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Tireless Devotion to Wellness: My Interview With Dr. Roizen at the Cleveland Clinic

 Posted by Raena Morgan:

He was late to our interview at the Cleveland Clinic where he is Chief Wellness Officer. “My patients held me up,” he apologized. Still seeing patients, I asked myself, as busy and famous as he is? That’s right, Dr. Michael Roizen, co-author of the “You” books with Dr. Mehmet Oz and frequent guest on radio and TV shows, continues to make time for patients. Wow! I was impressed. And though his schedule was tight that day, and he was running behind, he nonetheless hurried to the studio to film some iHealthTube videos with us.

Anti-Aging Book Giveaway Winner Announced!

Posted by Ben:

Thank you to all of our great readers who left comments. We had over 70 comments and replies posted over the week, far exceeding my expectations for this giveaway of Dr. Richard Lippman's book, "Stay 40 Without Diet or Exercise." All of you were interested in reading what Dr. Lippman had to say about aging. Many of you sounded intrigued and hopeful. Some sounded skeptical. But nearly everyone talked about the things they are already doing to stay healthy and fit (read the comments), which proves once again that Swanson Health Products' customers are the pro-active bunch, actively pursuing healthier lifestyles through education and hard work. Awesome job people! And the winner is...

“Stay 40 Without Diet or Exercise”—A Review of Dr. Lippman’s New Anti-Aging Book (Giveaway)

Posted by Raena Morgan:

Many a Christmas ago, when I was in my mid-forties, I visited my son in Ft. Lauderdale for the Christmas holiday. His tradition on Christmas Eve was to invite all the neighbors in his little community, many of whom were retired, over for an open house. A couple in their mid seventies, Joanne and George, stopped in and Wayne introduced me to them. A little later I overheard Joanne ask from the dining room, “How old is your mother Wayne? She looks more like your older sister.”

Exercise As Preventive Medicine: Aerobic Walking

Special Guest Post by Dr. Mort Malkin
Author of "Aerobic Walking — The Weight Loss Exercise"

 

Once upon a time, even after Hippocrates, people thought disease and death were part of life, inevitable and a matter of destiny. Appeals to gods, priests, and shamans were the pathway to cure. Drums & magic were considered especially cogent. Today, people still think heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and cancer are a matter of destiny … or maybe genes. Only medication will save you.
 

Yet, Centers For Disease Control and Prevention statistics say that 70% of all chronic disease can be prevented by a healthy lifestyle. The basic components of such a lifestyle include: 1) not smoking, 2) a diet that supplies the body’s nutritional needs, and 3) a high grade exercise to improve the body’s metabolism and chemistry. We may add a fourth: an effective relaxation procedure that quiets the adrenergic tone of the body and brings down hypertensive blood pressures. The diseases that can be ameliorated and probably prevented include coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes 2, osteoporosis, several cancers, chronic low back pain, mild to moderate mental depression, and a few others.
 

A healthy lifestyle is simple in concept: nutrition, exercise, and relaxation. Of the three components, exercise is, arguably, the most important. But, there are many types of exercise and widely varying opinions of what counts as exercise.