The Immortality Edge: Realize the Secrets of Your Telomeres for a Longer, Healthier Life - Hardcover

Fossel, Michael; Blackburn, Greta; Woynarowski, Dave

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470873906 ISBN 13: 9780470873908

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Based on Nobel Prize-winning genetic research-a simple plan to keep your telomeres healthy for better health and longevity Telomeres play an important role in protecting our chromosomes from critical damage. The shortening of the telomere disrupts vital cellular function and promotes the previously seemingly inevitable onset of aging and various diseases, including cancer and Alzheimer's. Drawing from the groundbreaking discoveries about telomeres that won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine, this book includes a highly prescriptive program that shows you how to live longer by slowing telomere shortening and rejuvenating your cells through relatively simple alterations in nutrition habits and other lifestyle changes. Written by authors with extensive knowledge of genetics, telomeres, and longevity Offers a simple action plan you can start using immediately Includes a revolutionary new eating plan Recommends individualized supplement programs Shares a diet and exercise approach grounded in solid scientific research The exciting recent discoveries about telomeres promise to revolutionize our approach to anti-aging much as antioxidants did ten years ago. Unlike trendy diet and fitness books with no basis in science, The Immortality Edge targets health at its innermost level by laying out a realistic, lifelong plan using easy steps that can fit into any busy schedule-steps that can improve the length and quality of your life.

About this title

About the Authors

Michael Fossel, MD, PhD, is a clinical professor of medicine at Michigan State University. Founding editor of the Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine and the author of dozens of scientific articles, he has lectured at the National Institutes of Health and the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Fossel has appeared on Good Morning America, 20/20, CNN, the BBC, and NPR. He is the author of the only medical textbook on telomeres and aging.

Greta Blackburn is the founding editor of Ms. Fitness magazine. Blackburn founded FITCAMPS, which started the fitness boot camp movement, in 1990 and has been a featured presenter and speaker at many health-related events. In 2009, she co-chaired the Manhattan Beach Project, a group of leading global scientists working to slow down the aging process.

Dave Woynarowski, MD, is one of the world's foremost authorities on supplemental nutrition physiology and telomere biology. He has been a featured speaker at conferences held by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and the Age Management Medicine Group. He owns and operates a supplement company, found at www.drdavesbest.com.

Michael Fossel, MD, PhD, is a clinical professor of medicine at Michigan State University. Founding editor of the Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine and the author of dozens of scientific articles, he has lectured at the National Institutes of Health and the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Fossel has appeared on Good Morning America, 20/20, CNN, the BBC, and NPR. He is the author of the only medical textbook on telomeres and aging.
Greta Blackburn is the founding editor of Ms. Fitness magazine. Blackburn founded FITCAMPS, which started the fitness boot camp movement, in 1990 and has been a featured presenter and speaker at many health-related events. In 2009, she co-chaired the Manhattan Beach Project, a group of leading global scientists working to slow down the aging process.
Dave Woynarowski, MD, is one of the world's foremost authorities on supplemental nutrition physiology and telomere biology. He has been a featured speaker at conferences held by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and the Age Management Medicine Group. He owns and operates a supplement company, found at www.drdavesbest.com.

From the Back Cover

Unlock the secrets of telomere research to live a longer, healthier life

"The Immortality Edge is destined to become the classic fountain-of-youth action plan. I can'twait to integrate its very practical protocols for cutting-edge supplements, meditation, and fitness today."
?Ann Louise Gittleman, New York Times bestselling author of The Fat Flush Plan and Zapped

"If you want to not only live longer but also have an improved quality of life as you age, you simply must read this book?it is the best in the field. The Immortality Edge is loaded with gems that will help you not only slow down the aging process, but also age gracefully."
?Dr. Joseph Mercola, founder of Mercola.com, the world's most visited natural health site

"For the first time ever, this book revelas the science behind the secrets in our cells with solid documentation and practical applications that everyone can follow. A realistic way for anyone to begin to feel younger?today and every day."
?Jeffry S. Life, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer of Cenegenics and author of The Life Plan

"Scientific yet simple, this book is probably as close to chicken soup for the cells as we are likely to get."
?Mark Victor Hansen, New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series

"The Immortality Edge is the first book to provide a rational blueprint for humans to achieve indefinitely extended life spans."
?William Faloon, cofounder of the Life Extension Foundation

"Science is finally closing in on the day when you can enjoy endless youth. Following the simple steps in The Immortality Edge will help get you there."
?David A. Kekich, CEO of the Maximum Life Foundation

"This remarkable book reveals the Nobel Prize?winning discoveries that allow everyday people to turn back the clock and reclaim the radiant health they thought they had lost forever. If that isn't a miracle, I don't know what is."
?Dr. Joe Vitale, author of The Attractor Factor

"Unlike so much of what is out there, The Immortality Edge offers a totally breakthrough approach that is cutting-edge and at the same time easy to understand and implement. I look forward to my 150th birthday party and skiing down a double-black-diamond hill in Aspen!"
?George Hamilton

"The holy grail of anti-aging and life extension."
?Dave Lakhani, author of Persuasion

From the Inside Flap

Based on the science behind the health breakthrough that won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine, The Immortality Edge is the book that shares the priceless secrets to your long and healthy life.

When Carol Greider, Elizabeth Blackburn, and Jack Szostak won the Nobel Prize for their pioneering research on telomeres and telomerase, few people at the time outside the scientific world understood the truly life-changing implications of their work and how their amazing discoveries could be used to slow aging and the onset of diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer. The first popular book on this huge breakthrough, The Immortality Edge translates the latest research into a highly prescriptive program that will show you how to live a longer and more vital life by protecting your telomeres.

Telomeres keep our chromosomes intact, in the manner of the plastic caps that hold the ends of shoelaces together. As cells divide and replicate, telomeres eventually shorten; when they become too short, cells die. The great news is that you can slow telomere shortening and rejuvenate your cells by making relatively simple health and lifestyle changes. This extraordinary book shows you how, step by step.

Written by authors with extensive knowledge of genetics, telomeres, and longevity, The Immortality Edge gives you a complete program that incorporates specific recommendations regarding supplements, diet, stress-reduction techniques, and exercise. For each component of the program, you'll find clear explanations of the science behind the recommendations along with guidance and advice on how to implement them. The Immortality Edge is fully backed by the most up-to-date research findings and includes:

• A two-phase supplement plan with detailed explanations and dosage information

• Techniques that will reduce stress at the cellular level, improve your concentration, and help you sleep better

• Eating guidelines to safeguard your telomeres, including the top twenty telomere-friendly foods

• Fourteen days of meal plans

• Fitness plans tailored to your own fitness level that combine interval, endurance, and resistance training advice

Long, healthy telomeres hold the key to a longer, healthier life. Start taking advantage of the Nobel Prize?winning breakthrough and give yourself the immortality edge?here and now.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470873906
• ISBN 13: 9780470873908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288