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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
I expected more of this, since it was written by a doctor. Despite Alzheimer's being in the subtitle, I learned more about menopause than Alzheimer's. The recommendations are nonsense - the usual diet, exercise, less stress that you hear from everywhere, but even worse - in the diet section, she actually advocates for some pretty harmful patterns like intermittent fasting or keeping to a 600 calorie diet two days a week.
I didn't see any evidence of empowering women or ways to prevent Alzheimer's. I should have known with such a clickbaity title that it wouldn't be legit, but I had higher hopes for something written by a doctor.
I didn't see any evidence of empowering women or ways to prevent Alzheimer's. I should have known with such a clickbaity title that it wouldn't be legit, but I had higher hopes for something written by a doctor.
informative
informative
reflective
slow-paced
There was a lot here that was good. But. There was some that felt like the author was taking for granted some conventional wisdom that has not been backed by evidence. Some of her recommendations seemed to rely on studies that are actually not the scientific consensus, which I believe she should have pointed out. And then there were throwaway lines that were simply anecdotes (the one on acupuncture felt particularly egregious) that don’t belong in a book like this!
Overall I was disappointed. And honestly my expectations weren’t high. I like to read books that motivate me to shore up my health practices. But this felt poorly done enough that I was more distracted by the book’s weaknesses than motivated to make a salad.
Overall I was disappointed. And honestly my expectations weren’t high. I like to read books that motivate me to shore up my health practices. But this felt poorly done enough that I was more distracted by the book’s weaknesses than motivated to make a salad.
Should be required reading for any woman over 40!
There’s not much to dislike about this book - easily digestible, formatted in a helpful way, and to my knowledge one of the only books to cover women’s brain health specifically. As someone whose family has many cases of Alzheimer’s and dementia, i appreciated the time spent looking at information around the familial genes and research studies.
I wasn’t disappointed to find that much of the guidance and recommendations weren’t “new” information - so many aspects to living a well life are well-studied and i think most of us know what we need to do to be healthy to some extent. Instead, it was a helpful reminder that many of the things we know to do are indeed helpful in the short and long term. It’s almost comforting that we aren’t like, missing some big secret to keeping our brains and bodies healthy.
If you are that person who reads books like these and goes i’Ve AlReAdY rEaD aLl ThEsE sTuDiEs then you probably will not like this book lol.
The only reason this book lost points for me was that there were a few sections that felt like filler and there is no way those “meal plans” they decided to add in at the end are for adults - i would literally starve on that protocol lol but to each their own.
I wasn’t disappointed to find that much of the guidance and recommendations weren’t “new” information - so many aspects to living a well life are well-studied and i think most of us know what we need to do to be healthy to some extent. Instead, it was a helpful reminder that many of the things we know to do are indeed helpful in the short and long term. It’s almost comforting that we aren’t like, missing some big secret to keeping our brains and bodies healthy.
If you are that person who reads books like these and goes i’Ve AlReAdY rEaD aLl ThEsE sTuDiEs then you probably will not like this book lol.
The only reason this book lost points for me was that there were a few sections that felt like filler and there is no way those “meal plans” they decided to add in at the end are for adults - i would literally starve on that protocol lol but to each their own.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
informative
inspiring