YOUR MIRACLE BRAIN --- DRAMATIC NEW SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
REVEALS HOW YOU CAN USE FOOD AND SUPPLEMENTS TO --- MAXIMIZE BRAIN POWER, BOOST YOUR MEMORY, LIFT YOUR MOOD, IMPROVE AND CREATIVITY, PREVENT AND REVERSE MENTAL AGING
by Jean Carper. HarperCollins, 2000
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pxiii-xv)

    INTRODUCTION --- Nutritional neuroscience --- the new frontier (pvii-xx)

    PART 1 --- Welcome to the age of the miracle brain (p1-36)

    PART 2 --- What to eat for a miracle brain (p37-192)

      1) The ancient diet your brain most craves (p39-47)

        [1] Make fruits and vegetables the major part of your diet.

        [2] Eat poultry without skin, or very lean meats and game.

        [3] Eat dried beans --- legumes of all kninds, including peanuts, preferably unsalted.

        [4] Eat nuts, notably walnuts and almonds.

        [5] Eat fatty fish --- salmon, sardines, mackerel --- and shellfish.

        [6] Restrict omega-6 fats --- especially corn oil --- hydrogenated vegetable oils, and trans fatty acids.

        [7] Restrict sugar and sodium.

        [8] Restrict processed foods.

        [9] Take vitamin-mineral supplements, because it is impossible to totally imitate a nutrient-rich "Stone-Age" diet without a boost from supplements.

        [10] Take fish oil capsules, especially if you don't eat fish several times a week.

      2) How fat can make and break your brain (p48-66)

      3) Amazing new ways fish oil saves your brain (p67-105)

      4) The two faces of sugar --- brain booster (p106-140)

      5) How antioxidants make you smart, happy and save your brain from aging (p141-177)

      6) Caffeine --- everybody's brain fix (p178-192)

    PART 3 --- Brain supplements --- what to take for a "miracle brain" (p193-303)

      7) How vitamins, minerals, and other supplements can boost your brain to the max (p305-303)

    PART 4 --- How to keep vascular villains from destroying your brain (p305-332)

    POSTSCRIPT --- Getting the "Miracle Brain" you deserve --- ten top strategies (p333-342)

      [1] Take multivitamins (p334-335)

      [2] Take antioxidant vitamins (p335-336)

      [3] Eat foods high in antioxidants (p336-337)

      [4] Drink tea (p337-338)

      [5] Avoid bad fats (p338-339)

      [6] Get omega-3 type fish oil --- from eating fish and/or taking supplements (p339-340)

      [7] Take brain-boosting supplements (p340)

      [8] Watch sugar, including blood sugar (p341)

      [9] Restrict calories --- lose weight (p341)

      [10] Take good care of yourself (p341-342)

        The most important thing to remember is that your brain is growing and changing every instant. It thrives on stimulation, exercise, education, and the right diet and supplements. It is never too early or too late to decide to shape your own brain's destiny!

    SELECTED REFERENCES (p343-359)

    BOOKS (p361-362)

    INDEX (p363-378)

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