David Perlmutter is a Naples, Florida–based American celebrity doctor[1] and author.[2][3]

Career

Perlmutter is the author of health books, and is known for advocating a functional and holistic approach toward treating brain disorders.[2][4][5] Perlmutter serves as a medical advisor for The Dr. Oz Show and Men's Health.[6][7]

Perlmutter wrote the book Grain Brain, released in September 2013, promoting the concept that gluten causes neurological conditions, which became a bestseller.[8]

Although not primarily a medical researcher, he has published in the medical literature.[9][10][11][12] He was the president of the Perlmutter Health Center[5] until its sale in 2015.[13]

Awards

Perlmutter has received the 2002 Linus Pauling Award (of the Institute for Functional Medicine),[14] and 2006 National Nutritional Foods Association Clinician Award.[15] In 2015, Perlmutter was awarded the "Communications and Media Award" from the American College of Nutrition[16] In 2019, Perlmutter was awarded the Leadership Award from the Integrative Healthcare Symposium.[17]

Criticism

Perlmutter and his books have faced criticism from other physicians and commentators.[18] For example, Nash and Slutzky (2014) have written that "according to Grain Brain, much chronic disease originates in the widespread ingestion of carbohydrates, and these foodstuff, rather than cholesterol or saturated fats, are the premier contributor to an unhealthy individual. Numerous recent studies, however, have provided high-level evidence to the contrary."[18]

Epidemiologist David Katz, founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center at Griffin Hospital in Derby, CT, has criticized Grain Brain, calling it a "silly book" and saying that "Perlmutter is way ahead of any justifiable conclusion".[19]

Microbiome expert Jonathan Eisen criticized Brain Maker in blunt terms. "To think we can magically heal diseases by changing to a gluten-free diet and taking some probiotics is idiotic... It resembles more the presentation of a snake-oil salesman than that of a person interested in actually figuring out how to help people."[1]

Perlmutter's advice to parents that they should ask their pediatricians about scheduling childhood vaccinations separately[1] is contrary to advice from the CDC[20] and the American Academy of Pediatrics.[21]

David Perlmutter is listed by Quackwatch as a promoter of questionable health products.[22]

Books

• Perlmutter, David (February 15, 2022). Drop Acid: The Surprising New Science of Uric Acid―The Key to Losing Weight, Controlling Blood Sugar, and Achieving Extraordinary Health. Little, Brown Spark. ISBN 978-0316315395.
• Perlmutter, David (December 9, 2019). The Microbiome and the Brain. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0815376729.
• Perlmutter, David (December 15, 2018). Grain Brain Revised Edition, The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers. Little, Brown Spark. ISBN 978-0316485135.
• Perlmutter, David (November 15, 2016). The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan: Boost Brain Performance, Lose Weight, and Achieve Optimal Health. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316319195.
• Perlmutter, David (April 28, 2015). Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain - for Life. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316380102.
• Perlmutter, David (September 9, 2014). The Grain Brain Cookbook: More Than 150 Life-Changing Gluten-Free Recipes to Transform Your Health. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316334259.
• Perlmutter, D (1999). "Functional Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Disease". Journal of Applied Nutrition. 51 (1): 3–13.
• with Loberg, Kristin (September 17, 2013). Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316234801.
• with Villoldo, Alberto (February 1, 2012). Power Up Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Enlightenment. Hay House. ISBN 978-1401928186.
• with Colman, Carol (August 2, 2005) [2004]. The Better Brain Book: The Best Tool for Improving Memory and Sharpness and Preventing Aging of the Brain. Riverhead Trade. ISBN 1594480931.
• with Colman, Carol (March 11, 2008) [2006]. Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten: Raise IQ by up to 30 points and turn on your child's smart genes. Harmony. ISBN 978-0767923026.

References

External links

• Official website
• David Perlmutter at IMDb
• http://www.autismspeaks.org/resource/perlmutter-health-center
• http://www.hayhouse.com/authorbio.php?id=621
• http://www.abihm.org/doctor-details
• http://pilladvised.com/2012/03/dr-perlmutter-lecture-at-nyu-medical-school/
• http://www.functionalmedicine.org/about/ourteam/faculty/
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-david-perlmutter-md/
• http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/david-perlmutter--md.html
• http://www.mindbodygreen.com/wc/dr-david-perlmutter
• http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-10-06/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-10-20/dining/list.html
• http://www.doctoroz.com/medadvisoryboard/david-perlmutter
• http://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/jns.1976.45.3.0259?prevSearch=%2528David%2BPerlmutter%2529%2Band%2B%255BFulltext%253A%2BDavid%2BPerlmutter%255D&searchHistoryKey=
• http://journals.lww.com/smajournalonline/Citation/1985/11000/_Hidden__Disks_and_Computerized_Tomography.20.aspx
• http://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=585908&resultClick=3
• https://www.functionalmedicine.org/about/history-founders/Linus_Pauling/
• http://www.npainfo.org/NPA/AboutNPA/AnnualAwardsPastWinners.aspx
• http://208.106.230.67/Default.aspx?tabid=142
• http://www.hindawi.com/crim/immunology/2013/248482/abs/
• http://www.imjournal.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/archives.main&mode=issue&issueid=7284
• http://www.liebertpub.com/editorialboard/brain-and-gut/628/