Your Miracle Brain: Maximize Your Brainpower *Boost Your Memory *Lift Your Mood *Improve Your IQ and Creativity *Prevent and Reverse Mental Aging

Great source of information for healthy diet and lifestyle to protect your brain.

There is a description of the brain and what can happen to it in section one, then in section two is described foods that help and hinder your brain, which is very interesting, especially the effect certain fats have on the brain, and the illnesses that lacks of certain fats cause and eating other fats too. Also described are the effects that sugar has on the brain and also antioxidants and caffeine. The next section goes into what supplements to take to help prevent certain brain disorders. Finally is included the villains which destroy your brain and what causes it and therefore how to avoid the problems, if you follow the advice.

Es un libro excelente, contiene mucha información muy relevante para conservar el cerebro y está escrito con un estilo fácil de leer

Let me cut to the chase, there are numerous supplements you can take to keep your mental facilities in top working order, but if you are looking for the ONE thing you can do that will provide the best overall results - take a multivitamin daily.Ms. Carper has provided another fine study of the current research (circa 2000) related to the human brain and the effect of various supplements or lack thereof. If there is one complaint that I have about the book, it is that it is dated, continued research in the field would argue for an updated edition of the book.The four sections of the book cover the workings of the brain, what to eat, what supplements to take and how to prevent vascular problems from affecting your brain. True to her usual form the author presents the research for each topic, broken up by nutrient or supplement, further broken down by details of the impact on the brain of a shortage and the research data to support claims that the nutrient or supplement may correct the problems, and how much to take for full effect.The discussions are intriguing in that the author's conclusions require so little action on the reader's part to correct or prevent the stated neurological problems (topics range from depression to aggression to forgetfulness to age related problems like Alzheimer's).One of the reasons I bought this book was because I was heading back to grad school (in my 40s), and I wasn't quite sure I was up to it. Having completed 13 semester credits in biological and chemical sciences over two 6 week summer sessions with a flawless 4.0 grade average, I can say that I feel at the top of my mental game and ready for admission to grad school. My current set of supplements include: a multivitamin with minerals, coenzyme Q10, Omega 3 fish oil, ginko biloba and grape seed extract.Getting back to my initial statement, unless you have a perfect diet (be honest), you need a multivitamin with minerals to ensure that you are providing the basic nutrition for a healthy brain, once you are there you can look into the other supplements for further improvement. P-)

脳細胞のエネルギー源、潤滑油の供給源は疑うまでもなく日々の食事からの栄養素です。従って、食べ物によっては脳が正常に機能しなくなれば、逆に、やる気が生まれ、集中力が促進され、記憶力がたかまり、IQさえも上昇するのです。さらに脳細胞は日々生まれ変わるため、適切な食物をとればそれまでの悪い食生活により正常に機能しなくなった脳を正常のレベルにもどし、さらにはそれ以上の脳力を引き出す脳につくりかえることができると、最新の驚くべき研究結果もとに著者は主張します。この本は脳機能が食物によって何故どのように影響を受けるかを、ただ医学的に解説するような本棚に飾っておくだけの本ではありません。数多くの栄養素（サプリメント）、飲食牡?（紅茶の効用からナタネ油の有害性まで）について実に細かにどのような効果があり、副作用・悪影響があり、必要なそして安全な摂取量はどのくらいかなどの実用的なデータを漏らすことなく記述します。例えば、ビタミンＢ１の説明では：欠乏によってやる気、集中力の低下、記憶の曖昧性、鬱症状の誘発。適量の摂取によって記憶力、反応速度、気分の高揚、幸福感、社交性等の増加。摂取に関しては、２５ｍｇが推奨、５０ｍｇ以上はとらないようにとしています。そして、脳を“バカ”にする犯人の名もあげられます。その名をしって驚く人もいれば、現在の食生活に強い不安を覚える人もきっといるでしょう。特に30代以上の方、妊娠している方、子供がいる方、乱れた食生活を送っている人に必読の書です。それ以外の方にもお金を払うだけのかちは十分にあります。■英文について専門用語が多くそれ以外の単語のレベルも難しめ。しかし、これらの単語が繰り返し使われるので読み進めるほど読みやすくなる。文法・構文は非常に易しい。おそらく中学レベルの知識があれば十分間に合う。