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My mission is to help you take care of your brain while still eating delicious food.
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01/29/2026

The 4Fs of brain-healthy food are your shortcut to smarter grocery shopping 🛒🧠

Fats, Fiber, Flavonoids, Fit!

A brain-friendly food usually hits at least 2 of these 4 properties, making it easy to choose meals that nourish your brain every day.

Swipe through the carousel to see what each F means, and if you want the full guide with examples and meal ideas, check out my Substack (link in bio)!

01/28/2026

Part 1 of my Brain-Healthy Soup Series is here! 🥣✨
 This week: Wild Rice, White Bean & Turkey Soup! Warm, nourishing, and packed with brain-loving ingredients.

Swipe through for the full recipe, and get excited… next week we’re making White Chicken Chili with Hatch Chiles and Black Beans 🌿

Save this one for your cozy nights in!

Excerpted from THE BRAIN HEALTH KITCHEN: PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S THROUGH FOOD by Annie Fenn, MD, 2023.

Photographs: Styling:

01/23/2026

Creatine isn’t just a gym supplement anymore.

New research is looking at its role in brain energy, cognitive resilience, and even symptoms tied to sleep deprivation and hormonal shifts. But like most things in brain health, it’s not as simple as “more is better.”

This post is just the starting point.

I break down what the science actually says (who may benefit, how it works in the brain, and what people often get wrong) in this week’s newsletter.

If this kind of information matters to you, the full deep dive is on Substack. 🧠

Link in bio!

01/19/2026

This year, I learned a lot, even as a brain health professional! From the surprising benefits of coffee to a more nuanced view of dairy, my understanding of what truly supports the brain has evolved.

Swipe through to see 5 lessons that changed my perspective, plus some practical tips you can try yourself.

🧠 I’m curious: what have you changed your mind about this year, brain health or otherwise? Comment below!

01/16/2026

Why care about your brain health in your 20s? 🧠

Because this is when your daily habits start shaping your brain for decades to come. Sleep, food, movement, stress, and environment all play a role in how your brain functions now and how resilient it will be later.

The good news? Small, consistent choices in your 20s can make a huge difference long term.
Your future brain is built today.

Save this for later + follow for simple ways to support your brain at every age.

P.S. Did you check out the benefits that creatine has on your brain health? Read more about how on my latest article on my Substack.

01/12/2026

Save this carousel for your own brain health notes 🧠

This year, I asked my college students to share the top lessons they learned in my brain health class, and the insights they shared were both practical and surprising. From simple tweaks to their diet, to daily habits that help focus and memory, these are lessons that anyone can try to support their brain.

Some of their takeaways might make you rethink what you thought you knew about brain health... and others are simple reminders of the little things that really matter.

💡 Swipe through to see all 14 lessons, and don’t forget to save this carousel for future reference.

What’s one thing you learned about your brain this year? Comment below, I’d love to hear.

01/11/2026

🔻LOVE the new dietary guidelines?
⚠️Or do you STRONGLY DISAGREE?

🧠Either way, I’d like to gently remind everyone what the large body of brain health nutrition science says:

People age with healthier brains and have less dementia if they eat from these neuroprotective food groups:

🫐Berries
🌱Leafy green
🥦Vegetables
🌾Whole grains
🫘Beans and legumes
🌰Nuts and seeds
🐟Fish and seafood
🫒Extra virgin olive oil
☕️Coffee and tea

While limiting or avoiding these foods: 🍔Processed and fast foods
🧁Pastries and sweets
🧋Sweetened or artificially sweetened drinks
🧈Full fat dairy products, especially butter and processed cheese
🥓Red meat, especially processed meat
🍸Alcohol

What we eat is a powerful factor in preventing, fending off, or slowing progression of Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Eating this way works for most dietary preferences: vegetarian, vegan/WFPB, pescatarian, omnivore, flexitarian.

Take the best care of your brains, friends.

🧡 Annie

All graphics excerpted from The Brain Health Kitchen: Preventing Alzheimer’s Through Food by Annie Fenn, MD

01/10/2026

The Best Brain Health Books of 2025
🧠📚✨Plus, a new release I can’t put down.

In this month’s FREE Brain Health Kitchen newsletter I am sharing my faves. ➡️

Plus, enter to win a copy of some of these outstanding books! Including my own☺️

📲Head to BrainHealthKitchen.Substack.com for all the details.

I’d love to know: what’s the best brain health book you read this year?
🧠📚✨

Let me know💬👇🏽

Happy reading everyone,
Annie

01/02/2026

🧠💥Here’s a simple exercise to improve your brain health in 2026.

Choose to move forward without the baggage that adds to your cognitive burden.

That’s just what my friends and I did on New Year’s Day 2026.

🔖We wrote down the habits, thoughts, consumptions, and even relationships, that have been stressing us out.

Stress of all types can tax the brain and accelerate the aging process.

🧠🍥Make space in the brain for beneficial neural pathways.

🗯️Tell me: What would you toss it into the fire?Write it down👇🏽

✨Cheers to your brain health in 2026, friends.
Come see me on Substack for more ways to take the best care of your brain.

Love,
Annie

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