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Vincent Giampapa; Ronald Pero; Marcia Zimmerman

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"Anti-aging expert Giampapa (Quantum Longevity), DNA researcher Pero and nutritionist Zimmerman present a five-step program that claims to reverse the aging process. Before readers can say they’ve seen this before, the authors insist their book is different because it “attacks aging at its genetic roots with a comprehensive plan.” Giampapa, Pero and Zimmerman first present a set of simple self-examinations for readers to “factor their personal aging equation” by measuring “aging indicators” like chronic pain, poor memory and reduced mobility. After a detailed explanation of how poor nutrition and free-radical damage promote aging, the authors present their program, which intends to change “the way our genes express themselves.” The five stages consist of reducing stress, enhancing nutrition, exercising regularly, using dietary supplements and caring for the skin. For each step, the authors offer an abundance of helpful pointers; their advice on nutrition and its effects is particularly useful. Among the book’s perks are easy to follow, color-coded charts detailing a healthy diet (which can be modified for vegetarians), recommended exercise routines that are beneficial but not overly demanding, skin care regimens and a list of suppliers of nutraceuticals (natural, bioactive chemical compounds that have health-promoting, disease-preventing or medicinal properties).

Table of Contents

PART ONE: Your Aging Equation

1. Finding Your Personal Aging Equation
- How Quickly Are You Aging?
- Mind/Body Connection in Aging
- Stress and Immune Response
- Stress and Inflammation
- C-Reactive Protein: Something Worse Than Cholesterol?
- Infection as a Basis for Cardiovascular Disease
- Using This Information

2. How Aging Occurs
- Aging and Your Genes
- DNA, Genes, and Chromosomes
- Why Enzymes Are Important
- Why Do We Age?
- Apoptosis: A Two-Edged Sword in Aging
- Why You Need a Range of Antioxidants
- Enhancing Genetic Repair
- Reining in Runaway Inflammation.

PART TWO: The Anti-Aging Solution 5-Step Plan
5 Easy Steps to Looking and Feeling Young.

3. Step 1: Reduce Your Stress
- What is Stress?
- What Does Stress Do to Your Cells?
- Effects of Stress on Your Brain and Body
- Action Steps: How to Control Stress.

4. Step 2: Nourish Your Genes
- A Festival of Food
- The Disappearing Family Meal
- Portion Size-A Call to Action
- Eating Our Way to Premature Aging
- Healthy Eating
- The Sugar Trap
- Protein and Enzyme Damage
- Effects of Insulin
- Aging, Cognitive Function, and Obesity
- Nutrition and Immunity
- Action Steps: Nourish Your Genes
- Hidden and Dangerous Fats
- Special Considerations
- Diet and Pain
- Implementing the Anti-Aging Eating Plan.

5. Step 3: Exercise Your Genes
- The Anti-Aging Workout
- The Anti-Aging Exercise Prescription
- Breathing Exercises
- Warm-Up Exercises
- Flexibility and Stretching Exercises
- Advantages of Exercising at Home
- Exercises for the Workplace
- Anti-Aging Walking
- Why Overtraining Ages You
- Aerobic Exercise
- Anaerobic Exercise
- American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines
- Resistance Training with Pilates
- Exercise, Mood, and Behavior

6. Step 4: Supplement Your Genes
- Micronutrient Deficiency and DNA Damage
- Zeroing in on Molecular Targets
- Anti-Aging Nutraceutical Supplements
- Reducing Oxidative Stress
- Decreasing DNA Damage in Mitochondria
- Enhancing DNA Repair
- Improving Immune Function and Blocking Inflammation
- Optimizing Gene Expression
- Prescription Summary
- Hormones as Molecular Targets

7. Step 5: Make Over Your Skin and Body
- Hormones and Your Skin
- Endocrine Disrupters
- Sun Damage and Its Effects
- Internal Effects of Skin Damage
- Nutrition and Your Skin
- Topical Makeovers
- Liposomal Hormone Balancing
- Melatonin,Your Hormonal Time Keeper
- Stories Your Face and Body Tell
- Prescription for Skin and Body Makeover
- Conclusion
- Take Charge Today
- The Anti-Aging Solution Series
- The Future of Anti-Aging Medicine

Appendix A: Anti-Aging Home Testing
- Serum Thiol Test: A Measure of Longevity
- F2-Isoprostane Test for Oxidative Burden
- Saliva Tests for Hormones
- Anti-Aging Stress Panel
- Competitive Athlete Panel
- Costs for the Tests
- How Do I use These Test Results?
- Tests Requested by Your Physician

Appendix B: Subjective Questionnaire

Appendix C: Resources

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Author Information

VINCENT GIAMPAPA, M.D., is cofounder of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and founder and President of the Giampapa Institute for Anti-Aging Medical Therapy. He has more than twenty years of clinical practice working with patients.

RONALD PERO, Ph.D., is Professor of Microbiology at Sweden’s Lund University. He has also taught at Boston University and served as Director of Medical Therapeutics at the Strang Medical Clinic in New York.

MARCIA ZIMMERMAN, C.N., is an internationally known nutrition author, consultant, and speaker, whose books include The A.D.D. Nutrition Solution and Eat Your Colors. Her Web site is www.thenutritionsolution.com.