Saving your brain
Subtitle: the revolutionary plan to boost brain power, improve memory, and protect yourself against aging and Alzheimer's
By: Jeff Victoroff
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780553109443
Subjects: Aging; Alzheimer Disease; Memory disorders; Brain; Prevention; Memory; Prevention & control; Physiology; Alzheimer's disease; Memory Disorders
Description: "This book outlines literally hundreds of preventive measures you can take to keep your mind sharper, stronger, and healthier your whole life."--dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-434) and index.
Table of contents: title: What's happening to us? (Why brains change; title: Adam's and Eve's brains; title: What and where is memory?; title: The brain's voyage of life; title: What is "Alzheimer's," and are you getting it?); title: What can we do about it? (Twain's maxim and Pascal's bet; title: Is stress destroying your brain?; title: Is your job eating your brain?; title: Can sex hormones keep you smart?; title: Can non-sex hormones deep you smart?; title: Dodging aluminum may save your brain; title: Saving your brain's blood flow; title: Food for thought : the brain-saving diet; title: Good news : antioxidants save your brain; title: Botanicals for the brain : the growing promise of natural neuroprotection; title: Smart drugs : utopian dream or fast-approaching reality?; title: More good news : anti-inflammatories help same your brain; title: Saving your brain by saving your skull; title: Brain fitness I : using your body to build your brain; title: Brain fitness II : using your mind to build your brain); title: What the future holds for the human brain.