The Townsend Newsletter Review of Smart Food, Smart Families:Nutrition-Focused Book Offers Help to Children with Illnesses

Smart Food, Smart Families, a new book by noted nutritionist Laura Thompson, PhD, may have the answers to childhood obesity and other childhood illnesses prevalent in the United States today.

"About 25% of all American children and adolescents are overweight - a 20% increase over the last 10 years, and a figure that has many experts calling childhood obesity an epidemic. This is also the first generation of children raised on nutrient- and enzyme-depleted food, chemical-laden foods, and food preservatives," said Dr. Thompson. "Smart Food, Smart Families addresses these problems as well as many others."

Building on scientific research that points to nutritional culprits that cause behavioral, emotional, mental, and health problems in children - such as Attention Deficit Disorder, hyperactivity, childhood asthma, and obesity - Smart Food, Smart Families offers hundreds of client-tested recipes for weaning children off "fast food" and for preparing healthy foods such as vegetables in unique ways.

Unlike other family nutrition guides, Smart Food, Smart Families combines real-life anecdotes and experiences from Dr. Thompson's patients with scientific facts derived from the author's extensive training in cellular and brain nutrition and metabolic research.

This 300-page book features hundreds of quick, tantalizing recipes; a new way to approach children in developing lifelong habits of smart eating; secrets for substituting healthy foods for snack foods or processed foods; surefire suggestions for incorporating vegetables into other foods; special diets for children and adults with specific needs; a 12-week roadmap to the "all natural" style of food preparation, and much more.

Dr. Thompson is a leading authority in the field of metabolic and family nutrition. She has developed a unique system of nutritional counseling with an emphasis on natural, whole foods and easy-to-follow techniques that have guided thousands of adults and children to vibrant health. She is a highly esteemed, innovative speaker and presents her seminars throughout North America on a variety of topics including New Frontiers in Family Nutrition, Metabolic Balancing, and 90 Days to Solutions for Children with ADD and ADHD. In addition, she has researched vast amounts of information about the healing properties of plants for optimal brain, digestive and immune functions.

For more information about Dr. Laura Thompson and Smart Food, Smart Families, please call 800-608-5602, or visit the website at www.scicn.com.

Townsend Newsletter for Doctors and Patients, January 2002