Synopsis
"Optimal Brain Wellness: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Treatments for Memory, Clarity, and Preventing" will help you discover science-based, non-drug strategies to strengthen memory, improve focus, lift mood, and prevent cognitive decline. Inside, you will explore how to:
•Clarify "why" for improving health.
•Determine fun ways to incorporate movement and physical activity into daily life.
•Use sleep to recharge and repair brain cells.
•Make better food choices, including an anti-inflammatory diet high in brain-supporting nutrients.
•Use medicinal foods, herbs, spices, and supplements judiciously to fill in nutritional gaps.
•Determine whether hormone therapy would be a good addition for our brain health.
•Discover whether neck problems might be contributing to brain sluggishness and what to do if they are.
•Look for fun ways, such as hobbies, activities, and learning, to enrich the quality of our lives while keeping the brain active.
•Be deliberate in making friends and being socially active to prevent the brain-wounding impact of isolation.
•Use prayer, gratitude, meditation, and deep breathing to not only calm the nervous system but also enhance growth of the spiritual components of brain health.
•Actively take steps to minimize exposure to the ever-growing number of toxins in our world.
•Find creative ways to manage our stress.
•Review our current medicines for possible cognitive side effects.
•Add other complementary treatments, such as acupuncture.
This is a physician's prescription for better brain health and longer life. The goal is not to offer fixes or magic pills but to provide practical, natural strategies that can support the brain across every stage of life. These are things anyone can do, regardless of age, background, or health condition. They are rooted in science, guided by clinical experience, and grounded in everyday habits.
About the Author
Dr. Teitelbaum graduated from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine in 1976. He practiced as a small animal and zoo animal veterinarian for three years. However, feeling called into human medicine, he entered the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. Graduating in 1984, he followed up his education with an internship at Ft. Worth Osteopathic Medical Center.
Dr. Teitelbaum has practiced osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine in Ft. Worth for over forty years, providing osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture, prolotherapy, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, nutritional and supplement counseling, and spinal decompression therapy. He also serves as a clinical assistant professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
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