New Optimum Nutrition for the Mind

by Holford, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9781591202592
• ISBN10: 1591202590
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-15
• Publisher: Basic Health Pubns

Summary

How we think and feel is directly affected by what we take into our bodies. Eating the right food has been proven to boost IQ, improve mood and emotional stability, sharpen the memory, and keep the mind young. This book covers a wide range of important topics and should be of interest to anyone who wants to think and feel great.

Author Biography

Patrick Holford is founder of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London. He is director of the Food for Brain Foundation, whose Brain Bio Clinic offers cutting-edge treatment for mental health disorders using an optimum nutrition approach. He is Britain's top nutrition expert and the author of over twenty books, including the best-selling New Optimum Nutrition Bible.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction to the new edition	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xviii
Guide to abbreviations and measures	p. xix
A note on notes, recommended reading, and resources	p. xix
Food for Thought	p. 1
You think what you eat	p. 2
The five essential brain booster foods-check yourself out	p. 10
Complex carbohydrates-the best brain food	p. 17
Smart fats-the architects of higher intelligence	p. 29
Phospholipids-your memory's best friends	p. 43
Amino acids-the alphabet of mind and mood	p. 51
Intelligent nutrients-the brain's master tuners	p. 61
Your methyl IQ-the ultimate balancing act	p. 70
Protecting Your Brain	p. 77
The brain agers-oxidants, alcohol, and stress	p. 78
Sugar and stimulants make you stupid	p. 87
Avoiding brain pollution	p. 96
Brain allergies	p. 109
Improving Your IQ, Memory, and Mood	p. 119
How to boost your intelligence	p. 120
Enhancing your memory	p. 128
Beating the blues	p. 143
Balancing out hormonal mood swings	p. 164
Unwinding stress and anxiety with natural relaxants	p. 173
Solving sleeping problems	p. 184
What Is Mental Illness?	p. 197
Understanding mental illness	p. 198
Getting the right diagnosis	p. 204
What's your problem?	p. 213
The dangers of drugs and how to get off them	p. 226
Solving Depression, Manic Depression, and Schizophrenia	p. 239
Overcoming depression	p. 240
Mood swings and manic depression	p. 261
Demystifying schizophrenia	p. 273
Schizophrenia can be cured	p. 277
Mental Health in the Young	p. 301
Learning difficulties, dyslexia, and dyspraxia	p. 302
The attention deficit disaster	p. 309
Answers for autism	p. 324
The way up from Down's syndrome	p. 339
Diet, crime, and delinquency	p. 346
Beating addictions	p. 354
Overcoming eating disorders	p. 366
Fits, convulsions, and epilepsy	p. 373
Mental Health in Old Age	p. 379
Putting the brakes on Parkinson's disease	p. 380
Preventing age-related memory decline	p. 389
Preventing and arresting Alzheimer's	p. 398
Smart drugs and hormones	p. 413
Action Plan for Mental Health	p. 423
Finding help	p. 424
The brain-friendly diet in a nutshell	p. 428
Brain-friendly supplements	p. 430
Last word	p. 432
References and Resources	p. 435
References	p. 436
Recommended reading	p. 471
Useful addresses	p. 474
Product and supplement directory	p. 486
Index	p. 487
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