Healthy aging : a lifelong guide to your physical and spiritual well-being / Andrew Weil.
Draws on the latest medical research, as well as a combination of conventional and alternative approaches, to present a guide to healthy living that offers strategies to deal with physical, mental, and emotional problems that come with aging.
Record details
- ISBN: 0375407553
- ISBN: 9780375407550
- Physical Description: 293 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Simultaneously published in Large Print by Random House. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1 Science and Philosophy of Healthy Aging -- 1 Immortality 9 -- 2 Shangri-Las and Fountains of Youth 28 -- 3 Antiaging Medicine 48 -- 4 Why We Age 66 -- 5 Denial of Aging 86 -- 6 Value of Aging 99 -- 7 Interlude: Jenny 121 -- Part 2 How to Age Gracefully -- 8 Body I: The Ounce of Prevention 129 -- 9 Body II: The Anti-inflammatory Diet 140 -- 10 Body III: Supplements 161 -- 11 Body IV: Physical Activity 177 -- 12 Body V: Rest and Sleep 192 -- 13 Body VI: Touch and Sex 201 -- 14 Mind I: Stress 204 -- 15 Mind II: Thoughts, Emotions, Attitudes 212 -- 16 Mind III: Memory 220 -- 17 Spirit I: Unchanging Essence 227 -- 18 Spirit II: Legacy 234 -- A Twelve-Point Program for Healthy Aging 239 -- Appendix A Anti-inflammatory Diet 247 -- Appendix B Suggested Reading, Resources, and Supplies 251. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Aging. Older people > Health and hygiene. |
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- 55 of 56 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 56 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 612.67 WEI (Text) | 37810434437306 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
