Dr. Lewis ’84 Releases "When Brains Collide"

Whether a car accident, fall off a bike, or suffer a helmet-to-helmet hit at football practice, there is nearly a 20% chance that you or someone close to you will suffer a concussion this year. Over 30% of such concussions will lead to long-term, potentially permanent disability. Even worse, many of these concussions are mild and go unnoticed and untreated. Culminating a career spanning over three decades in the U.S. Army, Dr. Michael Lewis developed The Omega-3 Protocol, the military-grade brain injury treatment process for dealing with the concussive dangers of everyday life. Concussions are not always preventable, but they are treatable. “After surgeons have addressed any acute life threatening symptoms linked to the initial injury, the prescribed treatment for treating concussion is physical rest and medication for lingering symptoms like headache or nausea. Currently there is no neuro-protective or neuro-regenerative treatment that addresses repairing the brain itself,” says Dr. Lewis. In his new book, When Brains Collide, Dr. Lewis clearly summarizes the research on omega-3 fatty acids and the benefits they provide. He shares compelling stories of real people who experienced the healing benefits of omega-3 protocols, and provides detailed information on how to use them in various situations. He says that successes in using omega-3 fatty acids to treat comatose accident victims suffering head injuries (as reported by Dr. Lewis in The Journal of the American College of Surgeons, The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, and Journal of the American College of Nutrition) led him to the development of essential fatty acid-based nutritional protocols to address concussions and severe TBI as well as ways to prevent concussions from occurring in the first place.