num_pages: 320
description: A leading proponent of a bold new approach to slowing aging details the fast-developing science of longevityand the steps we can takeat any ageto live well for longerWe all know that we agebut do you know exactly how and why ? And do you wonder what you can dowhatever your ageto slow the process so you can live well for longer?This book comprehensively answers these questions. Medical doctor and polymath scientist Kris Verburgh illuminates the biological mechanisms that make our bodies susceptible to heart attacks strokes dementia diabetes and other aging-related diseases. We learn about the crucial role of poorly functioning mitochondria shortened telomeres proteins and carbohydrates and more.Having explained the aging process at work Dr. Verburgh then provides the tools we need to slow it his scientifically backed Longevity Staircase. This simple yet innovative step-by-step method offers better health and a longer life span through nutritioncurrently our best defense in the fight against aging and disease.And with each passing day advances in biotechnologyonce the stuff of science fictionare emerging as part of the longevity code. Dr. Verburgh discusses how new types of vaccines mitochondrial DNA CRISPR proteins and stem cells may help us slow and even reverse agingnow and in the future.
language: English
title: The Longevity Code: Secrets to Living Well for Longer from the Front Lines of Science
publisher: The Experiment