Feed Your Kids Bright - Hardcover

Prince, Francine; Prince, Harold

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671605224 ISBN 13: 9780671605223

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1987

Synopsis

For every parent, the revolutionary new eating plan in Feed Your Kids Bright will help turn problem kids around, transform dull kids to bright kids and bright kids to brighter kids. It supplies all the nutrients essential to kids' peak brain power from preconception through pregnancy and breastfeeding and up to adolescence. Based on a unique list of The 265 Best Foods for Kids' Brains, it features inspired recipes for healthful versions of the junk foods kids love-burgers, frozen dinners, chicken nuggets, ice cream, thick shakes, and many, many more. Best of all, you don't have to make separate meals for the kids, since this ingenious-and utterly delicious-eating plan is as right for adults as it's bright for kids.

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About the Author

Francine Prince is the author of several best selling cookbooks, including Die for Life, The Dieter's Gourmet Cookbook, and Francine Prince's Gourmet Recipes for Diabetics. She lives in New York City. Harold Prince, a Ph. D. in biochemistry, has co-authored several best selling books including I Love New York Diet and The I Love America Diet. Both Princes are considered experts in their field and have enjoyed the widespread success of accomplished writers as well as critical acclaim in the field of nutrition.

From Publishers Weekly

Cerebral allergens, preclinical pellagra, brain "brown out," goitrogens: it's enough to turn any parent's blood cold. Can the "wrong" foods hurt a child's brain? Can the "right" foods increase an IQ? Readers should proceed with caution through this minefield of sensational, suggestive material aimed at anxious parents who are determined to raise the smartest kid on the block. The Princes (he's a biochemist; they both write diet books) warn that "your child could become hyperactive" from salicylates that, purportedly, sharply reduce the amounts of vitamin C as well as other nutrients in children's brains. The authors discuss a child whose violent temper tantrums were traced to a lack of zinc. Does that mean every child's tantrums are caused by zinc deficiency? If children are badly nourished, their IQ rises when they eat proper food, as Head Start and other programs prove, but that doesn't mean a basically healthy child will also gain 35 points with an improved diet, as the authors imply. The Princes present important research, a sensible diet plan and lots of nutritious recipes, all of which are highly commendable. But the premise of their work remains specious and questionable although undoubtedly marketable. Better Homes and Gardens Book Club and Prentice-Hall Book Clubs alternates; author tour.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0671605224
• ISBN 13: 9780671605223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284