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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Humanity is aging. In the last century, life expectancy has increased by as much as 25 years, the greatest increase in 5'000 years of history. As a consequence the elderly constitute today the fastest growing segment of the world's population. This new situation creates many social problems and challenges to health care which both the developed as well as the developing countries will have to cope with. The present publication shows that scientific progress has reached a level where nutritional interventions may play a decisive part in the prevention of degenerative conditions of age, improvement of quality of life and impact on health care burden and resources. Topics deal with such different aspects as the influence of prenatal and early infant nutrition on the future aged individual and effects of energetic restriction on longevity. Further contributions include studies on mitochondrial alterations, digestive problems, specific metabolic deviations mediated by insulin, and bone degradation. ... Read more

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As we age, our physiology changes. Also, we tend to place less emphasis on proper nutrition. The more elderly we grow, the less resistant we become to major diseases such as cancer and heart disease. This state of affairs renders the elderly more vulnerable to alcohol and other drugs of abuse. Alcohol and tobacco are routinely used together. Chronic exposure to these substances bring devastating consequences to bear on the elderly and often lead to their premature death.Alcohol and Coffee Use in the Aging provides a detailed discussion of how alcohol affects the elderly, particularly in regard to the major health problems it causes. The book also examines the many physiological and cognitive changes that alcohol brings about. This book also addresses the role and effects of caffeine as a major factor contributing to insomnia in the elderly, as well as its association with hypertension and cancer. ... Read more

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For millennia, the human body and evolving brain were dependent on a limited seasonal contingent of raw or semi-raw foods that could be obtained with bare hands and in the wild mainly fish, seafood, and grazing (herbivorous) animals.

Much is made of gathering, but in fact, it was the least efficient and least relied upon method of sustaining life. That s because the gathering of edible plants in the wild was severely limited by the seasons (especially as humans moved up north), while fish, seafood, and animal meats had been abundant year-round during the primordial era. Besides, plant food lacked primary proteins and fats, so essential for the health, strength, vigor, and stamina required for a nomadic lifestyle.

As human intellect, dexterity, and strength evolved, food sources became more numerous, but they still remained relatively small meats, eggs, and dairy from domesticated livestock, and, until recently (in terms of human evolution), agricultural products such as wheat, millet, and rice.

Finally, courtesy of the industrial revolution, humans learned to process inedible plants, such as soy or wheat bran, into foods for human consumption. Most present-day varieties of fruits and vegetables are also just a brief blip less than a few thousand years old on the evolutionary timeline.

Evolution was merciless. Those who mastered the art of survival passed their genes on to us. These genes determined the makeup and the needs of our bodies. In turn, these needs determine what we should and shouldn t eat. The choice wasn t complicated even a hundred years ago because the variety of foods was limited, and almost all of those foods were functional i.e. they were fulfilling their particular function of sustaining life, beginning with breast milk, the most functional food of all.

Not today. The majority of supermarket-style foods aren t functional, but simply edible. We can survive on them, but can t enjoy even a modicum of the health and strength possessed not just by the caveman, but even our ancestors just a few generations ago.

Why? Because edible foods sustain life, not health. For vibrant health the food must be functional. And that s the subject of this fascinating book, which has become the highest-selling and most popular Russian-language title in the United States since 2000. ... Read more

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Confused by what to eat?High fats? Low carbs? How much protein is enough? This book shows how easy it is to sort through the hype, make sound eating decisions, and bring confidence into your kitchen. There is good news! * The historic dietary record and modern nutritional science agree on the principles of good nutrition. * These principles are known as the Three Wisdoms:* Regularity* Variety* WholenessApplying the Three Wisdoms helps you cut through the confusion and restore a more vibrant life. Nutrition-1-2-3 shares how the Three Wisdoms apply to shopping, cooking, snacking, and eating out, as well as how they help you fight chronic disease - cancer, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, allergies, premature aging, asthma, digestive diseases, hormone imbalances, and obesity.You are what you eat, so eat well! ... Read more

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Great guide for solid nutrition information
Nutrition 1-2-3 provides solid nutrition information.Period.No hype, no fads, no mystery pills - just the easy to read and understand basics of how a human being can best eat for optimal health.After explaining what's in food and what the body needs from food, Dr. Ballard continues with practical tips on making basic nutrition as easy as 1-2-3 to incorporate into a lifestyle.He further discusses the impact of nutrition on some common health concerns.This book is a great guide for anyone tired of the latest diet fad roller coaster and ready to make food an ally in their life and health. ... Read more

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How oldare you now? Want to look younger, live longer, and feel better?

Enter the Anti-Aging Zone

With his #1 New York Times bestseller The Zone, Dr. Sears began revolutionizing nutritional thinking in America. Now, his cutting-edge hormonal-control research is elevated to a new level that promises to change forever how we look at aging.

No one wants to get old or show the signs of age. In fact, for centuries many have searched for, and often promised, the fountain of youth. So what makes The Anti-Aging Zone different?

In this new, breakthrough book. Dr. Sears goes beyond looking at food as simply a source of calories and explains the incredibly powerful biological effects it has on your hormones. From this unique perspective, food is more than a source of sustenance; it becomes the most powerful drug known to man. More important, it is the only drug proven to reverse the aging process. In addition to unraveling the mysteries of your hormones and their role in aging, Dr. Sears reveals the essential dietary information you need to start your own age-reversal journey. Using his simple and easy-to-follow program, you will be able to live longer and live better beginning with your very next meal.

As Dr. Sears explains, the aging process isn't caused as much by the depletion or lack of hormones as we get older, but rather by their impaired ability to communicate with each other. Little-known "super-hormones" called eicosanoids can reestablish the critical communications links between your hormones, which is the key to age reversal. The brilliance of this anti-aging approach is that these exceptionally powerful super-hormones can be altered by the foods you eat, and, in particular, by the Zone Diet.

Your body is a vast, complex biological Internet whose hormonal communication can be orchestrated with great precision by the Zone Diet. Hormones from melatonin to serotonin, from estrogen to testosterone, from cortisol to DHEA, can all be controlled if you are willing to treat food with the same respect as you would any prescription drug. Ultimately, hormonal miscommunication is the underlying cause of many conditions associated with "getting older" such as insomnia, wrinkles, dry and dull skin, waning sex drive, depression, chronic pain, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Using The Anti-Aging Zone as your guide, you can look and feel better that you ever imagined.

Millions of people like you are now facing the hard realities involved with getting older. Dr. Sears separates the hormonal hype from reality and gives you the necessary tools to add years to your life and improve your appearance. The Anti-Aging Zone is your passport to a longer and better life.

Enter the Anti-Aging Zone...you have the power to reverse aging beginning with your next meal.

Ask yourself theselife-changing questions:

Why am I aging?

Is it too late to reverse aging?

What type of diet will increase my sexual energy and desire?

What is my biological Internet?

How do my hormones control aging?

Can I make my hormones communicate more effectively?

Do high-carbohydrate diets accelerate aging?

How does stress reduce brain longevity?

What are passing grades on my Anti-Aging Report Card?

Begin you Anti-Aging lifestyle today!

The Anti-Aging Zone includes:

A week of Anti-Aging Zone meals for males and females

Anti-Aging Zone meals for the business traveler

Anti-Aging Zone meals in fast-food restaurants

A simple, at-home Anti-Aging Zone exercise program.Amazon.com Review
Barry Sears started the diet movement of the decade with theZone's 40-30-30 eating plan (40 percent carbohydrate, 30 percent eachfat and protein). In The Anti- Aging Zone, Sears explains thathe thinks aging is not caused so much by depleted hormone levels butby a lack of communication among hormones.

So what exactly do these hormones have to do with aging? Estrogen andtestosterone levels affect sex drive and skin tone; a drop inmelatonin can lead to insomnia. Wavering serotonin levels have beenshown to be a factor in depression. Insulin gone haywire can meandiabetes. While the intricacies of these hormonal interrelationshipsare the makings of a graduate degree in endocrinology, Sears offers alayperson's short course. It boils down to this: the vastlycomplicated hormonal action in humans is controlled by eicosanoids,what he calls "super hormones." And eating in the way advocated byThe Anti-Aging Zone, he argues, can help maintain propereicosanoid functioning, thereby preventing the litany of healthproblems associated with aging--both mental and physical.

The Anti-Aging Zone is sure to be controversial: Searsrecommends a daily intake of just 1,200 calories for women and 1,500for men, about 40 percent fewer than the U.S. RDA. It's also not justa diet plan, but a lifestyle plan, with guidelines for meditation (toreduce levels of cortisol, a stress hormone) to improve brainlongevity, and moderate amounts of exercise, including strengthtraining. But Sears adds a solid guide to supplements (the essential,the important, the exotic and expensive) and herbs, and a rundown ofthe mind-body-diet connection. While The Anti-Aging Zone isn'tespecially easy to follow, it's an eye-opening and educational guideto the aging process and the control you have over your own health. ... Read more

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Little Patient Big Doctor
The information is this book is tremendously useful even if you are not concerned with aging.I used it to help improve the health of my children and wrote a book about it that you may find interesting.Little Patient Big Doctor: One Mother's Journey

Diet, Diet, Diet; plus a few added extras
Great book. He argues his case well - but does perhaps protest too much.
Essentially oils, oils, oils, plus a cautious approach towards carbohydrates. Lot of other helpful information as well.
Locked up in there he seems to suggest that taking Melatonin & DHEA can help keep people on track if they can't or won't stick to the dietary gameplan. However, why DHEA rather than pregnenolone I'm not too sure.

Excellent, interesting, and useful
I bought this book and was amazed at how detailed it was!Dr. Sears is an expert on the body and how it works.I was reading it and then decided to get the digital download of this book.It was three hours long and this more suited my schedule to listen to it while driving rather than reading.It is an enlightening journey into the hormonal effect of food on the body.Suggest this book or the download if available.

The book of chains
Here is the extremely simple advice on page 55: reduce your calorie intake and live longer.It is really simple, but that doesn't really help.A low calorie diet translates into the hated: no bread, no pizza, no cookies, no pies.

In hopes of making low calories interesting, Sears offers lots of ways to understand how your cell chemistry works.Maybe it will help you pick the right balance of diverse foods which can make a low calorie diet interesting.If you take this book seriously, you will learn a lot of biochemical cycles. For some reason, I find this stuff fascinating.

The causes of aging:
a) Excess insulin causes one to increase calorie consumption.Excess calories result in excess free radicals and premature cell deaths.
b) Excess insulin causes DNA damage and faster cell replication.Faster cell replication will produce more mutations, and associated dangers.
c) Excess glucose causes AGE (Advanced Glycosylated endproducts) and neural death in VMN (ventromedial nucleus).Together, these damage the hypothalmus, which eventually raises insulin levels.
d) Excess cortisol causes neural death in the hippocampus.Hippocampus failure causes chaos in the hormone system.

Protein plus glucose produce 'schiff base'.'Shiff base' produces 'Amadori Adduct' which in turn produces AGE (advanced glycosylated endproducts.As mentioned above, AGE is a precursor to neural death in the VMN (ventromedial nucleus).

The Aerobic cycle, fundamental to life, converts glucose and oxygen into ATP (energy), carbon dioxide and free radicals.Free radicals cause early cell death,

Calorie consumption produces:
1. incrase cell turnover
2. inhibits production of eicosinoids (eicosinoids maintain cell-cell communication cells.Following eicosinoids around is the main focus of the book).
3. inhibits glucagon which would increase glucose levels-> increased cortisolproduction -> higher cortisol levels (faster aging)
4. increases insulin resistance -> incrased insulin level -> more stored fat -> increased plugging of cardiovascular system and reduced sex drive.

ATP + adenylate cyclase -> cAMP (secondary messenger for insulin) (insulin decreases levels of cAMP)

Environmental dangers -> CRH in hypothalums -> stimulates production of ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) in the pituitary gland -> which produces chloresterol ester which reacts with cAMP to produce cholesterol -> prognenolene -> cortisol which decrease eicosanoids and CRH.Increase in cortisol is bad.Exercise and meditation reduce cortisol.Inhibition of glycagon increases cortisol levels.

Best of the "Zone" books
Forget about low carb or no carb. So difficult to maintain, and really not a realistic way to live. Barry Sears incorporates his balanced diet with information on herbs, exercise and hormonal considerations.

The book is worthwhile for two sections; the appendix has a seven day diet for women and for men, including menus and recipes. And there is a prescription for staying in the "Zone" in exercise including how much cardio and how intense, and how much strength-training exercise to do. (20 minutes brks walking every day, 5-10 minutes of pushups, squats or weights every day.) As you progress you can add 45 mintues weights, 20 minutes flexibility (yoga, for example.)

The section on diabetes and aging of the brain is great, and there is a section on "Cheap Insurance" or what vitamin supplements are valuable for anyone.

Great book that seems to weather the fads of diet and health advice. ... Read more

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Nutrition for Vegetarians addresses the concerns that are prevalent in today's increasingly dangerous dietary world. Learn how to be well and live long from this classic book on nutrition. Is there a diet that can actually slow down the aging process? Can individuals and families get the nutrition they need from a vegetarian diet? Doctors Agatha and Calvin Thrash confront these and other issues, such as: * Why you should be concerned about animal products * How you can assist your immune system to defend your health * The most economically responsible diet * How much protein is too much, and can too much cause disease? * What foods assure adequate vitamins and minerals for your children * Is there a special diet for pregnant vegetarians? These questions and more are answered in Nutrition for Vegetarians, and could save you trouble, expense, and doctor visits. Protect your family's health with prevention! --- from book's back cover ... Read more

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After reading this book, I decided that it was my final choice to become a vegetarian. This offered lots of helpful information and tips for meals and such. I suggest this book. ... Read more

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Handbook of Nutrition in the Aged: Second Edition reviews major nutritional problems occurring in adults and the elderly. Updated and expanded, this new edition provides a detailed treatment of the key nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that are frequently deficient in the diets of aging adults. Important advances regarding the role of calcium in the health of aging adults are examined as well. Recent research regarding the treatment of a variety of nutritionally related diseases and conditions is included. The book also presents expanded coverage of the special nutritional needs of refugee and prisoner of war groups, in addition to a discussion of the special nutritional problems of the Third World. Handbook of Nutrition in the Aged: Second Edition will be an important reference for dietitians, clinical and research nutritionists, gerontologists, experimental biologists, and other researchers involved with adult nutrition. ... Read more