Food for higher thought — ‘So, the school exam pass rate is up again, for the

19th year in a row. Who would have believed it? All

those hours spent playing Tomb Raider and Gran

Turismo 2 on the PlayStation, and it seems we are

still turning out a nation of young Einsteins. Either

someone’s massaging the maths or mothers are

putting something in their offsprings’ fish fingers.

“If only the latter were true,” says Lorraine Peretta,

an expert nutritionist, “but the latest Government

statistics on child nutrition are appalling.” Perretta,

who moved to London from her native New York in

the early 1980s, has just written a book, Brain Food.

Bright and bubbly, with the sort of clear eyes that

come with drinking no claret and plenty of cranberry

juice, Perretta believes that, by feeding our brain

the right nutrients and minerals, the old can protect

their brains from premature ageing, the young can

cope better with exam pressures, and the sad can

overcome depression.’ Telegraph UK