Name: The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond
SKU: 54109727
Price: 33.09 NZD
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Author: Brizendine, Louann
ISBN: 9780525577171

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The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond

Type

Physical Book

Author

Louann Brizendine

Publisher

Harmony

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

24.1x16.3x3.6 cm

Weight

0.59 kg.

ISBN13

9780525577171

Synopsis "The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond "

Welcome to the better half of your life. The New York Times bestselling author of The Female Brain explains how a woman's brain gets "upgraded" in midlife, inspiring and guiding women to unlock their full potential. "This is an important book. I want all women to read it. I wish I had read it years ago!"--Jane Fonda Dr. Louann Brizendine was among the first to explain why women think, communicate, and feel differently than men. Now, inspired by her own experiences and those of the thousands of women at her clinic, she has a message that is nothing short of revolutionary: in the time of life typically known as menopause, women's brains are reshaped, for the better, in a way that creates new power, a bracing clarity, and a laser-like sense of purpose if you know how to seize it. With guidance for navigating the perimenopausal and menopausal storm while it lasts, and actionable, science-backed steps for preserving brain health for the rest of your life, The Upgrade is a stunning roadmap, told through intimate stories, to a new brain state and its incredible possibilities. Dr. Brizendine explains the best science-backed strategies for: - Hormones: If timed and handled properly, hormone management can save your life. Brizendine cuts through the controversy to give you the latest guidance for HRT. - Exercise: Leg strength correlates directly with healthy brain function at age 80. Here are the strategies for maintaining your strength. - Sleep: It's critical for maximizing the Upgrade, and Brizendine shares how to achieve healthy rest during challenging transitions. - Mindset: Brizendine shows how to seize the opportunities of your midlife brain changes by shifting your mindset and vision with intention. - Brain Health: The Upgraded brain requires special care when it comes to sugar, alcohol, inflammatory foods, and the microbiome. Here's advice for fueling and maintaining cognitive function for decades. The Upgrade amounts to a celebration of how women step into their power and an entirely new--and radically positive--understanding of aging.

Louann Brizendine

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Dr. Louann Brizendine (Kentucky, 1952), a neuropsychiatrist at the University of California in San Francisco, is the founder of the Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic. She studied Neurobiology at the University of Berkeley and at Yale Medical School, and completed her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She is the author of The Female Brain, a long-seller of The New York Times, The Male Brain, and The Upgraded Woman, published in Spanish by Salamandra.

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