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The Brain Power Cookbook

The Brain Power Cookbook, ISBN 9780452290136 and books by Dr. Frank Lawlis, Dr. Maggie Greenwood-Robinson on sale at thebookshelf.co.nz

More than 200 recipes to energise your thinking, boost your mood, and sharpen your memory.

A handy guide designed to help readers enhance their minds draws on the power of nutrition to build brain power, end stress, expand memory and concentration, and boost intelligence, with more than two hundred healthful recipes for everything from snacks and beverages to main courses and desserts.

Brain–boosting recipes from the New York Times bestselling author and chief content adviser for the Dr. Phil show

Food has the power to heal the brain. Now more than ever, we know that the chemical components in what we eat have powerful effects on the way our minds work, and that good nutrition is valuable for treating problems from cancer to depression. But how can we use this information to help us prepare actual meals?

The Brain Power Cookbook has the answers. In this essential guide, Dr. Frank Lawlis and nutritionist Dr. Maggie Greenwood–Robinson have compiled over two hundred delicious recipes that can help your brain respond positively to all sorts of psychological challenges. Whether you want to build brain power, put an end to stress, expand your memory and concentration, or even boost intelligence, this book will show you how, featuring a hearty helping of great meal ideas designed to help you reach your goal. Each chapter tackles a different mental challenge, discusses which types of food have the most benefits, and then offers a full complement of recipes – from main courses to side dishes, snacks to beverages, and even desserts – that incorporate these foods in mouth–watering and brain–boosting ways.

Drawing on tastes and styles from around the world, The Brain Power Cookbook offers spice and variety as it shows you how to enhance your mental fitness. With these recipes in hand, youll have all the ingredients you need to make your brain more efficient and maximize your success in work and life.

About the Author

Dr. Frank Lawlis is a renowned psychologist, researcher and counselor with more than thirty–five years experience working with families. He is the cofounder of the Lawlis and Peavey Centers for Psychoneurological Change and was named a fellow by the American Psychological Association. The chief content advisor for The Dr. Phil Show, Dr. Lawlis is also the author of The Stress Answer, The ADD Answer, The IQ Answer, and Mending the Broken Bond. He lives in Sanger, Texas.

Dr. Maggie Greenwood–Robinson is a popula health and medical writer, and the author of The Biggest Loser a New York Times bestseller that is the officialdiet/fitness book for NBCs hit reality show by the same name. She is the author or coauthor of more than forty books on nutrition, exercise, weight loss, brain fitness and health issues such as cancer including Good Foods vs Bad Foods and 20/20 Thinking. Maggie is a member of the Dr. Phil show Advisory Board and serves on the Advisory Board of Physical Magazine.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Brain&ndashEnergizing Foods
2: Foods That Soothe Stress and Anxiety
3: Cooking Up Answers to Addictions
4: Dish Up More Concentration
5: Memory–Boosting Meals
6: Foods to Help You Snooze
7: Good Mood Foods
8: Edging Out Anger
9: Fishing for Pain Relief
10: Be a Smart, Creative Eater
11: Aphrodisiac Food
Resources
Index
Author:
Dr. Frank Lawlis, Dr. Maggie Greenwood-Robinson
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ISBN:
9780452290136
Publish Date:
1/2009
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Plume
Format:
Paperback
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Approximately 2 - 3 days.
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