Health/Self-help
128 pp
Illustrations, charts
Health IQ Test
ISBN 0-914171-49-6
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"A very practical how to book
. . . applying proven techniques in
an easily accessible style."
-David
Lawrence, M.D.,
CEO, Kaiser Permanente
"Brimming
with
good health advice . . . offers more to truly improve
health than nearly
any pill or medication."
-David
Sobel, M.D.,
author of Health
Pleasures
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Smart Ways To
Stay Young
& Healthy
Brad Gascoigne, M.D.
Julie N. Irwin
he authors of Smart Ways to Stay
Young And Healthy know that an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure. Their advice
will help people of all ages modify their lifestyles
to remain healthy and
active in their later years. This fun, easy-to-read
book outlines common-sense
ways to remain healthy.
Tips include taking
power naps, immunizing yourself,
doing breathing exercises to increase relaxation,
maintaining friendships,
taking an aspirin every other day, stretching in the
morning, honoring personal
traditions and keeping your sex life healthy.
Smart Ways to
Stay Young And Healthy not only condenses
scientific information and provides proven methods of
staying healthy, but helps readers incorporate healthy
behaviors into their
everyday lives. Each chapter provides additional
resources where readers
can obtain further information. And sprinkled
throughout the book are fun
and informative questions.
Smart Ways to
Stay Young And Healthy offers the best way
to save on health care -- by helping to develop a
healthy
lifestyle. This easy-to-read book gives practical
suggestions for doing just
that. Reinforcing the advice of one's family
physician, Smart Ways
to Stay Young And Healthy outlines
common-sense ways to be healthy.
High blood pressure is a
contributing factor
in three-fourths of heart attacks and strokes.
Having higher than normal blood pressure puts a
strain on your heart by increasing the pressure
your heart must work against each and every beat.
Your chances of having a heart attack increase
because of the extra strain.
Recommendations:
á Get in shape.
á Stop smoking.
á Take a stress-reduction class.
á Take more control of your
day-to-day
worklife.
á Practice a meditation or
relaxation
technique daily.
á Use less sodium or salt.
á Moderate your alcohol intake.
á Drink fewer than four cups of
coffee
a day.
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