The Longevity Code: Your Personal Prescription for a Longer, Sweeter Life - Rilegato

Paster, Zorba, M.D.; Meltsner, Susan

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ISBN 10: 0609603604 ISBN 13: 9780609603604

Casa editrice: Clarkson Potter, 2001

Riassunto

Offers practical advice on how to promote a longer, healthier life, from eliminating unhealthy behaviors--including smoking and not getting enough sleep--to promoting those things that can make life more vital, active, and fulfilling.

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DR. ZORBA PASTER, a clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, has practiced family medicine for more than twenty years at the Dean Medical Center. His weekly call-in radio program, Zorba Paster On Your Health, airs in more than one hundred markets. He appears regularly on CBS-affiliate WISC-TV in Madison, Wisconsin, in his Doctor on Call spot and is also the editor of TopHealth, a national newsletter. Dr. Paster lectures extensively throughout the country and internationally on health and wellness. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife, Penelope.<br><br>SUSAN MELTSNER is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books, including <b>Hidden Agendas: What's Really Going On in Your Relation-ship</b>s, and has contributed to <i>Cosmopoli

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terested in living a long life, but few of us are willing to sacrifice everything to attain that longevity. After all, what good is living an additional decade at the expense of enjoying the previous ones?<br><br>In this remarkable book, Dr. Zorba Paster -- host of the public radio show<b> </b>Zorba Paster On Your Health -- takes a detour from the traditional negative, abstinent approach that addresses only physical factors. Instead, Dr. Zorba introduces us to the five "spheres of wellness" that encompass all aspects of life: the physical, of course, but also the mental, kinship/social, spiritual, and material spheres. He reveals well-documented research that indicates that you must address and balance all of these areas, and not just the physical, to achieve optimal longevity -- and also your greatest enjoyment of that longevity.<br><br>Within each sphere, Dr. Zorba pinpoints the most threatening "busters" -- those lifestyle aspects that will, sooner or later, ki

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Clarkson Potter
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0609603604
• ISBN 13: 9780609603604
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 349
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile