The Hungry Brain

by Laura Pawlak

224 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Karen Shilvock-Cinefro · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting source on the science of nutrition in tackling the growing threat of Alzheimer’s disease.
Lots of chemical details but with good practical advice. Makes you think about what you are eating and what you should be eating. Animals stories intermixed to keep one’s attention, cute but not necessary.
Read for continuing education credit.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good dietary recommendations, even suggested grocery lists.

[Buck Wilde · Rating 5 out of 5]

I could say this was the best nutrition/biopsychology book I've ever read, but that's a pretty small pool and wouldn't do the book justice. Half of the book was food recommendations based on the specific proteins and amino acids the foods contain. The other half of the book was a comprehensive and often illustrated explanation of the neuroscience behind what those proteins and amino acids do in your brain, muscles, fat, CNS, and endocrine system. In between all of this were pictures of cute animals that the author owns (bitch lives in a petting zoo) and little one-page stories about how she accidentally made them fat, then made them not fat again because she felt guilty after learning how awful it is for animals to be fat.

It was an easy, engaging book, despite the fact I think it's technically a textbook. I recommend it to anyone who cares about nutrition, neuroscience, Alzheimer's, the logistics of weight loss, or turtles who eat too many rocks and can't poop until they get their turtle asses back in SHAPE!

The only fault I could find with this book was that the text was gigantic. And even that's the opposite of a problem. I know it's primarily an Alzheimer's awareness and treatment treatise, so the font has to be huge for old people, but it still made me feel silly.