Dr. Joan Vernikos
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Smart Move A Guide: NASA scientist’s surprising discoveries on how to Regain, Improve or Maintain Mobility-and Reduce the risk of Disease Without Exercise
$4.99 Quick ViewAdd to cartSmart Move A Guide: NASA scientist’s surprising discoveries on how to Regain, Improve or Maintain Mobility-and Reduce the risk of Disease Without Exercise
A guide to using gravity effectively for better health, increased energy, and improved aging. Moving in the course of living keeps your body tuned and oiled ready to respond when you need it. Simple everyday moving is the foundation of health. It's what keeps you alive and healthy. Studies show that too much sitting is killing you even if you exercise. Why isn't exercise enough? What is missing? Uninterrupted sitting means that you have taken away the frequent stimulus you need every so often. The stimulus is provided by the change in posture, your body working up in the opposite direction to the downward pull of the force of gravity. How often? As often as you can spread it out throughout the day. What hours of sitting take away are the crucial interruptions that challenging gravity by standing up often provide? Even those who exercise three to five times a week but don't move the rest of the time, are at risk and can benefit from this kind of moving. Smart Move a Guide emphasizes the importance of purposeful, efficient movements that can be done in the course of everyday activities. By making small adjustments and prioritizing movement, readers can enhance their health and prevent the debilitating effects of aging and inactivity.
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The G-Connection: Harness Gravity and Reverse Aging
$15.73 Quick ViewAdd to cartThe G-Connection: Harness Gravity and Reverse Aging
After 30 years of pioneering research with NASA, Joan Vernikos has written the first book to focus on the fundamental importance of gravity in maintaining youthful vigor. In it, she applies lessons learned from the experiences of U.S. astronauts and Soviet/Russian cosmonauts in space to ordinary people here on Earth. Highly practical, the "What You Can Do about It" section in each chapter is a comprehensive guide that will help young people, baby boomers, the elderly, and professionals make smart lifestyle choices. The G-Connection is written in down-to-earth and understandable language. Peppered with firsthand anecdotes from astronauts and interesting stories of Vernikos's own voyage of discovery, this book is both a fun and credible resource. The excitement for her work and ideas comes across clearly and is contagious. The reader finishes the book knowing what to do differently in his or her daily life to slow down or even reverse the aging process." It is a treasure trove of ideas to a geriatrician"-Harold J. Guy, M.D., Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical School, San Diego, California '' The premise is plausible and the contents thoroughly referenced and well documented. It is written in a flowing style with humor and self-assurance and with language that never patronizes the reader."
-Ralph Pelligra, M.D., NASA Ames Chief Medical Officer Moffett Field, California.$15.73