Renewal

by Smith, Timothy J.

• ISBN13: 9780875965086
• ISBN10: 0875965083
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Rodale Pr

Summary

It's the year 2057 and today's your birthday. You blow out all 111 candles in one robust puff. Tomorrow you start your new career -- your third -- and your first windsurfing lesson is set for next week.This scenario can be a reality for followers of Renewal, a revolutionary new theory on why we age -- and how we can turn back the clock. Timothy J. Smith, M.D., an anti-aging specialist and alternative medicine practitioner, has spent more than twenty years defining and refining the keys to extended youth. Renewal is an exciting program designed to reduce, and often eliminate, the typical problems associated with aging. Utilizing diet, supplements, all-natural hormones, and exercise, his unprecedented approach: -- Proves how the current Food Guide Pyramid is flawed and introduces the New Four Food-- Groups for life extension-- Forsakes the current RDAs as worthless and introduces the life-extending ODRs, -- Optimal Daily Requirements-- Promotes a totally organic lifestyle to defy environmental toxins that are stealing years from our lives

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi	(2)
Introduction	viii
Part 1 Renewal: A Unified Theory of Aging	3	(48)
1 Renewal Theory and the Aging Process: Hope for the Future	3	(5)
2 Defeating Free Radicals: The Key to Longevity	8	(14)
3 Renewal Theory: A New View of Aging	22	(19)
4 The Renewal Anti-Aging Program: An Overview	41	(10)
Part 2 The Renewal Anti-Aging Diet	51	(184)
5 The Anti-Aging Diet for Optimum Health and Longevity	51	(13)
6 The Case against a Carnivorous Diet: Why You Should Switch	64	(12)
7 Fats: The Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly	76	(11)
8 Fat Power: The Essential Fatty Acids	87	(11)
9 The Path to a Low-Fat, Health-Supporting Diet	98	(9)
10 Protein: More Is Not Better	107	(6)
11 Avoiding Pesticides and Food Additives: The Organic Solution	113	(24)
12 How to Prevent Cancer	137	(21)
13 Fighting Cancer with Your Fork: The Cancer Prevention Diet	158	(18)
14 Risky Red Meat: Big Beef on the Run	176	(8)
15 Chicken Is Not a Health Food	184	(4)
16 The Fish Quandary: Where Has It Been?	188	(8)
17 The Habits: Alcohol, Caffeine, and Sugar	196	(20)
18 Foods That Renew: Switching to the Anti-Aging Diet	216	(19)
Part 3 Supplements: Essential for Maximum Life Span	235	(32)
19 Why Supplements Are Necessary--And Introducing the Optimum Daily Allowances	235	(11)
20 Preventing a Silent Epidemic	246	(7)
21 Supplements Provide Nutritional Insurance	253	(5)
22 Should You Trust Your Doctor? Most Physicians Are Not Nutritionists	258	(9)
Part 4 The Renewal Anti-Aging Supplement Program	267	(119)
23 The Basic Components of Your Personal Supplement Strategy	267	(11)
24 Antioxidants: The Front Line in the Fight against Free Radicals	278	(8)
25 The Phytochemical Revolution	286	(22)
26 Ginseng: The King of Tonics	308	(15)
27 Ginkgo: Nature's Brain Booster	323	(9)
28 Garlic: The Most Amazing Herb of All	332	(12)
29 Age-Proofing Your Brain: Smart Pills and Neuronutrients	344	(17)
30 Fiber: Zen Food and Internal Cleanser	361	(12)
31 Acidophilus: Protection That Grows on You	373	(8)
Part 5 The Anti-Aging Hormones	381	(64)
32 Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Powerful Means of Reversing Aging	381	(6)
33 DHEA and Pregnenolone: The Anti-Aging Superhormones	387	(16)
34 Melatonin: Medical Megamarvel or Magnificent Myth?	403	(12)
35 The Sex Hormones: Natural Estrogen, Progesterone, and Testosterone	415	(19)
36 Thyroid Hormone: Deficiency Drives the Signs of Aging	434	(11)
Part 6 The Renewal Anti-Aging Exercise Program	445	(24)
37 Exercise as if Your Life Depends on It...It Does	445	(24)
Part 7 Renewal for Life	469	(9)
38 Implementing the Renewal Anti-Aging Program	469	(9)
Epilogue	478	(9)
Tools for Renewal
Renewal 14-Day Menu Plan	487	(5)
Renewal Meal Ideas	492	(8)
Renewal Recipes	500	(37)
Resources and References	537	(37)
Index	574	(24)
About the Author	598