Prescription For Total Health And Longevity

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.

The internationally revered, Pulitzer Prize-winning father of geriatric medicine offers a revitalizing plan for living a longer and better life. The Longevity Prescription outlines eight essential facets of longevity: exercise, nutrition, mental vitality, sleep, relaxation, love and intimacy, community connections, and medical care. Based on proven discoveries, the strategies in each of these areas stretch the proceeds of the "three-decade dividend," while delaying or eliminating chronic illness. With step-by-step guidance for formulating an action plan and adopting new habits and strategies, The Longevity Prescription also guides readers through special challenges, such as diabetes and cancer. A baby boomer turns sixty every 7.6 seconds, but many of America's graying millions approach the later years of life with fear and trepidation. Emphasizing clear-cut research findings that balance physical health with emotional well-being, Butler and his colleagues offer a definitive path to whole-life happiness.

Dr. Braverman, a leading figure in the practice of brain-body health care, reveals the dramatic impact that proper brain nourishment can have on the quality of lives. His key to longevity and well-being is balancing the brain's four important neurotransmitters.

The fountain of youth is closer than you think, but finding it requires discipline. Jairo A. Puentes, MD, teams up with his wife, Clara I. Puentes, to share a blueprint to looking and feeling younger in this guide to revitalizing health. Using the 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.

The internationally revered, Pulitzer Prize-winning father of geriatric medicine offers a revitalizing plan for living a longer and better life. The Longevity Prescription outlines eight essential facets of longevity: exercise, nutrition, mental vitality, sleep, relaxation, love and intimacy, community connections, and medical care. Based on proven discoveries, the strategies in each of these areas stretch the proceeds of the "three-decade dividend," while delaying or eliminating chronic illness. With step-by-step guidance for formulating an action plan and adopting new habits and strategies, The Longevity Prescription also guides readers through special challenges, such as diabetes and cancer. A baby boomer turns sixty every 7.6 seconds, but many of America's graying millions approach the later years of life with fear and trepidation. Emphasizing clear-cut research findings that balance physical health with emotional well-being, Butler and his colleagues offer a definitive path to whole-life happiness.