Long Life Now: Strategies for Staying Alive

Long Life Now: Strategies for Staying Alive
ISBN-10
0890877637
ISBN-13
9780890877630
Category
Longevity
Pages
387
Language
English
Published
1996
Author
Lee Hitchcox

Description

Discusses how to slow the biological aging process; achieve immunity from nursing home institutionalization; reduce the risk of degenerative disease; purge pesticides from our food supply and environment; convert our economy from petrochemical-based to plant-based; and transform government from lobby-centered to people-centered. Covers dietary components, such as proteins, fats, carbohydrates, additives, dairy products, seafoods, and vitamins; the history of the American diet; the food guide pyramid; weight control; exercise; biological age; various nutrition-related illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, etc.

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