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A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
Grand Central Publishing
January 2017
On Sale: January 3, 2017
416 pages ISBN: 1455587974 EAN: 9781455587971 Kindle: B01F1UD66S Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
A groundbreaking book coauthored by the Nobel Prize winner
who discovered telomerase and telomeres' role in the aging
process and the health psychologist who has done original
research into how specific lifestyle and psychological
habits can protect telomeres, slowing disease and improving
life. Have you wondered why some sixty-year-olds look and feel
like forty-year-olds and why some forty-year-olds look and
feel like sixty-year-olds? While many factors contribute to
aging and illness, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn discovered a
biological indicator called telomerase, the enzyme that
replenishes telomeres, which protect our genetic heritage. Dr. Blackburn and Dr. Elissa Epel's research shows that the
length and health of one's telomeres are a biological
underpinning of the long-hypothesized mind-body connection.
They and other scientists have found that changes we can
make to our daily habits can protect our telomeres and
increase our health spans (the number of years we remain
healthy, active, and disease-free). THE TELOMERE EFFECT reveals how Blackburn and Epel's
findings, together with research from colleagues around the
world, cumulatively show that sleep quality, exercise,
aspects of diet, and even certain chemicals profoundly
affect our telomeres, and that chronic stress, negative
thoughts, strained relationships, and even the wrong
neighborhoods can eat away at them. Drawing from this scientific body of knowledge, they share
lists of foods and suggest amounts and types of exercise
that are healthy for our telomeres, mind tricks you can use
to protect yourself from stress, and information about how
to protect your children against developing shorter
telomeres, from pregnancy through adolescence. And they
describe how we can improve our health spans at the
community level, with neighborhoods characterized by trust,
green spaces, and safe streets. THE TELOMERE EFFECT will make you reassess how you live your
life on a day-to-day basis. It is the first book to explain
how we age at a cellular level and how we can make simple
changes to keep our chromosomes and cells healthy, allowing
us to stay disease-free longer and live more vital and
meaningful lives.
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