The Age-Free Zone

by Sears, Barry

• ISBN13: 9780060988326
• ISBN10: 0060988320
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-09
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Enter The AgeFree Zone...You have the power to reverse aging beginning with your next meal!Ask yourself these lifechanging questions:Is it too late to reverse aging?What type of diet will increase my sexual energy and desire?Can I make my hormones work more effectively?Do highcarbohydrate diets accelerate aging?How can I reduce freeradicalinduced aging?How does stress reduce brain longevity?No one wants to get old or show the signs of age. In this breakthrough book Dr. Barry Sears goes beyond looking at food simply as a source of calories and explains the incredibly powerful biological effects it has on your hormones. In addition to unravelling the mysteries of your hormones and their role in aging, Dr. Sears reveals the essential dietary information you need to start your own agereversal journey.Begin your agefree lifestyle today!The AgeFree Zone includes:A week of AgeFree Zone meals for men and womenAgeFree Zone meals for the business travellerAgeFree Zone meals in fastfood restaurantsA simple, athome AgeFree Zone exercise program

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
PART I HORMONES AND AGING
The Quest: Longer Life or Better Life?	3	(4)
Why Are We Living Longer?	7	(11)
The Biological Markers of Aging	18	(6)
Hormones: The Short Course	24	(10)
Mechanisms of Aging: The Four Pillars of Aging	34	(21)
PART II BEGINNING YOUR AGE-FREE ZONE LIFESTYLE TODAY
Guaranteed Anti-Aging: Calorie Restriction	55	(7)
The Zone Diet: Calorie Restriction Without Hunger or Deprivation	62	(26)
Type 2 Diabetics: Canaries in the Coal Mine of Aging	88	(11)
Exercise: Another ``Drug'' to Alter Hormones	99	(7)
The Brain: It's a Terrible Thing to Waste	106	(7)
The Age-Free Zone Lifestyle: The Self-Care Pyramid	113	(9)
Your Age-Free Zone Report Card: The Tests You Want to Pass	122	(9)
PART III WHY THE AGE-FREE ZONE LIFESTYLE PYRAMID WORKS
Hormones: The Long Course	131	(7)
Insulin: Your Passport to Accelerated Aging	138	(13)
Cortisol: Wonder Drug of the 50s, Messenger of Aging in the 90s	151	(10)
Eicosanoids: Your Intel Computer Chip	161	(32)
PART IV OTHER HORMONES AND THE AGE-FREE ZONE
Sex and the Zone for Men: The Secrets of Viagra	193	(6)
Sex and the Zone for Women: Where has the Fertility Gone?	199	(10)
Estrogen: Does Every Woman Need It?	209	(11)
Testosterone: Hormone of Strength, Hormone of Desire	220	(9)
Growth Hormone: Turning Back the Hands of Time?	229	(8)
Serotonin: Your Mortality Hormone	237	(6)
Thyroid: The Mystery of Metabolism	243	(8)
Dhea and Melatonin: The Hype Brothers?	251	(9)
Nitric Oxide: The New Kid on the Block	260	(9)
PART V WHAT ELSE SHOULD YOU KNOW?
Anti-Aging Supplements: Beyond the Age-Free Zone Lifestyle Pyramid	269	(14)
The Skin Zone: Beauty is Skin Deep	283	(5)
Emotions: The Mind-Body-Diet Connection	288	(6)
The Future of Medicine	294	(107)
APPENDIX
A. Resources	301	(2)
B. Glossary	303	(8)
C. A Week in the Age-Free Zone	311	(20)
A Week in the Zone for the Typical Female	311	(9)
A Week in the Zone for the Typical Male	320	(11)
D. Zone Meal Tips	331	(6)
E. Zone Snacks	337	(2)
F. The Fast-food Zone	339	(2)
G. Zone Meals for the Business Traveler	341	(2)
H. References	343	(58)
Index	401