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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with old age

Agewise - Fighting the New Ageism in America (Paperback): Margaret Gullette Agewise - Fighting the New Ageism in America (Paperback)
Margaret Gullette
R834 Discovery Miles 8 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 'Agewise', renowned cultural critic Margaret Morganroth Gullette reveals that much of what we dread about aging is actually the result of ageism which we can, and should, battle as strongly as we do racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry. Drawing on provocative and under-reported evidence from biomedicine, literature, economics, and personal stories, Gullette probes the ageism that drives discontent with our bodies, our selves, and our accomplishments and makes us easy prey for marketers who want to sell us an illusory vision of youthful perfection.

Rescue Your Health (Hardcover): Marvin Singh Rescue Your Health (Hardcover)
Marvin Singh
R696 Discovery Miles 6 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Longevity Code (Paperback): Kris Verburgh The Longevity Code (Paperback)
Kris Verburgh
R484 R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Save R86 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Slow down the aging process and live well for longer Do you know exactly how and why you age? And what you can do--whatever your current age--to slow that process and have a longer, healthier life? In The Longevity Code, medical doctor Kris Verburgh illuminates the biological mechanisms that make our bodies susceptible to heart attacks, dementia, diabetes, and other aging-related diseases. With the facts laid out, he provides the tools we need to slow down the aging process. His scientifically backed Longevity Staircase outlines a simple yet innovative step-by-step method offering better health and a longer life span- especially the crucial role of proper nutrition and exercise. But diet and exercise might not be the only way to crack the "longevity code" With each passing day, advances in biotechnology that were once the stuff of science fiction are emerging. Dr. Verburgh discusses how new types of vaccines, mitochondrial DNA, CRISPR proteins, and stem cells may help us slow and even reverse aging--now and in the future--and when paired with the right lifestyle, lead to longer, healthier lives than we've ever imagined.

Harriet Roth's Fat Counter - Banish Bad Fats with Complete Information on: Fat, Saturated Fat, Calories, Carbohydrates,... Harriet Roth's Fat Counter - Banish Bad Fats with Complete Information on: Fat, Saturated Fat, Calories, Carbohydrates, Sugar, Trans Fats (Paperback, 3rd Revised ed.)
Harriet Roth
R128 R97 Discovery Miles 970 Save R31 (24%) Out of stock

The revised edition of Harriet Roth's bestselling Fat Counter--now with updated material on trans fats, carbs, and sugar! Americans have more food choices and more to watch out for than ever. Research suggests that trans-fat, carbohydrates, and sugar can be major diet-busters. It's key to cut down on dietary fat and saturated fat in particular, and watch food labels. In this third revised edition of her bestselling guide, Harriet Roth provides guidelines for identifying and eliminating the foods that will make you fat--without giving up the pleasure of delicious dining. It includes: - New categories for trans fats, sugars, and carbs - Helpful information for diabetics, plus glycemic index - Updated fast food and restaurant section - Weight-loss tips - Expanded listings of frozen foods and new products - Invaluable information on cholesterol, saturated fat, fat percentages, and sodium - Personalized charts with formulas for figuring out your ideal fat and calorie intakes - And more... MORE THAN FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD!

Parenting Your Parents - Support Strategies for Meeting the Challenge of Aging in America (Paperback, American Edition): Bart... Parenting Your Parents - Support Strategies for Meeting the Challenge of Aging in America (Paperback, American Edition)
Bart J. Mindszenthy, Michael Gordon
R580 R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Save R88 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When our parents reach a certain age and have difficulty coping, we find ourselves wondering how to provide them with the kind of love, care, support, and attention they need just as they have done for us all our lives. Parenting Your Parents shows, through 20 case studies and the personal experiences of the authors, that you are not alone and offers crucial advice to help you along this difficult but rewarding journey. The book also offers a comprehensive planner to guide and collect information and documentation that will be critical for the proper care of your parents.

Staying Sharp For Dummies (Paperback): Ags Staying Sharp For Dummies (Paperback)
Ags
R648 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R138 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Insight and actionable information on keeping your brain sharp as you age Your brain controls who you are how you think, feel, and act. As you age, it's not uncommon to want to remain as sharp and "with it" as you were in your younger years. Whether you want to hone your memory, manage stress and anxiety, or simply eat brain-healthy food, Staying Sharp For Dummies shows you how to keep your mind sharp, agile, and creative well into your golden years. Research shows anyone can improve brain performance and it's never too late to make changes to achieve your optimal brain health. While brain exercises certainly help, it's also vital to promote healthier living as a holistic way to support brain health. Staying Sharp For Dummies explains how keeping physically fit, eating right, managing stress, and even connecting with others helps give your brain the boost it needs to stay sharp well into your golden years. * Build a better brain through nutrition, lifestyle changes, and brain workouts * Cope with a specific brain disorder, such as stroke, Dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's * Stay sharp and improve memory and concentration * Access an online bonus chapter from Alzheimer's For Dummies and Dementia For Dummies If you or a loved one are looking for authoritative, accessible guidance on staying sharp, this essential guide endorsed by the American Geriatric Society and the American Geriatric Society Health in Aging Foundation covers the gamut of lifestyle and activity changes that can maximize brain function and health.

Younger For Longer - How You Can Slow the Ageing Process and Stay Healthy for Life (Paperback): Duncan Carmichael Younger For Longer - How You Can Slow the Ageing Process and Stay Healthy for Life (Paperback)
Duncan Carmichael 1
R470 R376 Discovery Miles 3 760 Save R94 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Younger For Longer shares the author's detailed knowledge of hormones, toxins, nutrition, stress and other factors to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date and medically rigorous description of health, ageing and the human body. He reveals practical steps to slow the ageing process - in short, how to stay younger for longer.

The goal of this book is to show readers how to live a healthy life free from the debilitations of ageing, helping them to stay mentally alert and physically active, and making sure they get the most out of all of their years. That means aiming for optimal health. However, focusing on one factor alone will not get them there. Our sleep, our mood, what we eat, our detoxification system and our hormones are just some of the factors that interact in amazing ways to make us who we are; they are also at the very heart of the aging process.

This book shows how these different strands combine in ways that can be positive or negative - and explains why this interaction depends far more on the lifestyle we choose than on the genes we inherit. In that way it gives the reader a unique and comprehensive understanding of their body and tells them how, with this knowledge, they can maximize their health.

The topics range from nutrition, toxins, men's health and women's health to understanding why our skin, brain and liver age - and how to undo the damage and stave off ageing. But the book's main focus underlying all of this is hormones: the chemicals that tell different parts of our body what to do. Our hormone levels vary throughout our life, but if they are supported correctly they can keep us youthful and vital into our final years.

Finding health, then, is not about seven ways to detox or the five best vitamins. The body is far more complex than that and, in an approach aimed specifically at the layperson, Younger for Longer traces the exciting path of how the body works to help the reader create the best person they can be for the rest of their life.

Dynamic Aging - Simple Exercises for Whole Body Mobility (Paperback): Katy Bowman Dynamic Aging - Simple Exercises for Whole Body Mobility (Paperback)
Katy Bowman; As told to Joan Virginia Allen, Shelah M. Wilgus, Lora Woods, Joyce Faber
R470 Discovery Miles 4 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As seen on the Today Show! Dynamic Aging isn't that same old "senior fitness," "senior stretching," "senior strength" book you've seen again and again. This book is about using simple exercises to feel better and get back to living vitally no matter your age. "Don't blame your age if you're feeling creaky. It could just be the way you're using (or not using) your body." Washington Post on Dynamic Aging as a "Book for the Ages" Movement is a powerful tool and changing how you move can change how you feel, no matter your age. Dynamic Aging is an exercise guide geared to an over-50 audience that includes: 30+ illustrated exercises moves for pain-free feet and strong hips moves for better balance and getting over the fear of falling how to improve sitting, standing, and walking posture go from stiff shoulders to arms that can reach, carry, and lift how to stay fit to drive tips for moving more in daily life! Alongside Bowman's exercise and alignment instructions are stories and advice of four women over seventy-five who began this program over a decade ago. Along the way they found recommended surgeries unnecessary, regained strength and mobility, and ended up moving more than they did when they were 10 years younger. From hiking in the mountains to climbing ladders and walking on cobblestones with ease, each of these women embodies the book's message: No matter where you're starting, if you change how you move, you can change how you feel.

Aging with a Plan - How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow, (Paperback, 2nd edition): Sharona Hoffman Aging with a Plan - How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow, (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Sharona Hoffman
R804 R666 Discovery Miles 6 660 Save R138 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Old In Art School - A Memoir of Starting Over (Paperback): Nell Painter Old In Art School - A Memoir of Starting Over (Paperback)
Nell Painter
R556 R482 Discovery Miles 4 820 Save R74 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Older & Wiser - Stories of Inspiration, Humor, and Wisdom about Life at a Certain Age (Large print, Paperback, large type... Older & Wiser - Stories of Inspiration, Humor, and Wisdom about Life at a Certain Age (Large print, Paperback, large type edition)
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen; Edited by Amy Newmark
R496 R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Save R73 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

1. Chicken Soup for the Soul has always had a strong focus on seniors, with books on agnig, veterans, grandpaernts, grieving and other topics relevant to seniors.
2. "Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul" was published in 2000 and sold 905,000 copies.
3. With a new contemporary cover design, a new interior layout, and up-to-date stories, this book will have fresh appeal to seniors of all ages.
4. Books represent a new thematic experience, even for readers of past books, as Chicken Soup has tightened the content, and books contain only relevant stories. Out-of-date stories were eliminated.
5. Each book contains 101 stories recompiled from dozens of past Chicken Soup titles.
6. "Our 101 Best Stories" collection is an efficient way for new readers to obtain books covering Chicken Soup's most popular topics.
7. Every book has a warm and moving foreword from Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen explaining the company's rebirth and its return to 101 stories per book.
8. Chicken Soup for the Soul earned the Guinness World Record for having the most books on the New York Times bestseller list at one time.
9. Last year, "USA Today" named Chicken Soup for the Soul #5 on its list of 25 books that left a legacy over the past quarter century.

We know how it is to cross the magic 60-year mark and feel young at heart despite a few new wrinkles. We wouldn't trade away a bit of our wisdom and experience to get rid of all those life markers. This is the first Chicken Soup book to focus on the wonders of getting older, with many stories focusing on dynamic older singles and couples finding new careers, new sports, new love, and new meaning to their lives. This inspiring, amusing, and heartwarming book includes the best 101 stories for today's young seniors from Chicken Soup's library. The book is set in larger print for easier reading.

Ageless Body, Timeless Mind - A Practical Alternative To Growing Old (Paperback): Deepak Chopra Ageless Body, Timeless Mind - A Practical Alternative To Growing Old (Paperback)
Deepak Chopra
R401 R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Save R75 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Scientific studies show that the mind/body connection has an extraordinary power to heal. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind goes beyond ancient mind/body wisdom and current anti-aging research to show you do not have to grow old. With the passage of time, you can retain your physical vitality, creativity, memory and self-esteem. Dr Deepak Chopra bases his theories on the ancient Indian science of Ayurveda, according to which, optimum health is about achieving balance physically, emotionally and psychologically, and demonstrates that, contrary to our traditional beliefs about aging, we can use our innate capacity for balance to direct the way our bodies metabolize time and achieve our unbounded potential.

The Alpha Lipoic Acid Breakthrough - The Superb Antioxidant That May Slow Aging, Repair Liver Damage, and Reduce the Risk of... The Alpha Lipoic Acid Breakthrough - The Superb Antioxidant That May Slow Aging, Repair Liver Damage, and Reduce the Risk of Cancer (Paperback, Reissue)
Bert Berkson
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Amazing Antioxidant Everyone Is Talking About!
Are you looking for an effective way to fight the effects of aging and free radical damage? Would you like to reach and maintain your body's optimal health? There may be no stronger way than with antioxidants—and there may be no stronger antioxidant than alpha lipoic acid. This remarkable coenzyme, which occurs naturally in younger bodies but gradually diminishes with age, may very well be one of our best defenses against disease and aging. In this balanced and informative book, Burt Berkson, M.D., shows you how supplementing your diet with alpha lipoic acid might help:
·Protect against heart disease
·Prevent or treat complications of diabetes
·Prevent the progression of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
·Protect against cancer and strokes
·Fight chronic liver disease
·Combat the aging process
·And much more!
Revealing the science behind this amazing antioxidant, Alpha Lipoic Acid Breakthrough provides a plan of action for improving your health starting now!

Hundred - What You Learn in a Lifetime (Hardcover): Heike Faller Hundred - What You Learn in a Lifetime (Hardcover)
Heike Faller; Illustrated by Valerio Vidali 1
R584 R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Save R90 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Love, Dignity, and Parkinson's - from Care Partner to Caregiver (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print... Love, Dignity, and Parkinson's - from Care Partner to Caregiver (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Terri Pease
R535 R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Save R92 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Virtues of Aging (Paperback, Reissued 1st Ed): Jimmy Carter The Virtues of Aging (Paperback, Reissued 1st Ed)
Jimmy Carter
R390 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R70 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"We are not alone in our worry about both the physical aspect of aging and the prejudice that exists toward the elderly, which is similar to racism or sexism. What makes it different is that the prejudice also exists among those of us who are either within this group or rapidly approaching it. When I have mentioned the title of this book to a few people, most of them responded, 'Virtues? What could possibly be good about growing old?' The most obvious answer, of course, is to consider the alternative to aging. But there are plenty of other good answers--many based on our personal experiences and observations. "
--from THE VIRTUES OF AGING

Finish Strong - Putting Your Priorities First at Life's End (Second Edition) (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Barbara Coombs Lee Finish Strong - Putting Your Priorities First at Life's End (Second Edition) (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Barbara Coombs Lee
R583 R496 Discovery Miles 4 960 Save R87 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I'm Losing My Memory; I'm NOT Losing My Mind - A Frank Perspective about Living with Early Dementia (Paperback):... I'm Losing My Memory; I'm NOT Losing My Mind - A Frank Perspective about Living with Early Dementia (Paperback)
Sally Faith
R402 R327 Discovery Miles 3 270 Save R75 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Keep Running - How to Run Injury-Free with Power and Joy for Decades (Paperback): Andrew Kastor Keep Running - How to Run Injury-Free with Power and Joy for Decades (Paperback)
Andrew Kastor
R327 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Save R47 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Bright and Steady Flame - The Story of Aging and an Enduring Friendship (Paperback): Luanne Armstrong A Bright and Steady Flame - The Story of Aging and an Enduring Friendship (Paperback)
Luanne Armstrong
R662 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Save R360 (54%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Take Care, Son - The Story of My Dad and his Dementia (Paperback): Tony Husband Take Care, Son - The Story of My Dad and his Dementia (Paperback)
Tony Husband 1
R396 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R76 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Hi Dad . . . can we have a chat about your dementia . . . Can you remember how it started? When Ron Husband started to forget things - dates, names, appointments . . . daft things, important things - it took a while to realise that this was 'a different form of forgetting'. But it was just the first sign of the illness that gradually took him away from the family he loved. This is the touching, illustrated story of Tony's father and how dementia slowly took him away from his family. The title is a reference to his last words to his son - on a day when Tony had spent the day in the care home with no sign of recognition. The book is framed as a chat between Tony and his dad, who fades away through the last few pages of the book. "... rather wonderful cartoon strips ... chronicling his father's dementia with loving charm and wit." Stephen Fry, Twitter

Breakfast Memories: A Dementia Love Story - A Dementia Love Story (Paperback): Kate Hanley Breakfast Memories: A Dementia Love Story - A Dementia Love Story (Paperback)
Kate Hanley
R746 R630 Discovery Miles 6 300 Save R116 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Age-Well Project - Easy Ways to a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life (Paperback): Annabel Streets, Susan Saunders The Age-Well Project - Easy Ways to a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life (Paperback)
Annabel Streets, Susan Saunders
R348 R285 Discovery Miles 2 850 Save R63 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'The essential mid-life mum makeover. From fitness to sleep and even your social life, a brilliant new book by two 50-something mothers reveals how to protect your health and happiness' Daily Mail 'Educational and informative' Woman's Way An essential handbook for making the second half of your life happy, healthy and disease-free. Diseases of older age take root decades before symptoms appear. For a longer, happier life, we need to plan ahead - but what exactly should we do? For five years, Annabel Streets and Susan Saunders immersed themselves in the latest science of longevity, radically overhauling their lives and documenting their findings on their popular blog. After reading hundreds of studies and talking to numerous experts, Annabel and Susan have compiled almost 100 short cuts to health in mid and later life, including: how, when and what to eat; the supplements worth taking; when, where and how to exercise; the most useful medical tests; how to avoid health-threatening chemicals; the best methods for keeping the brain sharp; and how to sleep better.

Aging and Loving - Christian Faith and Sexuality in Later Life (Paperback): James M. Childs Aging and Loving - Christian Faith and Sexuality in Later Life (Paperback)
James M. Childs
R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Strength Training Workouts for Seniors - 2 Books In 1 - Guided Stretching and Balance Exercises for Elderly to Improve Posture,... Strength Training Workouts for Seniors - 2 Books In 1 - Guided Stretching and Balance Exercises for Elderly to Improve Posture, Decrease Back Pain and Prevent Injury and Falls After 60 (Paperback)
Baz Thompson, Britney Lynch
R682 Discovery Miles 6 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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