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The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children
 
 
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The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children [Kindle Edition]

Carol Simontacchi (Author)
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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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Argues that American food manufacturers are developing products that have a detrimental affect on human brain power and identifies a relationship between prepared foods and illness.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 926 KB
  • Print Length: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Tarcher (27 Dec 2007)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004IATDOC
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #389,328 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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92 of 96 people found the following review helpful
Shakin Up Mealtime! 30 May 2000
By Valery Amador - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Unknown Binding
"Bravo" Carol for telling the truth about the American diet and how it is effecting not only our children, but ourselves. I must say that I had quite a few moments of, "Ah-ha!" as I read through specific examples of health issues that myself and my family have experienced due to processed foods. I was particularly thankful for the suggestions for improvement and messages of hope that you give your reader. I know there are going to be some changes happening in our household! This is must read!
56 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Not Junk Science 1 Sep 2004
By PatBubo - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book has influenced me in no small way, and since I first read it several years ago and made various changes to my diet, my family and I have reaped so many very real rewards.

I no longer shop in the "center" of the grocery store except when absolutely necessary. I choose fresh produce, dairy, and breads instead and I compose simple meals with the ingredients: brown rice, grains, vegetables, real butter, etc. They take even less time than various "instant" products I used to use.

My family has, and especially I have, experienced redoubled energy, concentration, psychological calm, weight loss, regularity, steady sleep habits and many more benefits leading to our happiness and well-being. Ms. Simontacci may not have all the research -- but she has noticed these benefits in her subjects and they cannot be denied. The science to back up all of her claims is out there and has been stated by nutritionists and backed by research and experience over and over again. Aspartame, for instance, has been found unsafe on many fronts, and not just by some extremist sect as one reviewer claims (see "Excitotoxins" for more info). Most importantly, this book raises questions like, "shouldn't we at least be examining what we put in our bodies and feed our children?" I refuse to one day tell my kids not to do drugs, but the next day feed them non-nutritive, "non-food." ALL chemicals affect our metabolism, and potentially our brain health -- not just certain chemicals. That's what food is designed to do. Otherwise, we wouldn't need it!

The suggestion that we begin eating real food again is not crazy, but common sense that our society overloooks every day. Whether we consciously know the reasons why nutritious food is helping us or not, the benefits are there, and our bodies will do the work. Anyone claiming this book is "junk science" is probably in the food industry, and a "Crazy Maker" himself.
68 of 72 people found the following review helpful
No Wonder We're All Somewhat Crazy 30 Aug 2000
By Jo Sheppard - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Unknown Binding
Like most people, I try to eat right. I read labels and avoid Nutrosweet, MSG, and other suspect additives. And yet my energy level is low, I experience mood swings and occasional sleeplessness. I observe children who are anxious, moody, and have a difficult time in school. And I wonder what we are doing wrong that we have such problems. But it was by chance that I picked up The Crazy Makers How the Food Industry is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children. Once I started reading it I could not put it down. This book both frightens the reader as it describes the bizarre results of our poor diets and offers an easy solution as it clearly and factually explains what vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and herbs are essential for physical and mental development and growth and what food products and additives not only are non-nutritive but actually harmful to growing bodies and minds. The book is easy to follow, cites credible studies of daily requirements and actual nutritional content, offers recipes for entrees and snacks that not only satisfy but fortify the body, and lists sites for puchasing healthful foods. The extensive Notes section is a complete bibliography for anyone interested in health and nutrition. This book has been added to my cooking and health collection and I expect to consult it regularly.

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Instead of being eaten when we are physically hungry, food is now consumed to satisfy artificial cravings generated by a brain that isnt working right and whose receptor sites beg for synthetic stimulation from chemicals. &quote;
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Would the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) support an airworthiness certificate for a certain aircraft type, that for 10 years consistently crashed and killed 300 to 1,000 passengers per year and injured many others? How would the FAA react if the aircraft manufacturer consistently blamed the crashes on the passengers but not the aircraft?32 &quote;
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His position is that people who eat conventional foods along with oils like flax seed oil dont convert them into DHA and EPA. Flax oil is not adequate to do that. Without a balance of omega-3 fatty acids, DHA, and EPA, the brain will be inadequately developed. &quote;
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