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The Better Brain Book

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I read this book 2 1/2 years ago, loved it then, still love it now! I don't remember how much detail the author gave on nootropics but it was after reading this book I began my quest to sharpen my mind and improve my overall cognitive functioning. This book is inspiring as it is factual, in my opinion.

Besides following the exercises clearly outlined in this book, I also began researching and eventually taking a combination of nutritional supplements called nootropics. The great thing about nootropics is that, by and large, they're utterly harmless; they're meant to boost mental functioning such as cognition, memory, intelligence, motivation, attention, and concentration with little to no side effects -regardless of dosage.

They were first discovered 30+ years ago and were used to treat serious medical conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and ADHD. Then after scientists began recommending them as cognitive enhancers to the public, they started to become a very popular brain supplement.

It is really quite amazing actually. Colors are brighter, music sounds better; I feel like I became smarter. Caffeine has become a thing of the past for me as well, don't need it anymore. I read more, I've actually read more books in the past year than I have in the past 15 years, I kid you not! I've been waking up every morning without fail for 2 years now feeling absolutely amazing. My suggestion to anyone looking to improve their brain function is to:

1) look into some type of natural brain supplement, everyone is different so do your own research like I did and decide for yourself if it's a good idea. Here are few good one's to get you started;

Piracetam Powder (500 Grams)

25 Grams Oxiracetam Bulk Powder 5 times stronger than Piracetam

2) and of course read this book, which was my personal inspiration and the beginning of my journey to a better me;

The Better Brain Book

This book clearly presents an alternative resolution for memory loss and dimentia. It reflects a breakthrough in this area of medicine that rivals the insights into heart disease that Dr Ornish provided.

My Mother has Alzheimer's and my family considers THE BETTER BRAIN BOOK our "bible". I am doing everything I can to improve my brain health and avoid this terrible disease. I give this book to everyone I know that has a family member with Alzheimer's, BUT, I reccomend this book to EVERYONE!

This book offers the reader ways to maintain brain function. It also suggests road blocks to keepng your brain(or a lovwd ones)in the best shape possible. This is a must read for someone with mild cognitive impairment before it progresses. Perhaps reading this book might help reverse memory problems and delay or prevent dementia onset.
by Susan Berg author of Adorable Photographs of Our Baby: Meaningful, Mind Stimulating Activities and More for the Memory Challenged, Their Loved Ones, and Involved Professionals

Still good information from Perlmutter who is well-respected in the field of functional medicine. The five years since this book was published have seen some important new research which, while not conflicting with Perlmutter's recommendations for having a better brain, is a little more encouraging and specific. In general though, having a better brain is not about supplementation, but about your regular diet, daily exercise and physical activity for your body and your brain. This book is worth a read, but check out some newer books and science, too.

Dr. Perlmutter does what only a small percentage of physicians today are doing. He goes beyond simply swallowing the "proprietary data" that pharmaceutical companies present to doctors every day at their offices and at every medical conference they attend until the vast majority believe it is the best we can do for our patients....give them prescription drugs to delay symptoms, and tell them that what can't be treated that way must be accepted as the normal pitfalls of aging. Some physicians can't accept that. They study nutrition, they study physiology, they search the medical literature for alternative treatments...research from all over the world that is available to any physician if he or she looks for it, but isn't promoted as the newest product by a pharmaceutical company. This is the kind of physician who wants to see his or her patients get well, or not become unwell in the first place. This kind of physician will continue to seach for answers always to the questions of what restores health safely, what prevents disease effectively, what causes a rapid decline in health in the first place. This book is an excellent and more thorough follow-up to Dr. Perlmutter's Brain Recovery.com and goes into more depth, and gives more practical advice to YOU, so that you can take action now to protect your brain from aging much more rapidly than it should. There are other physicians who have learned similiar things in other areas of health, and some are brave enough and generous enough to share them in this way. The American Medical System is designed to assist you in being unaware of how sick you are until you suddenly die, by simply treating your symptoms as they arise without teaching you the cause and helping you to regain your health and vitality. Most prescription medications relieve your symptoms only temporarily or mask the symptom but do not rejuvenate your body. Read Dr. Perlmutter's book if you are concerned about the health of your brain. If you enjoy thinking and want to keep doing it well as you age, you owe it to yourself!

Dr. Tedde Rinker, Anti-Aging Physician, Redwood City, CA www.stress-medicine.com

As a practicing psychiatrist, I found Dr. Perlmutter's book full of well organized very usable information that I was able to take to my office and use as a reference as well as recommend to my patients.

Probably the best way to describe this innovative and helpful book is user-friendly. The author cuts to the chase and gives us easy, practical ways to maintain our healthy brains or to reverse deterioration of brain function. A side benefit is that the suggested regimens promote overall health as well. I heartily recommend this helpful adjunct to your personal well being.

Dr. Perlmutter has changed the way I look at by diet, sleep, supplements and general quality of life.

The Better Brain Book offers, real, practical tools and answers that will improve my brain health and function.

I particulariy appreciated the Better Brain Diet and Dr. Perlmutter's recommendation of the brain training software-BrainBuilder from ABT-Advanced Brain Technologies. I tried the Test Your Brain Report on (www.brainbuilder.com)and learned there is a lot more I can do to train my brain!

Purchase this book for the people you care about. Reading it will make a difference in their lives.

As a leading specialist the author does an excellent job at making current state of the art accessible so many of the seeming inevitable complications facing our brains throughout our lives can be much better addressed, avoided, and even reversed. It is in a similar vein to "Optimum nutrition for the mind" of Patrick Holford but this book is for the harder cases by someone who has treated them many times. Relying primarily nutritional supplements and exercises that are highly cost effective this book can add tremendous improvements in quality of life to yourself and your loved ones.