Monthly Archives: January 2010

Sneak preview of my new public television special Change Your Brain, Change Your Body

My new book and public television special Change Your Brain, Change Your Body shows you how to use your brain to help you get the body you have always wanted. Have you ever tried to lose weight without success? Have you lost weight only to regain it all… and more? The breakthrough approach to weight loss in Change Your Brain, Change Your Body can help.

Here is a 30-second preview of my new public television special:

http://www.youtube.com/user/AmenClinic#p/a/u/0/y3bFdnLnqSg

Controlling Your Food Cravings Part 2

Last week, I posted my first video in which I answered your questions about the brain and weight loss. In that video, I gave you six tips to control your cravings. If you missed that video, visit 6 Tips to Control Your Food Cravings, Pt 1.

The response to that first video has been amazing. So many of you have posted comments on my blog saying that you appreciate the information. I am so thrilled that you found the video helpful and hope you will enjoy today¹s video too.

In today’s video, I¹m giving you Part 2 of my answers to your questions on cravings. You will discover:

  • Why you crave carbohydrates like cake and cookies.
  • How the foods you eat for breakfast could be fueling your cravings later in the day.
  • Why you absolutely must know your brain type in order to control cravings and lose weight.
  • How your hormones could be making you crave high-fat, high-sugar, high-calorie foods.
  • Ways to beat nighttime binges.
  • Tips to help teens control cravings.

If you have trouble seeing the video, watch Controlling Your Food Cravings Part 2 directly on YouTube.

Catch a clip of Dr. Amen on The Rachael Ray Show

In case you missed  The Rachael Ray Show, which used PMS brain SPECT scans taken at the Amen Clinics, you can catch it here.

Click the link below to see the clip from The Rachael Ray Show.
http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/?day=2010-01-20

10 steps to healthy eating for the poor

Some time ago I appeared on MSNBC’s nationally televised forum About Our Children. The show’s host Bill Cosby asked me a very intriguing question. We were talking about how important good nutrition is for optimal brain performance and physical health when Mr. Cosby asked me, “How do we teach poor people to eat right when bad food is so cheap?”

What a great question! You can see my answer to this question in a new blog I posted on the Huffington Post. Here is the link to the article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-amen-md/10-steps-to-brain-healthy_b_424670.html

6 Tips to Control Your Food Cravings, Part 1

In my new book Change Your Brain, Change Your Body I write about how your brain affects your weight. When I asked you to send me your questions about the brain and weight loss so I could answer them in a video post, you sent me more than 500 questions. I have decided to do a whole series of videos to answer as many of them as I can.

I have spent a lot of time going through your questions and found that many of them deal with food cravings, sugar cravings, salt cravings and how to control them. Because you asked so many questions about cravings, I decided to give you two videos with my answers. Here is Video #1. Be sure to check back next week when I will be showing you Video #2.

UPDATE: Part 2 of Controlling Your Food Cravings is now available

If you are having trouble seeing the video, please watch 6 Tips to Control Your Food Cravings directly on YouTube.

Please share your experiences in the comments.