Staying Young by Using Positive Action
Learning How Systems Function to Live a High Quality Life
Oct 28, 2009
Most people believe that once 40 years of age is reached, they slow down and experience a steady decline of minds and bodies. Drs. Michael R. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. think that is a mistake. Instead, they say that a high quality of life can go on. In the book, YOU: Staying Young, they explain the aging processes and how they can be dealt with.
You: Staying Young Overview
At the core of You: Staying Young is what are called the Major Agers-14 biological processes that control the rate of aging. These include such processes such as inefficient mitochrondia to stem cells and wacky hormones. The doctors explain the principals of longevity, many of the causes of aging and how to fight its effects. It includes a 14-day plan to help the reader along the path to staying young that can integrate the important processes in daily life.
Staying Young Explanations
Staying Young encompasses both emotional and mental health as well as exercise, habits, personal hygiene and genes. It illuminates the mysterious mechanisms using the metaphor of a modern city, which either ages gracefully or is worn down and rusted out. Despite genetic differences, like the geography of a city, it changes differently because of the way it is treated in what the doctors call humans' educational system (stem cells), power plants (mitochondria), electrical grids (grids), transportation routes (blood vessels), and landfills (fat). People have the power to balance their biological budget to ensure a life that is both long and strong.
Genes and Aging
Being born with genes that predispose humans to heart disease or diabetes does not mean that the effects of those genes cannot be mitigated. The medical world has uncovered many of the miraculous biologic processes that control how and why people age. They believe that much of aging is under the control of humans, with the power to nudge biologic systems so that unwanted genes can be made to work in favor of the individual.
Staying Young Information
Staying Young includes crucial, easy-to-digest information:
- Fuel Your Fighters: One of the best ways to pump up the immune system by eating foods and getting nutrients that have been shown to improve natural defenses.
- Your Vital Supplements: The doctor's recommendations of pills and supplements that will make the body and mind stronger, healthier and younger. It is best to get them through diet but supplements are like an insurance policy for an imperfect diet.
- Move the Body: Most of the body parts become stronger when you use them. Look at what you can and should do to make sure the body is being primed.
Suggestions for helping one "stay young" include:
- Walking a half hour each day
- Consistently getting enough sleep
- Relieving stress with yoga, meditation and chi gong
- Removing toxins from the home
- Avoiding accidents.
Staying Young Conclusion
Drs. Oz and Roizen and other contributors to Staying Young explain why the body ages and how the humans can master their genes, bad habits, environmental pollution and stress while igniting the body's ability to stay fit, strong and healthy.
About the authors
Michael R. Roizen, M.D. is a professor and chair of the Division of Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Management , and chief wellness officer of the Cleveland Clinic.
Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. is a professor and vice-chairman of surgery at New York Presbyterian Columbia University and the medical director of the Integrated Medicine Center and the director of the Heart Institute.
Source:
Roizen, Michael R. and Mehmet C. Oz. You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty. NY, NY: Free Press, 2007
