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Biomarkers
by William Evans
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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Fireside (August 15 1992)
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Chapter 1: Postponing Your Entry into the Disability Zone
Possibly the greatest misconception people have about the process of aging is that it's synonymous with illness. It's true that chronic conditions such as heart disease are more common as we move up in years.

Chapter 1: As Many Aging Schedules As There Are People
Some gerontologists have likened the process of biological aging to a long, slow tide that moves upon us so gradually it may take a long time before we're aware of its presence. Certainly aging is not something that happens suddenly.

Chapter 1: Disease-Free Aging Is Partly Within Your Control
As these examples show, people can, indeed, deflect their descent into the Disability Zone by controlling the key physical aspects of aging that are, to a great extent, within human control - your control! We know that the decline in our ten Biomarkers



Book Description

Exciting new evidence from the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University has demonstrated that the body's decline is due not to the passing of years but to the combined effects of inactivity, poor nutrition, and illness — much of which can be controlled. This breakthrough study shows that regardless of your age or present physical condition, the aging process can be slowed — or even reversed!

The authors have identified ten "biomarkers," the key physiological factors associated with prolonged youth and vitality:

  • lean body (muscle) mass
  • strength
  • basal metabolic rate
  • body fat percentage
  • aerobic capacity
  • blood pressure
  • Insulin sensitivity
  • cholesterol/HDL ratio
  • bone density
  • body temperature regulation

With only 50 minutes a day of aerobic exercise and strength training (a pivotal component of the 16-week Bioaction Plan), even middle-aged "couch potatoes" and older adults can:

  • regain muscle loss and increase strength by as much as 200 percent

  • reenergize the body and actually lose body fat

  • increase aerobic capacity by up to 20 percent

  • reduce the chances of developing age-related conditions such as heart disease, Type II diabetes, and osteoporosis

Providing dietary guidelines, self-tests for evaluating your physiological age, and exercise programs for every level of fitness, Biomarkers will change forever the way you think — and what you do — about aging.

About the Author

William J. Evans, Ph.D.William J. Evans, Ph.D.

William J. Evans, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of age reversal for more than twenty years, has worked as an expert adviser to NASA on nutrition and exercise since 1988, and is the former head of the Nutrition, Physical Fitness, and Rapid Rehabilitation Team of the National Space Biomedical Institution. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, with his wife and three children.

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