Healthy Past 50
Although access to good health care is an important part of staying healthy, it is your everyday health practices - the foods you eat (and don't eat), how active you are, and how you manage stress - that are the main determinants of your health. And while the healthful practices of daily living are important at any age, they become especially impactful as you move into midlife and your risks of disease and decline rise with each passing year. But becoming healthy and living well does not require special diets or punishing workouts. Put aside the exotic supplements and trendy diets and follow the behavioral approach to midlife health. Drawing on his many years of conducting rigorous research on strategies for healthy living, Dr. Royer Cook presents a comprehensive guide to achieving a long life of enjoyable health and well-being. By using the evidence-based, behavioral approaches presented in this book - grounded in accepted principles of health science and rigorously tested in randomized controlled trials - you can improve your eating practices, adopt a sustainable exercise routine and learn to manage the stresses of life - all leading to improved health and well-being while lowering your risk of debilitating disease and premature death.
Supported by numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Royer Cook, an internationally recognized health scientist, has spent years developing and testing strategies that produce meaningful, sustainable changes in health practices. In this book, he presents the results of five of his most significant research projects, along with the findings from other experts in nutrition, exercise physiology and weight management. Beginning with a discussion of the powerful forces undermining your health in modern society, including a food industry that exploits our brain-based vulnerabilities, the book has specific chapters devoted to healthful eating practices, practicable exercise routines, the role of alcohol, and strategies for managing stress and mood. Each chapter ends with a set of "takeaways" - brief statements summarizing the central points of the chapter. You can be confident that by following the behavioral strategies presented in this book - strategies that are neither complicated nor difficult - you can greatly increase the chances that your life, now and well into your later years, will be one of healthful enjoyment.
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