Biomarkers

The 10 Keys to Prolonging Vitality

William Evans, Irwin H Rosenberg, Jacqueline Thompson

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Fireside Books
15 August 1992

Medicine; Family & health

"Exciting new evidence from the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University has demonstrated that the body's decline is due not to the passing of years but to the combined effects of inactivity, poor nutrition, and illness -- much of which can be controlled. This breakthrough study shows that regardless of your age or present physical condition, the aging process can be slowed -- or even reversed!

The authors have identified ten ""biomarkers,"" the key physiological factors associated with prolonged youth and vitality:
* lean body (muscle) mass
* strength
* basal metabolic rate
* body fat percentage
* aerobic capacity
* blood pressure
* Insulin sensitivity
* cholesterol/HDL ratio
* bone density
* body temperature regulation

With only 50 minutes a day of aerobic exercise and strength training (a pivotal component of the 16-week Bioaction Plan), even middle-aged ""couch potatoes"" and older adults can:
* regain muscle loss and increase strength by as much as 200 percent
* reenergize the body and actually lose body fat
* increase aerobic capacity by up to 20 percent
* reduce the chances of developing age-related conditions such as heart disease, Type II diabetes, and osteoporosis

Providing dietary guidelines, self-tests for evaluating your physiological age, and exercise programs for every level of fitness, Biomarkers will change forever the way you think -- and what you do -- about aging."

By: William Evans, Irwin H Rosenberg, Jacqueline Thompson
Imprint: Fireside Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Reprinted edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 191mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9780671778989
ISBN 10: 0671778986
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 15 August 1992
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Irwin H. Rosenberg, M.D., has been the Director of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University since 1986. He is a physician and physiologist whose special interest is clinical nutrition and metabolism. He is former Chairman of the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences and former President of the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, and has held medical professorships at Harvard and the University of Chicago. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Reviews for Biomarkers: The 10 Keys to Prolonging Vitality

Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D. founder, The Cooper Clinic If ever a book could take the worry out of aging, this one's it. Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D.founder, The Cooper ClinicIf ever a book could take the worry out of aging, this one's it. Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D.founder, The Cooper Clinic If ever a book could take the worry out of aging, this one's it.