Memory Rescue: Supercharge Your Brain, Reverse Memory Loss, and Remember What Matters Most

by Daniel G. Amen MD

Overview

A proven program from #1 New York Times bestselling author and brain researcher Dr. Daniel Amen to help you change your brain and improve your memory today!

Brain imaging research demonstrates that memory loss actually starts in the brain decades before you have any symptoms. Learn the actions you can take to help not just prevent memory loss later in life . . . but to begin restoring the memory you may have already lost.

Expert physician and author of The End of Mental Illness, Dr. Amen reveals how a multipronged strategy—including dietary changes, avoiding toxins, physical and mental exercises, and spiritual practices—can improve your brain health, enhance your memory, and reduce the likelihood that you’ll develop Alzheimer’s and other memory loss–related conditions.

Dr. Amen makes his extensive medical research clear and understandable as he outlines how to:

• Lower the inflammation that contributes to cognitive decline
• Support your mental health and alleviate the stress that can increase your risk of memory problems
• Strengthen your mind through exercises that target specific areas of the brain

Keeping your brain healthy isn’t just a medical issue; it’s a God-given capacity and an essential building block for physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Take action against the fast-increasing memory crisis that threatens this crucial part of who you are—and help your brain, body, and soul stay strong for the rest of your life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496425614
Publisher:	Tyndale House Publishers
Publication date:	10/09/2018
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Daniel G. Amen, MD, is an award-winning neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and founder of the Amen Clinics, with eight locations across the United States. He is a 10-time New York Times bestselling author, including Change Your Brain, Change Your Life; Heating ADD; and The Daniel Plan, written with Pastor Rick Warren and Mark Hyman, MD. In 2016, Dr. Amen's brain imaging research was listed as one of the top 100 stories in science by Discover magazine, and he is the lead researcher on the largest brain imaging and rehabilitation study on professional football players. Dr. Amen has writer and produced 12 popular public television shows about the brain that have aired across North America. His work has been featured by the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Time magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and Men's Health. He speaks internationally.

Table of Contents

The Problem … the Promise … the Program xiii

Preface xvii

Part 1 Memory Is Life

1 A Breakthrough Approach to Memory issues, Aging, and Alzheimer's 3

2 How the Brain Works: Learn about the Most Important Part of You 11

3 What Trouble Looks Like: How Brain Imaging Changes Everything 27

Part 2 Bright Minds: The Ultimate Memory Formula

4 The Bright Minds Approach to Rescuing Your Memory: The Best Way to Help Prevent or Treat Memory Decline and Alzheimer's Is to Know and Address All Your Risk Factors 47

5 B Is for Blood Flow: Unlocking the Key to Life 59

6 R Is for Retirement and Aging: When You Stop Learning, You Start Dying 79

7 I Is for Inflammation: Manage the Internal Fire That Destroys Your Organs 95

8 G Is for Genetics: Genes Only Load the Gun; Your Behavior Pulls the Trigger 109

9 H Is for Head Trauma: The Silent Epidemic 119

10 T Is for Toxins: Is Your Memory Being Poisoned? 139

11 M Is for Mental Health: Your Mind Is Essential to Your Brain 167

12 I Is for Immunity/Infection Issues: Strengthen Your Internal Defenders 183

13 N Is for Neurohormone Deficiencies: Boost the Symphony of a Youthful Mind 203

14 D Is for Diabesity: Kill the Sugar before It Kills You 225

15 S Is for Sleep Issues: Cleanse Your Brain and Eliminate Its Trash Nightly 241

Part 3 Daily Food, Habits, And More to Boost Your Memory

16 The Memory Rescue Diet: Food for Bright Minds 255

17 Sharpen Your Memory: Brain Workouts for a Richer Life 287

18 Memory Medications: When and What to Consider 303

19 Brain-Enhancement Therapies: Innovative Ways to Strengthen Your Memory 309

20 Memory Rescue Made Easy: 20 Short Stories of the Seahorse Twins, Scarlett and Sam 323

21 How to Start Your Personal Memory Rescue Plan 333

About Daniel G. Amen, MD 345

Gratitude and Appreciation 347

Resources 349

Notes 353

Index 409

What People are Saying About This

Michael Gurian

Our ability to remember is a precious gift, one that makes us human. Until reading “Memory Rescue,” I had not realized how much I could do for and with my memory. In this warm and very accessible book, Dr. Daniel Amen uses brain scans and science-based insights to help protect our precious asset. The book does more than help us boost our memories—it promises and delivers a program for healthy aging and happier life. I highly recommend it.

Jonny Bowden

Memory is critical to success in every area of life. For more than a decade, Dr. Amen has been my go-to guy for all things related to memory, the brain, and performance. This terrific book is a complete manual for making your brain better now and into the future.

David Perlmutter

While there’s no pharmaceutical fix for memory decline, research now validates the powerfully therapeutic role of lifestyle choices in recovering and preserving memory. Dr. Amen’s Memory Rescue eloquently embraces this science and presents it to the reader in a wonderfully user-friendly format.

Mark Victor Hansen

Your mind is everything that makes you human. Your memory is the most important part of your mind. My friend and mind mentor, Dr. Daniel Amen, is the master’s master of memory. In his page-turning book, you will discover the wisdom, insights, and understanding to optimize and maximize your mind and memory. It is a must-read for everyone with a mind.

Dale E. Bredesen

The innovative, ever-thoughtful, visionary psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen is at it again with his new book, Memory Rescue. His Bright Minds program should be of great help in the critical goal to make dementia what it should be—a rare disorder. I highly recommend this book.

Andrew Newberg

Dr. Amen has done it again with Memory Rescue, the quintessential book on how to get your brain healthy and how to keep it that way. It is full of essential information, based on the latest research, that everyone needs to keep their brain working at optimum health. Its easy-to-read format will allow everyone to find what they need for their individual brain. The brain scan data is second to none in showing how people can fully engage ways of keeping their brain happy and healthy for a long lifetime.

hris Prentiss

Following the protocol in Dr. Daniel Amen’s new book will not only renew your memory, it will renew your very life. Every aspect of your life brightens with brain health; everything becomes clearer. You know enough to tune your car—experience what happens when you tune your brain!

Pastor Rick Warren

This is an incredibly helpful book for anyone who wants to increase their brain capacity and strengthen their memory. I want to stay sharp, and that’s why I read everything Dr. Amen writes, and you should too!

Dr. Mehmet Oz

Rescue your memory with Dr. Amen’s embraced habits that will brighten your mind.

John Townsend

Our memories do so much for our lives: They inspire us, teach us, comfort us, and warn us. Without healthy brains with healthy memories, we suffer significant losses in the quality of our lives. Dr. Amen’s book is a highly valuable resource on how to not only stop the degeneration, but reverse it. My favorite quote is “Your brain’s history is not its destiny.” That says it all. Highly recommended, and well worth the reading

Dr. Joseph Pizzorno

Dementia with aging is the sad new normal, but it is neither natural nor inevitable—if you follow Dr. Amen’s brilliant guidance. Keeping and even improving your brain is really quite simple: Get nutrients in, keep toxins out and use it or lose it.

Tony Robbins

Memory Rescue is such an important book if you want to strengthen and keep your memory strong for the rest of your life. Millions of people find themselves victim to memory loss and have no idea there are simple interventions to help keep it strong. I deeply believe this approach can help you or your loved ones.

William S. Harris

As a heart researcher, I’m amazed at how many of Dr. Amen’s BRIGHT MINDS factors apply to cardiac as well as brain health. Following his clear plan will slow the aging of both your ticker and your thinker.

Pedram Shojai

Dr. Amen’s work continues to break ground. All cultures put great value in living a long life but what if we can’t take our memories with us? Now, we have a choice. The sage wisdom and scientific advances taught in this book are the secret to living a long, healthy, and fulfilling life.

Joseph C. Maroon

This is an “insanely simple” guide for preventing and possibly reversing memory loss and dementia based on 25+ years of clinical experience treating thousands of brain-injured patients. Memory Rescue is a must-read not only for patients fearful of memory loss, but also for physicians who too often take a nihilistic approach to this epidemic problem. Dr. Amen provides scientifically based measures that can prevent or slow dementia. This book is the most current and succinct source to date on “how to do it”.

Dave Asprey

Dr. Amen helped to rescue my memory and brain, which changed my life. Memory Rescue will give you strategies to quickly improve your memory and brain now and for the rest of your life. I highly recommend it.

Steven Masley

At a time when memory loss is increasing at epidemic rates, Dr. Amen leads the way to better health. Memory Rescue is easy to read and simple to implement, and it will definitely help protect your brain.

David S. Ludwig

Memory Rescue is an important book that shows you how to keep your memory strong. If you want to protect your most important organ and keep it healthy this book gives you a clear, simple path.

Mark Hyman MD

Memory Rescue is a powerful new book that shows you step-by-step how to improve your memory and overall health. The information is smart, simple, research-based, and effective. It’s your roadmap to the best brain possible.

Barry Sears

I have known Daniel for more than 25 years. He has been amazingly consistent in his journey, not only to describe neurological conditions from a more physiological basis, but also to promote a structured dietary program to improve brain function. This book carries on his explorations to build a better brain. As with each of his books, I always find new and provocative information. Memory Rescue is no exception. I highly recommend it to everyone.