From an acclaimed Harvard professor and one of Time's most influential people, this paradigm-shifting book shows how almost everything we think we know about aging is wrong, offers a front-row seat to the amazing global effort to slow, stop, and reverse aging, and calls readers to consider a future where aging can be treated.

For decades, experts have believed that we are at the mercy of our genes, and that natural damage to our genes—the kind that inevitably happens as we get older—makes us become sick and grow old. But what if everything you think you know about aging is wrong? What if aging is a disease—and that disease is treatable? Lifespan provides a roadmap for taking charge of our own health destiny and a bold new vision for the future when humankind is able to live to be 100 years young.

Aging Solutions is a continuation of The Kaufmann Protocol: Why we Age and How to Stop it. The first scientifically organized methodology for developing personalized longevity protocols. Following the overwhelming success of book one, Aging solutions introduces twenty-eight unique molecular agents, classified by the Kaufmann Rating system in addition to a new systems-based approach, making the process of protocol development even more user-friendly. Along the way, cutting-edge scientific discoveries are introduced leaving the reader not only educated but also entertained.

In his mid-20s, Dave Asprey was a successful entrepreneur and multimillionaire, but he weighed 300 pounds and suffered from numerous symptoms of premature aging. From then on, he did everything he could to reverse this process. After more than 20 years of research, he is already much closer to his goal of living to 180 years. With simple changes in diet, sleep, exercise and light, as well as hacks such as ozone therapy and correct jaw positioning, the body can heal and rejuvenate itself. In his new book, he presents his revolutionary approach to stopping cellular aging and turning back the biological clock.

Why sleep is so important: Prof. Dr. Matthew Walker, director of the sleep laboratory at UC Berkeley, shares his groundbreaking research findings and illustrates the enormous impact of a good night's rest. Sleep is one of the most important and at the same time most underestimated aspects of a healthy, long and happy life. Proper sleep makes us smarter, more attractive, slimmer, prevents cancer and dementia, strengthens the immune system and reduces the risk of heart attacks and diabetes.

Based on the groundbreaking study that shaved three years off a subjects' age in just eight weeks, discover a proven, accessible plan to prevent diseases and reduce your biological age. It's true: getting older is inevitable and your chronological age can only move in one direction. But you also have a biological age, which scientists can measure by assessing how your genes are expressed through epigenetics. Exciting new research shows that your bio age can actually move in reverse-and Dr. Kara Fitzgerald’s groundbreaking, rigorous clinical trial proved it’s possible. By eating delicious foods and establishing common-sense lifestyle practices that positively influence genetic expression, study participants reduced their bio age by just over three years in just eight weeks! Now Dr. Fitzgerald shares the diet and lifestyle plan that shows you how to influence your epigenetics for a younger you.

Bestselling author, longevity expert, and National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner reports on health, fitness, diet, and aging, drawing on his research from extraordinarily long-lived communities–Blue Zones–around the globe. His prescriptions for lifestyle, nutrition, outlook, and stress-coping practices will add years to your life and life to your years. The latest Blue Zone is Ikaria, Greece, where strong, sweet wine, family, and a Mediterranean diet all play a role in longer life. A long, healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. If you adopt the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are you may live up to a decade longer. In The Blue Zones, Second Edition, Buettner has blended his lifestyle formula with the latest longevity research to inspire lasting, behavioral change and add years to your life.