or that eating too many carbs
and sweets can lead to type 2 diabetes.
Amid all this knowledge, scientists
are playing catch-up, especially when it
comes to food’s effect on the function
of its ‘hungriest” organ of all, the brain.
While the brain only comprises 2% of
the body’s weight, it gobbles up about
20% of the calories. And, it doesn’t
thrive on just any old calories, according
to Lisa Mosconi, PhD, associate
director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention
Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College
and author of Brain Food: The Surprising
Science of Eating For Cognitive
Power, it is a spectacularly “picky eater.”
Mosconi says: Certain nutrients
have been key to humans becoming
the high-functioning mammals we are
today. Our brain health is highly dependent
on the food choices we make.
And increasing, as our food supply has
become more industrialized and further
from what nature intended, we’ve been
making some bad choices, brain-wise.
If you’ve been dealing with forgetfulness,
brain fog, sluggishness, or
anything else, we encourage you to
reach out to us ~ you can give us a call
at 941-586-7358 or contact us through
our website: TheRenewalPoint.com.
We use an Integrative, test/correct
approach ~ first, we determine the
exact deficiencies; then, we correct the
deficiencies with specific foods, supplements,
or bio-identical hormones. In
the case of toxins, we eliminate them.
This allows us to correct the root cause
of the problem in order to help you
maintain a longer, healthier, and happier
quality of life.
With over 30 years of experience
and numerous board certifications and
credentials, Dr. Watts, MD, ND, MSNM
and Lynne Streitmatter, APRN, MS
are experts in the Science and Art of
Integrative Medicine and Bio-identical
Hormone Balancing. Bio-identical Hormone
Balancing requires individualized
therapy and ongoing dosing changes
based not only on a patient’s diagnostic
lab values, but also their symptoms.
Due to the sensitive nature of hormone
balancing, it is imperative that you work
in partnership with an experienced provider
and program.
For more information or to schedule
an appointment,
you can call us at
941-926-4905,
email us at info@
therenewalpoint.
com, or visit our
website The
RenewalPoint.
com.
Dr. Dan Watts
MD, ND, MSMN
The Renewal Point FOUNDER/DIRECTOR
4905 Clark Road, Sarasota
Phone: 941-926-4905
www.TheRenewalPoint.com
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