Life Beyond 100: Secrets of the Fountain of Youth

by C. Norman Shealy

Overview

Using today's most leading-edge therapies and breakthroughs in the science of longevity, C. Norman Shealy, one of the pioneering holistic physicians of our time, shows how we can healthfully age to one hundred, and beyond.

The idea of living well beyond one hundred years-and enjoying those years in good health-used to be the stuff of science fiction. No longer. C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., whom Caroline Myss calls a "wizard-genius-scientist-mystic-physician," offers Life Beyond 100: Secrets of the Fountain of Youth. In this deeply learned and revolutionary book, Dr. Shealy provides a new concept of longevity, one that reveals that we can live far longer than current science suggests.

Basic healthy living and the use of alternative therapies have long been touted as "the way" to well-being, but Dr. Shealy takes these tenets a step further. From the physiology of stress and its effect on the human mind and body to the importance of DHEA; from the proven techniques of photostimulation and biofeedback training to groundbreaking suggestions for alleviating depression; from Shealy's electromagnetic framework of life to his recommendations for optimal health, Life Beyond 100 presents a detailed roadmap to achieve healthy aging-or "youthing." The result of years of clinical practice and cutting-edge research, Life Beyond 100 also exposes the fallacies behind many of the claims made by the medical establishment and the pharmaceutical industry. Shealy argues that rather than increasing people's life expectancy, these two groups create the opposite effect, consigning hundreds of thousands of people to an often miserable and premature old age by treating symptoms with an antidote-prescription medicine-that is often worse than the ailment itself.

As a counterpoint, Life Beyond 100 provides the most ambitious- yet medically grounded and commonsensical-longevity program available. Easy to follow and supported by advanced research, Dr. Shealy's guide to uncovering the secrets of youthful aging redefines the concept of human longevity and offers a new vision of healthy living to one hundred and beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585425235
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/28/2006
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 - 13 Years

About the Author

C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., is an eminent physician, with a long and successful career in both conventional and complementary medicine. The founder of the American Holistic Medical Association, he has held sixteen academic appointments.

Editorial Reviews

Shealy promises readers unprecedented life spans by accessing energy pathways in the body. According to the nationally known researcher in the fields of energy medicine and intuitive healing, simple lifestyle changes (no smoking, limited alcohol, increased activity) can add years to life, but for dramatic increases in life expectancy, we should concentrate on keeping our DHEA (hormones indicative of stress reserves) and calcitonin (hormones maintaining skeletal integrity) levels optimal and decreasing free-radical damage. Doing so, he says, will make living to 120, even 160, the norm in the next stage of human evolution. To this end, he offers a system for activating specific chemical pathways in the body, tips for relieving stress and depression, dietary guidelines, simple exercise routines and illness-specific remedies. Readers interested in energy medicine will likely find Shealy's explanation of alternative theories and therapies useful, while others may find the procedures (photo- and electrical stimulation; quartz crystals; etc.)-some of which call for products developed by Shealy-time-consuming and expensive. Shealy's depth of knowledge is impressive, but his focus on achieving a specific number unfortunate. For a different view of aging, one that includes acceptance of human mortality and aims for well-being, see Andrew Weil's Healthy Aging (Reviews, Aug. 8). Agent, David Alexander. (Dec.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

With the increase in human life expectancy, there is a growing interest in books detailing the potential to extend life spans beyond the century mark, e.g., The Okinawa Program: How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health-And How You Can Too and Gary Null's Power Aging. Here, holistic physician Shealy (founder, American Holistic Medical Assn.; 90 Days to Stress-Free Living) prescribes treatment regimens for common chronic illnesses, utilizing a variety of herbal preparations, supplements, special diets, healing soaks, lotions, autogenic training, and self-administered transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) treatments. All of these, Shealy claims, will correct the biochemical deficiencies and electromagnetic malfunctions that are the root of ill health. The author himself devised several of these remedies (e.g., Biogenics Magnesium Lotion), lending an air of an old-time medicine show to the book, an impression further enhanced by Shealy's claim to have the ability to "see" etheric, or spiritual, energy surrounding human bodies. Detailed notes and a bibliography refer to a variety of scientific and nonscientific resources. Other than offering dubious cures for chronic illnesses that may or may not shorten the life span, this book supplies no real specifics for increasing longevity. Not recommended.-Karen McNally Bensing, Benjamin Rose Lib., Cleveland Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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