Lifespan: Why We Age-and Why We Don’t Have To Audiobook (Free)

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A paradigm-shifting reserve from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.

It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to trust about aging is usually wrong? What if we could select our lifespan?

Within this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Sinclair, leading globe authority on genetics and durability, reveals a about Life expectancy: Why We Age-and Why We Don’t Have To bold fresh theory for why we age. As he writes: “Aging is an illness, which disease is treatable.”

This eye-opening and provocative work takes us towards the frontlines of research that’s pushing the boundaries on our perceived scientific limitations, revealing incredible breakthroughs—many from Dr. David Sinclair’s own laboratory at Harvard—that demonstrate how we can decelerate, or even invert, aging. The key is activating recently uncovered vitality genes, the descendants of an ancient genetic survival circuit that is both the cause of aging and the main element to reversing it. Latest experiments in hereditary reprogramming claim that in the near future we may not just be able to feel young, but actually become younger.

Through a page-turning narrative, Dr. Sinclair invites you in to the process of scientific finding and reveals the rising technologies and simple lifestyle changes—such as intermittent fasting, cool exposure, working out with the proper intensity, and eating less meat—which have been shown to help us live youthful and healthier for much longer. At once a roadmap when planning on taking charge of our very own health future and a daring new vision for the future of humankind, Life expectancy will forever transformation the way we think about why we age group and what we can do about it.