The Longevity Strategy: How to Live to 100 Using the Brain-Body Connection (Hardcover)

by David Mahoney (Author), Richard Restak (Author) "WHEN WILLARD SCOTT of NBC-TV started announcing 100th birthdays in 1980, only a handful of people applied for the honor of having their birthday celebrated..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
Ever wish there were a simple way to extend your life? That someone would just lay out a plan that could help you live longer? Well, David Mahoney and Richard Restak, M.D., do just that in The Longevity Strategy: How to Live to 100 Using the Brain-Body Connection. This isn't the same old self-help book telling you to get out and exercise and eat right--although the authors do acknowledge these are a necessary part of long, healthy life. Instead, readers are advised to use planning and positive mental processes in order to become centenarians.

Using the latest neuroscience research, Mahoney and Restak delineate 31 steps to keep your brain sharp and active, which they claim can help you to live to be 100. Restak, a practicing neurologist and neuropsychiatrist as well as bestselling author of The Brain, and Mahoney, chairman of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, break down the complex science of the brain for the nonscientist while laying out a plan for achieving the three goals necessary for longevity: "an optimally functioning brain in a sound mind; favorable social support systems; financial security." Some of the advice is commonsense ("Learn to handle stress") while some offers wisdom that may not have occurred to you ("Build in a backup plan; diversity your career from the very beginning"). Each chapter starts with a specific strategy, which is expounded upon in short, readable chapters.

The judicious advice offered by the authors may not only help you lead a longer, healthier life, but is certain to give you the tools to allow you be more contented and optimistic in the meantime. --Jenny Brown

From Booklist
With not just enthusiasts like Ronald Klatz (Grow Young with HGH ) and Dharma Singh Khalsa (Brain Longevity ) but also the authoritative study reported in Rowe and Kahn's Successful Aging telling Americans they have ever-better chances of becoming centenarians, tips on enjoying the duration are welcome. Mahoney and Restak best Klatz and Khalsa by laying out 31 of them single file, so to speak, rather than embedded in a lengthy text. They begin with "Start looking forward to living to one hundred . . ." and three more injunctions to "Get the Longevity Attitude" and proceed through sections on brain health ("The Long-Living Brain"), maintaining mental functions ("Use Your Brain for Longevity"), and physical fitness and diet ("Do Right By Your Body"). Short chapters expand upon each of the 31 tips, and businessman and public speaker Mahoney and physician-author Restak know well how to keep them interesting. Ray Olson

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; Library Edition edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471248673
• ISBN-13: 978-0471248675
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,020,611 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)