
Making a Good Brain Great
The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining Optimal Mental Performance
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Marc Cashman
Daniel Amen, MD, one of the world's foremost authorities on the brain, has news for you: your brain is involved in everything you do - learn to care for it properly, and you will be smarter, healthier, and happier in as little as 15 days!
You probably run, lift weights, or do yoga to keep your body in great shape; you put on sunscreen and lotions to protect your skin; but chances are you simply ignore your brain and trust it to do its job. People unknowingly endanger or injure their brains, stress them by working at a frenzied pace and not getting enough sleep, pollute them with caffeine, alcohol, and drugs, and deprive them of proper nutrients. Brain dysfunction is the number one reason people fail at school, work, and relationships. The brain is the organ of learning, working, and loving - the supercomputer that runs our lives. It's very simple: when our brains work right, we work right - and when our brains have trouble, we have trouble in our lives.
Luckily, it's never too late: the brain is capable of change, and when you care for it, the results are amazing. Making a Good Brain Great gives you the tools you need to optimize your brain power and enrich your health and your life in the process. The principles and exercises in this book, based on years of cutting-edge neuroscience research and the experiences of thousands of people, provide a wealth of practical information to teach you how to achieve the best brain possible.
You will learn:
- How to eat right to think right
- How to protect your brain from injuries and toxic substances
- How to nourish your brain with vitamins and do mental workouts to keep it strong
- The critical component of physical exercise and which kinds work best
- How to rid your brain of negative thoughts, counteract stress, and much more
Full of encouraging anecdotes from Dr. Amen’s many years of experience, Making a Good Brain Great is a positive and practical road map for enriching and improving your own greatest asset - your brain.
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"This book is wonderful. It gives the reader great understanding and hope that changes in oneself can be made. If you put these changes into action, a happy and healthy brain is yours." (Bill Cosby)
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After listening to the book I researched Dr. Amen online, and most of the same material can be found on his website for the Amen Clinics. I also found some more reviews of his work, making it seem pretty controversial.
Good or bad, I don't think you're going to get a whole lot out of the book. The to-dos are less than I would imagine. A lot of time is spent talking about medications, and I think I've heard about 15 times now that I shouldn't hit soccer balls with my head.
Whatever you do, get the abridged version. There is value in his education about parts of the brain, and he lists some good references.
Not what I was expecting really
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Where does Making a Good Brain Great rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This is among the most informative books I've read on brain function.Which scene was your favorite?
It increased my understanding of the connection between the functioning of parts of the brain and specific behaviours/conditions. The recommendations for how to look after the brain were comprehensive, and I really liked the chapter on supplements.Any additional comments?
It's true that he does refer to his experience with his clients and thereby promotes his clinic, but the information is truly helpful for those who might encounter it for the first time.Key Information for Brain Health
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The Best Guide for Helping You Help Yourself
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shameless self promotion for amen clinic
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If you could sum up Making a Good Brain Great in three words, what would they be?
Heart-Felt, Brilliant, ComprehensiveAny additional comments?
I love this book. This has changed my life and my family's life. Dr. Amen is exactly the type of medical professional that we need today. A person that isn't so narrow minded as to say that all problems have only one root. He understands that a lifetime of experiences and various factors. A "one-size-fits-all" solution doesn't exist in the medical world and the better we understand that, the more we are inclined to study the problem and treat the infirmity by true, caring, medical means and not just treat symptoms. Anyone who truely understands the human body knows that what he is explaining is true. Let the critics critisize. Do your own research into the truth behind this. Vet your sources. Dr. Amen stands for something honorable and true.Life Changing. The Best Book I Have Read In Years
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Making a Bad Book Worse!
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I had the impression that there were many tables being read that would have made much more sense to look at than hear.
Also, there is a recipe section of the book. Listening to recitaions of recipes is almost totally pointless.
Better to read than listen
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Better yet, skip this book altogether. The gist of it is simple. Eat right, drink moderately, get exercise, meditate and avoid stress, wear a helmet, learn something new...If you already have a good brain, you don't need to use an Audible credit to hear eleven hours of common sense.
Making a Good Brain Iritable
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I don’t understand how the title of this book actually ties to the scope or contents. This is part political, part “train other doctors” about how much smarter the author believes he is than the medical community, generally.
Great - you saved lives because of your genius (in your “brain”) . Doubtful, regardless.
How about writing something that isn’t part common sense (wow, really sleep deprivation and drugs may impact my brain functioning?)— part public service announcement (really banging your head in sports isn’t a good thing?)—part bs medical jargon. Without the misleading title?
What was good? I didn’t have to actually meet the guy as a patient in his “clinics”.
Waste of a credit. Don’t give in to the title as I did. That’s not what this book is.
Not sure who this would actually appeal to - but I know who it doesn’t.
Incredibly Useless
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Bubble wrapped advertisement
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