Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted
- ISBN13: 9780307463579
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THE KEY TO A BETTER BODY—in shape, energized, and youthful—is a healthy brain. Based on the latest medical research, as well as on Dr. Amen’s two decades of clinical practice at the renowned Amen Clinics, where Dr. Amen and his associates pioneered the use of the most advanced brain imaging technology, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body shows you how to take the very best care of your brain.
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted
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March 12th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Dr. Amen’s new book, “Change Your Brain Change Your Body”, is a great book to have as a reference on hand to anyone who has struggled to lose weight in the past. It presents scientific reasoning behind why individuals have such a difficult time when trying the latest and most popular diets but it is written so that you do not have to be a medical doctor to understand it! Once you read this book, you will be able to understand how your particular brain functioning will help you to lose the weight and gain a more healthy lifestyle.
As a Neuropsychologist, I have found it very valuable to help many of my patients deal not only with weight issues, but also hormonal imbalances, anxiety and depression. Understanding your brain type and how is can affect so many different aspects of your life is critical to the first steps in recovery. The chapters on the skin, hormone and skin solution are fabulous! A lot of my patients suffer with sleep issues, are stressed out and think in a very negative way. This book is fabulous in that it explains why these issues are key factors not only in the way you feel emotionally and cognitively but why they affect your weight as well!
I would definitely recommend that every therapist have this book in their bookcase and every patient have one at home!
Rating: 5 / 5
March 12th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I have been struggling with weight-loss for the past 8 years. I have tried everything from diet pills to hypnosis. I am a veteran so you would think I already had the background to exercise properly and eat right, but this simply is not true. After I had my children, something in me changed. I no longer wanted to deal with life, and it was almost as if I was stuck in a depression state without any exits. I purchased the audio-book version of Magnificent Mind at Any Age: Natural Ways to Unleash Your Brain’s Maximum Potential by Dr. Amen, and was impressed from the start. My husband and children noticed the difference in me after I started taking the St. Wort and L-Tyrosine supplements. I was on GABA already for a different reason, but the combination of these three items helped regulate my mood.
Then this wonderful book came out. I was eager to read it since I already had success with a previous book by Dr. Amen. I immediately put a lot of ideas into action. For instance, I maintained my intake of the supplements, plus I found a way to get back into exercising. I love to do research on my computer, so my husband brought me a special stand for it. This way I can exercise on my stationary bike while working on my computer at the same time. This motivated me to continue on with other positive things for my body, like eating more fruits and vegetables too. This book will go into detail about how to improve your attitude (brain) in order to affect a positive change in your life. Just to let you know, I went from 251 @ 5′8″ to 228 in eight weeks. I achieved this by riding my bike slowly while reading this book, and/or working on my computer. Order your copy today, because I have read this book four times already and I learn something new every time.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 12th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Awesome! This book fully explores the reasons diets don’t work and size really matters! It is nutrition and brain chemistry made easy and fun! You will understand why you have repeated self defeating patterns in the past and replace guilt with the knowledge and tools necessary to make powerful changes starting today!! I don’t know anyone else who can make brain science exciting. Keep it up Dr. Amen!
Rating: 5 / 5
March 12th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
In “Change Your Brain, Change Your Body” Dr. Amen explains how he has used SPECT imaging to study the blood flow and activity patterns in the brain. SPECT is an acronym for single photon emission computed tomography.
He offers many examples of how he has used SPECT to obtain critical information about the brain function of his patients, and determine the best treatment to help those individuals to overcome a wide variety of problems, from depression to obesity to colds and headaches. The book makes use of illustrations of brain scans taken before and after treatment at Amen’s clinics. He clearly explains how he interprets these scans, and how he determines the appropriate treatment for an individual.
Dr. Amen presents 15 solutions to assist you in boosting your brain to enable you to attain and maintain the kind of body and sense of well-being you have always wanted. Among the many benefits that can be derived by learning to love your brain and apply the easy-to-follow solutions are increased energy, sharper memory function, and relief from unwanted stress.
Sounds to good to be true? Not really. I can attest to many of the strategies and techniques this book offers because I have used them and taught them with amazing results for four decades. What’s really new and different about Dr. Amen’s approach is that he is employing some recently discovered scientific diagnostic equipment such as SPECT along with his unique treatments.
Back in the 1980’s, I presented health conferences at the University of Minnesota and other colleges featuring “pioneers” in using the brain/mind for healing, and maintaining good health. Participants in those conferences included Norman Cousins, O. Carl Simonton, Bernie Siegel, Deloris Krieger, Norman Shealy, Raymond Moody, Gerald Jampolsky Karl Menninger, etal. Dr. Amen is to be congratulated for building on their work and currently being on the cutting edge of discoveries and treatment in this field. The world could use more like him.
This is a valuable, well-written book, and deserves five stars.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 12th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I never realized how much my brain chemistry has to do with my body, especially in dealing with food addiction and weight loss. I have learned that I cannot live my life switching from diet to diet but that I must make a complete lifestyle change that will support the brain/body connection. In this book Dr. Amen taught me how our society lies to us about food consumption! Is risking our health by supersizing or eating at buffets really worth the few dollars that we save? To me, No! Since finishing this book, I have begun making permanent changes in my life and am already noticing a dramatic difference! My moods have improved and I’ve already noticed an increase in my energy level. The concepts in this book are simple, yet so practical and effective! This is a must read!
Rating: 5 / 5