Kategoria BISAC: Health & Fitness >> Longevity

The program in Weights for 50+ focuses on the use of small free weights (starting at just 3 lbs.), and includes stretches and release moves -- everything readers need...

The Longevity Prescription outlines eight essential facets of longevity: exercise, nutrition, mental vitality, sleep, relaxation, love and intimacy, community connections, and medical care. Based on proven discoveries, the strategies in each of these areas stretch the proceeds of the "three-decade dividend," while delaying or eliminating chronic illness. With step-by-step guidance for formulating an action plan and adopting new...

Leave your assumptions--and your excuses--at the door. Bikram Choudhury, the world's foremost authority on Hot Yoga, is here to show you the true way to self-improvement and a new love of life. Based on a centuries-old and scientifically proven pathway to health, Bikram Yoga will whip your body, mind, and spirit into shape.

Based on Bikram's signature program of 26 postures and two breathing exercises, this book will help you combat a variety of afflictions--from stress and insomnia to arthritis and back pain--and maintain exceptional health for years to come. The various...

The remote and lush island of Ikaria in the northeastern Aegean is home to one of the longest-living populations on the planet, making it a "blue zone." Much of this has been attributed to Ikaria's stress-free lifestyle and Mediterranean diet-daily naps, frequent sex, a little fish and meat, free-flowing wine, mindless exercise like walking and gardening, hyper-local food, strong friendships, and a deep-rooted disregard for the clock.

No one knows the Ikarian lifestyle better than Chef Diane Kochilas, who has spent much of her life on the island. Part cookbook, part travelogue,...

No matter what age you begin doing yoga, it will help you steadily renew your physical abilities. Done over four weeks, this 25-minute, twice-weekly program features gentle poses, practice sequences and techniques to help you:

Science has proven that sitting too much is bad for your health, but what can you do about it if you're stuck at your desk all day? "Designed to Move" gives deskbound professionals a practical, easy-to-follow movement plan to fight the debilitating and life-shortening effects of sitting disease. Dr. Joan Vernikos, former director of NASA s Life Sciences Division, draws on decades of scientific research on astronauts to show readers how to use gravity-based movement to counteract the effects of prolonged sitting and maintain lifelong good health. Written for everyone who spends most of...

In The Brain Warrior's Way, New York Times bestselling authors Tana and Daniel Amen share how to develop mastery over brain and body to combat disease, depression, and obesity. In this companion cookbook, not only will you find more than a hundred simple, delicious recipes that support the principles of The Brain Warrior's Way to heal and optimize your brain, but you will also learn how to:

- Purge your pantry of toxins and processed foods.

- Stock up on inexpensive, whole-food Brain Warrior Basics that you can find at...

Can't Afford to Retire or Don't Want to?

If so, your're not alone and part of a wave of Baby Boomers working up to and past 65 described as Un-Retired. It is one thing to need or choose to keep working and another, to stay gainfully employed while coping with potential age discrimination and/or not succumbing to a disabling medical condition. Sounds like the deck is stacked but the odds can be increased considerably by taking a proactive stance.

Career, rehabilitation and wellness specialist Brian Lukyn spent 3 years researching and writing this heartfelt and timely...

Are you tired of feeling worn out, sick, and overweight?

Why is it that we experience weight gain, fatigue, aches and pains, illnesses, and memory loss as we get older? While these ailments do become more common in our 30s and 40s, they aren't inevitable. In fact, we are perfectly capable of remaining young, slim, and vigorous--and our brains can absolutely stay clear and sharp--if we give them what they need. What's that? The right foods, plenty of sleep, and the healthy movement our bodies are craving.

The problem is that most of us don't do that. We don't realize what our...

If you’ve never particularly thought about lemons and limes, you may be amazed by what you’ll discover when you read Save Your Life with the Phenomenal Lemon & Lime – Becoming Balanced in an Unbalanced World. 

Putting the easy-to-accomplish, easy-to-understand suggestions into practice will result in your improved health, heightened emotional well-being, increased longevity and, most important of all, significantly contribute to your pH balance. 

Fresh-squeezed lemon and lime juice has antibacterial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory,...

Turmeric has undergone thousands of biomedical studies, resulting in the discovery of over six-hundred medical applications. Its active ingredient is an antioxidant compound more effective than vitamin e. Turmeric protects DNA strands from breakage. It is anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antibacterial, and anti-microbial, used to treat cancers, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, liver disease, heart conditions, diabetes, depression, weight loss, and more

Ginger has anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-ulcer, anti-tumor, antioxidant and antibacterial properties. Commonly known for...