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Index
Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go From Here
Part 1: Getting Started with Staying Sharp
Chapter 1: Training Your Brain
Getting Ready to Train
Discovering How the Brain Works
Separating Fact from Fiction
Chapter 2: Improving Your Language Skills
Finding the Right Word
Remembering Your Shopping List and Other Important Things
Measuring Your Language Skills with IQ Tests
Chapter 3: Sparking Your Creativity
Boosting Your Brainpower with Creative Endeavors
Tapping out Tempo
Drawing Isn’t Just for Picasso
Looking at the Difference a Creative Brain Makes
Chapter 4: Recognizing Faces and Remembering Directions
Understanding Visual-Spatial Memory Skills
Banishing the “You Look Familiar, But I Can’t Remember You” Phenomenon
Working Your Memory Muscle
Measuring Your Brain’s Visual-Spatial IQ
Chapter 5: Getting a Handle on Brain Games
Pumping Up Your Synapses
Building a Cognitive Reserve
Taking a Whole-Body Approach to Brain Health
Getting Logical
Fiddling with Riddles
Decoding Cryptograms
Straightening Out Word Scrambles
Relaxing with Word Searches
Tackling the Crossword Grid
Chapter 6: Puzzles
Logic Puzzles
Riddles
Cryptograms
Word Scrambles
Word Searches
Answers
Part 2: Boosting Your Memory
Chapter 7: Cultivating Your Memory Skills
Wondering about Skips in Your Memory
Clearing the Air of Random Noise and Ridiculous Ideas
Improving Your Memory
Chapter 8: Discovering How Your Brain Remembers
Navigating Through Your Hemispheres and Lobes
Brain Cells: Zooming in for a Closer Look
Staging Your Memories: Long Term, Short Term
Sorting and Recovering Your Memories Down Pathways
Chapter 9: Memory Tricks and Tips
Introducing Mnemonics, Your Memory Sidekick
Hanging Memories on Pegs
Putting Memories into Familiar Places
Telling Yourself a Story to Link Memories
Choosing the Right Mnemonic at the Right Time
Chapter 10: Keeping Your Memory Sharp as You Grow Older
Mentally Noting How Memory Changes with Age
Making Full Use of a Vintage Brain
Mental Gymnastics: Inflating a Shrinking Brain
Becoming an Old Dog Who Remembers New Tricks
Chapter 11: Schooling Memory
Organizing Your Recall
Striving for Meaning Rather Than Rote
Taking Notes and Remembering What You’ve Heard
Remembering What You Read
Chapter 12: Honing Your Long-Term Memory
Remembering Your Past: Autobiographical Memory
Using Your Everyday Knowledge: Semantic Memory
Long-term Skills: Procedural Memory
Chapter 13: Improving Your Short-Term Memory
Speaking Your Brain’s Language: Verbal Memory
Seeing Your Brain’s Perspective: Visual Memory
Moving at Your Brain’s Pace: Spatial Memory
Chapter 14: Keeping Your Memory Intact in a High-Speed World
Staying Organized at the Center of the Cyclone
Dodging the Hazards of Multitasking
Breaking Away from a Media-Crazed World
Aiding Your Memory with External Cues
Part 3: Managing Stress: Relaxing Mind and Body
Chapter 15: Understanding Stress
So What Exactly Is Stress Anyhow?
Understanding Where All This Stress Is Coming From
Looking at the Signs and Symptoms of Stress
Breaking Down How Stress Can Make You Sick
Stressing Out Your Family and Friends
Can Stress Be Good?
How This Whole Stress Thing Got Started
Knowing the Signs of Stress
Understanding Stress Is As Simple As ABC
Managing Stress: A Three-Pronged Approach
How Stressed Are You? Finding Ways to Measure Your Stress Level
Monitoring Your Stress with a Stress Journal
Facing Roadblocks
Chapter 16: Relaxing Your Body
Stress Can Be a Pain in the Neck (and That’s Just for Starters)
Breathing Away Your Tension
Tensing Your Way to Relaxation
Mind over Body: Using the Power of Suggestion
Stretching Away Your Stress
Massage? Ah, There’s the Rub!
Taking a Three-Minute Energy Burst
Minding More Ways to Relax
Chapter 17: Stress-Reducing Organizational Skills
Figuring Out Why Your Life Is So Disorganized
Clearing Away the Clutter
Organizing Your Space
Organizing Information
Keeping Your Life Organized
Chapter 18: Meditation 101
Getting an Overview of How the Journey Unfolds
Developing and Directing Awareness: The Key to Meditation
Making Meditation Your Own
How Life Drives You to Meditate
How to Survive the 21st Century with Meditation
A Dozen More Great Reasons to Meditate
Part 4: Improving Your Lifestyle: Nutrition and Exercise
Chapter 19: Eating, Exercising, and Getting Your Zzzs
Surveying Stress-Effective Eating
Examining Stress-Reducing Exercise and Activity
Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
Chapter 20: Maintaining a Healthy Weight and Fitness Level
Understanding Healthy Body Weight
Weighing the Tolls of Extra Weight
Assessing Your Current Level of Health
Custom-Designing Your Plan with Balance in Mind
When Weight Just Won’t Come Off: Considering Weight-Loss Surgery
Succeeding at the Hardest Part: Maintaining Your Healthy Weight!
Chapter 21: Considering a Plant-Based Diet
What Does “Plant-Based” Mean?
Getting to the Root of a Plant-Based Diet
It’s Not a Diet, It’s a Lifestyle
Answering Common Questions about a Plant-Based Diet
A Quick Guide to Making Plant-Based Eating Part of Your Everyday Life
Eating According to a Plant-Based Food Guide
Feeling Good with Food
Becoming a Wellness Warrior
Chapter 22: The Skinny on Superfoods
Understanding the Difference between Foods and Superfoods
Boning Up on Basic Nutrition
Creating a Healthy, Balanced Superfoods Diet
Taking the First Steps toward a Healthier You with Superfoods
Boosting Your Immune System
Helping Your Heart
Losing Weight
Protecting Against Cancer
Improving Digestion
Easing Inflammation
Aging Beautifully
Part 5: Healthy Aging
Chapter 23: The Four Major Health Concerns as You Age
Life Expectancy in the 21st Century
The Basics of Pro-Aging: The Best Actions You Can Take
If Staying Young and Healthy Is So Easy, Why Isn’t Everyone Doing It?
Looking at Cancer: The Four Most Common Forms
Being Informed about Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
Osteoporosis
Chapter 24: Evaluating Your Health and History and Setting Goals for Wellness
Investigating and Writing Down Your Medical and Family History
Visiting the Doc
Determining Your Goals and Putting Them on Paper
Pushing for Persistence to Successfully Reach Your Goals
Chapter 25: Stroke Risk Factors and Prevention
Noting the Types of Stroke
Paying Attention to the Warning Signs of Stroke
Underscoring the Importance of Stroke Prevention
High Blood Pressure: Stalking the Silent Killer
Who’s at Risk for High Blood Pressure
Lowering Blood Pressure to Reduce Stroke
Drugs for Lowering Blood Pressure
Checking Out How Fat Works
Getting to Know the Two Types of Fat: Cholesterol and Triglycerides
Fat Transporters: HDL, LDL, and Others
Testing for Fat Trouble in Your Body
Keeping Fats in Check with Statin Drugs
Heart and Vascular Disease
Controlling Diabetes
Fighting Obesity with Diet and Exercise
Making a Plan for Reducing Stroke Risk
Chapter 26: Don’t Worry, Be Happy: The Keys to Maintaining Health and Vitality
Factoring In the Importance of a Positive Attitude
Embracing a Healthy, Balanced Approach to Life
Staying Active and In Touch with the World
Connecting with Your Spiritual Side
Connecting with Others: The Significance of Support
S-E-X: Why Getting It On May Help You Live Longer
Part 6: The Part of Tens
Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Make Your Home Safer as You Age
Take Precautions to Prevent Falls
In Case of Fire … Plan Ahead
Be Sure Your Meds are Safe
Stock Your Emergency Supply Kit
Update Your Life-Saving Skills
Let Lighting Lead Your Way
Reach Easily
Bathe Safely
Prevent Poisoning
Make Sure that You Can See Clearly Now
Chapter 28: Ten (Plus) Almost-Superfoods that Can Help Round Out Your Diet
Whole Grains
Poultry
Bison
Yogurt
Snap Beans
Cabbage
Winter Squash
Cauliflower
Canola Oil
Grapes
Mangos
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