Healthy Living for a Sharper Mind: A Clinician's Guide to Lowering Your Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Improving Your Overall Health

by Hayes Woollen, Cheryl Hoover

Overview

Dr. Hayes Woollen, a primary care physician, and Cheryl Hoover, a registered pharmacist and nutritionist, have teamed up to provide you with clinical evidence and cutting-edge research that will transform your health and revitalize your brain. Healthy Living for a Sharper Mind translates the very best of brain science into recommendations for your everyday life. It teaches you how to use delicious, nutrient-dense foods as medicine for promoting a healthy mind and body, with innovative recipes that integrate the superfoods you love into your everyday diet to activate your body's defense systems. The comprehensive plan in this book will reduce the levels of inflammation in your body, reduce your risk of Alzheimer's and other serious disease, and improve your overall health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732995871
Publisher:	Woollen Development
Publication date:	05/15/2020
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Dr. Hayes Woolen is a primary care physician and experienced healthcare leader with a passion for advanced wellness and neuro-cognitive health. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife, Susan, their three children, and their two Labradors. He is a graduate of Davidson College, received his medical degree from Wake Forest University, and received his MBA at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Cheryl Hoover is a registered pharmacist, who after a cancer diagnosis became certified in plant-based nutrition. She believes that there is a Pharmacy in Your Kitchen that you should use every day to prevent disease and be healthy. This book shares the Pharmacy in Your Kitchen philosophy and forty recipes that follow her principles.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: What Causes Alzheimer's Disease?

Chapter One: What is Alzheimer's Disease?

Chapter Two: The Stages and Types of Dementia

Chapter Three: Can Alzheimer's Be Prevented?

Chapter Four: Inflammation

Chapter Five: Vascular Disease and Dementia

Chapter Six: Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease

Chapter Seven: Obesity and Dementia

Chapter Eight: Sleep and Its Effect on Brain Health

Chapter Nine: Concussions and Toxins

Chapter Ten: Inflammation and Genetics—Why Inflammation Helps Us and Hurts Us

Part II: Healthy Living for a Sharper Mind

Chapter Eleven: Comprehensive Medical Evaluation

Chapter Twelve: Sleep

Chapter Thirteen: Exercise

Chapter Fourteen: Stress Management

Chapter Fifteen: Brain Stimulation

Chapter Sixteen: Top 20 List for Improving Your Mind and Living a Healthier Life

Part III: Healthy Eating for a Sharper Mind

Chapter Seventeen: Eat as We Were Designed

Chapter Eighteen: Ingredients

Chapter Nineteen: Recipes

Suggested Reading and Further Resources