Health/Nutrition
257 pp 18 illustrations Bibliography · Index Directory of life-extension doctors, suppliers & services ISBN 0-914171-65-8 $16.95
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Brain Boosters
Foods and Drugs That Make You Smarter Beverly Potter, Ph.D. Sebastian Orfali, M.A. Preface by Ross Pelton, Ph.D., R. Ph. Introduction by Ward Dean, M.D.
The benefits of nutritional supplements traditionally have been confined to the fringes of acceptability. But recent research supports the claims that nutrients, especially vitamins, can protect against a host of ills ranging from birth defects and cataracts to heart disease and cancer. Even more provocative to people over forty are glimmerings that vitamins can stave off the normal ravages of aging. Old wives' tales about the miracle powers of vitamins abound. Well, it's turning out that a lot of the old wives' tales are true. Although people didn't understand how or why certain foods, such as fish, are good for the brain, they became part of our common wisdom. But the latest research has demonstrated that vitamins can, in fact, increase brain power.
"A
comprehensive, easy-to-read compendium
of cognitive enhancing substances . . . valuable addition to libraries
of those who want to improve brain power."
-Ward Dean, M.D., author of Biological Aging |
mart drugs
and nutrients are consumed by millions who want to boost their brain
power.
This number is growing among aging boomers, health enthusiasts, ravers
and cyberpunks, Alzheimer's and AIDS victims, as well as students,
athletes
and professionals. According to Barron's, the market of pharmaceuticals
for the brain will exceed $10 billion during the 1990s. Brain
Boosters contains the new FDA rules on nutritional
supplements,
and the story of the FDA's "War on Vitamins". 