Spring chicken
Subtitle: stay young forever (or die trying)
By: Bill Gifford
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print lifestyles; Thorndike large print lifestyles
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9781410480750
Subjects: Longevity; Aging; Self-care, Health; Rejuvenation; Large type books
Description: Offers a broad examination of the subject of longevity, looking at the current scientific understanding of aging, as well as simple things people can do to promote longevity and common myths, misconceptions, and scams on the subject.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-557).
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the elixir; title: Brothers; title: The age of aging; title: The fountain of youthiness; title: Yours sincerely, wasting away; title: How to live to 108 without really trying; title: The heart of the problem; title: Baldness as metaphor; title: The lives of our cells; title: Phil vs. fat; title: Pole vaulting into eternity; title: Starving for immortality; title: What doesn't kill you; title: Fast forward; title: Who moved my keys?; title: Epilogue: the death of death; title: Appendix: things that might work.