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Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Author : Daniel G. Amen
This is a delightful, informative and easy-to-digest book—366 days of brain strategies, enough for one a day if you begin this book in a leap year. Dr. Daniel Amen insists that you are not stuck with the brain you have. Over the past 30 years, he’s ended most of his lectures with these words: “You can literally change your brain, and when you do, you change your life.” Each day it is changing. Either it is getting better and growing younger, or it is getting worse and growing older due to your daily diet, supplements, thoughts, decisions, and habits. Learning to love and care for your brain will boost your memory, mood, focus, and overall sense of happiness and peace. Dr. Amen has the brain scans to prove what he’s claiming.
“Your brain eats up 20-30 percent of your daily calories, even though it only accounts for 2 percent of your total weight. It makes a big difference what you eat and drink. You are in a relationship with food. Being in love with foods that hurt you is like being in love with someone who always mistreats you. Too many people tell me they love ice cream, doughnuts, cookies, fries, pizza, pasta, and alcohol. I call them weapons of mass destruction because they are all addictive, expand your waistline, and shrink your brain.”
“When people come to see me, they usually are not doing very well. Over time, if they cooperate, they get better; they reach a new steady state where they are consistently better. The setbacks are important if you pay attention to them. How to you respond when you fail? It all depends on your brain. For some people, failure lights up their motivation centers, which means they are often able to learn from their failure and grow. Their brain motivates them to overcome challenges.”
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