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Looking for ways to enhance your kids' brainpower. Don't feed them TV dinners. Instead, cook them tasty and healthy food. It will make them feel more loved, and smarter too! Brown rice is rich in B vitamins, which help dissolve sugar and turn it into energy to refresh a tired body, activate the brain, and restore concentration. Tofu has nutrients like saponin and lecithin, that help guard against high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, and dementia. And tofu's iron and vitamin C prevent anaemia and boost stamina.
This book brims with brainpower-enhancing tips for better energy, memory, and concentration and simple, nutritious recipes that add tasty new twists to healthy Asian-style home cooking. It even has a pre-exam countdown menu - crucial foods for each day leading up to test time. Bonus for busy moms: it also offers a bounty of tips and recipes for natural foods that make you more beautiful!

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Cooking
Nutrition

Editorial Review

Recommendation: Brainpower and diet
A well-balanced diet is crucial for brain development. We have to eat real food to get nutrition for our body and brain. Taking supplements is not enough. Another important nutritional ingredient for children is your love. This book is a perfect guide for home-cooked meals that nourish the hearts and bodies of your children. There's no better food than a home-made meal!
--- Professor Taro Shirokawa

Table of contents

• Foreword: Brainpower and Diet -- Professor Taro Shirokawa
  1. 20 recipes to improve your brainpower
  2. Soups for midnight snacks
  3. Take a break: 12 sweets and 6 juices
  4. Exam time looms! 10 recipes to turn your kids into exam-busters

About the Author

Kanna Himiya
Principal of Kirei Juku Japan; nutritionist, diet and psychological counsellor.
A healthy-diet counsellor for medical institutions, Himiya specializes in adult diseases and eating disorders. Himiya's new diet, "Kirei Shoku," is a fusion of traditional Japanese diet and dietetics. Author of "Quick and Easy Food for Beauty: Macrobiotic Diet" (PHP).
URL: http://himiya.jp