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Get Smart

Samantha Heller's Nutrition Prescription for Boosting Brain Power and Optimizing Total Body Health

Samantha Heller, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.

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A healthy body makes for a healthy brain, and this fun, creative guide is designed to help readers have both—they can be smarter, stronger, happier, and more energetic by changing a few dietary habits. Nutritionist and frequent morning talk show guest Samantha Heller has created a life raft in a sea of confusing and contradictory nutrition and diet information.

Heller's Nutrition Prescription plan considers each person’s habits, budget, and food preferences when making lifestyle recommendations. Raised on white rice and beans? Switch to brown rice instead. Can’t afford fresh Atlantic salmon...

A healthy body makes for a healthy brain, and this fun, creative guide is designed to help readers have both—they can be smarter, stronger, happier, and more energetic by changing a few dietary habits. Nutritionist and frequent morning talk show guest Samantha Heller has created a life raft in a sea of confusing and contradictory nutrition and diet information.

Heller's Nutrition Prescription plan considers each person’s habits, budget, and food preferences when making lifestyle recommendations. Raised on white rice and beans? Switch to brown rice instead. Can’t afford fresh Atlantic salmon? Canned salmon will do just as well. Fresh vegetables unavailable at the neighborhood bodega? Frozen are just as nutritious. Heller's unique, user-friendly approach is based on the most current scientific and medical research, while her food lists, meal plans, substitutions, and recipes are easy to follow.

Heller links the benefits of good nutrition to healthy brain functioning, explaining how readers can improve memory, focus, mood, mental clarity, heart health, psychological well-being, and energy levels—all through a healthy diet and regular exercise.

Get Smart will motivate and empower people of all ages to change their lives.

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The way Heller turns science and the biology of our bodies into easy-to-understand, well organized and usable information, could not [be improved].

Very well research and compelling approach.

Perfect for health and general collections alike!

Heller's unique, user-friendly approach is based on the most current scientific and medical research, while her food lists, meal plans, substitutions, and recipes are easy to follow.

Samantha Heller not only gets it, she gets the details right. This is a funny, readable book spiced with great information on what you need to make healthy choices in nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle. We would all do well to follow her advice. Much more than just another diet book, Get Smart gives you the tools to make healthy choices.

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Available
Trim Size
6
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9
Pages
264
ISBN
9780801893766
Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Fat Head
2. Brain Spas: Protein
3. The Sugar Brain Express: Carbohydrates
4. Your ABCs: Vitamins and Minerals
5. Brainastics: Exercise
6. Cheers to Your Health

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Fat Head
2. Brain Spas: Protein
3. The Sugar Brain Express: Carbohydrates
4. Your ABCs: Vitamins and Minerals
5. Brainastics: Exercise
6. Cheers to Your Health! Alcohol, Caffeine, and the Brain
7. Tips for Success
8. Putting It Together, Bit by Bit
Recipes You Can Live With
References
Index

Author Bio
Samantha Heller
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Samantha Heller, MS, RD, CDN

Samantha Heller, M.S., R.D., C.D.N., is a registered dietician, exercise physiologist, and health expert who regularly appears on television and radio commenting on a wide array of health issues. She has been on Good Morning America, The TODAY Show, and The CBS Early Show, among other programs, and she hosts her own show on NYU Langone Medical Center's Doctor Radio on Sirius XM. Her many nutrition...