TY - BOOK AU - Holford,Patrick TI - Optimum nutrition for the mind SN - 9780749927851 AV - QP376 .H68 2010 U1 - 613.2 HOL 22 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Piatkus KW - Nutrition KW - Diet KW - Mind and body KW - Mental health KW - Nutritional aspects KW - fast N1 - Originally published : London : Piatkus, 2007; "Optimum living made easy"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; Pat 1.Food for thought; 1.You think what you eat; 2.The five essential brain booster foods - check yourself out; 3.Complex carbohydrates - the best brain food; 4.Smart fats - the architects of higher intelligence; 5.Phospholipids - your memory's best friends; 6.Amino acids - the alphabet of mind and mood; 7.Intelligent nutrients - the brain's master tuners; 8.Your methyl IQ - the ultimate balancing act; Part 2 - Protecting your brain; 9.The brain agers - oxidants, alcohol and stress; 10.Sugar and stimulants make you stupid; 11.Avoiding brain pollution; 12.Brain allergies; Part 3 - Improving your IQ, memory and mood; 13.How to boost your intelligence; 14.Enhancing your memory; 15.Beating the blues; 16.Balancing out hormonal mood swings; 17.Unwinding stress and anxiety with natural relaxants; 18.Solving sleeping problems; Part 4 - What is mental illness; 19.Understanding mental illness; 20.Getting the right diagnosis; 21.What's your problem?; 22.The dangers of drugs and how to get off them; Part 5 - Solving depression, manic depression and schizophrenia; 23.Overcoming depression; 24.Mood swings and manic depression; 25.Demystifying schizophrenia; 26.Schizophrenia can be cured; Part 6 - Mental health in the young; 27.Learning difficulties, dsylexia and dyspraxia; 28.The attention deficit disaster; 29.Answers for autism; 30.The way up from Down's Syndrome; 31.Diet, crime and delinquency; 32.Beating addictions; 33.Overcoming eating disorders; 34.Fits, convulsions and epilepsy; Part 7 - Mental health in old age; 35.Putting the brakes on Parkinson's disease; 36.Preventing age-related memory decline; 37.Preventing and arresting Alzheimer's; 38.Smart drugs and hormones; Part 8 - Action plan for mental health; 39.Finding help; 40.The brain-friendly diet in a nutshell; 41.Brain-friendly supplements ER -