Age-Proof Your Body

Age-Proof Your Body
Your Complete Guide to Looking and Feeling Younger
Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D.

16 CPEU or CE hours

Course: $108
Includes book & CE exam

CE exam only: $88
"Download on demand" available

Description
Using the most up-to-date findings, nutrition expert Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., illustrates easy, everyday ways to:

Reduce the signs and symptoms of aging Increase energy and metabolism

Improve strength, endurance, and vitality

Protect vision

Fight age-related disease—and turn back the hands of time

Filled with helpful self-assessment test, worksheets, snack and meal ideas, and fitness plans, this is the only book health professionals need to sort out the facts from the fiction, conquer the effects of aging, and renew your passion for living. With a few simple lifestyle changes, your clients will look younger, think sharper, and feel healthier—for life!

Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 0071462643
ISBN-13: 9780071462648
Format: Paperback, 400pp
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Edition Number: 2
Pub date: 2006

Content
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Before You Begin This Book
Part 1. Reclaiming Your Vitality
Chapter 1. What IS This Thing Called Aging?
Chapter 2. How Does Aging Happen?
Chapter 3. Exploring Vitality
Chapter 4. Stack the Deck Against Aging
Chapter 5. Antiaging Potions
Chapter 6. Proaging Foods and Substances: What You Should Avoid to Stay Young
Chapter 7. The Antiaging Diet
Chapter 8. The Antiaging Fitness Program
Part 2. Avoiding the Diseases of Aging
Chapter 9. Your Defense System Against Aging
Chapter 10. How to Prevent the Diseases of Aging
Chapter 11. Thinking Clearly, Remembering When…
Part 3. Use Experience to Master Aging
Chapter 12. Middle-Age Spread
Chapter 13. Menopause: A Change for the Better
Chapter 14. Can Diet Improve Your Love Life?
Part 4. Beyond Diet and Exercise
Chapter 15. Mind over Aging
Chapter 16. The World Around You A Final Word
Appendix A. A Week’s Worth of Antiaging Meals
Appendix B. Antiaging Recipes
Appendix C. Antiaging Superfoods
Resources. Organizations, Books, and Related Materials
Selected References
Index

Book author
Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., is a registered dietitian and the author of eight nutrition books. An advisor to Shape and Prevention magazines, she appears frequently on NBC’s “Today” and other national television shows.

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
2100 Nutritional biochemistry
3000 Nutrition assessment & Diagnosis
3005 Nutrition Diagnosis
4000 Wellness and public health
4010 Community intervention, monitoring, and evaluation
4030 Dietary guidelines, DRIs, Food Guide Pyramid, food labeling
4040 Disease prevention
5100 Elderly