Live Better While You Age : Tips and Tools for a Healthier, Longer Life

Obviously, reasonable people want to enjoy robust lives, free from the ravages of aging and aging-related diseases. The question is how to secure that admirable goal. Numerous books address preserving health but none is comprehensive and approaches successful aging from a scientific evidence-based methodology. Invariably, piecemeal attempts describe aspects of attaining health from fitness, emotional aspects, or, most commonly diet and they offer authoritative opinions. This effort's resolve is to provide the reader with a primer that includes principles necessary for living a better life. We're all familiar with the idea that all things happen for a reason. Amazingly, we generally apply that wisdom to everything in our lives, except our bodies, and yet we should. If we concentrate on the reasons certain behaviors are beneficial or harmful, we can better address our health issues. With scientific evidence-based facts, people can design their best life-style approach. Readers are not automatons expected to follow a specific program; instead, they will learn to understand the underpinnings of aging and then they will better understand how to age successfully. Part I: The aging body Motivation inspiration: stop, breath, think, then act Celebrating the leaven of life health: how to find it and keep it Keeping alive: vital keys of age-related disease What keeps you alive? The miracle of metabolism Inflammation: the crucible of age-related disease Clogged pipes and tire blowouts: the lifeblood of vascular disease Making dementia make sense: shoring up the senior brain Part II: Lifestyle changes and prevention Lifestyle-related ailments: living better longer The magic of a dynamic life: how to get your MOJO back Ingestion suggestion: your food can save your cells Get out: the health benefits of an optimized social life The essentials about essential hypertension Happiness: what is it? How does one grab it and maximize it? Part III: Medical care and management Understanding the basics of how medical care works Red flags: early alerts for age-lifestyle-related diseases Practical medication information: improving your personal medical care Everything you wanted to know about supplements but didn't know who to ask Planning a good finale. Older people suffer and die from avoidable disorders that simple lifestyle changes can prevent. Here, a seasoned doctor helps readers understand what causes these threats and stresses the importance of prevention, early recognition, and obtaining optimal care in order to extend years healthfully. Jones provides readers with a primer that includes principles necessary for living a better life. By concentrating on the reasons certain behaviors are beneficial or harmful, we can better address our health issues, allowing us to design our best life-style approach