Healthy at 100

by Robbins, John

• ISBN13: 9780786299003
• ISBN10: 0786299002
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-17
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr

Summary

In this revolutionary book, bestselling author John Robbins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, showing us how we can increase not only our life span but also our health span. Through the example of four very different cultures that have the distinction of producing some of the world's healthiest, oldest people, Robbins reveals the secrets for living an extended and fulfilling life in which our later years are a period of wisdom, vitality, and happiness. We will never think about age - or life - in the same way again. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A new vision of aging that can help you live years longer	p. 11
The World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples	p. 25
Abkhasia: Ancients of the Caucasus: Where people are healthier at ninety than most of us are at middle age	p. 27
Vilcabamba: The Valley of Eternal Youth: Where heart disease and dementia do not exist	p. 60
Hunza: A People Who Dance in Their Nineties: Where cancer, diabetes, and asthma are unknown	p. 100
The Centenarians of Okinawa: Where more people live to 100 than anywhere else in the world	p. 134
Our Food, Our Lives	p. 171
Eat Well, Live Long: What is the optimum diet for human beings?	p. 173
Nutrition and the Health of Humanity: The price we pay for processed food	p. 209
The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted: Why a plant-based diet can save your life	p. 231
The Road to Health and Healing: What you need to know to thrive on a whole-foods, plant-based diet	p. 257
The Body-Mind Connection	p. 297
Stepping into Life: What is as important as diet?	p. 299
Born to Move: Why your cells and your bones crave a challenge	p. 318
Keeping Your Marbles: Simple things you can do to prevent Alzheimer's	p. 350
Confident and Clear-Thinking: Breaking the stereotypes of aging	p. 368
Why Your Love Matters	p. 387
What's Love Got to Do with It?: The healing power of relationships - new evidence that stuns even the skeptics	p. 389
The Strength of the Heart: Why loneliness will kill you faster than cigarettes	p. 411
How Then Shall We Live?: Today's choices for tomorrow's health	p. 431
The Human Spirit	p. 455
Breaking Free from the Cultural Trance: The real news on this planet	p. 457
Grief and Healing: Can this wisdom survive?	p. 501
Death and Awakening: Finding the true fountain of youth	p. 518
Acknowledgments	p. 545
Resource Guide	p. 549
Notes	p. 551
Index	p. 615
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