| Description |
xiii, 300 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Our evolving understanding of the heart and brain -- Lessons of lifestyle in the fight against cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease -- Your scorecard for heart and brain health -- They did it -- so can you! Profiles in heart-brain health -- Step 1: Functional fitness for heart-brain health -- Step 2: Explore the new borders of the Mediterranean diet -- Step 3: Restful sleep for body and brain -- Step 4: A sound approach to stress management -- Step 5: "Cog-stim" to jump start your brain -- Step 6: Write yourself a social prescription -- Positive mental attitude: the key to a strong heart and a sharp mind -- Appendix. Menu ideas for a heart- and brain-healthy diet. |
| Summary |
STRONG HEART, SHARP MIND presents a cutting-edge, science-based program that teaches readers how to develop the habits and lifestyle practices that improve both heart and brain health. Readers will learn how they can prevent or forestall both the nation's number-one killer-heart disease-as well as the affliction Americans fear most: Alzheimer's disease. For the 108 million Americans 50 and over, creating what the authors call the "BRAIN-BODY-BALANCE" through the steps detailed in these pages can also improve quality of life and longevity, by synchronizing the interaction between our two most vital organs. |
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Health.
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Alzheimer's disease -- Prevention.
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| Added Author |
Sabbagh, Marwan Noel, author.
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Hanc, John, author.
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Roizen, Michael F., foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781630061937 |
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163006193X |
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