HEALTH & MEDICAL

7 Easy Ways to Get Your Health Back on Track with Dr. Michael Roizen

New York Times Bestselling Author and Wellness Expert, Dr. Michael Roizen Shows How it’s Never Too Late to Get Healthy Again

By the time spring rolls around, most Americans’ New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier and get in shape are nothing but a distant memory. Before you throw in the gym towel one last time and decide you’re too old or too out of shape, talk to New York Times bestselling author and wellness expert Dr. Roizen about how to start your do-over today!

Dr. Roizen shares his revolutionary guide for taking control of your bad habits and turning back the clock on your health. He talks about how it’s possible to reverse damage regardless of past health mistakes and share some of the ways you can revitalize your life using diet, exercise, sleep, stress management and even sex!

Some of the tips from his new book, THIS IS YOUR DO-OVER include:

  • Walk 10,000 Steps a Day, No Excuses: 10,000 steps (about 5 miles) is the magic number that will make you age more slowly, combat obesity and give you more energy every day.
  • Arrest, Ban and Imprison the “5 Food Felons”: Eliminating saturated fats, trans fats, simple sugars, simple carbs and added syrups will counteract lifelong damage that happens inside of your body while making you feel better about the outside of your body.
  • Let’s Get It On: More sex and better sex results in a longer life!
  • Build a Buddy System: Recruiting a buddy is the most important choice you can make to heal your body and reverse damage already done. We’ll tell you the secrets in recruiting the best buddy for you.

 Michael Roizen, MD, Chief Wellness Officer and Chair, Wellness Institute of the Cleveland Clinic, is a Past Chair of a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee and a former editor for six medical journals. He has published more than 165 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 100 textbook chapters, 30 editorials, and four medical books (one, a medical best-seller), and received 13 U.S. and many foreign patents. He is one of the cofounders of the website RealAge.com, and still chairs its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Roizen is also the co-author of the New York Times bestselling YOU: Owner’s Manual series of books. His latest book, THIS IS YOUR DO-OVER: The 7 Secrets to Losing Weight, Living Longer, and Getting a Second Chance at the Life You Want (Scribner), co-authored by Ted Spiker with a foreword written by Dr. Mehmet Oz, will be released on February 24, 2015. A PBS special “This Is Your Do-Over” is scheduled to air nationwide in March.

This interview is provided by the California Walnut Commission .