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.
InSpark, 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),Sparkis the first book to explore comprehensively the connection between exercise and the brain. It will change forever the way you think about your morning runor, for that matter, simply the way you think.
John Ratey, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of numerous bestselling and groundbreaking books, includingSpark,Driven to Distraction, andA User's Guide to the Brain. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
This is my self-help book for the season.
Houston Chronicle At last a book that explains to me why I feel so much better if I run in the morning!
Dr. Susan M. Love, author of Dr. Susan Love's Menopause and Hormone Book and Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book SPARK is just what we need. In mental health, exercise is a growth stock and Ratey is our best broker.
Ken Duckworth, M.D., Medical Director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness This book
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