BOOK CONTENTS
DETAILS OF CHAPTERS AND SUBCHAPTERS BELOW
CHAPTER ONE: THE BIRDS AND THE BEES FOR GROWN-UPS
- Three cheers for the Lancet
- The cultural revolution is starting
- Understanding brain ageing and brain fitness
- Build up your reserves in bank and brain
- Protecting and improving your Brainability
- What do we mean by the term dementia?
- If you have been diagnosed with dementia or early dementia
CHAPTER TWO: YES, YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR RISK OF DEMENTIA
- What is the right age to start reducing your risk?
- How preventable is dementia?
- The modern environment and its challenges
- You are not alone
CHAPTER THREE: CHALLENGE YOUR BRAIN, CONNECT WITH OTHERS: THE PATH TO LIFELONG MENTAL FITNESS
- Learning new skills preferably by engaging in purposeful work
- Avoiding depression and managing effectively if it does occur
- Maintaining and increasing contact and interaction with other people
- Maintaining hearing and vision to keep receiving stimulation
- Watch this space; developments for which there is not yet evidence of effectiveness
CHAPTER FOUR: MAINTAIN AND INCREASE THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN
- Reduce the risk of obesity or reverse it if it has developed
- Reduce your risk of Type 2 diabetes or reverse it if it has developed
- Reduce your risk of hypercholesterolemia or lower it if it has developed
- Reduce your risk of high blood pressure, or lower it if it has developed
- Improve your diet
- Stop smoking if you still do
- Find out if you have Atrial Fibrillation and get treatment
- Watch This Space: Emerging developments without established evidence
CHAPTER FIVE: KEEP YOUR BRAIN TISSUE HEALTHY
- Reducing the impact of unwanted stress
- Manage your sleep better
- Get more active – and get physically fitter
- Be wary of over medication
- New developments which hold great promise but where evidence not yet as strong as it could be
CHAPTER SIX: RE-THINKING YOUR BRAIN: HOW COMMUNITIES HOLD THE ANSWER
- Why changing your environment matters
- Take community action
- Campaign for political action to change your environment
- Internet and artificial intelligence contributing to social action
- Looking ahead: A lifelong commitment to Brainability
- Conclusion: Shaping your world for a healthier brain
