Prescription For Longevity

A Mount Sinai geriatrics professor, WHO advisor and Pulitzer-winning author of Why Survive? outlines a program for thriving in one's senior years that is based on practices in eight areas including exercise, nutrition and interpersonal relationships.

This comprehensive reference book for healthy living prescribes well-rounded diet, exercise, and natural therapies-- Covers herbs, minerals, and exercises that may prolong lifeMiracle supplements, nutritional therapies, and "fountain of youth" hormones are sweeping the nation. But there is no wonder drug to ensure long life. Instead, this guide offers sound advice on developing habits that promote health and longevity. The authors present detailed information on nutrition, exercise, and stress management, explaining why and how the human body reacts to these factors.

Offers the most recent scientific findings that show exactly how nutrients and a variety of foods work to protect against such diseases as cancer, cataracts, arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease

The fountain of youth is closer than you think, but finding it requires discipline. Jairo A Puentes, M.D., teams up with his wife, Clara I. Puentes, to share a blueprint to looking and feeling younger in this guide to revitalizing health. Using an acronym--DRESS-SS, they focus on seven key areas: diet, rest, exercise, stress management, sleep, sexuality, and spirituality. The authors highlight recent research that reveals how to select proper nutrients and supplements for better health, as well as how to fix hormonal imbalances that occur as we age. Using vitamins, supplements, and herbs as part of complementary medicine, you'll be able to reverse the aging process and live a longer and happier life. The book also explores the effect of free radicals on DNA as a leading cause in the development of cancer as well as how doctors and health practitioners can help patients improve their quality of life. In a genre crowded with often contradictory and confusing advice, Living Longer and Reversing Aging is a comprehensive guide to health and longevity.

We're all interested in living a long life, but few of us are willing to sacrifice everything to attain that longevity. After all, what good is living an additional decade at the expense of enjoying the previous ones?Far from being just another off-putting list of strict prohibitions, this book zeroes in on the key factor for optimal longevity: balance. Dr. Paster introduces us to the five spheres of wellness: the physical, mental, kinship/social, spiritual, and material spheres. Within each of these, he pinpoints the most threatening busters -- those lifestyle aspects that will, sooner or later, kill you. And for each buster, he recommends the most advantageous boosters -- habits that will counteract the buster and not only extend your life, but also improve your quality of living.The Longevity Code is the long-awaited comprehensive guide to health care for the next century, striking the perfect balance between a healthful diet and a soul-satisfying meal with friends, between growing old gracefully and living life to the fullest.