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Lift Your Mood With Power Food: More Than 150 Healthy Foods And Recipes To Change The Way You Think And FeelStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionIn Natural Power Foods nutritionist Christine Bailey advises how what we eat can dramatically affect how we think and feel. Each chapter of this life-enhancing guide is carefully devised to combine comprehensive, up-to-date, accessible information with practical advice. Chapter One, 'The Physiology of Melancholy', looks at the physiological link between nutrition and mental well-being. Chapter Two, 'Mood's Many Guises', looks at specific mind- and mood-related ailments, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), insomnia and Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS), and shows how common disorders can be overcome simply and effectively through improvements in diet. Chapter Three, 'Feel Good Food', presents more than 80 specially commissioned, easy-to-follow recipes, each with a perfectly balanced nutrient profile. The book, which has been fully revised and updated, concludes with a chapter on nutritional supplements, as well as helpful general advice on improving mental fitness and mood through simple exercise and relaxation techniques. Author descriptionChristine Bailey, M.Sc., is a qualified nutritionist, food and health consultant, chef and cookery teacher. A member of the Guild of Health Writers, she writes for numerous health and food magazines and is the author of The Top 100 Low-Salt Recipes and The Top 100 Recipes for Brainy Kids for DBP. Christine runs courses and workshops, advises local authorities and schools, and works with a number of charities and organisations including the World Cancer Research Fund UK. |