Sales of 'brain foods' soar as school exam season gets under way - The Independent on Sunday 1st June 2008

Parents have provided a major boost to the market in nuts and seeds – but can they really get results? It is the nutritional equivalent of sending your children to a crammer – stuffing them full of nuts and seeds in the run-up to exams in the vain hope of boosting their brain power. While it might sound a little like the last-ditch efforts of the desperate pushy parent, soaring sales figures of foods believed to improve cognitive function over recent weeks suggest that those parents are willing to part with their cash, despite the lack of scientific backing for the trend.

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