The healthy brain book An all-ages guide to a calmer, happier, sharper you
Book - 2020
"Whether you're experiencing "normal" mental and emotional burnout or wrestling with diagnosed illness, The Healthy Brain Book can help you thrive. It explains: - How what we think can change how well we think - The role of inflammation in the brain, and how food and activity can reverse it - What drugs enhance and suppress the brain's ability to heal itself - Actionable advice to improve your memory, promote learning, and prevent common brain ailments - How to personalize the book's tools for your unique brain"--
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Dallas, TX :
BenBella Books, Inc
[2020]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xx, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781948836517
- An Opening Note from DRS. Bill and Vince and Coach Hayden
- Brain-Health Problems-Now the Top Medical Concern
- KISMIF: Keep It Simple, Make It Fun
- Play Show and Tell
- Part I. An All-Ages, All-Ailments Plan for Brain Health
- Chapter 1. Growing Your Brain Garden
- Our Healthy Brain Plan at a Glance
- Take a Smart and Fun Trip Through Your Brain
- Birth of the "Fathead"
- Neurotransmitters: The Neurochemical Basis of "You"
- Your Brain-Garden Parts
- Where in Your Body Is Your "Mind"?
- Six Smart Facts You Must Know About Your Brain to Keep It Healthy
- The Brain Is Your Fastest-Growing Organ
- Eye Feel Safe
- Smartness Means Having the Right Connections
- The Aging Brain: Older but Wiser
- Age Well: Have a Happy Hippo
- A Smart Health Plan For All Organs
- The Broken Brain
- You Hold the Keys to Brain Health in the Palm of Your Hand
- Chapter 2. Eat Supersmart Foods: Medicines for Your Mind
- The SAD Diet Makes You Sad
- Eat a Smarter Diet
- Eat the Smart Seven
- A Smart Seafood Match
- Dr. Bill's Heart-Smart Fishing Trip
- Eating Seafood to Prevent Degenerative Diseases
- Smart Fats Go to School
- Seafood Is Seefood
- Our Tasty Fish Tip
- Measure Your Omegas
- Science Says: Cholesterol Is a Smart Nutrient
- Science Says: EVOO Is Smart
- Eat Smart Seeds
- A Big, Fat, Smart Change
- Your Personal Farmacy
- What the Happiest People on Earth Eat
- More Smart Nutrients Your Brain Needs
- Selecting Smart Supplements
- Check with Your Doctor First
- How to Eat Smart
- "Instant" Isn't Smart
- Science Says: Grazing Is Good for the Brain
- Take Time to See and Smell the Meal
- A Big Fat Shake Mistake
- The Neurotoxin Naughty List
- Enjoy Home-Meal Advantage
- "Comfort Foods"-Not So Comfortable!
- Chapter 3. Be Good To Your Gut-Your Second Brain
- Your Two Brains Are Connected
- Gut Brains, Like Head Brains, Leak
- Autism: Another Gut-Brain Connection?
- Meet Your Microbiome
- Welcome to the World of "Biotics"
- Your Mind-Microbe Connection
- Is Your Gut Brain Also Depressed?
- The Seven Smart Gut Changes for Your Brain Health
- Best Foods For a Better Bowel Brain
- Blend, Don't Juice
- What Your Poo Tells About You
- Chapter 4. Move Smart!
- Move More, Make More Blood Vessels
- Move More, Make More Brain-Garden Fertilizer
- Move More, Make More Personal Brain Medicines
- View It, Move It!
- Move More, Make More Natural Mood Mellowers
- Move More, Age Less
- Move More, Sleep Better, Stay Smarter
- Make Beautiful Moving-Brain Music
- Best Movements for Your Brain Health
- Move More, Fall Less
- Trees Trump Treadmills
- HIIT Your Brain Health
- The Smartest Exercise?
- Moving in Nature: Exercise Squared
- Brain-Healing Benefits of Nature Therapy
- Go Outside and Play: "Re-create"
- Tired While Multitasking?
- Take a Think-Walk
- Motivation to Move
- Chapter 5. Think Smart: Eight Stressbusters to Think-Change Your Brain
- Your Brain Needs Balance: The Neurocbemistry of Calmness
- Sleep Stress Away
- Smart Stress, Dumb Stress
- Your Skills Are Better Than
- Pills
- Don't Worry, Be Happy: How Stress Bothers Your Brain
- Martha Sears's Stressful Story
- How Chronic Stress Causes Chronic Diseases
- The Older You Are, the Less Stress You Can Handle
- You Can Change Your Brain
- Your Belief Effect
- How To Think-Change Your Brain from That of a Negative to a Positive Person
- Looking for the Positive
- A Smart Trip Through the Thought-Control Centers in Your Brain
- What Neuroautobiography Do You Want in Your Brain?
- Enjoy Nine Stressbusters to Balance Your Brain
- Pills Sometimes Help Your Skills
- Dr. Bill's Happy Story
- Cry Out Your Stress
- Breathe
- Better to Eat Better
- The Grateful Brain
- Five Things I Like About Me
- "Inflamed with Anger"
- Young Adults Need Meditation, Too
- Meditation: Medicine for the Aging Brain
- Your Brain on Music
- Dr. Bill's Top Morning Stressbusters
- You Can Regrow Childhood Spiritual Roots: Dr. Bill's Spiritual Journey
- Dr. Vince's God-Healing Story
- The Four Top Mental and Physical Effects of Growing Your God Center
- Chapter 6. Sleep Smart: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep
- Opening Your Personal Sleep-Well Pharmacy
- Sleep Away Depression and Anxiety
- Sleep Away Toxic Thoughts
- Sleep Well, Detox, and Prevent Alzheimer's
- More Health Benefits of Sleep
- Sleep Cancer Away
- Enjoy "Beauty Sleep"
- Enjoy Smart Sleep Stages
- Welcome to Sleep Symphony Hall
- Sleep Disruptors
- How Sleep Changes As You Age
- Our Sleepy Seven Rules for Formulating Your Personal Sleep Recipe
- Clearing Caffeine Confusion
- Breathe Better, Sleep Better
- Picture Your Happy Path to Sleep: Inside Dr. Bill's Sleep Sanctuary
- Modern Sleep Aids
- Mind Your Melatonin
- Wake Up Refreshed
- Journal Your Personal Sleep Recipe
- Book It!
- Ease Yourself to Sleep
- Designing Your Sleep Sanctuary
- Our Sleepy Seven Keys to a Nice Nap
- Additional Sleep Resources
- A Tale of Two Sleepers: Sleepless Sam and Sleepy Suzy
- Part II. How to Use the Smart Tools to Heal
- Chapter 7. How to Heal from Anxiety and Depression
- Depression, Anxiety, and Your Cerebral Symphony
- "Bipolar" and the Balanced Brain
- Becoming Resilient
- The Anxious Body
- High-Performance Anxiety
- "Oh, Just Give Me a Pill!"
- Your Step-by-Step Plan to Alleviate Anxiety and Depression
- An Important Note from Dr. Vince
- Let the Sunshine In
- The Depression-Infection Connection
- Nature's Antidepressants
- How to Get the Best from a Therapist
- Get a Skills Coach
- More Money for the Mind
- The Brain and Thyroid-Partners in Health
- Behavioral Risk Factors for Depression and Anxiety
- Adding Pills to Skills
- Skills and Pills-Sometimes Perfect Partners for Brain Health
- Pill Power and Willpower
- Kristen's Story of Healing from Depression and Anxiety
- Chapter 8. Preventing and Reversing Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Clarifying AD Terms
- Alzheimer's Disease: No Longer a Medical Mystery
- Seeing Is Believing
- The Alzheimer's Gene
- The Earlier You Start Prevention, the Slower Your Progression
- Are Women More Likely to Get Alzheimer's?
- AD Can Be a Sneaky, Creepy Disease
- Diagnosis Denial
- Dr. Bill and Dr. Vince's "Selective Forgetfulness"
- A Note for Caregivers
- Ten Tools to Prevent and Reverse Alzheimer's
- Smart Eating Advice to Keep from "Losing Your Mind" to Alzheimer's
- Dr. Bill's Brain-Saving Daily Diet
- Science Says These Foods Have Been Shown to Reduce AD
- Say Alumin-No to AD
- More Motivation, Less Procrastination
- Fine Motor Movements Are Fine for Your Brain
- Balance Your Blood Pressure
- Brush Alzheimer's Away
- Proven Programs to Prevent and Reverse AD
- Don't Be a Scary Statistic
- Chapter 9. ADHD: Celebrating the "Difference," Healing the "Disorder"
- Scary Statistics
- ADHD Is a "Difference," Not a "Disorder"
- Inside the "ADHD" Brain
- Channeling the Ability to Hyperfocus
- Why Some Teens "Grow Out" of Their ADHD
- Framing Difference Positively
- Tips for Teacher Talk
- A Step-by-Step Plan to Alleviate ADHD-At All Ages
- Other Hidden Causes of "ADHD"
- More Changes Yield Faster Results
- Dr. Bill's First Teacher-Therapist
- Dr. Bill Prescribes a "Forest School" for Tommy
- Become a "Student" in Your Child's Classroom
- A Visit to Dr. Smart, an ADHD Specialist
- Focus Tests for Kids: Yes? No? Sometimes?
- Is the Behavior Problem Trans-situational?
- Smart Use of Pills and Therapy for ADHD
- Is It the Pills or Your Wish That Works?
- Neurofeedback in a Nutshell
- Reframing Therapy for Kids
- ADHD Updates
- Chapter 10. Drink Smart: Preventing Alcohol Disease
- How Smart Do You Drink?
- Your Brain on Alcohol
- Is Alcohol a "Health Drink"? No!
- Doubly Depressing
- High-Functioning Heavy Drinkers
- Other Ways a Binge Bothers Your Brain
- "But I Don't Remember..."
- Unsound Mind, Unsound Body
- Dr. Bill's Early Lesson on Dumb Drinking
- Sleepless on Alcohol
- The Morning After
- Is Overdrinking Worth It?
- Seven Rules of Smart Drinking
- Different Shots for Different Folks
- How Much Alcohol Is Safe to Drink?
- Keep Alcohol Out of Sight
- Parental Guidance Recommended
- Alcohol Is Not Female-Friendly
- Who Should Not Drink?
- Motivating Your Loved One to Dial Down Drinking-Suggestions for Staying Sober
- When Drinking Regresses from Smart Use to Abuse-How to Tell?
- A Concluding Thought about Drinking Smart
- Part III. More Questions You May Have about Brain Health
- Pediatric Air Pollution and Inhalational Alzheimer's
- Why Children Are So Vulnerable to Dirty Air
- A Green Environment
- Endocrine Disrupters
- Heavy Metal Testing
- Blood Tests for Brain Health
- Ketogenic Diets
- Vegan Brain
- "Gluten Brain"
- Is Dairy Smart?
- Grow Your Garden, Grow Your Brain
- Designing A Greener Office
- Dr. Bill's Office Design Story
- iBrain
- Cell Phone Use Safety Tips
- The Healing Power of Touch and Hugs
- Coach Hayden Talks About Hugs
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Appendix: Your Daily-Do List to Enjoy a Calmer, Happier, Smarter You
- Gratitudes
- Suggested Reading
- Endnotes and References
- Index
- About the Authors