Stress Less: The New Science That Shows Women How to Rejuvenate the Bodyand the Mind - Hardcover

Singer, Thea

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594630607 ISBN 13: 9781594630606

Publisher: Hudson Street Press, 2010

Synopsis

A landmark book that reveals how stress accelerates aging and how women can reverse the damage.

Forty-two million American women-those between the ages of forty and sixty-experience the most stress of anyone in the world. And it shows, inside and out: from wrinkles and gray hair to the cells at the very core of our bodies.

In Stress Less, prominent health and science journalist Thea Singer explores what the new science of stress can tell us about how to turn back the cellular clock. Drawing on cutting-edge information from a who's who of stress researchers, including Nobel Prize-winning biologist Elizabeth Blackburn, Singer explains how women's bodies react to stress, from shifts in mood to changes at a genetic level that affect how women look and feel, and even how long they live. But Singer also details how easy lifestyle changes can reduce the frequency and intensity of the body's reactions-thus minimizing the hazardous effects of stress and giving us the necessary tools to feel better, look younger, and live longer.

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About the Author

THEA SINGER has written about health and science for more than three decades. A contributor to More, O the Oprah Magazine, Natural Health, Boston and The Nation, her byline has also appeared in newspapers such as The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald. She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Reviews

In her first book, journalist Singer argues that, while everyone is dealing with stress these days, the burden falls on women, particularly female baby boomers, who "essentially invented the Superwomen syndrome." Through extensive research and interviews with prominent scientists, the author examines stress as a genetic enemy and reveals the neurological and biological mechanisms that tie stress to aging. As we age, telomeres, the "chromosome life-savers" that govern the repair of DNA, erode as old or damaged cells are replaced; life-style factors such as smoking, diet, exercise, infection, and stress contribute, but studies have sown that the damage can be reversed. Singer refers to the most recent science as motivation for employing tried-and-true remedies for coping with stress, like meditation, sleep, maintaining a healthy diet, and exercising regularly. Singer, who has covered the science and health beat for over 30 years, has an accessible approach to difficult material, employing personal stories as a way into her lessons. Though these stories often feel overly functional, the message behind them is clear: if women stress less, they can turn back the clock.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Hudson Street Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594630607
• ISBN 13: 9781594630606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336