Dr. D's Handbook for Men Over 40: A Guide to Health, Fitness, Living, and Loving in the Prime of Life

by Peter Dorsen

Overview

Dr. Dorsen gives us a much-needed, practical guide to feeling good and maximizing the joys of life after 40.… Should be required reading for every active, youthful spirit entering their mature years.
—Geoffrey Tabin, M.D., author of Blind Corners

"A stimulating and valuable read."
—Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., M.D., President, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Dr. D’s Handbook for Men Over 40 is a practical, down-to-earth plan that will show you how to continue to lead an exciting life and maintain a positive attitude as you grow older. With solid information and clear advice to help you stay strong, energetic, and confident, your best years are yet to come. This lighthearted yet reassuring book will help you overcome the fear of growing older, adjust to the physiological and neurological changes that occur at midlife, maintain or regain fitness through exercise and proper nutrition, build healthy relationships, and more. Plus, it includes real-life stories about men whose healthy habits in later years have added to their lives—and how they do it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471347873
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	02/01/1999
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	233
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Peter Dorsen, M.D., known to his patients as "Dr. D," has been a practicing physician since 1976. He has served on the White House Commission on Aging and has been a health consultant to public officials in Minnesota. He is winner of numerous cross-country skiing medals and also enjoys hiking, climbing, in-line skating, and relaxing with his wife and three daughters.

Table of Contents

The Fear of Growing Older: Facts and Myths About Our Bodies.
Physical Changes That Affect Physical Ability.
What to Expect From Your Nerves.
On Slowing Down: It's the Master's, Not the Olympics.
The Psychology of Aging: Midlife Opportunity.
Aging Can Be Good: Stretch, Aerobicize, and Pump Iron.
Recent History and Theory of Exercising: What, Why, and How.
Practical Techniques: Stretching, Strength, and Aerobics.
Nutrition: To Eat or Not to Eat.
Ways to Avoid Going Out of Your Mind: The Life Review and Other Tricks.
The Hazards of Being 40: Overuse and Abuse.
Spirituality: Try It, You'll Like It.
Glossary.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

According to comedian Bob Hope, you've reached middle age when your age begins to show around your middle. Minnesota-based Dorsen suggests that middle age is a slippery slope where men are often caught between their aging parents on the one hand and the acting-out of their own adolescents on the other, "with the siren song of a midlife crisis on the horizon." However, his advice on the physical and psychological changes that the over-40 male experiences is often lost in flat humor meant to be "old chum" but often sounding patronizing. There is definitely a market for a health adviser addressing the aging male, but choosing one is a personal matter, and readers will do better with the style, delivery, and content of Harvey Simon's Staying Well (LJ 8/92).James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New York

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