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Healing through Exercise: Scientifically-Proven Ways to Prevent and Overcome Illness and Lengthen Your Life |  | Author: Jorg Blech
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 190367
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0738212997
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.82
EAN: 9780738212999
ASIN: 0738212997
Publication Date: March 23, 2009
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In Healing Through Exercise, internationally bestselling science writer Jörg Blech sets out the actual physiological effects of exercise: it triggers the growth of new brain cells, induces stem cells in blood vessels, and reverses symptoms of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Doctors are now using exercise to combat common ailments such as heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis, and depression. Every one of us—whether a healthy athlete, a patient seeking to overcome a chronic disease, or a person desiring a longer, more mentally active life—can use the new and important information in this book. |
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General-interest and health collections will find this timely and popular June 11, 2009
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Exercise can act as good medicine, improving not just general health but specific disease conditions such as heart disease and depression. Backed by solid new science studies, HEALING THROUGH EXERCISE discusses short- and long-term benefits of exercise activities from walking to aerobics, surveying how exercise affects overall health. General-interest and health collections will find this timely and popular.
Exercise as a Cure? March 19, 2009
Linda G. Camp (MN, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We all know the benefits of exercise, right? Think again...
New scientifically proven research, as presented in HEALING THROUGH EXERCISE by Jorg Blech (the US-based science correspondent for Der Spiegel, Europe's largest weekly news magazine), shows that not only is exercise good for you, it actually cures many medical conditions, among them: heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, obesity, psychiatric disorders, learning disabilities, cognitive impairment, ADHD, chronic fatigue, and much more.
Whereas in the past, physicians urged bed rest for some types of medical conditions such as heart disease, they are now seeing that the opposite prescription (exercise) is the key to overcoming these conditions.
Besides muscular deterioration, bed rest can make it difficult to recover quickly from a condition because bed rest causes all body processes to slow. In order to perform at peak, body processes must remain active. This is one reason why exercise is so important in recovery.
In addition to being the key to health and longevity, exercise has the potential for solving some of the insurance costs associated with health coverage today. In a health care system that is spiraling out of control, I think everyone would agree that we can all live with lower health coverage costs.
Good health depends on the medical knowledge we share and the habits we adopt and instill in our children. For this reason, I believe there is no better investment in the future than to apply what we now know about exercise.
HEALING THROUGH EXERCISE would be a great addition to the library of anyone who is interested in curing a medical condition and/or in maintaining health and longevity. Beyond this, I think it would also be a good addition to the athletic departments of K-12 schools everywhere. After all, exercise and good health are learned, and should become habitual.
Motivating Book March 18, 2009
Marie (Arlington, MA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I enjoyed reading the book very much. It is easy to read and has wonderful examples. The book motivated me and my family to move around as much as possible in our daily live. Going together for a hike or a bike ride puts us all in a good mood. I like the books perspective: It is never to late to start to exercise. "Healing through Exercise" is a great message.
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