ISBN:
9781933503974
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (529 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Live Young, Think Young, Be Young : . . . At Any Age
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Mathematics -- Study and teaching
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Mathematics -- Social aspects
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Multicultural education
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Mathematics ; Study and teaching..
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Mathematics ; Social aspects..
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Multicultural education
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Why do we believe that aging is the cause of most of our problems as we get older? Age and aging actually have much less to do with it than you think. Live Young, Think Young, Be Young challenges our assumptions and beliefs about aging, and provides a fresh, new understanding of how and why we grow old. It will make you think differently about little things in your daily life that accelerate the three "mega" causes of getting old. In the end, this book is about courage and resilience-the courage to change what can be changed and the resilience to accept what can't be changed. Together, they pr
Description / Table of 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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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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