The Roadmap to 100 : The Breakthrough Science of Living a Long and Healthy Life

Bortz, Walter M./ Stickrod, Randall

Palgrave Macmillan（2011/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 256 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780230112056
• DDC分類 613.7

Full Description

With a baby boomer turning sixty every ten seconds, we are rapidly becoming an aging society. But cutting edge research on the connection between age and disease shows us that many of the preconceptions we had about how to grow old need a second look. This groundbreaking book is full of take-away prescriptive advice which the nearly seventy-five million boomers in this nation will value. Top gerontologist and Stanford medical school professor Dr. Walter Bortz and co-author Randall Stickrod draw on new science and a thirty-year longitudinal study of centenarians to show that: * Genetics plays a smaller role in aging than previouslythought * Senility, dementia, and other diseases of the elderly,are largely preventable and not an inevitable consequence of aging * Engagement, through sexual relationships, social interaction, and professional activity, is a key factor inlong, healthy lives * Physical fitness can recover at least 30 years of aging Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, The Roadmap to 100 gives you the power to control your own destiny and live well beyond 100.

Contents

Preface: The Double Edged Sword of Longevity * What is Aging? Aging and Health * Disuse: The Nemesis of Healthy Aging * The Roadmap to 100 * Fit and Functional - Muscle and Movement * Fit and Functional - Oxygen as Fuel* Engagement: The Necessity of Being Necessary * Sex for Life * The Healthy Aging Brain * Nutrition for Life * The Most Expensive Urine in the World - The Dubious Value of Supplements and Vitamins * The Role of Medicine * Metrics: The Measure of a Full Life * Appendix I. The Economics of Aging: Public Policy Implications * Appendix II. Personal Resources