New Optimum Nutrition for the Mind - 2nd Edition by Patrick Holford (Paperback)

About the Book

Eating the right food has been proven to boost IQ, improve mood and emotional stability, sharpen the memory, and keep the mind young. This book covers a wide range of important topics and should be of interest to anyone who wants to think and feel great.

Book Synopsis

How we think and feel is directly affected by what we take into our bodies. Eating the right food has been proven to boost IQ, improve mood and emotional stability, sharpen the memory, and keep the mind young. This book covers a wide range of important topics and should be of interest to anyone who wants to think and feel great.

Review Quotes

"New Optimum Nutrition for the Mind gives us a most powerful weapon in our fight against mental disease. It is also essential reading for anyone who wants to stay in top mental health throughout life, free from depression, memory decline, and, even worse, senility." -Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D., a pioneer of orthomolecular medicine

"This book will make a tremendous difference to the millions of people who suffer unnecessarily from mental health problems. Nutritional medicine is the future." --Hyla Cass, M.D., former Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine

"This is the breakthrough we've been waiting for regarding the primary care of those with mental health problems. This should be essential reading for anyone in this field, and certainly anyone going through medical school." --Dr. Andréeacute; Tylee, Professor of Primary Care Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London

"It is time that medical science and practice takes nutrition seriously as one of the key factors that determines the health of the brain." --Professor David Smith, Deputy Head, Division of Medical Services, University of Oxford

"This book is of groundbreaking significance. You've got to read it." --Hazel Courteney, Daily Mail

"If you care about keeping your mind sharp and your mood good, the undeniable message of this book is that you can change how you think and feel by what you eat." --Gloria Hunniford, TV and radio presenter

"We need psychiatrists to take up nutrition as part of their weaponry against disease. If they follow the advice in this book, they will be a good step along the way of helping their patients to get a lot better than many who are now on drug treatment alone." --Gwynneth Hemmings, Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain

"This book makes it clear that a nutritionally ignorant psychiatrist is about as useful as a claustrophobic plumber. Everyone else knows that food
can make you happy or sad, why do psychiatrists keep ignoring the fact? They have ignored nutrition for far too long." --Jerome Burne, Medicine Today

"If you care about your mind, your moods or even your mental alertness, this book will change your attitudes to the foods you eat--for the better! This comprehensive work will provide you with food for thought, as you learn about foods for the mind. An excellent book." --Dr. Chris Steele, This Morning (ITV)

About the Author

"Patrick Holford, BSc, DipION, FBANT, NTCRP, is a leading spokesman on nutrition in the media, specialising in the field of mental health. He is the author of 36 books, translated into over 30 languages and selling millions of copies worldwide, including The Optimum Nutrition Bible, The Low GL-Diet Bible, Optimum Nutrition for the Mind and The 10 Secrets of 100% Healthy People, 10 Secrets of Healthy Ageing and Good Medicine.