Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #833944 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages

Synopsis
A leader in the field of neurology explains how simple lifestyle choices, involving low-risk interventions that can be employed at various stages in a person's life, can help prevent Alzheimer's and other degenerative diseases, discussing the benefits of diet, exercise, blood-pressure control, herbal supplements, hormone-replacement therapy, antiox

Customer Reviews

Keeping your mind in shape
The pace of neuro-scientific discovery is rapidly increasing, bringing good news. Among other subjects, this book deals with memory loss and provides 10 practical steps to counteract it. It also provides physical activities to boost brainpower.

Part I discusses the brain, memory and diseases like Alzheimer’s. Part II provides the various remedies. These include stress management and the use of substances like Growth Hormone, Melatonin and DHEA. The avoidance of Aluminium is discussed here.

The section titled Food For Thought includes the Brain Saving Diet and discusses vitamin B12, Folate, Iron, Calcium, Phytochemicals, Essential Fatty Acids, Anti-Oxidants, Smart Drugs (Nootropics) and the benefits of chocolate and tea, which are very real.

There are selected references arranged by chapter, an index and black and white illustrations of neurons and synapses. This valuable book complements other informative titles on this subject, like Khalsa’s Brain Longevity and Ray Sahelian’s Mind Boosters.

Save Your Brain
Nearly half way through, and this is a very interesting book and if like myself you have a partner with alzheimers you will certainly learn a lot. My own feeling as I started reading this book was, wouldn't it be tragic if I also suffered from this condition as I would not be able to care for my wife. Now I do at least have some guidance on how to try to avoid it.
My only complaint as a layman is that the medical terms can often be (unavoidably) difficult to understand and the abbreviated forms hard to remember. Perhaps in any future editions a glossary that could be consulted quickly would be a great advantage.