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Choose Your Age: Unlocking the Cellular Science of Longevity (ePub eBook)

eBook by Lemaitre, Jean-Marc/Haslam, Bronwyn

Choose Your Age: Unlocking the Cellular Science of Longevity (ePub eBook)

£18.99

ISBN:
9781778403057
Publication Date:
07 Apr 2026
Publisher:
Greystone Books
Pages:
224 pages
Format:
eBook
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Choose Your Age: Unlocking the Cellular Science of Longevity (ePub eBook)

Description

In this groundbreaking manual for longevity, leading longevity expert Jean-Marc Lemaitre reveals how the latest science can help you measure, slow, and even reverse biological aging at a cellular level.For generations, we've accepted aging as an inevitable decline, measuring our years by birthdays while ignoring the more crucial metricour biological age. Traditional medicine continues to treat the symptoms of age-related diseases rather than addressing their root cause: cellular aging itself. Too often, healthcare systems intervene only after disease has taken hold, managing decline rather than preventing it.In Choose Your Age, Jean-Marc Lemaitrea renowned biogerontologist (a scientist of biological aging and age-related diseases)presents a revolutionary alternative: a personalized, proactive approach to longevity that targets the fundamental mechanisms of aging before disease begins.This is not speculation or trendy biohackingit's cutting-edge science: a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy for extending not just lifespan but healthspan, the years you spend free from disease and decline. Lemaitre's approach isn't prescriptive but educational, empowering you to understand the science of aging so you can make informed decisions about your health journey. In Choose Your Age, readers will discover:O Why your chronological age is often misleading, and how new biological clocks can measure your true physiological agerevealing whether you're aging faster or slower than your peers.O How telomeres, the protective caps on your chromosomes, influence aging, and what practical steps can help maintain their length and integrity.O The revolutionary science of epigenetic reprogramming that could transform medicine's approach to aging by actually reversing cellular age.O Why the Mediterranean diet and specific fasting protocols can dramatically impact longevity, and how to adapt these approaches to your unique biochemistry.O How the lifestyles of centenarians in the world's Blue Zones offer practical insights for extending your own healthspan.O The emerging potential of senolytic therapies, metformin, and rapamycin in targeting senescent zombie cells that accelerate aging.O Why social connections, optimism, and time in nature are as crucial to longevity as any medical interventionand how to incorporate them into your life.Choose Your Age provides a new paradigm for thinking about aging, transforming it from an inevitable decline into a manageable process that you can influence at every stage of life. With this roadmap in hand, you can chart a different course for your futureone where each decade brings not just more years, but better ones.

Contents

Introduction: In Search of Lost Time Part I: Chronological Age and Biological Age 1. How Old Are You Really? 2. The Mechanisms of Aging 3. Is Aging Reversible? 4. Assessing Your True Age Part II: New Frontiers in Longevity 5. What Does Life Expectancy Really Mean? 6. Years of Life Gained 7. Healthy Years Gained 8. Will We All Be Immortal Tomorrow? Part III: Influencing Your Biological Clock 9. Blue Zones 10. The Blue Zone Model Part IV: Innovations in the Works 11. Caloric Restriction Mimetics 12. Bacteria as Medicine 13. Transfusions of "Young" Blood 14. Telomerase Therapy 15. Boosting Our Immune System 16. Transient Reprogramming Conclusion: Longevity Medicine-A Novel Form of Health Care Acknowledgments Translator's Acknowledgments Notes

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