Mike Moreno - The 17 Day Plan to Stop Aging

ALSO BY DR. MIKE MORENO

The 17 Day Diet

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This book is dedicated to my loving and supportive family and friends, to my incredible patients who inspire me every day, and to the millions of people around the world who used The 17 Day Diet as a springboard to reclaim their health and vitality. I am so proud of each and every one of you who empowered yourself to lose weight. It brings me such honor and joy to know that I played a role in your success.

This publication contains the opinions and ideas of its author. It is intended to provide helpful and informative material on the subjects addressed in the publication. It is sold with the understanding that the author and publisher are not engaged in rendering medical, health, or any other kind of personal professional services in the book. The reader should consult his or her medical, health, or other competent professional before adopting any of the suggestions in this book or drawing inferences from it.

The author and publisher specifically disclaim all responsibility for any liability, loss, or risk, personal or otherwise, which is incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents of this book.

In addition, names and identifying details of most of the patients portrayed in this book have been changed.

I appreciate Maggie Greenwood-Robinson and Lisa Clark for their contribution to this book. Id also like to thank the many people who were instrumental in bringing this project to life and the entire amazing team at Free Press, for their passion, creativity, and dedication. I sincerely hope that the information within these pages will help millions of people live longer, happier, healthier lives. Its never too late to start paving the way to 100 happy, healthy years!

Every year, every month, every day, every hour, every minute, down to every single second that you are alive, you are getting older. Your body is probably undergoing age-related changes that all too often lead to less energy, painful joints, droopy skin, unsightly wrinkles, graying or thinning hair, and overall declining health. But what if I told you that getting older and the physical process of aging dont have to be so closely entwined? And what if you had the power to slow down the aging of your body systems... so much so that you could actually live to see, and more importantly, enjoy your 100th birthday, or beyond? Allow me to explain.

I have a different way of looking at health and longevity: one that is organized according to the way your body is organized, and that is by body systems. By body systems I mean the networks of organs and tissues that work together to keep you aliveyour circulatory system, nervous system, respiratory system, immune system, reproductive system, and so forth. The systems in your body typically begin to decline at around age 20, a piece of knowledge given to us by the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Focus on the well-being of those systemsand the lifestyle changes you can make to postpone their agingand youre on your way to living 100 healthy years.

As a family practice physician, I like to zero in on all of those different body systems early, before someone even has symptoms, so I can identify the risk factors that may affect a person. Then its my job to intervene before the person develops a particular disease.

All of our body systems are interrelated in fascinating ways, many of which Ill discuss in this book. So, if you take care of even a few body systems, all the systems benefit, and your reward is rejuvenated health and longevity.

Even in advanced age, some body systems can still remain robust with the right treatment. The disease-free heart, for example, can actually get stronger with age; in a person free of heart disease, especially one who exercises regularly, the cardiac output is just about the same in old age as it is in a younger person.

The lungs, on the other hand, lose their elasticity, making it harder to fill them with as much air as when they were young. Joints stiffen as we get older. Exercise, however, can increase the lungs capacity and counteract stiffness, both of which make a huge difference in your well-being. In other words, getting off your butt nowno matter what age you arecan make all the difference in how your body ages for years to come.

Ill start you on the longevity road by showing you how to restore your primary systems: your heart (circulatory), lungs (respiratory), and brain (nervous). I call them primary because theyre the ones most responsible for keeping you alive. Your heart beats, your lungs breathe, and your brain, well, it controls just about everything in your body. Plus, theyre the most susceptible to factors that cause aging. Thus, the initial work of anti-aging must start with these systems, in what I call Cycle 1: Restore . Ill give you simple but health-changing strategies and prescriptions to help you restore those systems, stop health problems before they start, and begin to feel better right away. And by right away, I mean in 17 days flat.

Next, Ill introduce you to the secondary systems of the body: your immune, digestive, endocrine, and musculoskeletal systems. Theyre support systems, governed by your primary systems. Much of what keeps you well and vital is found in how healthy these support systems are. They protect you, give you energy, and contribute to your overall well-being. It takes a number of strategies to rebuild, or shore up, these systems, and youll learn how to do that in Cycle 2: Rebuild .

Cycle 3: Refine focuses on fine-tuning your subsystems: the delicate reproductive (male and female) and urinary systems. When these systems are working at their peak, youll feel sexy, vibrant, and really at the top of your game. Ive got several measures to help you refine these systems so you can be all that you deserve to be, every single day.

Finally, I offer Cycle 4: Renew . Its designed to help you create harmony between your health, your environment, and your lifestyle. The steps you take in this final cycle will also protect the progress youve made in the first three cycles.

Some of you may need to work through all four cycles; others may need to work on fewer. It all depends on your current state of health. And how do you gauge that? For every system of the body, Ive developed 14-point assessments to help you. Youll instantly find out where you stand on the road to 100 happy, healthy years. Dont skip the assessments; your scores tell you which aspects of your health you must concentrate on to maximize your longevity.

There are also 17-day plans for each cycle. These plans tell you exactly what to do each day to start transforming your systems. Folks, this is a no-brainer, no-guesswork deal that gets you on your way toward that magic, but achievable, number: 100.

Ill be candid here. I used to think I didnt want to live to be 100. I feared that I might be chained to a wheelchair or hospital bed, with no real quality of life. Then again, when I was 25 years old I wasnt particularly keen on reaching my present age of 43, imagining that 43 was pretty darn old. Now I know better. There is still so much to live for, especially when I know that I can be living for it in a healthy and comfortable way.