True Age: Cutting-Edge Research to Help Turn Back the Clock - Hardcover

Levine PhD, Morgan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593329287 ISBN 13: 9780593329283

Verlag: Avery, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Cutting-edge research shows how to determine and decrease your true biological age.

What if there was a way to measure our biological age? And what if there were strategies to slow down—or even reverse—the aging process? The answers to these questions lie at the heart of the groundbreaking work Dr. Morgan Levine is doing in her lab at Yale.

True Age introduces readers to the latest developments in the science of aging and longevity. It provides an in-depth understanding of biological age and the methods now available to estimate our own. It helps us target an individualized plan to eat, exercise, and sleep, as well as pointing to other lifestyle practices like intermittent fasting and caloric restriction that have been shown to slow or reverse the aging process.

The goal is to guide every reader toward a personal regimen to keep them as youthful as possible—both inside and out—with low risk, data-driven biohacking. The book gives readers and their doctors unprecedented ways to identify their personalized aging process and increase not only their lifespan but also then their healthspan.

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Morgan Levine is a founding Principal Investigator at Altos Labs. Prior to joining the record-breaking start-up, she was a ladder rank professor at Yale University. Her research focuses on the science of biological aging, specifically using bioinformatics to quantify the aging process and test how lifestyle and pharmaceutical interventions alter the rate of aging. As a leading voice in the field of aging and longevity science, she has been featured in media outlets such as CNN, The Guardian, Time, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, the BBC, and many more. She also appeared in the DocuSeries by Netflix and Goop, alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, which was released in early 2020.

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As you walk toward the doors of a gymnasium that you vaguely recognize, your hand clasps tightly around your partner's. The early summer heat isn't entirely to blame for your sweaty palms, and you feel your nerves and excitement begin to rise, your heartbeat pounding along with the crescendo sounds of a drumbeat emanating from the open doors. Just outside, a woman sits at a foldout table handing out name tags. As you approach, she smiles, glances at her list, and hands you the white sticker with your name printed neatly on it. "How are you? I am so glad you made it!" she says. "I'm good," you reply reflexively. "It's great to see you too. This should be a fun evening!" As you utter the words, you hope it'll be true-after all, it's your thirtieth high school reunion.

As you enter the gym that is currently masquerading as a ballroom, your eyes slowly adjust to the dim lighting. In front of you are dozens of people talking, laughing, drinking, and a few quickly catching your eye as they assess the newcomers to the party. You can identify many of them, but others cast only a flicker of recognition across your mind-faces you're sure you have seen before but can't quite place. Just to your right, however, is a woman you would know anywhere. She is dancing exuberantly with a small group as they laugh and attempt not to spill the contents of the drinks they are clutching. It is Maggie, and aside from the hairstyle, she hasn't changed a bit over the past three decades!

As you start walking over to say hello, you feel someone tap your shoulder. When you turn around, there is a man in front of you, grinning-his arms held up in a Hey, it's me gesture. "Wow!" he says "It is so great to see you! I can't believe it has been so long." Suddenly those nerves you felt earlier in the evening are back. You cannot place the face that is smiling back at you. This man who is probably just shy of fifty years old doesn't resemble any of your former teenaged friends. Thankfully you remember that everyone is wearing a name tag-likely for this exact purpose. You quickly steal a glance down at his. "Wow, Doug! I can't believe it's you . . . You look great!" You hope you are better at lying than name recall, and for a second you worry that the reason you couldn't remember Doug's name was because of some sort of age-related memory loss. No, that's crazy, you realize. You're not even fifty. You are healthy as can be, and besides, that won't ever happen to you . . . Or will it?

Suddenly you're struck with the alarming realization that there are surely people in this room that it will happen to, and perhaps in the not too distant future. Of your two hundred classmates there tonight, statistics predict that only half of you will survive the next thirty years. Who will make it to a sixtieth reunion? What will you be like if you make it? Will you have more stories to share of loss or narrowly won battles against disease? Will Maggie be dancing as if nothing has changed except perhaps the absence of some much missed friends?

As you scan the room, you realize that you can make a few educated guesses about who will be in attendance. Even though you're only in middle age, it's clear that some trajectories have already started to diverge, accelerating toward the destiny that awaits all of us. Yet for others, time seems to have mysteriously stalled shortly after graduation. Where do you fit? Will you be one of the lucky ones? And is there anything within your power you can do to ensure you see this gymnasium again through the eyes of your eighty-year-old self?

Biological Versus Chronological Age

Most of us know how many years, and perhaps even how many days, have passed since we were born. But is chronological age really just a number? Deep down, do you know how old-or better yet, how young-you really are? We have all thought about it. As humans, we are innately aware of the changes that seem to coincide with every passing year. We know mortality is imminent and that something about aging slowly draws us toward it.

Time appears to have an inevitable impact on our bodies, our minds, and perhaps even our identity. But while aging is universal, the continuous march of time doesn't intrude on all of us equally. The fleeting years are harsher for some, bringing with them disease, impairment, and loss. For others, the passing of time is only evidenced by the smooth creases at the corners of their eyes, or the indelible remnants of past smiles. The explanation? We all age at different rates and in different ways. While our chronological age may increase at a constant and universal rate, signified by the number of candles on our birthday cake, the same cannot be said for our biological age, or what I like to call our True Age. And it is this age that we need to pay better attention to.

Biological age-not chronological age-is what underlies the changes we see in the mirror. The changes we feel as we rise out of bed each morning. The changes that cause most of the diseases and conditions that plague living creatures as they grow old. We have been conditioned to care about our chronological age. To hide it or feel ashamed of it. But the opposite should be true. Our chronological age is a badge of honor. It represents our accomplishments, memories, and the moments spent with loved ones. It captures all the beautiful things that make life worth living. But the best, and perhaps only, way to truly earn more chronological years is by taking up arms against its unfortunate companion-biological age. Luckily, both nature and science have shown us that this is possible to a degree, and that in many ways, you hold the key.

Why Aging Really Matters

People often ask me how I became interested in aging. My mother is a professor who studies public policy and works toward improving health outcomes and quality of life for older adults. Her research and outreach help to build safety nets for those whose biological age has rendered them vulnerable to physical, social, and cognitive threats. While this likely influenced my career, I think it was my father and my circumstances growing up that motivated me to dedicate my life to the science of biological aging. As far back as I can remember, I've been fixated on the inevitability of mortality and the realities of growing old. My father was fifty-four when I was born-a retired actor who embraced the role of stay-at-home dad. While he was always active and vibrant, I knew at a young age that he was different from my friends' fathers. When most kids weren't yet contemplating a world without their parents, at seven or eight I was already consumed with the fear that my father might not be around to see me graduate from high school or college, walk me down the aisle at my wedding, or meet his grandchildren. Much to my relief, my father was able to be there for all of these things, including seeing me earn a PhD and be offered my dream job as a professor at Yale University in the School of Medicine. In fact, my father remained in fairly good health for most of his life, up until losing his battle with stomach cancer at the age of eighty-six, two days before I moved from Los Angeles to New Haven to start my position at Yale-a job focused on studying the science of aging.

Most would agree that my father's survival to the age of eighty-six in relatively good health qualifies as a success. But I often find myself lying in bed and contemplating what I wouldn't give to have ten, five, or even one more good year with him. I imagine this is a sentiment shared by most people who lose loved ones to tragic diseases like cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, or Alzheimer's disease. These surprise losses feel beyond our control. When my dad received his cancer diagnosis, I felt helpless. Yes, we can turn to medical professionals in the hope that some treatment may prolong our loved...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Avery
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0593329287
• ISBN 13: 9780593329283
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
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