March 2007

Dr. Plasker releases '100‑Year Lifestyle' book

International wellness expert and veteran chiropractor Eric Plasker will release his first book this month.

Scheduled to be in major bookstores across the nation, "The 100‑Year Lifestyle: Dr. Plasker's Breakthrough Solution for Living Your Best Life ‑‑ Every Day of Your Life" offers readers a total‑life plan for increasing both the quality and quantity of their years.

Endorsed by numerous chiropractic leaders, notables such as Jack LaLanne, Usher, Stedman Graham, Barbara DeAngelis, Ivan Misner (BNI), and Mark Victor Hansen, as well as fitness institutions like Gold's Gym International and the American Council on Exercise, this book promises to be a best seller both inside and outside the chiropractic profession.

The ground‑breaking book is based on Dr. Plasker's wellness system, taught at The Family Practice seminars. It explores ways to extend lifespan and live life to the fullest and promotes lifetime chiropractic care.

Centenarians are one of the world's fastest‑growing segments of the population, and people are far more likely to reach this milestone today than ever before. Anyone who is 40 years of age today could live to be 100 years old, and their grandchildren even longer than that.

However, the problem is that few of the 450,000 centenarians now alive expected to live that long, and most simply weren't prepared for it. Since they didn't know how to care for themselves to prepare for and enjoy this marathon, many of them are now living with physical, financial, emotional and spiritual difficulties, Plasker explains.

Things can be different for future centenarians, who now have access to information about The 100‑Year Lifestyle.

"If you knew you were going to live to be 100, how would you change your life this year?" Plasker asks. The advice contained in "The 100‑Year Lifestyle" enables people to make the most of their remaining years through a unique, total‑life program that addresses health, diet, nutrition, exercise, mental agility, creativity, finances, friends and family, work, community, and achieving a sense of purpose. Readers can also customize the 100‑Year Lifestyle to suit their specific goals and dreams.

One of Plasker's goals is to raise awareness that people are more responsible for their aging fate than their genes.

According to a study by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, just 30% of aging is based on genetic heritage while 70% is attributed to lifestyle choices.

Inspirational accounts of real people who broke destructive patterns and overcame adverse situations help readers grasp the book's theme of aiming for progress over perfection.

Advising against quick fixes, Plasker argues that consistent change over a lifetime results in the long‑term transformation necessary for a quality extended lifespan. This preventative, "non‑crisis" approach helps support the body and mind to function at its maximum potential for optimum personal gain. The 100‑Year Lifestyle shows readers how to not only survive, but thrive right into their second century, and learn to accept this gift of time not with reluctance, but a sense of opportunity.

"Like it or not, the odds of you living longer are increasing every day," he says. "Embracing these principles will ensure that you enjoy a sensational century!"

The 100‑Year Lifestyle program has already been introduced to the public through chiropractic offices around the country and offers a new dimension to chiropractic care that can significantly increase patient volume. In fact, doctors who implemented it in 2006 reported a combined increase of more than $2 million per month in revenues.

Plasker is the founder of The Family Practice, a coaching, training and practice management company helping doctors build successful lifetime family wellness practices. A graduate of Life Chiropractic College and former owner of two highly successful family practices, he has been featured on the Discovery Channel's "Forever Young" and Connecting with Kids television network. He has shared the stage with such luminaries as Drs. Barbara De Angelis, Wayne Dyer, and Andrew Weil.

For more information on the 100‑Year Lifestyle program and book, visit www.100yearlifestyle.com or go to www.thefamilypractice.net to learn more about The Family Practice seminars and coaching programs.