What Gluten Can Do To Your Brain (Hint: It Isn't Pretty)
Brain health problems have been skyrocketing lately.
Today, close to 20% of adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder — and that stat is only increasing.
Depression is now the leading cause of disability worldwide. Anxiety disorders affect more than 40 million Americans. And Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States.
In fact, a 2013 report found that since 1979, deaths due to brain disease have increased 66% in men and a whopping 92% in women.
There's one thing all these brain problems have in common: inflammation. There's even a whole field of study, known as the cytokine model of cognitive function, which looks at how low-grade inflammation impacts brain health.