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The Exercise Cure: A Doctor#s All-Natural, No-Pill Prescription for Better Health and Longer Life
Current price:
$18.69
Publication Date: December 23rd, 2014
Publisher:
Rodale Books
ISBN:
9781623364328
Pages:
304
Description
A simple approach to weight loss and better health, with an exhaustive (and exhausting) collection of fun, fat-torching, life-changing workouts that can be tailored to any fitness level
“This is a must read for everyone who wants to live a long and active life.”—Robert Sallis, MD, former president, American College of Sports Medicine
What if there were a drug to treat every illness, across all body systems, proven potent against heart disease, depression, arthritis, PMS and erectile dysfunction—even in chronic diseases such as asthma, dementia, and certain types of cancer? What if it had no side effects, was completely free, readily available, and worked for everyone? Every single person who took it decreased her risk of premature death and raised his quality of life. Would you want it?
In a healthcare system that spends 17% of GDP, roughly $2.7 trillion, mostly on disease treatment, how do we save money and prevent illness? By increasing the use of the world's most effective preventive medicine: exercise.
In The Exercise Cure, Dr. Jordan Metzl—nationally renowned sports medicine physician—offers malady-specific and well-researched exercise prescriptions to help readers stay healthy, heal disease, drop pounds, increase longevity, and transform their lives.
Dr. Metzl knows that exercise is inexpensive, powerful medicine that has benefits in prevention and treatment of disease without disturbing side effects. Even in older adults, daily exercise has been found to prevent dementia by generating neuron development in the hippocampus, the memory center of the brain.
Combining the latest data and his proven motivational skills, Dr. Metzl addresses the common maladies troubling millions. He discusses our cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, musculoskeletal, neurologic, reproductive, and endocrinologic body systems, with special sections on sleep problems and cancer prevention, presenting the science behind the role of exercise as medicine. Then, he details workouts that can be tailored easily to any fitness level, beginner to advanced, and provides nutritional information, including meal plans for healthy eating and disease prevention.
Praise for The Exercise Cure: A Doctor#s All-Natural, No-Pill Prescription for Better Health and Longer Life
“Doctors have long focused on the treatment of disease. Now we have a manual that highlights a means of prevention. As Dr Metzl touts, EXERCISE is one of the world's most effective medicines.” —Sanjay Gupta, MD, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN
“It's that "magic pill" we've all been waiting for, the most basic key to health and longevity--EXERCISE! As Dr. Metzl explains, exercise is medicine that really works and will change your life.” —Natalie Morales, NBC Today Show
“Finally a tell-all book about the most powerful drug known to mankind--Exercise! Dr Metzl expertly describes all you need to know about why and how you should exercise to improve your health. This is a must read for everyone who wants to live a long and active life.” —Robert Sallis, MD, Past President; American College of Sports Medicine
“This book provides compelling evidence for the important role of exercise in preventing and treating a number of medical conditions, including vascular disease, diabetes, psychiatric diseases, and even cancer. Dr. Metzl shows the reader, without a doubt, that exercise IS medicine.” —Scott Rodeo, MD, head team physician, US Olympic Team
“For years, physicians have been instructing patients on what NOT to do in order to stay healthy. Dr. Metzl has a more compelling instruction: What TO do! His program for each of us, no matter at what level we begin, will not only cure or make illness easier but surely offer further
options for disease prevention.” —Richard P. Cohen, MD, clinical professor of medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
“For years, physicians have been instructing patients on what NOT to do in order to stay healthy. Dr. Metzl has a more compelling instruction: What TO do! His program for each of us, no matter at what level we begin, will not only cure or make illness easier but surely offer further options for disease prevention.” —Richard P. Cohen, MD, clinical professor of medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
“A thought-provoking book.” —Savannah Guthrie, TODAY Show
