How we think and feel is directly affected by what we take into our bodies. Eating the right food has been proven to boost IQ, improve mood and emotional stability, sharpen the memory, and keep the mind young. Similarly, the harmful things we take into our bodies, or anti-nutrients-including oxidants, alcohol, sugar, and stimulants..................

Dr. Abram Hoffer, a founding father of the alternative health movement, has written the definitive book on natural nutrition for children. He examines chronic illnesses suffered by over 2,000 children in his practice, with special attention to learning and behavior disorders, and discovers that nutrient deficiency is the predominant cause. He recommends against pharmaceutical (ritalin, for example), psychotherapeutic, and surgical intervention in favor of orthomolecular or nutritional therapy. - Back cover.

Recently, interest in nutritional medicine and how to use it properly has increased enormously, and many people are already taking supplemental vitamins in larger than standard dietary doses. Orthomolecular medicine believes that the basis for health is good nutrition. It uses nutrients and normal (''ortho'') constituents of the body in optimum amounts as the main treatment.