Saving Your Brain The Revolutionary Plan to Boost Brain Power, Improve Memory, and Protect Yourself Against Aging and Alzheimer's

Name: Saving Your Brain The Revolutionary Plan to Boost Brain Power, Improve Memory, and Protect Yourself Against Aging and Alzheimer's
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ISBN: 9780553379808

ISBN-10: 0553379801

ISBN-13: 9780553379808

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jeffrey Victoroff

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In this book, a Harvard-trained neurologist shows how you can attain lifelong mental fitness. Using breakthroughs in research, Jeff Victoroff has developed a definitive, life-changing plan that provides you with the powerful, scientific methods you need to protect your brain from aging and memory loss.

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/29/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface



What's Happening to Us?


Introduction: Why Brains Change



Adam's and Eve's Brains



What and Where Is Memory?



The Brain's Voyage of Life



What Is "Alzheimer's," and Are You Getting It?



What Can We Do About It?


Introduction: Twain's Maxim and Pascal's Bet



Is Stress Destroying Your Brain?



Is Your Job Eating Your Brain?



Can Sex Hormones Keep You Smart?



Can Non-sex Hormones Keep You Smart?



Dodging Aluminum May Save Your Brain



Saving Your Brain's Blood Flow



Food for Thought: The Brain-Saving Diet



Good News: Antioxidants Save Your Brain



Botanicals for the Brain: The Growing Promise of Natural Neuroprotection



Smart Drugs: Utopian Dream or Fast-Approaching Reality?



More Good News: Anti-inflammatories Help Save Your Brain



Saving Your Brain by Saving Your Skull



Brain Fitness I: Using Your Body to Build Your Brain



Brain Fitness II: Using Your Mind to Build Your Brain


Conclusion: What the Future Holds for the Human Brain


Selected References


Index