Brainfood: A Provocative Exploration of the Connection Between What You Eat and How You Think Book

First English Language Edition 1993 with 268 pages - Why do we deprive ourselves at mealtimes in he name of "good health"? What nutrients are missing in our diet? In Brainfood, Dr. Bourre shatters current myths abut diet and health and gives us news: eating guided by pleasure and intelligence, not by deprivation and fear, is the key to both a vital brain and a healthy body. It reveals the impact of foods' nutrients, and toxins, on the way we feel and think-everything from the therapeutic attributes of certain plant extracts, powders, and oils (eggplant reduces anxiety; poppies and passion flowers relieve insomnia) and the link between vitamin C and higher IQ to the effects of different cooking techniques. Brainfood will delight and amaze anyone who has ever sat down to a meal and wondered if there was nay way to sensibly and sensuously follow the long held dictum "you are what you eat."Read More