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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 | |