What Makes THAT Good for Your Health?

The Parasympathetic Nervous System Determines the Quality of Life

by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, M.D.

ISBN978-4-7631-3039-6

223 pages / April, 2011 / 1400 yen (w/o tax)

Use medical insight to control your autonomous nervous system and stay healthy!

Description

Almost as important as the brain is the autonomous nervous system. Although its important role hasn’t always been well understood, a stable autonomous nervous system enables breathing, regulates the heartbeat and maintains the healthy condition of our bodies. Being able to control the autonomous nervous system at will would certainly allow us to stay healthy throughout life. Hiroyuki Kobayashi, a renowned doctor and the author of this book, presents concrete methods for controlling the autonomous nervous system. The book also includes numerous case studies and clear explanations. From his experience in advising top athletes and celebrities, he brings us closer to the secret of ultimate health management.

From the table of contents

– Why do women live longer than men?
– Optimize your parasympathetic system–the ultimate health management method
– Why do people catch colds between seasons?
– Walking–much better for you than jogging
– Why did 20-year-old professional golf player Ryo Ishikawa focus on how Tiger Woods walks?
– How imbalances in the autonomous nervous system affect immunity
– For constipation try a cup of water first thing in the morning
– Sleepy after meals? It’s about how you eat
– Is it better to exercise in the morning or the evening?
– Change your breathing to change your body right now

From the editor

Hiroyuki Kobayashi reads three sports newspapers every day. When I asked him why, he said, “The comments from athletes provide hints about the autonomous nervous system.” This is why the book includes case studies of athletes, making for exciting reading. Another amazing aspect of this book is that, by explaining the balance of the autonomous nervous system, it answers all the questions people have about why certain practices are healthy. This book contains invaluable, eye-opening information. I recommend it wholeheartedly.

Author

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, M.D.

Hiroyuki Kobayashi is a lecturer at the Juntendo University School of Medicine and is also the official sports doctor of the Japan Sports Association. He was born in 1960 in Saitama Prefecture. In 1987, he graduated from the Juntendo University School of Medicine. After completing his doctoral degree in pediatric surgery at the Juntendo University Graduate School of Medical Research in 1992, he worked at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (associated with University College London), the Trinity University Medical Research Center, and a national hospital in Ireland before becoming a lecturer and assistant professor at the Juntendo University School of Medicine.
Over the course of 20 years of research on surgery (including transplantation surgery), immunity, internal organs, nerves, water, and sports drinks, he became acutely aware of the importance of balance in the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. He has used this knowledge to help many top athletes and celebrities alike condition their bodies and improve performance.
Dr. Kobayashi has appeared on many health programs on TV, including Medical Knowledge for All Households on TV Asahi. He is known for giving medical explanations that are easy for the layman to understand.