Get Smart is picked as a TOP SUMMER READ by the Huffington Post!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riva-greenberg/summer-reading-list-for-y_b_627083.html

Get Smart is the #1 recommended book by the NY Times best selling author of the Sneaky Chef cookbook series Missy Chase Lapine! http://www.thesneakychef.com/recommended_books.php

THE REVIEWS FOR GET SMART ARE POURING IN!!

"A book dedicated to keeping our minds fit and sharp with food -- what a smart idea! Samantha Heller provides a wealth of information on how to nourish your brain with the right ingredients and offers fun, fresh meal ideas to get you off and running." -- Joy Bauer, M.S., R.D., C.D.N., New York Times bestselling author of Your Inner Skinny, and nutrition and diet expert for The TODAY Show

“Samantha Heller not only gets it, she gets the details right. This is a funny, readable book spiced with great information on what you need to make healthy choices in nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle. We would all do well to follow her advice. Much more than just another diet book, Get Smart gives you the tools to make healthy choices." -- Edward K. Kasper, M.D., Director, Clinical Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

"I am the Sneaky Chef, and I strongly recommend that you read this book! I am proud to have contributed recipes to it. As a mom, I am even more convinced by Samantha Heller's book that brain health is as much a factor of your lifestyle as the rest of your body's health. This book outlines a simple way to protect your brain, help prevent dementia, improve your mood, and enhance cognitive abilities at any age." -- Missy Chase Lapine, Author of The Sneaky Chef book

Reviews on Amazon are extraordinary!

Fun with Chemistry! February 20, 2010

By 

Colette Bouchez

If you're looking for a fun, easy way to learn how to boost your memory, improve your brain power,and generally live a healthier, longer life, this is the book for you! It takes all those complicated antioxidant-free-radical-carbo-loading- high-fat-inflammatory gobbly gook terms you've been hearing so much about and finally explains them all in a way that makes sense! So you not only come away knowing what to eat to feel better, but you also come away with a better understanding of nutrition in general, making what you read in other books and magazines make a whole lot more sense as well! Plus - the program is easy to follow, everything is backed up by published medical studies, AND if that were not enough, the recipes are DELISH - with brain boosting dishes from some of the top nutritionists like Devin Alexander and Missy Chase Lapine!

Samantha Heller has achieved something no other nutritionist has: She's given us a book that is warm, funny, personal and personable, and yet packed with life saving health information. She has indeed made Chemistry Fun! Buy it now!  You will love this book!

Review by Dr. Margie Maddox
As baby boomers continue to age, the diagnosis of dementia, in particular Alzheimer’s disease continues to frequently be featured in the news. Numerous studies have been implemented and a wide variety of approaches promoted to help decrease the possibility of developing this un-curable disease. Samantha Heller combines her background of being a registered nutritionist and physical fitness expert to promote a compelling approach to preventing decreased cognitive functioning in her new book: Get Smart: Samantha Heller’s Nutrition Prescription for Boosting Brain Power and Optimizing Total Body Health.

Heller provides a self-help approach to helping to keep a person’s mind sharp by being aware of the types of food eaten, especially fats and decreasing sodium consumption. Her discussions include promoting a healthy lifestyle to also increase a positive mood, more energy and positive coping skills. Easy to follow recipes are included in the text which provide the reader an opportunity actively engage in the process of incorporating food choice into helping to prevent the onset/progress of dementia and to enhance their cognitive abilities.

Throughout the book, Heller uses research and testimonials to support her approach to enhancing cognitive abilities. She discusses the inter-relationship of systemic inflammation and chronic conditions (like cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus) and their effect on cognitive functioning. As a nutritionist, there is little surprise that her approach leans heavily on familiar guidelines for good nutrition, including comments about limited alcohol and caffeine consumption. Heller rounds out her nutrition approach by including alternative approaches like Ginkgo biloba and acelyl-1-carnitive, and various mental and physical exercises; all of these have been found to also increase cognitive functioning in some subjects.

The book concludes with the idea that it is never too early and/or too late to start good brain nutrition. The reader is encouraged to practice good nutrition habits, based upon personal likes/dislikes, individual budgets, and personal lifestyles. Using this approach, Heller comments that many readers see improvement in their cognitive functioning within fourteen days. By clearly intertwining her background in nutrition and physical fitness, Heller presents a very well researched and compelling approach that she feels will help promote increased cognitive functioning to those willing to read and follow the information presented in her text.
Dr. Margie Maddox is is a Certified Gerontologist and a Retired University Professor.