Dr. Daniel Amen has 12 prescriptions for brain health. Your homework for today is to read HALF of the article (six prescriptions), then write about two of the prescriptions....
(a) explain how you WILL or WILL NOT use this advice.
(b) send the essay to TheEbookman@gmail.com
Three words for today
abhorrent adj. Very repugnant; hateful.
abidance n. An abiding.
abject adj. Sunk to a low condition.
abjure
able-bodied adj. Competent for physical service.
ablution
abomination
aboriginal
Which of these definitions is accurate?
__ Very repugnant; hateful.
__ An abiding. __ Sunk to a low condition.
__ To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath. __ Competent for physical service.
__ A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
__ To renounce (a right or privilege). __ Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard. __ Very hateful. __ To hate violently. __ A very detestable act or practice.
__ Primitive; unsophisticated.
__ A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
Look up the three words
Call the instructor and use the three words in sentences and give similar words (synonyms) for these words.
From FreeVocabulary.com
THE ARTICLE
Part 1 of the Dr. Amen article
I offer 12 prescriptions to optimize it for a better life in all you do.
All of my life I have been someone who rarely drank alcohol, never smoked and never used an illegal drug. Then why did my brain look so bad? Before I understood about brain health, I had many bad brain habits. I ate lots of fast food, lived on diet sodas, would often get by on 4-5 hours of sleep at night, I worked like a nut and didn’t exercise much.
My last scan, at age 52, looks healthier and much younger than my first scan, even though brains typically become less active with age. Why? Seeing other people’s scans, I developed “brain envy” and wanted mine to be better. As I learned about brain health, I put into practice what I preached to my patients. Loving your brain is the first step toward creating a brain healthy life.
Several years ago, after looking at tens of thousands of scans, I started to think about a concept I call “brain reserve.” Brain reserve is the cushion of healthy brain tissue we have to deal with the unexpected stresses that come our way. The more reserve we have, the more resilient we are in times of trouble. The less reserve, the more vulnerable we are.
Here is an example:
Mary and Katie are identical twins. They share the same genes, the same parents and the same upbringing. Yet their lives have been very different. Mary is a successful journalist, in a long term happy marriage with three great children, while Katie barely finished high school. She suffered with depression and a bad temper and went from job to job and relationship to relationship. Their lives have been nothing alike. When I scanned them, Mary had a very healthy brain (the one on the left), while Katie had clear evidence of a brain injury, affecting her prefrontal cortex and temporal lobes (the scan on the right). At first, when I talked with the twins together Katie didn’t remember a head injury. Then Mary spoke up saying, “Don’t you remember the time when we were 10 years old and you fell off the top bunk bed onto your head. You got knocked out and we had to rush you to the hospital?” The injury likely caused Katie to have less brain reserve, which may be why she was always more vulnerable to stress than her sister.
When we are conceived, let’s say, we all start with the same amount of brain reserve. Many things can decrease it and many things can increase it. For example, if your mother smoked, drank much alcohol or was under constant stress when she was pregnant with you, likely she decreased your brain’s reserve, even before you were born. If she exercised, ate a healthy diet, and took prenatal vitamins, likely she increased your reserve.
If you fell off a bunk bed onto your head at age of ten, were exposed to chronic stress from alcoholic parents or drank much alcohol or used drugs as a teenager you decreased your brain’s reserve. On the other hand, if you protected your head, were raised by reasonably loving, consistent parents, ate a healthy diet and avoided drugs and alcohol you increased your reserve.
The exciting news is that it is never too late to work on increasing your brain’s reserve.
Anything you do that harms how your brain decreases its reserve. For example, we know that:
Here is an email that I received after my last public television special:
“Dear Dr. Amen, I used methamphetamines daily for 12 years & tobacco for 25 years. I saw your program and knew I didn’t want that brain so I threw out all of the dope and cigarettes. I thought the withdrawal would be hell, but with the omega-3 supplements and the foods suggested in your program, it wasn’t that bad”¦You helped me turn my life around!!! Thank you!!!"
At the Amen Clinics we produce a drug education poster that now hangs in over 50,000 schools around the world. It shows a healthy brain surrounded by drug and alcohol affected brains. It asks the question, “Which brain do you want?” That is a question you should always ask yourself.
One of the MOST important things you can do to keep your memory strong is exercise because cognitive abilities are best in people who are physically active. There are also a number of supplements that have good supporting research for memory including fish oil, gingko biloba, sage and a Chinese moss extract called huperazine. After six months on fish oil, gingko, and huperazine ... many people have brains that look much better and the patients are better able to focus and remember.
Hypnosis and self hypnosis are very powerful tools to help us gain mastery over our own minds and bodies and can be helpful for sleep, as well as for anxiety and pain.
http://www.amenclinics.com/cybcyb/28-change-your-brain-change-your-body/115-12-prescriptions-for-creating-a-brain-healthy-life
Call with at least one phrase from a foreign language.
Estou cansado / doente.
O que aconteceu?
Não se preocupe!
Can you say these phrases in other languages? Use Translate.google.com to use these phrases in French or Spanish.
FREE GED ONLINE COURSE: https://sites.google.com/site/stevesattutor/online-ged-course
This is a course about preparing for the GED. Yes, I might select some boring articles, but the idea is to give you something that might be useful after you finish the GED.
If you have a topic that you want to read about, please suggest the topic and I'll go hunt for an article... or you can send me an interesting article (interesting to you) and I will make some reading questions about the article.
(a) explain how you WILL or WILL NOT use this advice.
(b) send the essay to TheEbookman@gmail.com
Three words for today
abhorrent adj. Very repugnant; hateful.
abidance n. An abiding.
abject adj. Sunk to a low condition.
abjure
able-bodied adj. Competent for physical service.
ablution
abomination
aboriginal
Which of these definitions is accurate?
__ Very repugnant; hateful.
__ An abiding. __ Sunk to a low condition.
__ To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath. __ Competent for physical service.
__ A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
__ To renounce (a right or privilege). __ Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard. __ Very hateful. __ To hate violently. __ A very detestable act or practice.
__ Primitive; unsophisticated.
__ A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
Look up the three words
Call the instructor and use the three words in sentences and give similar words (synonyms) for these words.
From FreeVocabulary.com
THE ARTICLE
Part 1 of the Dr. Amen article
I offer 12 prescriptions to optimize it for a better life in all you do.
1. Love Your Brain
Over the years I have personally had 10 SPECT scans to check on the health of my own brain. Looking back, my earliest scan, when I was 37, showed a toxic, bumpy appearance that was definitely not consistent with great brain function.All of my life I have been someone who rarely drank alcohol, never smoked and never used an illegal drug. Then why did my brain look so bad? Before I understood about brain health, I had many bad brain habits. I ate lots of fast food, lived on diet sodas, would often get by on 4-5 hours of sleep at night, I worked like a nut and didn’t exercise much.
My last scan, at age 52, looks healthier and much younger than my first scan, even though brains typically become less active with age. Why? Seeing other people’s scans, I developed “brain envy” and wanted mine to be better. As I learned about brain health, I put into practice what I preached to my patients. Loving your brain is the first step toward creating a brain healthy life.
2. Increase the Brain’s Reserve
Have you ever wondered why certain stresses or injuries affect some people and not others? I have. I have wondered why some people get depressed after losing a parent while others, although sad, keep on going; why some people, after having a minor head injury, seem to be really affected, while others don’t; or why some people can roll with being fired or getting divorced and others nearly lose their minds.Several years ago, after looking at tens of thousands of scans, I started to think about a concept I call “brain reserve.” Brain reserve is the cushion of healthy brain tissue we have to deal with the unexpected stresses that come our way. The more reserve we have, the more resilient we are in times of trouble. The less reserve, the more vulnerable we are.
Here is an example:
Mary and Katie are identical twins. They share the same genes, the same parents and the same upbringing. Yet their lives have been very different. Mary is a successful journalist, in a long term happy marriage with three great children, while Katie barely finished high school. She suffered with depression and a bad temper and went from job to job and relationship to relationship. Their lives have been nothing alike. When I scanned them, Mary had a very healthy brain (the one on the left), while Katie had clear evidence of a brain injury, affecting her prefrontal cortex and temporal lobes (the scan on the right). At first, when I talked with the twins together Katie didn’t remember a head injury. Then Mary spoke up saying, “Don’t you remember the time when we were 10 years old and you fell off the top bunk bed onto your head. You got knocked out and we had to rush you to the hospital?” The injury likely caused Katie to have less brain reserve, which may be why she was always more vulnerable to stress than her sister.
When we are conceived, let’s say, we all start with the same amount of brain reserve. Many things can decrease it and many things can increase it. For example, if your mother smoked, drank much alcohol or was under constant stress when she was pregnant with you, likely she decreased your brain’s reserve, even before you were born. If she exercised, ate a healthy diet, and took prenatal vitamins, likely she increased your reserve.
If you fell off a bunk bed onto your head at age of ten, were exposed to chronic stress from alcoholic parents or drank much alcohol or used drugs as a teenager you decreased your brain’s reserve. On the other hand, if you protected your head, were raised by reasonably loving, consistent parents, ate a healthy diet and avoided drugs and alcohol you increased your reserve.
The exciting news is that it is never too late to work on increasing your brain’s reserve.
Anything you do that harms how your brain decreases its reserve. For example, we know that:
- Chronic stress kills cells in the memory centers of the brain
- Brain injuries obviously can cause trouble ““ your brain is soft and your skull is hard, you need to protect it.
- Too much alcohol or drug abuse damages the brain
- Negative thinking, as we will see, disrupts healthy brain function.
- A lousy diet is harmful, if you have a fast food diet you will only have a fast food brain
- Any type of an environmental toxin hurts the brain, so stop cleaning the shower with toxic materials without great ventilation
- And, anything that decreases blood flow to the brain, such as a lack of sleep, untreated sleep apnea, smoking or too much caffeine steals from your reserve.
3. Protect Your Brain
Your brain is soft and your skull is hard. Brain injuries can ruin your life”¦so wear your seat belt, drive in safe vehicles, don’t hit soccer balls with your head, and stay off the roof. One of the most common brain injuries in men over 40 is falling off the roof.4. Stop Poisoning Your Brain
Do not put toxic substances in your body. If you poison your brain, you poison your mind, so not much alcohol, no illegal drugs, including marijuana, stop smoking, limit your caffeine intake, and stop using cleaning products without good ventilation.Here is an email that I received after my last public television special:
“Dear Dr. Amen, I used methamphetamines daily for 12 years & tobacco for 25 years. I saw your program and knew I didn’t want that brain so I threw out all of the dope and cigarettes. I thought the withdrawal would be hell, but with the omega-3 supplements and the foods suggested in your program, it wasn’t that bad”¦You helped me turn my life around!!! Thank you!!!"
At the Amen Clinics we produce a drug education poster that now hangs in over 50,000 schools around the world. It shows a healthy brain surrounded by drug and alcohol affected brains. It asks the question, “Which brain do you want?” That is a question you should always ask yourself.
5. Protect Your Memory
It is critical to take early memory problems seriously and not just dismiss them as normal aging. According to a study from UCLA 95% of people with Alzheimer’s disease are not diagnosed until they are in the moderate to severe stages of the disorder, when not much can be done.One of the MOST important things you can do to keep your memory strong is exercise because cognitive abilities are best in people who are physically active. There are also a number of supplements that have good supporting research for memory including fish oil, gingko biloba, sage and a Chinese moss extract called huperazine. After six months on fish oil, gingko, and huperazine ... many people have brains that look much better and the patients are better able to focus and remember.
6. Good Sleep Is Essential to the Health of Your Brain
Unfortunately, 60 million Americans have trouble sleeping, which affects their moods, memory and ability to concentrate. It is estimated that sleep deprived people cause more accidents than drunk drivers. Because of our sleep problems doctors are prescribing sleep medications that can affect your moods and memory at alarming rates.Hypnosis and self hypnosis are very powerful tools to help us gain mastery over our own minds and bodies and can be helpful for sleep, as well as for anxiety and pain.
http://www.amenclinics.com/cybcyb/28-change-your-brain-change-your-body/115-12-prescriptions-for-creating-a-brain-healthy-life
Call with at least one phrase from a foreign language.
Estou cansado / doente.
O que aconteceu?
Não se preocupe!
Can you say these phrases in other languages? Use Translate.google.com to use these phrases in French or Spanish.
FREE GED ONLINE COURSE: https://sites.google.com/site/stevesattutor/online-ged-course
This is a course about preparing for the GED. Yes, I might select some boring articles, but the idea is to give you something that might be useful after you finish the GED.
If you have a topic that you want to read about, please suggest the topic and I'll go hunt for an article... or you can send me an interesting article (interesting to you) and I will make some reading questions about the article.
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