Young forever : the secrets to living your longest, healthiest life

Title:

Author:

Hyman, Mark, 1959- author.

Summary:

"In Young Forever, Dr. Mark Hyman challenges us to reimagine our biology, health, and the process of aging. To uncover the secrets to longevity, he explores the biological hallmarks of aging, their causes, and their consequences--then shows us how to overcome them with simple dietary, lifestyle, and emerging longevity strategies. You'll learn how to turn on your body's key longevity switches; reduce inflammation and support the health of your immune system; exercise, sleep, and de-stress for healthy aging; and eat your way to a long life, featuring Dr. Hyman's Pegan Diet."-- Publisher's description.

Edition:

First edition.

Contents:

HOW AND WHY WE AGE. The quest for the Fountain of Youth: Is immortality possible? -- The root cause of aging -- Biological versus chronological age -- The ten hallmarks of aging -- Dying of too much or too little: why balance matters -- OPTIMIZING YOUR HEALTH SPAN AND LIFE SPAN. Foundations of longevity: balancing your seven core biological systems -- Eating for longevity -- Moving for longevity -- Optimizing your lifestyle for longevity: beyond diet and exercise -- Hormesis: activating healing and repair mechanisms -- Advanced longevity innovations -- THE YOUNG FOREVER PROGRAM. Overview -- Testing -- Longevity diet: food as medicine -- Supplements for longevity -- Lifestyle practices: how to exercise, de-stress, sleep, find y our purpose, and activate hormesis -- Optimize your seven core biological systems -- Putting it all together -- The perils and promise of our time.

Physical Description:

xx, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Genre:

Self-help publications.

Subject Term:

Longevity.

Aging -- Prevention.

Self-care, Health.

Publisher:

Little, Brown Spark,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9780316453189

Publication Information:

New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2023.

Call Number:

612.68 HYMAN

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THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Dr. Mark Hyman presents the definitive guide to reversing disease, easing pain, and living younger longer that "will revolutionize how we approach aging" (Jay Shetty, author of 8 Rules of Love ).

Aging has long been considered a normal process. We think disease, frailty, and gradual decline are inevitable parts of life. But they don't have to be. Science today sees aging as a treatable disease. By addressing its root causes we can not only increase our health span and live longer but prevent and reverse the maladies of aging--including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and dementia.

In Young Forever , Dr. Mark Hyman challenges us to reimagine our biology, health, and the process of aging. To uncover the secrets to longevity, he explores the biological hallmarks of aging, their causes, and their consequences--then shows us how to overcome them with simple dietary, lifestyle, and emerging longevity strategies. You'll learn: How to turn on your body's key longevity switches How to reduce inflammation and support the health of your immune system How to exercise, sleep, and de-stress for healthy aging How to eat your way to a long life, featuring Dr. Hyman's Pegan Diet Which supplements are right for you Where the research on aging is headed And much more With dozens of science-based strategies and tips, Young Forever is a revolutionary, practical guide to creating and sustaining health--for life.

Author Notes

Mark Hyman, MD , is the founder and senior adviser for the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Functional Medicine, board president for clinical affairs for the Institute for Functional Medicine, founder and director of The UltraWellness Center, and host of the leading health podcast The Doctor's Farmacy . He is the bestselling author of numerous books, including The Pegan Diet ; Food Fix ; Food ; and Eat Fat, Get Thin .

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

"Your health span can equal your life span," contends Hyman (The Pegan Diet), a senior adviser at Cleveland Clinic's Center for Functional Medicine, in this competent program. Outlining strategies to maintain good health into one's later years, Hyman promotes common wisdom about refraining from smoking, getting "75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week," and maintaining a protein-rich diet. More novel suggestions promise to "reverse biological aging" by harnessing hormesis, a phenomenon in which small stressors "kick your body into high gear to protect itself," ranging from mild (a 16-hour fast) to more extreme (spending time in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, which increases air pressure levels). He digs into the science behind aging and explains that readers should avoid eating sugar because it binds with proteins in human blood and tissue, damaging DNA and shortening telomeres (structures implicated in the aging process located at the ends of chromosomes). Some of the more intense and expensive therapies will be impractical for many (the stem-cell injections Hyman touts are not yet legal in the U.S.), but the detailed exercise, dietary, and supplement regimens will have wider appeal. A few unrealistic remedies aside, this makes for a solid primer on keeping up one's health in old age. (Feb.)

Introduction	xiii
Part I How and Why We Age
1 The Quest for the Fountain of Youth: Is Immortality Possible?	3
2 The Root Causes of Aging	22
3 Biological versus Chronological Age	35
4 The Ten Hallmarks of Aging	44
5 Dying of Too Much or Too Little: Why Balance Matters	72
Part II Optimizing Your Health Span and Life Span
6 Foundations of Longevity: Balancing Your Seven Core Biological Systems	89
7 Eating for Longevity	104
8 Moving for Longevity	128
9 Optimizing Your Lifestyle for Longevity: Beyond Diet and Exercise	132
10 Hormesis: Activating Healing and Repair Mechanisms	138
11 Advanced Longevity Innovations	152
Part III The Young Forever Program
12 The Young Forever Program: Overview	167
13 The Young Forever Program: Testing	172
14 The Young Forever Longevity Diet: Food as Medicine	220
15 The Young Forever Supplements for Longevity	233
16 The Young Forever Lifestyle Practices: How to Exercise, De-Stress, Sleep. Find Your Purpose, and Activate Hormesis	241
17 The Young Forever Plan to Optimize Your Seven Core Biological Systems	257
18 Dr. Hyman's Young Forever Program: Putting it All Together	277
Afterword: The Perils and Promise of Our Time	282
Acknowledgments	285
Glossary	287
Resources	291
Notes	297
Index	319

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