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Mind Boosters: A Guide to Natural Supplements that Enhance Your Mind, Memory, and Mood By Ray Sahelian ( St. Martin's Griffin )
Release Date: 2000-07-07
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Everyone forgets things sometimes. But do you ever feel like you can't keep track of simple things like acquaintances' names, your car keys, and the two things you needed to pick up on the way home? As America's population ages, more and more people are struggling with the fact that their memory and mental power are not that they used to be. Maybe you've tried "exercising" your mind, or maybe you've just started keeping better "to do" lists. But a proven way to improve your mind, memory and mood is to feed your brain the nutrients it needs to function at its peak performance level. Over the past few years, scientists have discovered dozens of new supplements that enhance and sharpen memory, intelligence, vision, and mental performance.
In Mind Boosters, one of the world's most respected nutritional experts examines the very latest research on these breakthrough brain nutrients, amino acids, herbs, and hormones. Along with a scientific and practical evaluation of their benefits and risks, Dr. Sahelian explains how to combine mind-boosting supplements to help patients with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, depression as well as those with normal age-related mental decline. People of all ages can benefit from the sensible, step-by-step programs tailored to the differing needs of the young, the middle aged and the elderly.
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Mind Boosters has been a great help for me and my wife who has Parkinsons. We have been able to find products and help where there is no known cure. We have found no cure but a sense of learning about things that can be of some help for my wife's problem.
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 Good Information
This book has good information, mostly on the supplements widely available in the U.S. (i.e. things you will find in supermarket vitamin isles). Some potentially useful substances -- specifically pyroglutamic acid derivatives, Rhodiola and other supplements that have extensive testing in Europe but not U.S. -- are not mentioned.
Also, despite referencing studies, dr. Sahelian relies on patient observations and his own experiences to a fairly significant degree. This is not necessarily a minus -- it is necessary when double blind, placebo controlled trials are lacking -- but it is something the reader should be aware of.
Overall though this is a solid introduction to the topic with a nice basic "brain science" primer.
Finally, I should note that one of the problems with health/supplements in the US is that there are essentially battle lines drawn with big Pharma on one side and the "Alternative" medicine field on the other. Unfortunately, both sides have many quacks among their ranks. Against this backdrop Dr Sahelian is one of the less biased sources of information on supplements, so it is easy to recommend his book.
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Very good!
This book is perfect for those seeking informations about improving mind performance using only nutrients, vitamins and suplements without farmaceutical drugs.
This book provide a wide review about basic concepts that help us to understand suplements utility for each case. If you know why it is important, then you can believe that is important.
I recomend, specialy for those willing to prevent age related cognitive decline!
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ENHANCING YOUR MIND, MEMORY AND MOOD ( irridium )
I have found Dr Sahelian's books on Creatine, DHEA and Pregnenolone very useful, and this one is no exception. He discusses brain function and chemistry and how it relates to nutrition, and provides information on how to improve your mind through lifestyle factors. This is followed by detailed explanations of how supplements work, supported by research findings, under the categories Memory Boosters, Mood & Energy Lifters, Methyl Donors, Keeping Your Brain Young With Antioxidants, Mind Energizers, Amino Acids, Brain Hormones, and Psychoactive Herbs. There are extensive mind-boosting programmes for the age groups 25 - 40, 41 - 60 and for age 61 and over. The last chapter provides natural prescriptions for depression, vision enhancement, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. This well-researched, well-written book is rounded off with a glossary, bibliography and references plus a thorough index. It is the most complete and authoritative book of its kind and also a pleasure to read. I would have liked to find more information on Deprenyl, but it is a drug - not a natural supplement - and thus outside the scope of this book. Similar informative books that deal with nutritional supplementation include William Regelson's 'The Superhormone Promise' and Timothy J Smith's 'Renewal.' Mind Boosters however, remains the best overall reference book on cutting-edge nutrition for a healthy mind.
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Enjoyable and Helpful ( docwrite )
Another true masterpiece from the fertile mind of Dr. Sahelian. Very easy to read and easy to follow. Anil Minocha MD....
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