Age Later: Secrets of the Healthiest, Sharpest Centenarians

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Nir Barzlai, M.D., founded the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine over twenty years ago. His most fascinating study features a patient population of 600 centenarians-individuals who maintain active lives well into their 90s and 100s-and, more importantly, reached that milestone never having experienced the so-called big four: cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and cognitive decline. Dr. Barzlai identified three clusters of genetic mutations-connected to levels of cholesterol, growth hormones and peptides produced in their cells' mitochondria-that correlate to centenarians' enviable lifespan and healthspan. In Age Later, he translates those findings to news readers can use-including taking melatonin and using intermittent fasting-to mimic some of the effects of the "super agers'" genetic code.

NIR BARZILAI, M.D., is the founding Director of the Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Nathan Shock Center for Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, and discovered the first longevity gene in humans. He is also the director of the Diabetes Research and Training Center Physiology Core and the co-director of the Montefiore Hospital Diabetes Clinic.

A thoughtful take on aging that should be of interest to all concerned with the overlap between health and aging. --Library Journal "In this technical but promising book, Barzilai scrutinizes the lives of centenarians to find the key factors behind their healthy longevity. Readers who enjoy learning the science behind medical theories will be fascinated." --Booklist "Dr. Barzilai is the only person in the world who could have written this remarkable book. Not only is he a world leader in aging research, but also happens to be one of the best science communicators on the planet. Age Later will change how you think about your own life. It is easy to read, humorous, and hard to put down. I highly recommend it! --David A. Sinclair, PhD, bestselling author, Lifespan: Why We Age?and Why We Don't Have to "Many of us have been waiting for this excellent book on longevity by Dr. Nir Barzilai. Nir is one of the international leaders in the aging field and Age Later is a tour de force, compressing thirty years of top research by his group and others into an easy-to-read story on how to stay young for as long as possible." --Valter D. Longo, PhD, bestselling author of The Longevity Diet