50 Forever

Tom Aldrich writes from Phoenix, AZ:

Here's a book for all of us "old" guys--now remember, today's 50 is
yesterday's 35 (or something like that). At any rate, the book perked my
interest. A friend gave it to me as I continue on my way down the never-
ending path of trying to diet and lose weight. Everyone keeps telling me
that the key is to change one's lifestyle. Easier said than done.

Best Regards, Tom A


Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond
(Hardcover)
by Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge

Book Description:

Turn back your biological clock. A breakthrough book for men--as much fun to read as it is persuasive--Younger Next Year draws on the very latest science of aging to show how men 50 or older can become functionally younger every year for the next five to ten years, and continue to live like
fifty-year-olds until well into their eighties. To enjoy life and be
stronger, healthier, and more alert. To stave off 70% of the normal decay
associated with aging (weakness, sore joints, apathy), and to eliminate over 50% of all illness and potential injuries. This is the real thing, a program that will work for anyone who decides to apply himself to "Harry's Rules."

Harry is Henry S. Lodge, M.D., a specialist in internal medicine and
preventive healthcare. Chris Crowley is Harry's 70-year-old patient who's
stronger today (and skiing better) than when he was 40. Together, in
alternating chapters that are lively, sometimes outspoken, and always
utterly convincing, they spell out Harry's Rules and the science behind
them. The rules are deceptively simple: Exercise Six Days a Week. Eat What You Know You Should. Connect to Other People and Commit to Feeling Passionate About Something. The science, simplified and demystified, ranges from the molecular biology of growth and decay to how our bodies and minds evolved (and why they fare so poorly in our sedentary, all-feast no-famine culture). The result is nothing less than a paradigm shift in our view of aging.

Welcome to the next third of your life--train for it, and you'll have a ball.