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The Upgrade
The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond | Louann Brizendine, MD
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Welcome to the better half of your life. The New York Times bestselling author of The Female Brain explains how a woman’s brain gets “upgraded” in midlife, inspiring and guiding women to unlock their full potential. “This is an important book. I want all women to read it. I wish I had read it years ago!”—Jane Fonda Dr. Louann Brizendine was among the first to explain why women think, communicate, and feel differently than men. Now, inspired by her own experiences and those of the thousands of women at her clinic, she has a message that is nothing short of revolutionary: in the time of life typically known as menopause, women’s brains are reshaped, for the better, in a way that creates new power, a bracing clarity, and a laser-like sense of purpose if you know how to seize it. With guidance for navigating the perimenopausal and menopausal storm while it lasts, and actionable, science-backed steps for preserving brain health for the rest of your life, The Upgrade is a stunning roadmap, told through intimate stories, to a new brain state and its incredible possibilities. Dr. Brizendine explains the best science-backed strategies for: • Hormones: If timed and handled properly, hormone management can save your life. Brizendine cuts through the controversy to give you the latest guidance for HRT. • Exercise: Leg strength correlates directly with healthy brain function at age 80. Here are the strategies for maintaining your strength. • Sleep: It’s critical for maximizing the Upgrade, and Brizendine shares how to achieve healthy rest during challenging transitions. • Mindset: Brizendine shows how to seize the opportunities of your midlife brain changes by shifting your mindset and vision with intention. • Brain Health: The Upgraded brain requires special care when it comes to sugar, alcohol, inflammatory foods, and the microbiome. Here’s advice for fueling and maintaining cognitive function for decades. The Upgrade amounts to a celebration of how women step into their power and an entirely new—and radically positive—understanding of aging.
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Post-menstruation is primetime. We need to fight back the notion that it's "cozy, settle into irrelevance" time that is all too common in youth-obsessed society. Respect the many advantages that a brain without reproductive focus has to offer. The transition is rough but the other side is a whole life of exploring, building, and guiding.

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CampbellTaraL Some things didn't resonate with me. I object to the idea that men only feel love & connection through sex. Sure, there are plenty who do, but I think it has more to do with societal norms priming that belief by equivocating sex with romance and love. Reducing men to the sum of their reproductive organ is as destructive as valuing women only in terms of their reproductive viability, the whole point of this book. I still highly recommend this book. 1y
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