Using stories and examples, the authors guide us through our bodies at the cellular level, showing how lifestyle choices affect the biochemistry of disease, aging, and oxidative stress, thus affecting human longevity and health span. Mitochondria, telomeres, longevity genes, adult stem cells, and cell protection mechanisms keep us healthy for many decades, but they are not infinitely renewable. Say NO to Aging explains how the diseases of aging set in, eroding our health. Say NO to Aging introduces readers to nitric oxide (NO)—a tiny, but immensely important molecule that replenishes our non-renewable life resources and rejuvenates the blood vessels, heart, metabolism, and brain.
Nitric Oxide (NO) is a gas that does important work in our bodies. Despite being a free radical - something with an unpaired electron - it's reactive and useful. In your heart and blood vessels, it's a major player. It's like a traffic controller for your blood, helping control blood pressure and the flow. How? By easing the walls of your blood vessels, making them wider for better blood flow. Keeping this going is key to a healthy heart and staying young. Over in your nervous system, it's like a messenger carrying memory and behavior instructions. Are you fighting an illness? Nitric oxide helps increase your immune function, fighting bugs and viruses.
The book discusses several supplements you can use to boost nitric oxide such as fish oil and vitamin C. It will also assist you in knowing which ones not to take.
We can delay aging with easy, yet powerful, lifestyle changes. Drs. Levine provide detailed recommendations on food choices, diets, exercise, and stress reduction practices. They explain how these changes slow the aging process—and protect us against many chronic and lethal diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Say No To Aging shows how a Mediterranean diet consisting of healthy fats, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, and sea food will increase life expectancy. Here are four drinks that will directly boost nitric oxide: red wine, oolong tea, fruit & vegetable juice, and cocoa drinks. The book contains numerous other food and drink suggestions.
It contains so many more topics about increasing your nitric oxide and mortality. Some of these are how to increase nitric oxide through breathing, cellular respiration, amino acids, L- arginine, aerobic exercise, antioxidant protection, and how to boost NO bioavailability. The authors show how modern science has incorporated ancient wisdom that first posited an active life lived in harmony and moderation is the healthiest possible choice that says NO to aging. Book and eBook Versions are Available
