The Longevity Strategy: How to Live to 100 Using the Brain-Body Connection - Hardcover

Mahoney, David; Restak, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471248673 ISBN 13: 9780471248675

Publisher: Wiley, 1998

Synopsis

" A wise and compelling guide . . . the true fountain of youth."--Dr. Stephen R. Covey author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The acclaimed life plan for good health, fulfilling relationships, and financial security

The brain-body connection is the interaction among three factors: the health of your brain, your attitude, and your physical health. In this breakthrough guide to a longer, better life, authors David Mahoney and Richard Restak, M.D., draw on state-of-the-art brain-body research to demonstrate the vital importance of handling stress properly, lifelong education and mental activity (use it or lose it!), the social connection, physical exercise, and rearranging your brain's hardwiring toward optimism. Featuring 31 practical, essential tactics, The Longevity Strategy is a user's manual for the best years of your life.

"This book brings us good news: the more we use our brains, the more likely we need not retire." -- James Watson, Ph.D., winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine

"I learned the hard way about the validity of the brain-body connection. The Longevity Strategy will make it a great deal easier for you to learn just what it means, too."--Mike Wallace

"Superb . . . chock full of practical scientific knowledge that can help one become and stay healthy, wealthy, and wise."--Bart Kosko, Ph.D., author of Fuzzy Thinking

"Intelligent, witty, and informative."--Leon Cooper, Ph.D., winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics

About this title

About the Author

DAVID MAHONEY (at left), is the chairman of the Charles A. Dana Foundation and chairman of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and the European Dana Alliance for the Brain, organizations for public education about the brain whose members consist of eight Nobel Prize laureates and more than 200 of the world's most honored scientists conducting brain research today. Mr. Mahoney is the retired CEO of Norton Simon, Inc., a Fortune 500 corporation.

RICHARD RESTAK, M.D. (at right), a practicing neurologist and neuropsychiatrist, is the author of the New York Times bestselling The Brain and other popular books, which have sold close to five million copies.

WILLIAM SAFIRE is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times and a Dana Foundation director.

From the Back Cover

"The longevity strategy...takes specific planning for physical health, for mental acuity, for financial security, for family and friendships and for the systematic shifts in emphasis of career and avocation that keep the mind alert and spirit alive." —From the foreword by William Safire.

Will you be among the growing number of people who live active and secure lives until age 100 and beyond? Today, researchers are uncovering the reasons why some people stay sharp, happy, and healthy through old age. Drawing on the latest findings about how the brain works and revealing the vital connection between the brain and the body, this groundbreaking new book offers the strategy for a longer, better life.

The Longevity Strategy is a landmark collaboration between two remarkable authors: David Mahoney, a longtime business figure and the nation's foremost layman involved in brain research, and Richard Restak, M.D., a bestselling writer and nationally known neurologist and neuropsychiatrist. Sharing their knowledge and expertise, these two authorities give extraordinary insights into successful longevity.

The brain-body connection is the interaction among three factors: the health of our brains, our attitudes and thought patterns, and our physical health. Mahoney and Restak explain the vital importance of handling stress properly; lifelong education and mental activity (use it or lose it!); the social connection; physical exercise (even moderate); diversifying your career; and rearranging your brain's hardwiring toward optimism. They present a workable life plan —accessible to everyone —with these goals:

• An optimally functioning brain in a sound body
• Social support systems, with nurturing family and friends.
• A multifaceted career and financial security.

The Longevity Strategy contains 31 practical, essential tactics that will develop and enhance your longevity potential. Armed with this breakthrough book, you can live better—and live longer?starting now. Use the power of your brain to get the longevity attitude!

I learned the hard way about the validity of the brain-body connection. The Longevity Strategy will make it a great deal easier for you to learn just what it means, too." —Mike Wallace.

"Eloquent and vivid....You should read and adopt The Longevity Strategy. It could add years to your life." —Daniel Tosteson, M.D. Dean Emeritus, Harvard Medical School.

"This delightful book shows you that a long healthy life is not a struggle to survive but a result of learning how to thrive. In easy-to-understand style, Mahoney and Restak translate the latest research into simple but important steps on how to live long and prosper. Unlike many books about aging, this one is not about bland diets and exhausting exercise; it's about learning how to love living." —Paul Pearsall, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of Superimmunity, The Pleasure Prescription, and The Heart's Code.

"Superb . . . The Longevity Strategy reads like a Poor Richard's Almanac for the next millennium. It is chock full of practical scientific knowledge that can help one become and stay healthy, wealthy, and wise." —Bart Kosko, Ph.D. Professor, University of Southern California author of the bestselling Fuzzy Thinking.

"This intelligent, witty, and informative book is accessible to everyone. It may not enable us all to live 100 years, but it will help us get there. Most important, it will make the journey more rewarding." —Leon Cooper, Ph.D.,winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Professor and Director, Department of Physics and Neuroscience, Brown University.

Reviews

With not just enthusiasts like Ronald Klatz (Grow Young with HGH ) and Dharma Singh Khalsa (Brain Longevity ) but also the authoritative study reported in Rowe and Kahn's Successful Aging telling Americans they have ever-better chances of becoming centenarians, tips on enjoying the duration are welcome. Mahoney and Restak best Klatz and Khalsa by laying out 31 of them single file, so to speak, rather than embedded in a lengthy text. They begin with "Start looking forward to living to one hundred . . ." and three more injunctions to "Get the Longevity Attitude" and proceed through sections on brain health ("The Long-Living Brain"), maintaining mental functions ("Use Your Brain for Longevity"), and physical fitness and diet ("Do Right By Your Body"). Short chapters expand upon each of the 31 tips, and businessman and public speaker Mahoney and physician-author Restak know well how to keep them interesting. Ray Olson

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471248673
• ISBN 13: 9780471248675
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272