Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our minds sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers “the book all of us need, young and old” (Walter Isaacson, #1 New York … Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker) with insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting-edge research can help you heighten and protect brain function and maintain cognitive health at any age.
Keep Sharp debunks common myths about aging and mental decline, explores whether there’s a “best” diet or exercise regimen for the brain, and explains whether it’s healthier to play video games that test memory and processing speed, or to engage in more social interaction. Discover what we can learn from “super-brained” people who are in their eighties and nineties with no signs of slowing down—and whether there are truly any benefits to drugs, supplements, and vitamins. Dr. Gupta also addresses brain disease, particularly Alzheimer’s, answers all your questions about the signs and symptoms, and shows how to ward against it and stay healthy while caring for a partner in cognitive decline. He likewise provides you with a personalized twelve-week program featuring practical strategies to strengthen your brain every day.
Keep Sharp is the “must-read owner’s manual” (Arianna Huffington) you’ll need to keep your brain young and healthy regardless of your age!
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This was my first time to read a book by Sanjay Gupta, and since I don’t follow cable news–I honestly didn’t know much about him.
I found the book to be super helpful: the information is easily understood in the way he presents it, there is an optimistic tone in addition to a realistic one, and the book is broken down into sections that make sense–from what dementia and Alzheimer’s technically are, to how to promote brain health, to steps for dealing with a diagnosis.
Does he name drop a little? He does! But if I’d met with the Dalai Lama or spoken with Matthew McConaughey, I’d probably name drop a little too. And what does it hurt? Plus, it keeps the book interesting.
Highly recommended for anyone with elderly parents, an aging spouse, or…okay, anyone with a brain. Which is everyone. I do wish I’d read the paper version of the book rather than the audio, as I’d like to be able to go back and re-read portions.
A must-read owner’s manual for anyone with a brain.
This is the book all of us need, young and old!
Sanjay Gupta ,MD provides us with a treasure chest of vital advice for keeping our brains healthy in the prevention of dementia.The author introduces new methods of treatment now in the works ,which should hopefully be available in the next few years . Endobody vaccines which provoke an antibody in the body that clears the tangled beta-amyloid plaques without triggering damaging inflammation might help in the treatment of dementia .The author gives us the importance of lifestyle choices.With exercise being paramount along with healthy diet, moderate drinking and avoiding some medications .Another important area for brain health is that of purpose volunteering and working past retirement age serve as another form of protection The writer reminds us ultimately it is our choice to Keep Sharp!
This is a frontier where we can dramatically improve human life, and Keep Sharp is a helpful primer for anyone who wants to better understand brain function and how to preserve it.
Keep Sharp will change how you think about your brain, how you care for it, and how you support its full potential.
Sanjay Gupta brilliantly crafts an actionable plan we can all follow. I feel sharper already.
I wish Keep Sharp existed when I was helping take care of of my father as he suffered from Alzheimer’s.
I’m reading Keep Sharp for the second time this year. It’s for everyone who’s interested in becoming healthier and staying mentally sharp.
Lots of informative advice for keeping your brain active and healthy and avoiding lifestyles that can aid dementia.
I don’t often read non-fiction, especially not self-help books, but the title of this one caught my attention. Who doesn’t want a better brain? After months of isolation during the Covid pandemic, I had developed some truly terrible habits of overeating, not exercising and not getting enough sleep. The excellent medical advice in this book was just what I need to get back on track. Dr. Gupta has a wonderful writing style, easy to understand even when he is explaining complicated scientific facts. I learned so much about the way my brain works and developing a healthy lifestyle.
Good information about self care as to applies to brain health.
Dispels previous myths about brain’s memory function-appealing to healthcare professionals and non-medical individuals-well written