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Smart Plants: Power Foods & Natural Nootropics for Optimized Thinking, Focus & Memory Hardcover – December 31, 2019

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This book can change the way you think. Literally.
“This informative, accessible cookbook will be a boon to health-conscious eaters.” —Publishers Weekly

If you struggle with focus and memory lapses, mental fog, or stress—or if you simply want to optimize your mental performance and protect your brain health—Smart Plants is a must read. Written by New York Times bestselling author and natural-food chef Julie Morris, whose name has become synonymous with “superfoods” and “wellness,” this groundbreaking book reveals the dietary secrets to better brain performance. Combining scientific research with the wisdom of ancient remedies, Smart Plants showcases an exciting array of cognition-enhancing plants—from everyday foods to natural nootropics (edibles that can improve memory, learning, and problem solving). Morris’s 65 mouthwatering, beautifully illustrated recipes make it easy to incorporate these powerful foods into your daily diet. Feed your brain with such palate-pleasing dishes as Berry-Almond Amaranth Porridge, French Lentils with Roasted Radishes, Fig & Hazelnut Wild Rice Salad, Garlicky Butter Bean Soup with Kale, Matcha Custard with Wild Berries, and more!

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320 pages
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Union Square & Co.
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December 31, 2019
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7.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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Customers find the book very informative and entertaining. They appreciate the author's great nutrition information for the neuro-gut axis.

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"...Julie Morris is a very good writer and a outstanding chef. All her books are great but this one tops them. Full of very useful information." Read more

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So much great information!

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2020

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This book has literally changed my thinking on how to support brain health for now and my future through planted-based nutrition. The book is very well researched, and the author, Julie Morris, presents the information in an entertaining and easy-to-understand writing style. I love this book!

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Love the book. Julie Morris is a very good writer and a outstanding chef. All her books are great but this one tops them. Full of very useful information.

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Great info about nutrition for the neuro-gut axis!

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2022

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This is an excellent source of nutrition knowledge with equally good recipes applying the principles of nutrition described. I have my own copy, and this was a gift for my niece.

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Great Information, Decent Recipes, Worth At Least Looking Through For Brain Power Boost

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2019

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Sometimes it is difficult to review books when we are given advanced copies. The pages are often not as nice quality and the pictures are often black and white. I have no idea how the final copy will be, so this review will have references to some things like this as I continue. I just wanted to explain why..

WHAT IS THIS LIKE?
This book is set up to be a reference with recipes at the end to put into practice some of the things you learned about eating to build up your brain power. There is a lot of in depth explanation about what foods, nutrients, and high powered supplements will help boost brain power. The author also takes us through a little of her life as she discovered things which helped improve her memory that she was amazed at.

LAYOUT
The layout of this is very well done. The sections are well marked and you can read this as a reference even after you have read the book or if you don't want to read it all. You just go to the section you want to read and get the information and close the book until next time.

PHOTOS
In my advanced copy there are all black and white photos. I prefer color and would like it better if it was. I am not sure if they plan to do this in the final copy or not.

FONTS
The fonts are pretty good, but once in a while they did use fonts which are very very fine and sometimes might be harder to read by those with poor eyesight.

RECIPES
The recipes are broken up into seasons. That does not mean that you can not cross seasons, it is just easier to find some foods at certain times of year. But things like leeks can be purchased most of the year so you don't have to wait until spring to use them.

FOODS EASY TO GET?
There are some recipes which have foods that might frustrate some people. Foods like Freekeh might put off some people as it is not easy to find in some areas, however, barley is listed as an alternative which is easier to find.

I was especially excited to have a recipe in here for Dukkah. If you have never had it- you might want to try it. It is fantastic for dipping things into. It is so good you could probably sit with a spoon and eat it depending on how it is made, of course. Now I have a recipe in a book handy so even in power failures I can make it!

IS IT EASY TO USE?
I have made a salad from this which was good, and also the matcha latte which used almond milk. They were good. I will warn you, however, many recipes in here contain beans or legumes so if you are on the anti-fungal diet or do paleo/keto, that could be a frustration at times.

OTHER FEATURES
There is a glossary, lots of documentation in the back, and resources. There does not seem to be a great index, however. They have recipes by meal,, but honestly if I have a sudden influx of pistachios and want to make a recipe, the last thing I want to do is page through each recipe hoping to find them by title only.

THE BOTTOM LINE
For a great education on how to tweak your diet to boost brain power and memory this book is a good choice. It is well laid out and the information is solid and easy to read through. The recipes are decent and there are substitutions offered for some harder to find ingredients.

MY RATING
FOUR STARS. I like this book and will use it, but I would like it better with color photos, better index, and easier ways to find what I need in recipe section without having to page through the whole book. I am not sure of the final copy, so I am still rating this four stars due to lack of index.

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Well written. Giving as a gift.

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2022

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I reviewed it and was in line with . Her curriculum.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2021

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Very informative book . Written very well. Great recipes with photos! Highly recommend!

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Sierra Gentleheart

Some lovely recipes and some claims that appear to go beyond the science currently available

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2019

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I like the fact that this book is extremely plant-centric in its nutritional advice and recipes. I don't like the fact that the author appears to have NO nutritional education to fortify her opinions. Certainly we live in a time when many choose diets that are on the bleeding edge of nutritional knowledge. If you don't mind extensive use of quasi-science to support nutritional assertions and claims, then you may enjoy the book. I found myself loving the photographs and some of the recipes, but feeling the need to research many of the author's claims made in the first half of the book. Her distinction between cacao and cocoa is intriguing, but I couldn't find any federal regulations that would protect the consumer in that regard, so I'm not sure what value the distinction has since it is so readily subject to manipulation. I was unable to confirm some of her other anti-dairy claims even after fairly extensive research in NIH and PubMed databases. So, the book is interesting in a sense, but not what I had hoped for.

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Russell Fanelli

Highly recommended book about improving our diet with smart plants.

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2019

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Smart Plants: Power Foods & Natural Nootropics for Optimized Thinking, Focus & Memory arrived and I immediately began reading it. For several years I have been reading books about how to improve health and well-being and diet and exercise are always important in every book I have read. Julie Morris focuses on nutrition and does an outstanding job giving us important information about the best food we can eat to live healthy and productive lives.

In her first chapter Julie emphasizes the connection between our gut and our brain. Many readers of this review will have seen all the ads for prebiotics and probiotics. Prebiotics are carbohydrates that act as food for beneficial bacteria in the gut. Probiotics are live microorganisms that function like good bacteria in the gut. Sadly, many Americans don’t have enough of the good bacteria needed for optimal digestive health. Overuse of antibiotics, which kill both good and bad bacteria, are part of the problem. In the rest of her book Julie tells us that we will learn about the food that supports a healthy gut or microbiome (a community of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses that inhabit a particular environment and especially the collection of microorganisms living in or on the human body). She delivers on her promise.

Julie’s focus is on “plants for life.” She wants to wean us from our American diet of red meat, fast food, pastries, sweets, butter, and cheese. I must admit my partiality for Romano cheese. Do I have to give it up? Not if some sites on the Internet can be believed. Romano cheese, if eaten in moderation, has health benefits. This is a complicated subject because, as we all know, we have available to us an enormous variety of cheese. Each reader of this review should check to determine if the particular variety of favorite cheese is healthy or not. So Julie and I part company on cheese. That said, the generalizations she makes about cheese are valid.

Throughout her book Julie emphasizes adding more Omega 3 fats to our diet, the kind we get in salmon, sardines, and other healthy, wild caught fish and nuts like walnuts. The emphasis here is “wild caught,” not farm raised, as is much of the fish we buy in the super market. Farm raised fish are often fed antibiotics to try to keep them from getting sick, and we have already talked about keeping our gut healthy by dramatically reducing the antibiotics we ingest. Julie points out that the American diet gives us more Omega 6 fats than we need and her goal is to balance Omega 3 fats with Omega 6 fats. She has many recommendations that help us to do just that.

Before finishing this review, let me mention one last subject Julie covers in her book, nootropics. She tells us that nootropics are “mind-changing, cognition-enhancing substances that can improve the way you think, feel, and function.” I felt good about the fact that I take a turmeric supplement every day, which is one of the nootropics on Julie’s list, and I now am drinking green tea with matcha green tea powder added to the tea bag. In addition to the turmeric and matcha, I will take Julie’s recommendation and add cacao and goji berries to my diet. Julie touts the health benefits of both of these nootropics. That said, goji berries come from China and I am hesitant about eating any food from that country. Readers of this review may wish to comment on my concern about food imported from China.

To summarize, Smart Plants is a book I will keep close at hand as I attempt to add more vegetables, fruits, seeds, and nuts to my diet. Additionally, I highly recommend Julie’s book to anyone who wants to know how to eat well and live longer. She presents the basic facts about healthy food clearly and well and at the end of her book she includes many recipes for tasty dishes that we can prepare without being a master chef. Julie’s book is an outstanding reference for people who want to learn about good food and its relationship to promoting health and well-being. Highly recommended.

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