Antioxidant Revolution [Paperback]

Kenneth H. Cooper (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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Cooper and his center hit big some 20 years ago with Aerobics, which, like his Controlling Cholesterol (1988), is one of the all-time best-selling health self-help books. Here he combines his aerobic approach to better health with diet and dietary supplement strategies designed to cope with free radicals, the unstable oxygen molecules that recent research has fingered for aiding and abetting heart disease, cancer, cataracts, and various complaints attendant upon the aging process. The most marked departure from his former advice, he says, is a new skepticism about very frequent high-intensity exercise. That skepticism arises, however, from cases such as those that Cooper reports of people who were regular strenuous exercisers and yet came down with quickly fatal diseases. Accordingly, the exercise program he recommends here is lower-intensity. With the publisher's powerful push--100,000-copy first printing, quarter-million-dollar marketing budgetand also because it is efficiently and accessibly written, count on high interest. Ray Olson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

From the groundbreaker in preventive medicine and father of the worldwide aerobics movement, Dr. Cooper takes the latest scientific antioxidant search from around the world and brings you a simple four step life plan that will revolutionize your health. It's the simplest plan yet to build you own personal defense system for a longer, healthier life!

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (February 18, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785275258
• ISBN-13: 978-0785275251
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #668,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

  #51 in	Books > Health, Mind & Body > Alternative Medicine > Reference
  #40 in	Books > Health, Mind & Body > Nutrition > Antioxidants & Phytochemicals

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars New Recommendations Supplant the Info in this Book, July 11, 2000

By	paul mcl (Ft Worth, TX, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Antioxidant Revolution (Paperback)

This book is good in its underlying theme -- take antioxidants b-carotene, vit C, vit E to counter free radical damage -- but, evidently, its specific recommendations are outdated. Two sets of antioxidant dosages are recommended, a small dose for "health and longevity" exercisers, and a large dose for "athletic" exercisers, where the dividing line between types of exercisers is 50 aerobics points per week. Dr Cooper's latest recommendations, which can be found at cooperwellness.com, change the small and large dosages, and the dividing line has been changed to 150 aerobics points per week.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Antioxidant starter book, well founded throughout., February 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Antioxidant Revolution (Paperback)

A complete strategy of exercise and antioxidant supplementation is suggested in this book. The most important antioxidants are reviewed and explained thoroughly - what's really happening in your body. The amount of data given along with the clear explanations will cause you to start taking antioxidants and going to the gym.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Word to the Wise . . ., April 27, 2000

By	Richard Brudzynski (Dayton, Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Antioxidant Revolution (Paperback)

For years, I've been a big fan and follower of Dr. Cooper'saerobic exercise program. Nevertheless, I'll advise caution beforeundertaking Dr. Cooper's prescription for anti-oxidantsupplements. Dr. Cooper's recommendations for Vitamins C and E and beta-carotene are remarkably similar to those criticized as being without scientific foundation by a recent (April, 2000) Institute of Medicine Report.

The prudent reader will consider the Institute's report before joining Dr. Cooper's revolution...