Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging - Softcover

Roger Landry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626340390 ISBN 13: 9781626340398

Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2014

Synopsis

A rousing call to rethink the aging process

Over a decade ago, a landmark ten-year study by the MacArthur Foundation shattered the stereotypes of aging as a process of slow, genetically determined decline. Researchers found that that 70 percent of physical aging, and about 50 percent of mental aging, is determined by lifestyle, the choices we make every day. That means that if we optimize our lifestyles, we can live longer and ''die shorter''--compress the decline period into the very end of a fulfilling, active old age.

Dr. Roger Landry and his colleagues have spent years bringing the MacArthur Study's findings to life with a program called Masterpiece Living. In Live Long, Die Short, Landry shares the incredible story of that program and lays out a path for anyone, at any point in life, who wants to achieve authentic health and empower themselves to age in a better way.

Writing in a friendly, conversational tone, Dr. Landry encourages you to take a ''Lifestyle Inventory'' to assess where your health stands now and then leads you through his ''Ten Tips,'' for successful aging, each of which is backed by the latest research, real-life stories, and the insights Landry--a former Air Force surgeon and current preventive medicine physician--has gained in his years of experience.

The result is a guide that will reshape your conception of what it means to grow old and equip you with the tools you need to lead a long, healthy, happy life.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Roger Landry is a preventive medicine physician who specializes in building environments that empower older adults to maximize their unique potential. Trained at Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard University School of Public Health, he is the president of Masterpiece Living, a group of multi-discipline specialists in aging who partner with communities to assist them in becoming destinations for continued growth.

Dr. Landry was a flight surgeon in the Air Force for over twenty-two years, and one of his charges was world famous test pilot, Chuck Yeager. Dr. Landry retired as a highly decorated full colonel and chief flight surgeon at the Air Force Surgeon General's Office in Washington, DC, after duty on five continents and being medically involved in a number of significant world events including Vietnam, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the Beirut bombing of the Marine barracks, the first seven shuttle launches, and the first manned balloon crossing of the Pacific.

For the last decade, Dr. Landry has focused his efforts on older adults as a lecturer, researcher, consultant and author. He lives on Cape Cod.

From the Inside Flap

Recent research tells us it's our lifestyle - not just genetic destiny - that determines how we'll age. But what kind of lifestyle? Could our distant ancestors hold the key to our health? In our fast-paced, highly stressful, calorie-rich and socially isolated world, have we forgotten how to achieve the health we are wired for? Can we indeed rediscover what our bodies and spirits need in order to flourish at any age?

Dr. Roger Landry knows we can. In Live Long, Die Short, he offers a fascinating look at the ever-increasing gap between what we require to be truly healthy and what we value as individuals and as societies. More importantly, he lays out an easy-to-follow roadmap to find true authentic health and successful aging in today's fast-moving world.

As you read, you'll develop a guided, customized plan for a better aging experience with Dr. Landry's Ten Tips. But he doesn't stop there. In a rousing call to arms, he challenges our current societal assumptions on aging and invites you to join the movement for a more enlightened organizational, civic, and public policy that sees older adults as potential solutions to, rather than the cause of, the pressing social problems of our time.

This book will change your life and your views on aging, even as it challenges you to rethink the possibilities - both yours and our society's.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626340390
• ISBN 13: 9781626340398
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264