Myth: You are born with a genetically determined brain of fixed size and potential, and there is nothing you can do to change it.

Reality: Your brain is a growing, changing organ and you can greatly improve the very structure, wiring, and functioning of your brain cells by what you eat and the supplements you take.

In Your Miracle Brain, Jean Carper, the bestselling author of Miracle Cures, Stop Aging Now!, and Food-Your Miracle Medicine, reveals the astonishing new discoveries that have caused brain researchers to completely revise their ideas about the brain's marvelous capabilities for change through "nutritional neuroscience."

In this book you will learn how you can mold your brain to optimize memory, intelligence, mental achievement, and mood by eating the right foods and taking specific brain boosting supplements; from common vitamin E to alpha lipoic acid, ginkgo biloba, and Co-Enzyme Q10.

Your Miracle Brain reports breakthrough research from leading scientific centers the National Institutes of Health, Harvard, Tufts, the University of California and others from around the world proving how diet and supplements can create peak brain power throughout life from boosting the capabilities of young brains to preventing and reversing brain breakdown as we get older.

You will discover astounding information and inspiring advice on every page: How to raise your child's IQ before he or she is even born; which fat stunts brain cells, and which make you smarter and happier; which vitamins can boost intelligence and memory; how high blood pressure can shrink your brain and what foods to eat to sharpen memory and rejuvenate brain cells.

Nothing is more central to a successful and fulfilling life than an optimally functioning brain. In Your Miracle Brain Jean Carper reveals the nutritional secrets that can unlock your brain's full intellectual and emotional potential.

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