CARBS: Toxic or Necessary? A Top 10 Episode with Dr. David Perlmutter

<p><strong>Welcome to Your Upgraded Summer!</strong></p><p>This new series revisits the Top 10 Bulletproof Radio episodes of all time. The topics cover essentials like nutrition, energy, hormones, sleep and autophagy, as well as gut, brain, autoimmune and women's health.</p><p>You'll get the main points in a shortened version so you can get the good stuff and get on with your summer plans. And if you want to listen to more, tune in to the original episode.</p><p><strong>First up is Dr. David Perlmutter with the No. 1 show:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://daveasprey.com/david-perlmutter-553/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Why You Desperately Need Carbs – Dr. David Perlmutter #553.</strong></a></p><p>Dr. Perlmutter focuses critical attention on brain health, lifestyle, and nutrition that maintains health and prevents diseases. He's a board-certified neurologist and five-time New York Times bestselling author.&nbsp;No. 1 was "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Grain-Brain-Surprising-Sugar-Your-Killers-dp-0316485136/dp/0316485136/ref=dp_ob_image_bk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs and Sugar–Your Brain's Silent Killers</a>." This landmark book made the connection between grains and brain health.</p><p>Here's what Dr. Perlmutter says:</p><ul><li>"This is very important. It is carbohydrate confusion because we desperately, desperately need carbs. So many people adopt a ketogenic program and totally abandon their carbohydrate intake and what happens? They feel crappy, they become constipated, they get brain fog, they don't sleep well, they're agitated and it's all because they fail to understand that we have to be quite specific when we talk about carbohydrates."</li><li>"We are desperately in need of fiber in the diet, which is by definition a complex carbohydrate that we don't metabolize, but is yet metabolized by our gut bacteria."</li><li>"When we throw that baby out with the bathwater, we set the stage for not nurturing the 100 b