Healthy aging:a lifelong guide to your physical and spiritual well-being

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Weil Andrew
Published: Alfred A. Knopf,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: 2006, c2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 1st Knopf ed.
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Carrier Form: 293 p.: ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0375407553 (alk. paper)
9780375407550 (alk. paper)
Index Number: R161
CLC: R161.7
Call Number: R161.7/W422
Contents: Simultaneously published in Large Print by Random House.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The science and philosophy of healthy aging -- Immortality -- Shangri-Las and fountains of youth -- Antiaging medicine -- Why we age -- The denial of aging -- The value of aging -- Interlude: Jenny -- How to age gracefully -- Body I: the ounce of prevention -- Body II: the anti-inflammatory diet -- Body III: supplements -- Body IV: physical activity -- Body V: rest and sleep -- Body VI: touch and sex -- Mind I: stress -- Mind II: thoughts, emotions, attitudes --Mind III: memory -- Spirit I: unchanging essence -- Spirit II: legacy -- A twelve-point program for healthy aging -- The anti-inflam
At the heart of [this book] is [the author's] belief that although aging is an irreversible process, there are myriad things we can do to keep our minds and bodies in good working order through all phases of life. To that end, he draws on the new science of biogerontology (the biology of aging) as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity - diet, activity, and attitude - that he has gathered firsthand from cultures around the world. -Dust jacket.