David PerlmutterPresident,, Perlmutter Health Center · Board-Certified Neurologist | Functional Medicine Pioneer | #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author | International Speaker | Host of The Empowering Neurologist Podcast

This Simple Food May Help Protect Your Brain

19 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief video, board‑certified neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter highlights a recent study that found eating just one egg per week is associated with a significant reduction in Alzheimer’s disease risk. He explains that eggs are rich in choline, the precursor to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which is vital for brain function. While noting that eggs alone won’t guarantee protection, he places egg consumption within a broader, holistic approach to brain health that includes diet, sleep, exercise, and social interaction. He also challenges the long‑standing negative perception of eggs, suggesting the criticism may have been misplaced.

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Eating just one of these per week has been associated with a significant reduction in Alzheimer's risk. The incredible edible egg. Hi, I'm Dr. David Perlmutter. I'm a board-certified neurologist and also a fellow of the American College of Nutrition. And if you care about your brain, then you should be caring about what you eat, because it turns out that the food choices you make each and every day are really incredibly important in terms of helping you chart your brain's destiny. Eating an egg isn't going to necessarily keep you from getting Alzheimer's, but it's part of the bigger picture. Look at your diet, look at your other lifestyle choices like your sleep, like your exercise, like your socialization with other people. So this is an interesting study. I'd like you to take a look at it, but keep in mind that eggs have been kind of castigated all these years and maybe for the wrong reasons. Why might eggs be so good for the brain? Well, for one reason, Eggs contain a lot of choline, and choline is what acetylcholine is made out of. That's a really important so-called neurotransmitter. So keep eggs in mind, quite literally and figuratively as well. I'm Dr. David Perlmutter, and bye for now.