| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 518 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
While there are plenty of books offering advice about how to age, none takes the crucial step back to challenge how people think about aginguntil now. The Aging Syndrome, the core idea in this book, explains the aging process by using three pillars: intrinsic aging, the aging process that no one understands; disuse, both physical and mental; and chronic disease processes, which begin in childhood or sometimes in the womb. Using practical steps and plain language, this volume is the only guide needed for developing a plan for growing older. By presenting a better way to think about aging, it reveals what everyone can do to live a longer life. |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FOREWORD: VISION-For a New Way of Thinking about Aging; PART I: WISDOM-To Know the Difference between Aging and the Aging Syndrome; Chapter 1 Speaking of Aging, Don't; Chapter 2 Real Aging; Chapter 3 Lifespan and Life Expectancy; Chapter 4 Aging and Death; Chapter 5 Aging and Disease; Chapter 6 Aging and Evolution; Chapter 7 Adaptation to Disuse; Chapter 8 Calorie Restriction; PART II: KNOWLEDGE-To Understand the Disease Processes That Make Us Old; Chapter 9 Critical Concepts; Chapter 10 The Beginning of Disease Processes. |
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Chapter 11 Acceleration of Disease ProcessesChapter 12 Constricted Circulation; Chapter 13 Metabolic Madness; Chapter 14 Insidious Inflammation; Chapter 15 The Root Causes; PART III: COURAGE-The Personal Plan to Change What Can Be Changed; Chapter 16 Courage to Change; Chapter 17 Building Your Personal Plan; Chapter 18 The Foolproof Plan for Self-Managing; Chapter 19 Take Your Body for a Spin; Chapter 20 Use Your Head; Chapter 21 Eat (and Drink) Like You Know What You're Doing; Chapter 22 Give Yourself a Break; Chapter 23 Cop an Attitude ... a Positive Attitude. |
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Chapter 24 Know Your Environment ... and What's Getting into Your BodyChapter 25 Pills and Potions; Chapter 26 Connecting the Dots; PART IV: RESILIENCE-To Accept What Can't Be Changed; Chapter 27 From Acceptance to Resilience; AFTERWORD: SERENITY-Leaving This World a Little Better; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. |
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Aging -- Physiological aspects.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Nutrition.
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Self-care, Health.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Gerontology.
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SELF-HELP -- Aging.
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Aging -- Physiological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00800323
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00800327
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Nutrition. (OCoLC)fst01042187
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Self-care, Health. (OCoLC)fst01111506
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Matson, Larry.
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Vickery, Carol.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vickery, Donald M. Live young, think young, be young ... at any age. 1st ed. Boulder, Colo. : Bull Pub. Co., ©2012 (DLC) 2012024132 |
| ISBN |
9781936693245 (electronic bk.) |
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1936693240 (electronic bk.) |
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9781936693252 (electronic bk.) |
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1936693259 (electronic bk.) |
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9781617494147 (electronic bk.) |
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1617494143 (electronic bk.) |
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