Use Your Brain to Change Your Age: Secrets to Look, Feel, and Think Younger Every Day: A Longevity Book

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Harmony/Rodale, Feb 14, 2012 - Self-Help - 384 pages
From the bestselling author and PBS star, a brain-healthy program to turn back the clock, and keep your mind sharp and your body fit.

“An incredibly helpful book for anyone who wants to increase their brain capacity.”—Dr. Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life

The fountain of youth is between your ears.

A healthy brain is the key to staying vibrant and alive for a long time, and in Use Your Brain to Change Your Age, bestselling author Dr. Daniel G. Amen shares ten simple steps to boost your brain to help you live longer, look younger, and dramatically decrease your risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

Based on the approach that has helped thousands of people at the Amen Clinics, Dr. Amen’s breakthrough, easy-to-follow anti-aging process shows you how to:
 
• Boost your memory, mood, attention, and energy
• Decrease your risk for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia
• Eat to increase longevity
• Promote the healing of brain damage due to injury, strokes, substance abuse, and toxic exposure
• Dramatically increase your chances of living longer and looking younger
 
By adopting the brain healthy strategies detailed in Use Your Brain to Change Your Age, you can outsmart your genes, put the brakes on aging, and even reverse the aging process.
 

Contents

NANA LISA AND RUTH
29
TAMARA
64
ANDY
114
JOSE
146
JIM
174
JONI AND THE MINI FACELIFT
195
CHRIS AND SAMMIE
225
ANTHONY PATRICK NANCY AND MORE ON REVERSING
264
THE TALE OF TWO RICKS
284
DANIEL AND BRAIN SPECT IMAGING
314
NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS TO ENHANCE
331
NOTE ON REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
346
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Daniel G. Amen, MD, is a double board-certified psychiatrist, professor, and ten-time New York Times bestselling author. He is one of the world’s foremost experts on using brain-imaging tools to help optimize and treat his patients. Amen Clinics have one of the highest published success rates for patients. His research was listed as one of the Top 100 Stories in Science for 2015 by Discover magazine. He has written and hosted eleven highly popular shows about the brain for public television. His work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, and Men’s Health and on The Dr. Oz Show and Dr. Phil.

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