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Foreword | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Guide to Abbreviations and Measures | |
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A Note on Notes, Recommended Reading, and Resources | |
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Food for Thought | |
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You Think What You Eat | |
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The Five Essential Brain Booster Foods--Check Yourself Out | |
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Complex Carbohydrates--The Best Brain Food | |
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Smart Fats--The Architects of Higher Intelligence | |
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Phospholipids--Your Memory's Best Friends | |
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Amino Acids--The Alphabet of Mind and Mood | |
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Intelligent Nutrients--The Brain's Master Tuners | |
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Protecting Your Brain | |
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The Brain Agers--Oxidants, Alcohol, and Stress | |
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Sugar and Stimulants Make You Stupid | |
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Avoiding Brain Pollution | |
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Brain Allergies | |
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Improving Your IQ, Memory, and Mood | |
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How to Boost Your Intelligence | |
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Enhancing Your Memory | |
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Beating the Blues | |
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Balancing Out Hormonal Mood Swings | |
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Unwinding Anxiety with Natural Relaxants | |
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Solving Sleeping Problems | |
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What is Mental Illness? | |
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Understanding Mental Illness | |
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Getting the Right Diagnosis | |
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What's Your Problem? | |
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The Dangers of Drugs and How to Get Off Them | |
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Solving Depression, Manic Depression, and Schizophrenia | |
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Overcoming Depression | |
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Mood Swings and Manic Depression | |
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Demystifying Schizophrenia | |
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Schizophrenia Can Be Cured | |
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Mental Health in the Young | |
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Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia, and Dyspraxia | |
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The Attention Deficit Disaster | |
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Answers for Autism | |
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The Way Up from Down's Syndrome | |
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Diet, Crime, and Delinquency | |
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Beating Addictions | |
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Overcoming Eating Disorders | |
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Fits, Convulsions, and Epilepsy | |
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Mental Health in Old Age | |
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Putting the Brakes on Parkinson's Disease | |
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Preventing Age-Related Memory Decline | |
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Say No to Alzheimer's Disease | |
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Smart Drugs and Hormones | |
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Action Plan for Mental Health | |
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Finding Help | |
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The Brain-Friendly Diet in a Nutshell | |
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Brain-Friendly Supplements | |
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Last Word | |
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References and Resources | |
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References | |
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Recommended Reading | |
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Useful Addresses | |
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Index | |