Cover
Title
Copyright
End User License Agreement
Contents
Preface
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
Balance and Lifestyle
1. INTRODUCTION
2. LIFESTYLE AND LONGEVITY
3. HEALTHY DIET
4. SMOKING
5. EXERCISE
6. OBESITY
7. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
8. STRESS
9. BLUE ZONES
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Spirituality and Balance
1. INTRODUCTION
2. CHRISTIANITY
3. ISLAMIC FAITH
4. HINDUISM
5. BUDDHISM
6. TAOISM
7. CONFUCIANISM
8. TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIONS
9. CHUMASH INDIAN RELIGION
9.1. Principles
9.2. Spanish Influence
9.3. Gold Mining Era
9.4. United States Influence
10. THE CHUMASH INDIAN RELIGION IS ILLEGAL IN THE US
10.1. First Sacred Dream
10.2. Second Sacred Dream
10.3. Third Sacred Dream
10.4. Fourth Sacred Dream
10.5. Momoy Dose
10.6. Vision Quests
10.7. Fire Tending
11. CARLOS CASTANEDA
12. PSYCHEDELIC AS A REPLACEMENT FOR SACRED MEDICINES
13. PICTOGRAPHS
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
The Family and Balance
1. INTRODUCTION
2. CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILY LIFE
3. CARING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE END OF LIFE
4. CARING FOR DEPRESSED FAMILY MEMBERS
5. CARING FOR MENTALLY ILL FAMILY MEMBERS
6. CHILD ABUSE
7. CARING FOR A CHILD WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
8. CARING FOR AN OBESE CHILD
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Immunity and Balance
1. INTRODUCTION
2. GUT HEALTH AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
3. DIET AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
4. EXERCISE AND IMMUNITY
5. ALCOHOL
6. OBESITY
7. SENESCENCE AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
8. AUTOIMMUNE AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
9. SMOKING
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
The Endocannabinoid System and Balance
1. INTRODUCTION
2. OBESITY
3. PROSTAGLANDINS AND OTHER EICOSANOIDS
4. PAIN AND CHRONIC PAIN
5. CANNABINOIDS AND ENDOCANNABINOIDS.

6. ANXIETY AND ENDOCANNABINOIDS
7. AUTISM
8. CANCER
9. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
10. TYPE 2 DIABETES
11. EPILEPSY
12. HIV/AIDS
13. IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
14. MIGRAINES
15. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
16. OSTEOARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
17. POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
18. PSORIASIS
19. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
The Antioxidant System and Balance
1. INTRODUCTION
2. HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SIGNALING
3. CATALASE
4. GLUTATHIONE
5. GLUTATHIONYLATION
6. GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE
7. GLUTAREDOXIN/THIOREDOXIN
8. PEROXIREDOXIN
9. GAMMA-GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE
10. PYROGLUTAMATE
11. ISOPROSTANES
12. VITAMIN E
13. ANTIOXIDANTS
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
The Energy Balance of the Body
1. INTRODUCTION
2. SIRTUINS
3. OBESITY
4. OXIDATIVE STRESS
5. EXERCISE
6. DIABETES
7. STEM CELLS
8. SIRTUIN INHIBITORS AND ACTIVATORS
9. POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE
10. LONGEVITY
11. NIACIN
12. NICOTINAMIDE
13. OTHER NAD PRECURSORS
14. POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE INHIBITORS
15. NADPH OXIDASE
16. NADH OXIDASE
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Subject Index
Back Cover.