Canyon Ranch 30 Days to a Better Brain
A Groundbreaking Program for Improving Your Memory, Concentration, Mood, and Overall Well-Being
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
“In this user-friendly guide, Dr. Richard Carmona gives specific, practical advice about optimizing brain function based on the best scientific evidence. I recommend it.” (Andrew Weil, author of Healthy Aging and True Food).
Synthesizing the cognitive science behind memory, sleep, stress, and addiction, Canyon Ranch’s 30 Days to a Better Brain is the definitive guide to caring for your brain during all stages of your life. Dr. Carmona and the experts at America’s leading wellness center guide you through the anatomy of the aging brain, how stress and toxins affect your mind, and the importance of sleep, laying out a thirty-day nutrition, exercise, and medical plan to help you achieve optimal brain health. You’ll also find answers to all your questions, including how your health is affecting your brain, what foods to eat and what to avoid, whether or not supplements are necessary, what important medical tests to ask your doctor about, and how best to challenge your brain. Also included are techniques for practicing mindfulness, meditation, and spiritual contemplation.
The immense benefits of this thirty-day program include better memory, mood, and sleep; faster, sharper thinking; more energy; quicker reflexes; safer driving; improved attention span; and much more. Combining the best of traditional and alternative therapies, behavioral science, and exercise physiology, this indispensable guide from “one of the finest Surgeon Generals in our nation’s history” (New York Times bestselling author Dean Ornish) will help you maintain and enhance a strong, agile mind so that your body does not outlive your brain.
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Carmona, former U.S. Surgeon General and current president of the Canyon Ranch Institute, offers a multi-part program for improving general health and mental acuity. According to Carmona, following the program will help readers become "calmer, more relaxed, and thinking and feeling better than ever before." Chapters address brain function and health as well as stress, detoxifying, and improving sleep before detailing the program itself. Sections on nutrition and exercise provide readers with options within specific goals. The suggestion to "eat more veggies and fruits" is followed by a helpful list of produce with antioxidant properties. The section on meditation and energy healing may prove a turn-off to readers who are averse to New Age thinking ("nvite the universal positive and healing energy to enter your body"). Most recommendations are supported by scientific studies although not all are referenced in the end matter. Carmona features various methods to keep the brain challenged, as "a lifetime of learning is what gives you the mental horsepower to keep your brain strong," and includes recipes for brain-healthy meals and snacks. Though the ideas here aren't groundbreaking, the book is solid and should prove useful to anyone interested in staying sharp as they age.