Description
Learn how to improve brain function and health in both children and adults by changing diets, not drugs. This book includes a step by step guide on shopping and planning menus, as well as lots of great recipes.
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Dr. Michael R. Lyon, MD, is a practicing physician and medical researcher with expertise in both allopathic and natural medicine. One of the foremost authorities in the science behind complementary medicine, Dr. Lyon was formerly the Research Director at Oceanside Functional Medicine Research Institute on Vancouver Island, Canada, a facility dedicated to natural products research. As such, he has conducted numerous clinical trials on natural health products, in cooperation with North American universites. He is a consultant to the biotechnology and natural health products industries and serves as Chief Medical Science Officer for Natural Factors Nutritional Products, a British Columbia based research, development, and natural health products manufacturing company.
Dr. Lyon earned degrees in biology and medicine at the university of Calgary, and did his post-graduate residency training in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and British Columbia. He has served as an Olympic Team physician and he headed a National Sport Science Committee for Sport Canada. Dr. Lyon Lectures on ADHD, preventive and sports medicine, nutritional medicine and toxicology. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the Institute for Functional Medicine in Gig Harbor, Washington.
Dr. Lyon also wrote, Healing the Hyperactive Brain; through the New Science of Functional Medicine. He is dedicated to bringing the best of science to nutritional and complementary medicine.
Dr. G. Christine Laurell, Ph.D. is an environmental health researcher and educator who has done pioneering work investigating the role of environmental neuro-toxins and inadequate nutrition in the development of learning and behavioral problems in school-age children
Dr. Laurell brings more than 20 years of teaching and working with children, as well as studies in herbology and holistic nutrition, to her current practice and research. She is committed to non-drug based approaches to dealing with childhood disorders. Dr. Laurell holds degrees in science, arts, special education and environmental education, and she has taught at universities in Europe, Japan, and Canade. She is also an international conference presenter.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section One
Chapter One: Transforming Lives through Smart Nutrition
Chapter Two: Darlene: A Case Study
Chapter Three: Generation J. for Junk Food
Chapter Four: Cody: A Case Study
Chapter Five: Feuling the Human Supercomputer - Brain Critical Nutrients
Chapter Six: James: A Case Study
Chapter Seven: Get on Board: The Gut-Immune-Brain-Connection
Chapter Eight: The War Within - Food Allergies and the Brain
* The Standard Elimination Test Diet
Chapter Nine: Smart Nutrition in a Nutshel
Section Two
Preparing Smart Food for a Healthy Brain
Part I: Getting Ready
Part II: Tips for Preparing Foods and Planning Menus
Part III: The Recipes
