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- ISBN13: 9781585426263
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- Author : Carol Simontacchi
- Binding : Paperback
- Dewey Decimal Number : 616.80471
- EAN : 9781585426263
- Edition : 1
- ISBN : 1585426261
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- Label : Tarcher
- List Price : $14.95 (USD)
- Manufacturer : Tarcher
- Number Of Items : 1
- Number Of Pages : 352
- Package Dimensions : 1.00 inches (Height) x 9.00 inches (Length) x 0.80 pounds (Weight) x 5.90 inches (Width)
- Publication Date : 2007-12-27
- Publisher : Tarcher
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We already worry that our food makes us fat, dull, disease-prone, and sleepy. Now we have to worry that it also makes us crazy. According to certified clinical nutritionist Carol Simontacchi, the food industries that give us packaged, processed, artificially flavored, chemical-ridden, artificially colored, nutrient-stripped pseudo foods such as sodas, processed soups, sugared cereals, and fiberless bread "wantonly destroy our bodies and our brains, all in the name of profit." We Americans (adults and children) eat 200 pounds of sugar and artificial sweeteners each year. Our children's test scores and grades drop. We become violent, illogical, moody, depressed, drug-addicted, and crazy. The reason, according to the author, who is pursuing a doctorate in brain nutrition, is that we're starving our brains with lack of nutrition. This isn't a process that begins when teenagers start snacking on sodas, chips, and ice cream. Rather, this nutrition deprivation starts in the womb: mom doesn't get the right nutrition (essential fatty acids, high-quality protein, unrefined carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water), so baby is born already brain-nutrient deficient, says the author. Infant formulas, processed baby food, and sugared cereals exacerbate the problem through the stages of childhood, with kids not getting the nutrition their growing brains need. Simontacchi also skewers prepared foods, additives, over-processed grains, school vending machines, and fast-food chains. This book isn't only about children. Starbucks and its ilk get a "Crazy Maker Award" for "encouraging us to self-medicate with stimulating beverages that mask the symptoms of nervous system and adrenal exhaustion." We adults are genuinely fatigued, but instead of getting the sleep and rest we need, we succumb to the "marketing hype of sophisticated companies that convinces us that self-medicating with an addictive substance is the answer to our energy crisis." You may not accept all Simontacchi's views, but once you've read this book, you won't reach for a café latte or feed your kids sugar-frosted cereal with the same complacency. --Joan Price
- Amazon.com Review
An unprecedented and impeccably reported look at how American food manufacturers and their "products" may be endangering our minds. With obesity becoming one of the fastest-growing worldwide epidemics, and manufactured food fueling that trend, The Crazy Makers is timelier than ever. This updated edition includes a new chapter on autism, as well as revised material that illustrates just how much the industry has changed in a few short years. Based on extensive research, epidemiological evidence, and a formal study of schoolchildren's eating habits, The Crazy Makers identifies how the latest food products may be literally driving us crazy. Carol Simontacchi offers the reader nutritional primers and recipes to help counteract the problems facing us and our children every time we sit down to eat.
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Customer Reviews:
Customers rated The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children 4.0 stars out of 5.0 based on 37 reviews:Just One Of Many Books That Encourages Me To Eat Less Processed Food
by BJ Allen - 2010-04-29
The book is very informative, especially Chapter 6: Feeding the Adult Brain and Chapter 7: A Case for Optimism. The few recipes she has in the back of the book all sound great and I look forward to making the Spinach and Mushroom Quiche this weekend.A must read
by Felicia Tiller (Washington, D.C.) - 2010-04-23
Thankfully, I am ahead of the curve on this stuff. I am not a vegetarian or vegan, and do have the occasional Big Mac, but what I read in this book I realized a long, long time ago, and began making changes to my own and my family's diet. No dies, chemicals, hormones, barely any processed food. I grind our wheat, bake our bread, have a food dehydrator, and dry, can or freeze the fruit and vegetables we eat. Those fruits and vegetables come from a local farm; our milk, butter, cheese, etc., comes from a local dairy, and neither the farm nor the dairy uses any chemicals or hormones. The dairy is where we get our eggs and beef, and what chicken or pork we eat comes from a different farm. Sure, we're gonna die just like everyone else, but we'll be healthier and less crazy while we're here.Very Inciteful!
by Kristina L. Ferguson (Campbell. CA) - 2010-03-25
This book contained several informative ideas about the food industry and the ingredients in everyday foods. It will shock you!Real Crazy
by Judy A. Hallingstad (Derby, KS) - 2010-02-18
Crazy Makers is a must for people to read. It goes into some good explanations on what certain foods are doing to our bodies, including babies. It is a must for reading and for health.This book gives the real truth about what the food industry is doing to our nation!
by Jasmin Song (New York, NY USA) - 2009-09-03
If everyone knew the contents of this book, the world would be an entirely different place. People would actually be healthy, less dependent on pharmaceutical drugs, and there would be less incidence of mental illness.
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