Description Recommendation: A child's brain and body are built from the food they eat. Prologue: The food eaten during the first 10 years of life determines a lifetime. Chapter 1: Brain Food That Turns Last Place into First Place - There are specific foods that make the brain function better - A lack of omega-3 fatty acids leads to distractibility - Foods children truly need for asthma and eczema - The real story behind milk, the so-called "perfect food" - Breakfast cereal can hinder concentration - Nuts: a treasure trove of nutrients essential for growth - Is meat really as nutritious as we think? - Vegetables: the best source of protein - An overweight body, an underfed brain - Five foods that awaken a sleeping brain Chapter 2: The Secret to Raising a Child Who Rarely Gets Sick - All medicine is a form of poison - The first secret to health: stay away from doctors and drugs - Why doctors keep prescribing antibiotics - Antibiotics are ineffective for treating ear infections - Children are far more sensitive to antibiotic side effects - A lack of micronutrients leads to illness - Phytochemicals, which boost immunity, are found only in natural foods - The secret to maintaining peak condition - Three factors that cause disease - Trans fats: they taste great but are secretly harmful to your child - Salt: safe only when used wisely Chapter 3: If You Don't Change Your Child's Diet Now, You'll Regret It for Life - Why cancer rates keep rising - The China Study that revealed the link between food and disease - Growing children's cells are over 10 times more vulnerable - The food eaten today can affect health 24 years from now - Growing up fast means aging fast - Earlier puberty and rising rates of breast cancer - Eating habits before age 10 matter most - Fish is no longer a recommended food - Why children should eat organic produce - Good eating habits can overcome genetics Chapter 4: Family Health Begins in the Kitchen - What to watch for during pregnancy and breastfeeding - Proper weaning foods prevent frequent illness - How to feed healthy food to a picky eater - Parents must change first for children to change - Processed foods encourage overeating - Worried your child is too thin? - Five strategies to change your child's eating habits - Don't force your child to eat a set amount - Don't insist on "three meals a day" - Get your child and dad involved in cooking - Is a child who eats anything really healthy? - What to supplement in a vegetarian diet - Choose DHA supplements instead of contaminated fish - How to achieve clear, acne-free skin Chapter 5: Preparing Healthy, Delicious Meals - Creating healthy meals the whole family will love - 10 foods you must eat - Anyone can make delicious, healthy meals - 10 tips for busy working couples who still want to eat healthily - Reject school lunches that are high in calories but low in nutrition - 80 easy and delicious healthy recipes - A 10-day recommended menu Translator's Note: Right now, we may be feeding our children poison instead of food. Publisher's Review A book featured on MBC Special, revealing the astonishing effects of brain food! "Want to raise a child who is well-mannered and does well in school? Then start by changing what's on the dinner table!" *As reported in an MBC Special exclusive: the brain food that turned a failing, troublesome student into the top student in the entire school. The world's leading nutrition expert reveals the astonishing secrets of food that can transform your child. Dr. Joel Fuhrman changed one child's diet and, in just three months, turned the lowest-ranked student in school into the top-ranked one. He also treated ADHD, personality disorders, eczema, ear infections, colds, and sore throats—all through diet. In the US, he is known as "the doctor's doctor." Dr. Mehmet Oz, author of the mega-bestseller YOU: The Owner's Manual, praised this book, saying, "Doctors should read this before mothers do." In this book, Dr. Fuhrman shares 80 exclusive recipes that make "good foods" children usually resist into delicious meals, along with parenting tips—drawn from his own experience raising four children—for passing on healthy eating habits to the next generation. Every piece of advice in this book has been thoroughly verified through world-class nutritional science, decades of clinical experience, and his personal experience as a father of four. *The food eaten during the first 10 years of life determines a lifetime. According to Dr. Joel Fuhrman, the food a child eats up to age 10 shapes their entire life. Establishing good eating habits before age 10 is essential to ensuring lifelong health. Food doesn't simply disappear once it's digested—its effects linger. In fact, in Japan...