Dr. Atkins' Age-Defying Diet Revolution

by Robert C. Atkins, M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780312251895
• ISBN10: 0312251890
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-01-15
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

America's most trusted diet revolutionary, Dr. Robert Atkins, can help defy the aging process! As the Baby Boom generation enters into its mid-50s, aging -- and how to defy it -- becomes a primary concern for some 78 million Americans. Building on his more than 40 years of medical and nutritional experience, Dr. Atkins offers his know-how to readers wanting to learn how the unique Atkins program can help them reverse the aging process. They'll discover how to optimize nutrition, idealize hormone levels, rejuvenate aging organs, and maximize brain health. In addition, readers will learn how to help:
-- Prevent cardiovascular disease
-- Reduce the risk of many types of cancer
-- Prevent a stroke
-- Avoid adult onset diabetes -- or reverse its effects
-- Preserve brain function

Dr. Atkins was the first to bring complementary and alternative medicine to the mainstream public. His millions of fans know that the Atkins program works -- and now he'll show them a new plan for living longer, better, healthier lives.

Dr. Atkins sells! Dr. Atkins' Diet

Author Biography

Robert C. Atkins, M.D., is a cardiologist and the founder and medical director of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical School. He lives in New York with his wife, Veronica. Sheila Buff is a freelance writer specializing in medicine, nutrition, natural history, and the outdoors. She lives in New York's Hudson Valley.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
An Introduction to Defying Aging
Defiance and Dietary Know-How: The Keys to Holding Back Aging	p. 1
Why We Age
The Diseases of Westernization	p. 13
Aging, Carbohydrates, and Your Heart	p. 19
Diabetic Heart Disease--Avoid It and Add Twelve Years	p. 40
Insulin: The Key to Aging	p. 47
Free Radicals: The Heart of the Matter	p. 60
Caloric Restriction--and Why You Shouldn't Do It	p. 71
Age-Defying Nutrients
Antioxidants Are "Vital" Nutrients	p. 79
The Antioxidant Enzymes	p. 92
Why You Need Carotenoids	p. 102
The Benefits of Bioflavonoids	p. 115
Techniques to Defy Aging
Reverse Declining Hormone Levels	p. 131
Hormones That Turn Back the Clock	p. 146
Good Fats and Really Bad Fats	p. 170
Build Your Immunity	p. 188
Detoxify Your Body	p. 203
Exercise!	p. 220
Boost Your Brain Power	p. 231
Living the Age-Defying Diet
Creating Your Age-Defying Diet	p. 249
The Basic Age-Defying Program	p. 261
Living the Age-Defying Way	p. 274
Your Age-Defying Vitanutrient Plan	p. 291
Putting It All Together	p. 306
The Glycemic Index of Common Foods	p. 311
Endnotes	p. 313
Index	p. 329
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