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The healthy mind cookbook : big-flavor recipes to enhance brain function, mood, memory, and mental clarity

Call Number

  • 641.563 K1991.1 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2015]

Physical Description

ix, 245 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Summary

"Between digital overload, sleep deprivation, and the stress of modern life, most people's brains are constantly in flight-or-fight mode, with levels of cortisol and other hormones and neurotransmitters out of whack ... [In her book], Rebecca Katz has harnessed the latest research on brain functioning to identify how the foods we consume can improve the brain's ability to control cognition, emotion, and physical function--all of which dictate memory, mood, and motion"--

Contents

  • Your brain on food
  • The culinary pharmacy
  • Building mind-blowing taste and flavor
  • Soups
  • Vegetables
  • Meat and seafood
  • Anytime foods
  • Dollops
  • Tonics and elixirs
  • Sweet bites.