Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

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This book should be required reading of all health care professionals, and especially psychologists and therapists. Most people know exercise is good for your body, but few even think of the help it brings to the mind. This book is a non-stop list of the reasons everyone who can should be working out, just for the good it does for our brains. It is packed with scientific studies backing up the positive changes that exercise induces, from promoting new nerve cell growth to rewiring depressed or distracted brains. While some of the chemistry is sort of hard to get through, it doesn't get too dense, and is actually a clearly written guide to the brain. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in exercise, mental health or just health in general.

A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD.

Did you know you can beat stress, lift your mood, fight memory loss, sharpen your intellect, and function better than ever simply by elevating your heart rate and breaking a sweat? The evidence is incontrovertible: Aerobic exercise physically remodels our brains for peak performance.

In SPARK, John J. Ratey, M.D., embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer's. Filled with amazing case studies (such as the revolutionary fitness program in Naperville, Illinois, which has put this school district of 19,000 kids first in the world of science test scores), SPARK is the first book to explore comprehensively the connection between exercise and the brain. It will change forever the way you think about your morning run---or, for that matter, simply the way you think

Details For Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

• Hardcover: 294 pages


• ISBN-10: 0316113506


• ISBN-13: 978-0316113502


• Author: John J. Ratey


• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (January 10, 2008)


• Language: English


• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1 x 9.5 inches

About the Author

John Ratey, M.D. is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of numerous bestselling and groundbreaking books, including Driven to Distraction and A User's Guide to the Brain. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has a private practice. Eric Hagerman is a former editor of Popular Science and Outside. His work has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing 2004, Men's Journal, and PLAY.

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