商品簡介
Vernikos, a medical research scientist formerly associated with NASA's Life Sciences Division, describes how she discovered that weightlessness caused astronauts' bodies to degenerate in levels usually seen in elderly people and connects this to the effects of sedentary lifestyles, showing how general readers can improve their health through everyday activities that use gravity. She argues that frequent, low intensity stimuli throughout the day, every day, are better that exercising at the gym. She details research on gravity deprivation syndrome, the effects of staying in bed, and non-exercise activity, then outlines an action plan involving activities like stretching, standing up and sitting down, stairs, balance and posture, dancing, playing a musical instrument or sport, and how to convert these activities into lifelong habits. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Joan Vernikos, PhD, is a motivational speaker and a stress expert. She is the former director of NASA's life sciences division and a member of the space studies board of the National Academy of Sciences. She is the author of The G-Connection: Harness Gravity and Reverse Aging. She lives in Culpeper, Virginia.
