We live in a world that, just decades ago, could have been considered impossible. We carry powerful computers around in our pockets; we’ve successfully flown robots to Mars; a man has eaten 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes. It’s as if we’re living in a science fiction novel.
Given humanity’s great achievements of late, is it so crazy to believe that science could also help us live significantly longer? Indeed, recent advances in neuroscience, biology, and technology have revealed what we can do to add years to our lives—and in the five remarkable reads below, you’ll discover where to begin.
Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
By Daniel Levitin
Using research from developmental neuroscience and the psychology of individual differences, Levitin reveals resilience strategies and practical, cognitive enhancing tricks everyone should do as they age. Watch an Excerpt from Our Video E-Course
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest
By Dan Buettner
National Geographic’s Dan Buettner has traveled the globe to explore Blue Zones—places where higher percentages of people enjoy remarkably long, full lives. And here he discloses their recipe, blending a unique lifestyle formula with the latest scientific findings to inspire easy, lasting change that may add years to your life. View on Amazon
How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
By Michael Greger, with Gene Stone
From the physician behind the wildly popular Nutrition Facts website, How Not to Die reveals how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches to help prevent and reverse serious disease. View on Amazon
The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
By Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel
The Telomere Effect is the first book to explain how we age at a cellular level and how we can make simple changes to keep our chromosomes and cells healthy, allowing us to stay disease-free longer and live more vital and meaningful lives. View on Amazon
Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
By Steven Johnson
All the advances of modern life—the medical breakthroughs, the public health institutions, the rising standards of living—have doubled human life expectancy in just one hundred years. Extra Life is the story of how that happened, and how we might live even longer in the future. View Our “Book Bite” Summary
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