The Palm Oil Miracle By Bruce Fife
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Ending Aging
By Aubrey de Grey, Michael Rae MUST WE AGE? A long life in a healthy, vigorous, youthful body has always been one of humanity’s greatest dreams. Recent progress in genetic manipulations and calorierestricted diets in laboratory animals hold the promise that someday science will enable us to exert total control over our own biological aging. Nearly all scientists who study the biology of aging agree that we will someday be able to substantially slow down the aging process, extending our productive, youthful lives. Dr. Aubrey de Grey is perhaps the most bullish of all such researchers. Dr. de Grey believes that the key biomedical technology required to eliminate aging-derived debilitation and death entirely–technology that would not only slow but periodically reverse age-related physiological decay, leaving us biologically young into an indefinite future–is now within reach. In Ending Aging, Dr. de Grey and his research assistant Michael Rae describe the details of this biotechnology. They explain that the aging of the human body, just like the aging of man-made machines, results from an accumulation of various types of damage. As with man-made machines, this damage can periodically be repaired, leading to indefinite extension of the machine’s fully functional lifetime, just as is routinely done with classic cars. We already know what types of damage accumulate in the human body, and we are moving rapidly toward the comprehensive development of technologies to remove that damage. By demystifying aging and its postponement for the non-specialist reader, de Grey and Rae systematically dismantle the fatalist presumption that aging will forever defeat the efforts of medical science. Hardcover, 400 pages Published September 4, 2007 by St. Martin’s Press 20
October 2013 Tex Appeal
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” —John Locke
The Coconut Oil Miracle By Bruce Fife Use nature’s elixir to lose weight, prevent heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, and beautify skin and hair. Can saturated fat be good for you? Natural coconut oil-not the hydrogenated version often found in processed foods-is a saturated fat, but not the kind your doctor has warned you about. Studies have shown that this uniquely curative oil actually has innumerable health benefits ranging from disease prevention to anti-aging. Now, in his revised edition of the first book to describe the therapeutic properties of coconut oil, Bruce Fife offers a nutrition plan with dozens of tasty recipes that will allow anyone to experience the healing miracles of what he deems the “perfect food.” When taken as a supplement, used in cooking, or applied to directly to the skin, coconut oil has been found to: promote weight loss; help protect against heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and many other degenerative diseases; strengthen the immune system; improve digestion; prevent premature aging of the skin. Paperback, Fourth Edition, 256 pages Published September 9, 2004 by Avery Trade
Aging Well
By George E. Vaillant In a unique series of studies, Harvard University has followed 824 subjects from their teens to old age. Professor George Vaillant now uses these to illustrate the surprising factors involved in reaching happy, healthy old age. Paperback, 180 pages Published September 30, 2004 by Scribner
Palm oil has been used as both a food and a medicine for thousands of years. It was prized by the pharaohs of ancient Egypt as a sacred food. Today palm oil is the most widely used oil in the world. In tropical Africa and Southeast Asia it is an integral part of a healthy diet just as olive oil is in the Mediterranean. Palm oil possesses excellent cooking properties. Palm oil is one of the world’s healthiest oils. As a natural vegetable oil, it contains no trans-fatty acids or cholesterol. It is currently being used by doctors and government agencies to treat specific illnesses and improve nutritional status. Recent medical studies have shown that palm oil, particularly virgin (red) palm oil, can protect against many common health problems. Some of the health benefits include improved blood circulation, protection against heart disease and cancer, improved blood sugar control, and protection against mental deterioration, including Alzheimer’s disease. Paperback, 192 pages Published June 1, 2007 by Piccadilly Books
Redefining Retirement: New Realities for Boomer Women By Margret Hovanec
Boomer women are about to pass yet another milestone– retirement! The first wave of women to enter the workforce in significant numbers are now leading the rush for the exits. They’re stepping out into trackless territory. This is not the end of a productive life. It can be an exciting gateway into a future that is challenging and rewarding, provided that we plan for it. Written by two successful professional women, a lawyer and a psychologist, the book explores the practical, personal and psychological issues surrounding retirement. With clear-eyed vigor and enthusiasm they look at what retirement will mean for women, and offer concrete strategies for gaining control of the retirement process. Paperback, 279 pages Published Sept. 15, 2007 by Second Story Press