Prime-Time Health: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Feeling Young and Living Longer Book

Foreword Dean Ornish ix

Introduction xiii

How to Read This Book xvii

Part I Are you Ready for Prime Time" 1

1 Invest in Your Personal Prime-Time Health Plan 3

2 Understand How Your Body Changes during Prime Time 18

Part II Keeping Your Body at Its Prime 29

3 Have a Healthy Prime-Time Heart 31

4 Stay Smart and Protect Your Brain 61

5 Be Good to Your Gut 85

6 Improve Your Eye-Q 107

7 Tune Up Your Hearing 114

8 Enjoy Better Breathing 121

9 Be Good to Your Gums 132

10 Build Better Bones 137

11 Rejuvenate Your Joints 151

12 Keep Your Skin Looking Younger 178

Part III Prime-Time Well-Being 187

13 Eat Well with the Sixteen Superfoods 189

14 Get More Restful Sleep 228

15 Subdue Stress 242

16 Enjoy Better (and More) Sex 259

Part IV: Prime-Time Health Care 271

17 Practice the Pills-and-Skills Model of Health Care 273

18 Free Your Body of Excess Inflammation 283

19 Lower High Blood Pressure, High Blood Cholesterol, and High Blood Sugar 294

20 Cut Your Chances of Getting Cancer 321

Part V Prime-Time Fitness 339

21 Stay Lean 341

22 Stay Fit 370

23 Stay Safe 400

Part VI The Prime-Time Plan 411

24 Put Together Your Personal Eight-Week Prime-Time Plan 413

A Closing Word from Dr. Bill 428

Acknowledgments 429

Index 431