Younger You: Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Brain to Look and Feel 15 Years Younger

by Braverman, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780071605823
• ISBN10: 0071605827
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-07
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

The secret to living a longer, more vibrant life has at last been discovered, and the author explains how readers can break the aging code and feel 15 years younger--from the inside out.

Author Biography

Eric Braverman, M.D., is the director of the Place for Achieving Total Health (PATH) Medical Centers in New York and Philadelphia. The author of several books on health, including the bestselling The Edge Effect, he runs a thriving practice in New York City.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Get Younger and Healthier Now	p. xi
What's Your AgePrint?
Breaking Your Aging Barrier	p. 3
The AgePrint Quiz	p. 37
Your Brain Is the Key to a Younger You
Dopamine: Improving Brain Firepower	p. 57
Acetylcholine: The Key to a Smarter You	p. 81
GABA: Controlling the Anxiety/Pain Pendulum to Create a Younger You	p. 103
Serotonin: Happiness and Rest Break the Aging Code	p. 127
The Overworked Cardiovascular System
Cardiopause: The Slowing and Aging of the Heart	p. 149
Vasculopause: Repairing the Highways and Side Streets of Your Body	p. 173
The Modulating Systems
Thyropause: A Weakening Metabolism	p. 187
Immunopause: When You Can't Fight Infections	p. 195
Aging Sexuality
Menopause: For Women Only!	p. 213
Andropause: For Men Only!	p. 229
Your Aging Frame: Bones, Muscles, and Skin
Osteopause: Reversing the Frame of Old Age	p. 239
Somatopause: Aging of Muscles and Loss of Muscle Mass	p. 251
Dermatopause: Restoring Aging Skin for a Younger Face and a Firm Body	p. 257
A Whole Life Plan	p. 277
Index	p. 281
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