Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age

Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta.

Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our mind sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting-edge research can help you heighten and protect brain function and maintain cognitive health at any age.

Keep Sharp debunks common myths about aging and cognitive decline, explores whether there’s a “best” diet or exercise regimen for the brain, and explains whether it’s healthier to play video games that test memory and processing speed, or to engage in more social interaction. Discover what we can learn from “super-brained” people who are in their eighties and nineties with no signs of slowing down—and whether there are truly any benefits to drugs, supplements, and vitamins. Dr. Gupta also addresses brain disease, particularly Alzheimer’s, answers all your questions about the signs and symptoms, and shows how to ward against it and stay healthy while caring for a partner in cognitive decline. He likewise provides you with a personalized twelve-week program featuring practical strategies to strengthen your brain every day.

Keep Sharp is the only owner’s manual you’ll need to keep your brain young and healthy regardless of your age!

Table of Contents

Part 1: The Brain: Meet Your Inner Black Box
Chapter 1: What Makes You You
Chapter 2 Cognitive Decline—Redefined
Chapter 3: 12 Destructive Myths and the 5 Pillars That Will Build You

Part 2: The Brain Trust: How Not to Lose Your Mind
Chapter 4: The Miracle of Movement
Chapter 5: The Power of Purpose, Learning, and Discovery
Chapter 6: The Need for Sleep and Relaxation
Chapter 7: Food for Thought
Chapter 8: Connection for Protection
Chapter 9: Putting It All Together

Part 3: The Diagnosis: What to Do, How to Thrive
Chapter 10: Diagnosing and Treating an Ailing Brain
Chapter 11: Navigating the Path Forward Financially and Emotionally, with a Special Note to Caregivers
Conclusion: The Bright Future