How to Keep Young

About the Book

The aim of this book is to give the reader a chance to prevent, delay, or even reverse the undesirable effects of aging; to instill to seniors an optimistic outlook, to give them vitality, vibrant disposition, and a happier and more rewarding life. The book includes a short history of the elixirs and fountains of youth and provides a prescription and guidelines for the amelioration of the physical and mental deterioration of old age. It gives recommendations for maintaining good health, for revising the self-perception of aging, and for accommodating a new lifestyle.

About the Author

Chrys Chryssanthou is a physician and professorial lecturer at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He received his MD from the Aristotle University, Greece. He pursued postgraduate studies in New York and attended special courses at Harvard Medical School and Hahneman Medical College. The Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico, conferred upon him the title of Professor Extraordinario and he received an honorary diploma from the Medical School of Lima, Peru. He conducted extensive medical research and published over one hundred articles in scientific journals and books. His work was internationally acclaimed and NBC-TV and Panamerican Television interviewed him on prime time. As Visiting Professor he lectured and gave courses in many Academic institutions in the US and abroad. Dr. Chryssanthou was also very active in the field of literature. He served as editor of the Greek literary periodical Pyrsos (torch) and contributed a lot of prose and poetry to books, journals, and magazines. In the last decade, he published the books Cries and Whispers and The Secret Message of the Rooster in New York. He was honored with several medals, awards, and distinctions for his scientific and literary accomplishments.