Diet and Nutrition in
Neurological Disorders

Neurological disorders have an enormous impact on the individual,
family unit, community, and society at large. For example, the
World Health Organization reports that on a global basis, 6 million
people die from stroke each year, 50 million people have epilepsy,
and a similar number have dementia, of which the most common is
Alzheimer’s disease. Half of the world’s adult population had a
headache at least once in the last year