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My mission is to help you take care of your brain while still eating delicious food.
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28/12/2025

Brain Health Kitchen 3rd anniversary sale!
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Get 30% off annual subscriptions if you order before the end of the year.

Join our brain healthy community and you’ll get:

🧠weekly reminders about how to take care of your brain
🥗 lots of easy delicious recipes
📊 science based articles about brain health
👩🏻‍🍳 an option to cook with me live on zoom in our Cooking Club.

I think you’ll love our community of food-loving brain health enthusiasts. 🧡

To subscribe, head to brainhealthkitchen.substack.com, linked in bio.

Thanks everyone for an incredible 3 years!

Love, Annie
👩🏻‍⚕️📘
Physician, chef, & author of the bestselling Substack Brain Health Kitchen and book THE BRAIN HEALTH KITCHEN: PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S THROUGH FOOD

23/12/2025

The MIND diet 🧠🫐🌱

If you know me at all, you’ve heard me talk about the MIND diet to prevent Alzheimer’s since the original study came out in 2015.

🧠Thank you Oprah Daily for shining your light on the benefits of MIND eating to protect cognitive health! Read the full article by Christina Marian, RDN .

😊Eating this way may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s by 53%, adding 7.5 years to the brain’s longevity.

🤯But did you also know that closely following the MIND guidelines has additional perks?

🗓️Delays Parkinson’s up to 7.4 years in men and up to 17.4 years in women in the 2019 J of Nutrition, Health, and Aging study.
👀Reduces the risk of open-angle glaucoma by 30 to 50%
📈Lengthens lifespan, reducing the risk of dying from any cause by 37%
📉May reduce the risk of breast cancer, especially in postmenopausal women whose weight fell in the normal range.

💡 MIND diet was created by Dr. Martha Clare Morris and her colleagues at Rush University. ➡️to see Dr. Morris and me shortly after her book Diet for the MIND was released.

Martha Clare is no longer with us, but I think she’d be absolutely delighted to see Oprah Daily raising awareness about the benefits of this MIND-protective way of eating.

👩🏻‍💻To learn more about how to take care of your brain, join me at brainhealthkitchen.substack.com.

Be sure to follow other MIND experts here on IG:

🙋🏻‍♀️Questions about eating this way? Let me know in the comments⬇️

20/12/2025

Here’s another easy, heartwarming soup to get you through the holidays.🍲🧡

Plus, do you know the story of Centenarian Soup? I learned how to make this from my friend Zio Marco while traveling through the blue zone of Sardinia.

I cannot guarantee that you will live to 💯 if you eat this soup, the the locals swear by it.😊

Find the recipe at brainhealthkitchem.substack.com, linked in bio and stories.

Stay warm and nourished everyone!
🧡
Annie

12/12/2025

Chocolate Gingerbread Granola🤎✨

Made with all my favorite brain-healthy things like cacao powder, extra virgin olive oil, ginger, almonds, protein oats, and dates.

Find the recipe as part of my BHK Gift Guide, now live at brainheathkitchen.substack.com.

🧠20 hand-picked presents for brain-healthy giving

Link in stories and bio!

And don’t miss my subscriber discount codes on:
BHK EVOO — my organic high-polyphenol extra-virgin olive oil from Tuscany
— the tastiest tinned fish
— milled to order matcha
— the best mushroom matcha with my favorite frother
ceramic food storage — for your toxin free kitchen

And much more🎄

Happy baking and shopping, everyone.

29/11/2025

It’s SOUP SEASON on BHK🥣

And that means my Brain Health Kitchen people get a new soup recipe each Saturday morning.

Each soup is designed to be:
💁🏻‍♀️Easy: low in effort but big on flavor
🧠 Brain-healthy: made with neuroprotective foods
🧊 Freezer-friendly for effortless future meals
😄 Crowd pleasers: everyone loves these soups, not just the healthy eaters

🍜To sign up for Saturday recipe delivery, screenshot and scan the QR code on the last slide or head to brainhealthkitchen.substack.com (link in bio); subscriptions start at just $7/month.

Today’s recipe drop makes excellent use of Thanksgiving leftovers. 🦃🥕🧅

📸: Photo of the Wild Rice, White Bean, and Turkey soup by and excerpted from THE BRAIN HEALTH KITCHEN: PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S THROUGH FOID by Annie Fenn MD

22/11/2025

The organic garden 🌱

☀️Come check out the garden , one of the oldest in North America.

👨🏽‍🌾Meet Salvador— the Ranch’s master gardener for the last 37 years

🍋See what’s in season— pea shoots, radishes, grapefruit, pomegranate and more!

💚The garden is the heart and soul of this wellness destination. To see more of what I am cooking during Brain Health Week at rancho La Puerta, check out my stories.

✨Want to join me next time? I’ll be announcing spring dates soon on my newsletter—be sure you are signed up to get first dibs on spots!

Brainhealthkitchen.substack.com

20/11/2025

Just published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Brain Health Prevention Plan🧠✨

My colleagues and I are excited to share this newly published paper in the J of AD. Spearheaded by Dr. Dharma Khalsa, each co-author contributed a review of the latest science in their area of expertise.

👉🏽Swipe to see the Brain Health Kitchen Food Pyramid published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease!

This paper highlights new information about what we know now about reducing Alzheimer’s risk, including the role of:

💨 Air pollution
🤸🏽Physical and cognitive exercise
🧘🏽‍♂️ Yoga and meditation
🥗 Nutrition
🛌 Sleep
📿 Spiritual fitness
🌍 Environmetal wellness

Find this OPEN ACCESS paper linked in bio and be sure to READ, SAVE, and SHARE with all the brains you love.

💭We would love to know: What surprises you about this paper? What did you learn? And how will you put that knowledge into action? Let us know in the comments👇🏽

📘Brain Health Kitchen food pyramid excerpted from THE BRAIN HEALTH KITCHEN BOOK: PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S THROUGH FOOD by Annie Fenn MD 2023

15/11/2025

Announcing BHK Soup Season🥣✨

Over on the Brain Health Kitchen newsletter, we are kicking off Soup Season with a series of favorite recipes to get you through early winter.

Each soup recipe is:

💁🏻‍♀️Easy to prepare
🧠Packed with flavorful brain health ingredients
😉Freezer-friendly for effortless meals

🍜To get a new brain-healthy soup recipe delivered to you each Saturday morning, sign up at the Substack link in bio, or head to brainhealthkitchen.Substack.com

First up in our series:

🥦Broccoli Soup with Sumac & Crispy Broccoli

It’s a winning combination of crispy florets atop a creamy broccoli and potato soup flecked with sumac and flaky salt.

Please enjoy!
🥦🍋🥣✨

Annie

14/11/2025

🧠The Brain Health Retreat
📍Greece
🗺️April 19-25, 2026

This spring, come with me to Greece for an immersive experience at the heart of the Mediterranean.

We’ll wander food markets in Athens, visit olive oil producers in Crete, and cook farm to table meals with local chefs.

This is an active, food- and brain health-focused vacation with lots of walking. There’s no better way to experience the food, culture, and beaches of Greece, all while learning how to cultivate brain health for life.

For more information, head to the link below (also in bio) or call 877-298-9677 (M-F. 9 am to 5 pm ET).

✨brainhealthkitchen.substack.com/retreats

🎒Tag a travel buddy! This trip is ideal for friends, mothers & daughters, couples, and solo travelers.

I can’t wait to see you in Greece!

🛵🇬🇷🏛️🫒😎

Annie

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