Living Well Aging

The scientific data on the link between lifestyle, environmental factors, and cancer risk has been accumulating at an accelerated rate over the past decade: Every week, we learn something more that we can do as individuals to decrease the risk of cancer and improve the likelihood of long-term survival. Many of us - patients and doctors included - do not realize that changes in our daily choices and habits can improve quality of life, increase the chances of survival, and aid in the healing process for those with a diagnosis.

It's projected that in 50 years, one American in three will be diabetic. Many today are well on their way to becoming a sad statistic in the war on obesity, high blood sugar, and the related diseases - including diabetes - that can result from a diet that's seriously out of whack. In his previous best-selling book, Overcoming Runaway Blood Sugar, Dennis Pollock shared his personal experience with this deadly epidemic - including his success at lowering his runaway blood sugar to acceptable levels. Now Dennis offers listeners the next step in the battle.

Have you wondered why some 60-year-olds look and feel like 40-year-olds and why some 40-year-olds look and feel like 60-year-olds? While many factors contribute to aging and illness, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn discovered a biological indicator called telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes telomeres, which protect our genetic heritage. Dr. Blackburn and Dr. Elissa Epel's research shows that the length and health of one's telomeres are a biological underpinning of the long-hypothesized mind-body connection.

Based on her New York Times best-seller, Look Great, Feel Great, in this compact listen, Joyce Meyer presents her 12-key plan to address the "self esteem drought" which perpetuates the habits that cause poor health. As she explores each of the 12 keys for good health, she offers five methods for improving our physical and spiritual wellness. Additionally, Joyce provides helpful resources, like the "Ounce of Prevention Checklist," for self-maintenance.

A loved one's dementia diagnosis can leave you feeling scared and overwhelmed. Now a renowned geriatrician who has helped thousands of families live happy, engaged lives—after a dementia diagnosis—shares her expertise in this easy-to-follow guide.

Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact—Noah, Abraham, Moses, Elizabeth, and Anna, to name a few. They were ordinary men and women who discovered that the latter years of life can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling. “For them, growing older wasn’t something to be denied or dreaded;” says Billy Graham, “it was to be embraced as part of God’s plan for their lives.” Billy Graham’s life and ministry have been dedicated to the here and now but always with a happy-ever-after in view.

En una colaboración sin precedentes entre tres de las mentes más poderosas de la actualidad, Deepak Chopra se une al físicoJack Tuszynski y al endocrinólogo Brian Fertig para ofrecer una obra visionaria que profundiza en el innovador mundo de la ciencia cuántica. En ella nos muestran cómo podemos revolucionar nuestra forma de vivir y envejecer y, en última instancia, erradicar la enfermedad. La clave está en el cuerpo cuántico.

There’s a breakthrough happening in the study of wellness and longevity. We know that excessive stress can be toxic, but emerging new research reveals that too little stress is just as bad for you as too much. Dr. Sharon Bergquist, a pioneering physician and leading stress researcher, is at the forefront of this movement. In The Stress Paradox, she explains that our bodies are designed to heal and repair themselves, but we need the right amount and type of stress to rejuvenate at a cellular level.

In an unprecedented collaboration between three of today’s most powerful minds, Deepak Chopra, M.D., teams up with physicist Jack Tuszynski, Ph.D., and endocrinologist Brian Fertig, M.D., to bring listeners a visionary work that delves into the innovative world of quantum science and shows how unlocking its secrets can revolutionize how we live and age—and, ultimately, how we can eradicate disease. The key is the quantum body.

For millions of Americans, hypothyroidism often goes untreated or is treated improperly. This book, thoroughly researched by the nation's top thyroid patient advocate - a hypothyroidism patient herself - provides you with answers to all your questions, including: What is hypothyroidism? What are the warning signs, symptoms, and risk factors? Why is getting diagnosed often a challenge, and how can you overcome the obstacles?

A groundbreaking redefinition of what it means to be healthy that introduces the need for social health—the part of wellbeing that comes from feeling connected—to truly flourish. Exercise. Eat a balanced diet. Go to therapy. Most wellness advice is focused on achieving and maintaining good physical and mental health. But Harvard-trained social scientist and pioneering social health expert Kasley Killam reveals that this approach is missing a vital component: human connection.

Live Well Live Long explores the wonderful Chinese tradition of nourishing life (yangsheng). Continuously developed over more than 25 centuries, it serves as a workshop manual for the care of the human body, mind, and spirit. Its teachings can help us improve our health and lengthen our lives through cultivating our mind, emotions, diet, exercise, sleep, sexual behaviour, and much more. And as this book reveals, these teachings are comprehensively backed up by the findings of modern lifestyle research.

It’s true: Getting older is inevitable, and your chronological age can only move in one direction. But you also have a biological age, which scientists can measure by assessing how your genes are expressed through epigenetics. Exciting new research shows that your bio age can actually move in reverse - and Dr. Kara Fitzgerald’s groundbreaking, rigorous clinical trial proved it’s possible.

Two-time number one Sunday Times bestseller and biohacking pioneer Davinia Taylor turns her attention to longevity in her brand new book Futureproof. In this book, Davinia shares her own experience of lowering her biological age and feeling younger and healthier than she did ten years ago. Futureproof is broken down into five sections covering everything you need to know to do the same, with simple and sustainable lifestyle changes.

In The Wellness Revelation, certified fitness professional Alisa Keeton will challenge you to get fit with God so that he can free you to complete your purpose. She teaches that when we get fit physically as well as spiritually, we will be better equipped to love and serve others. The Wellness Revelation will change the way you perceive yourself and the way that you live your life.

Women have been undergoing a not-so-quiet revolution.Thanks to today's advances in medicine and technology, it is possible to reach your 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond with a smooth face and a toned body. If we add to that a curious mind and an uplifted spirit, there is no limit to what today's women can achieve while enjoying a prolonged, healthy life span. In Fabulous at 80 we compiled the latest in beauty and anti-aging breakthroughs while exploring ways to keep your body in top shape, your mind active, and your spirit high. Case studies of superagers give us a glimpse into what some older ...

Don’t let notions of how you should act and feel in your senior years define who you are and how you choose to live. You are entering a time where you can truly enjoy life and all it has to offer—and feel great while doing it! Discover the secrets of SuperAgers like Jean Louise Calment and start turning back the hands of time today without depriving yourself of the things you love.

With his personalized approach, Dr. Ornish brings you the future of medicine today: the tools to customize a way of eating, managing stress, and exercising that is based on your own desires, needs, and genetic predispositions. Your genes are not your fate. New research by Dr. Ornish and his colleagues shows that changing what you eat and how you live may actually alter, for the better, how your genes are expressed.

En La dieta de la longevidad Valter Longo, el «gurú de la longevidad», recoge uno de los más importantes descubrimientos científicos en el campo de la alimentación: la clave para prevenir y curar las enfermedades más comunes del siglo XXI.

Aging has long been considered a normal process. We think disease, frailty, and gradual decline are inevitable parts of life. But they're not. Science today sees aging as a treatable disease. By addressing the root causes of aging we can not only increase our health span and live longer but prevent and reverse the diseases of aging-including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and dementia.