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Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Well-Being
Contributor(s): Weil, Andrew (Author)
ISBN: 0307277542     ISBN-13: 9780307277541
Publisher: Anchor Books
OUR PRICE:   $15.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2007
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Annotation: Now available in paperback--Dr. Weil's hugely informative, practical, and uplifting book draws on the new science of biogerentology (the biology of aging) as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity--diet, activity, and attitude--gathered from cultures around the world, to create a book for "all" ages. (Consumer Health)
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BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Healthy Living
- Self-help | Aging
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Later Years
Dewey: 612.67
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 5.2" W x 7.98" (0.87 lbs) 368 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
A unique book about aging that draws on the science of biogerontology as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity, from the renowned Dr. Andrew Weil.

In each of his widely acclaimed, best-selling books, Dr. Andrew Weil has been an authoritative and companionable guide through a uniquely effective combination of traditional and nontraditional approaches to health and healthy living. Dr. Weil explains that there are a myriad of things we can do to keep our bodies and minds in good working order through all phases of life. Hugely informative, practical, and uplifting, Healthy Aging is infused with the engaging candor and common sense that have made Dr. Weil our most trusted source on healthy living.

With detailed information on:
-Learning to eat right: Following the anti-inflammatory diet, Dr. Weil's guide to the nutritional components of a healthy lifestyle
-Separating myth from fact about the would-be elixirs of life extension -- herbs, hormones, and anti-aging "medicines"
-Learning exercise, breathing and stress-management techniques to benefit your mind and body
-Understanding the science behind the aging process
-Keeping record of your life lessons to share with loved ones

Healthy Aging features a glossary, an appendix summarizing the Anti-Inflammatory Diet and an appendix of additional resources.