Prime-Time Health: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Feeling Young and Living Longer [Hardcover]

William Sears (Author), Martha Sears (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 2010

Twelve years ago, renowned physician and author Dr. William Sears was diagnosed with cancer. He, like so many people, wanted-and needed-to take control of his health. Dr. Sears created a comprehensive, science based, head-to-toe program for living a long, fit life-and it worked. Now at the peak of health, Dr. Sears shares his program in PRIME-TIME HEALTH. This engaging and deeply informative book will motivate readers to make crucial behavior and lifestyle changes. Dr. Sears explores how to keep each body system healthy and delay those usual age-related changes. Written in Dr. Sears's wise, accessible, and entertaining voice, PRIME-TIME HEALTH is a practical program to help you live your best life possible-pain-free, disease-free, stress-free, and medication-free.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Baby- and child-care experts, the Searses present a healthy aging book for their patients' parents and grandparents, featuring an eight-week self-care nutrition and exercise plan to achieve and maintain optimum health. Now a 12-year survivor of colon cancer, Bill Sears restored himself after surgery and treatment by researching, developing and implementing the LEAN (Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitude, and Nutrition) regimen around which this book is centered. Part I helps readers understand how the body changes with age; part II addresses how to have healthy heart, brain, gut, senses, breathing, bones and joints, and skin. Part III covers the importance of weight loss and better nutrition via sixteen superfoods rich in anti-oxidants and Omega 3s; part IV offers the science behind and guidance for quelling inflammation that leads to heart disease and cancer. and part V discusses fitness. Finally, part VI puts it all together in the personal Prime-Time Plan with self-tests and list-making exercises. Amusing, encouraging, and easy-to-remember prescriptive mnemonics and slogans appear in text, boxes, sidebars, and illustrations to enliven a lucid, personal and professional narrative. Sears provides what similar books often lack—an honest and trusted voice plus the latest medical science in a comprehensive, accessible program that is hard to resist. (Jan.)
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Review

"A great book that covers the waterfront of healthy aging: what to eat, what to do, and, above all, how to live." (Henry Lodge, MD, coauthor of Younger Next Year )

"A very important and exciting book. Its strength is in its simplicity. I recommend it without any reservation whatsoever." (Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, FACC, CNS, author of The Sinatra Solution )

"Chock full of things you can actually do to improve your health. Dr. Sears's new book gives so many insights and is presented in an easy and accessible way." (Mark Liponis, MD, coauthor of Ultraprevention and author of Ultralongevity )

"Prime-Time Health is a classic. It is not just a health book; it is a compelling and captivating portal to success, happiness, and the hope that life is wondrous and limitless when you are healthy and fit." (Vincent Fortanasce, MD, author of The Anti-Alzheimer Prescription )

"In his usual science-made-simple style, Dr. Sears shows how your body can make its own internal medicines to act like a fountain of youth. I enjoyed reading Prime-Time Health from cover to cover. I recommend you read it, and then do it." (Dr. Louis J. Ignarro, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and author of No More Heart Disease )

"Amusing, encouraging, and easy-to-remember prescriptive mnemonics and slogans enliven a lucid, personal and professional narrative. Sears provides what similar books often lack-an honest and trusted voice plus the latest medical science in a comprehensive, accessible program that is hard to resist." (Publishers Weekly )



"A distillation of common-sense advice mixed with more surprising, age-specific mandates all designed to promote longevity and a healthy later life." (Vogue )

"The book breaks everything down into quick, manageable bites that are easy to swallow and follow, and it's full of good, hearty advice." (Washington Examiner )

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (January 6, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316035416
• ISBN-13: 978-0316035415
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #579,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

William Sears, M.D., received his pediatric training at Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital and Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. He has practiced as a pediatrician for more than thirty years. Martha Sears is a registered nurse, childbirth educator, and breastfeeding consultant. The Searses are the parents of eight children. Drs. Robert and James Sears are both board-certified pediatricians at the Sears Family Pediatric Practice in San Clemente, California. All four authors live in southern California. More information about the Searses can be found at www.SearsParenting.com and www.AskDrSears.com.

Customer Reviews

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reading At The Beach: Reviews, January 29, 2010

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Vicki (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prime-Time Health: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Feeling Young and Living Longer (Hardcover)

is a great book for those of us who are getting older. If you are like me, I've noticed my knees don't want to bend like they used to, I gain weight a lot easier than even just a few years ago, my eyes are getting worse and I can't eat like I used to. I need all the help I can get.

There are 6 parts to this book:
Are You Ready For Prime Time Health
Keeping Your Body At It's Prime
Prime time Well Being
Prime Time Health Care
The Prime Time Plan

Every page is filled with the information you need to get fit and stay healthy. There is a list of 16 superfoods:
Seafood(salmon is the best), Berries(blueberries are the best), Spinach, Nuts, Olive Oil, Broccoli, Oatmeal, Flaxseed, Avocados, Pomegranate Juice, Tomatoes, Tofu, Yogurt, Red Onions, Garlic, Beans and Lentils. There are only 3 of these that I seldom or rarely eat/drink and those are avocados, pomegranate juice and tofu. I'll be putting the first 2 on my weekly shopping list, but tofu....I don't think so!!
In the section Put Together Your Personal Eight-Week Prime Time Plan, the authors suggest you use post-it notes to flag the sections that relate to your own health concerns so that you can easily find them again. I loved this idea! I hate trying to find something again and this makes it so easy.

Under RX For Prime Time Stress Busting there were quite a few tips and a few of them are some of my favorite sayings, "If you can't change it, don't worry about it" and "Love & Laugh To Live Longer". I truly believe these are very important to live by.

I love books like this. The give step by step instructions on how to be the person you want to be. Even doing a few of the suggestion will improve your health. Most people don't start, or stay with a fitness program because it's so overwhelming. The key, at least for me, is to do it a few steps at a time, adding more changes as I go. This is another good book to add to your fitness/health library. I know I will refer back to it often.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Healthy Lifestyle Guide, December 29, 2009

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Melinda "History Buff" (Los Angeles, California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prime-Time Health: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Feeling Young and Living Longer (Hardcover)

"Prime-Time" is the authors' way of saying "senior" , "retirement age" or "baby-boomer." The book is a survey of what the reader can do now, to prepare for, or to live in, those older years. They talk about cardio-vascular health, and what you can do to improve it, as well as dental health, keeping the brain sharp, reversing bone loss, vision problems, tinnitus, reducing reliance on drugs, etc. Each chapter starts with an overview of the challenges faced by the body in that area, what causes problems, and how to prevent or ameliorate those problems.

The information is based on science, and the authors quote their sources. The tone of the book is breezy, with some of the flavor of "learn the secrets of the masters" - both more engaging and more sales-y than the standard impersonal tone found in fliers from your own doctor. I found myself setting the book down after the first three chapters, to go walk the dogs around the block. Dr. Sears had convinced me so well about the advantages of exercise for increasing vascular health that I felt I needed to get up and do something sensible, instead of just sitting in my chair reading the book. Then I came back and finished the book, and fixed an evening meal full of fresh vegetables. Their words put me in action.

Their main advice for many of the different problems boils down to eat nutritious foods (not junk food) and move your body. Those are the keys, but there are, of course, more detailed recommendations for each area of health. The back of the book has some specific food recommendations, based on nutrients, and some simple exercises.

The book is quite readable, with very little jargon and lots of clear explanations with snappy analogies. The advice is sound, and presented clearly. This is not the next diet book craze -- it is advice about lifestyle to preserve health. Highly recommended.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prime-Time Health, by Williams Sears, MD, January 23, 2010

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E. Nian (San Rafael, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prime-Time Health: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Feeling Young and Living Longer (Hardcover)

This is a great book that covers head-to-toe, inside-and-outside of how human body changes as we age. Based on scientific evidence, his own medical practice, and his own experience as cancer survivor, Dr. Sears, in a easy to understand and sometimes humorous way, presents a wealth of information as to what to do, what to eat, and how to do it so to live a healthy, happy life in prime-time as we age.

I couldn't put this book down when I was reading it. Though I have already maintain quite a healthy diet and exercise program for may years, I find that I can fine tune my ways based on the information that Dr. Sears shares in this book.

I highly recommend this book without any reservation.