Winner of a 2017 IACP Cookbook Award
Finalist for a Books for a Better Life Award
Named one of the top health and wellness books for 2016 by Well +
Good and MindBodyGreen
From leading psychiatrist and author of Fifty Shades of Kale comes a
collection of 100 simple, delicious, and affordable recipes to help you
get the core nutrients your brain and body need to stay happy and
healthy.
What does food have to do with brain health? Everything.
Your brain burns more of the food you eat than any other organ. It
determines if you gain or lose weight, if you're feeling energetic or
fatigued, if you're upbeat or depressed. In this essential guide and
cookbook, Drew Ramsey, MD, explores the role the human brain plays in
every part of your life, including mood, health, focus, memory, and
appetite, and reveals what foods you need to eat to keep your brain--and
by extension your body--properly fueled.
Drawing upon cutting-edge scientific research, Dr. Ramsey identifies the
twenty-one nutrients most important to brain health and overall
well-being--the very nutrients that are often lacking in most people's
diets. Without these nutrients, he emphasizes, our brains and bodies
don't run the way they should.
Eat Complete includes 100 appetizing, easy, gluten-free recipes
engineered for optimal nourishment. It also teaches readers how to use
food to correct the nutrient deficiencies causing brain drain and poor
health for millions. For example:
- Start the day with an Orange Pecan Waffle or a Turmeric Raspberry
Almond Smoothie, and the Vitamin E found in the nuts will work to
protect vulnerable brain fat (plus the fiber keeps you satisfied until
lunch).
- Enjoy Garlic Butter Shrimp over Zucchini Noodles and Mussels with
Garlicky Kale Ribbons and Artichokes, and the zinc and magnesium from
the seafood will help stimulate the growth of new brain cells.
- Want to slow down your brain's aging process? Indulge with a cup of
Turmeric Cinnamon Hot Chocolate, and the flavanols found in chocolate
both increase blood flow to the brain and help fight age-related memory
decline.
Featuring fifty stunning, full-color photographs, Eat Complete helps
you pinpoint the nutrients missing from your diet and gives you tasty
recipes to transform your health--and ultimately your life.
