Brighter Mind® For Children

Sub-Clinical Deficiencies Are Common – And Significant – in American Children

Even in America, one of the best-fed nations on the planet, nutritional deficiencies are remarkably common. We have access to a virtually unlimited number of calories, but vitamins, minerals, accessory nutrients, and healthful fats are far harder to come by in our modern food supply.

Even in our overfed nation, poor nourishment is a major issue. This lack of good nutrition has been linked, in numerous studies, to suboptimal behavior and school performance, as well as to health problems in childhood or those that might not become evident until later in life. And studies find that adding the right nutrients to children’s diets may help prevent, or even reverse, these outcomes.

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Depression, Drugs, and DHA

Depression often boils down to a biochemical imbalance…of fats in the foods we eat.
My book, Brighter Mind, is about the use of nutrition (including supplements) and exercise to improve and optimize cognitive function throughout life. This is my passion, and in the years it took me to write that book, I pored over thousands of research papers from peer-reviewed journals, and research institutions from all over the world.

The role of nutritional deficiencies and imbalances in creating chronic disease states is enormously underestimated by the U.S. medical community. This is slowly changing as physicians recognize the huge role of diet and nutrition in heart disease and cancer, the two leading killers in most Western nations. But the role of nutrition is still very much underappreciated in less deadly conditions, including allergies, asthma, chronic upper respiratory infection, and arthritis; and in psychiatric di

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