Book excerpt: Motivated by her son's illness and her own symptoms, Lacy Ngo, MS, RDN became passionate about two missions:1. To help others live their healthiest, happiest, most purposeful life through faith-based mindfulness and evidence-based nutrition, and 2. To provide easy, stress-free, and convenient ways for families to eat nourishing meals. Ngo accomplished these missions by: -Spending two years making an evidence-based list of nutrients that boost mood; promote cognitive function, focus, attention, alertness, and memory; support the immune system; aid in weight loss; and reduce the risk of chronic diseases, autoimmune diseases, Alzheimer's disease, joint pain, and even seasonal allergy symptoms. This evidence-based list is included in The Nourishing Meal Builder!-Developing the simple and easy nourishing meal building strategy. This strategy provides a simple way to implement these nourishing foods into your daily life. With the help of the included Nourishing Meal Builder Cards, you will be able to quickly create a nourishing meal on the spot in a moments notice