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COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION THE LIFE EXTENSION FOUNDATION SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD INTRODUCTION PART I

CHAPTER 1

THE PROMISE OF ANTI-AGING MEDICINE DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE THE AGING YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIRROR WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SLOW AGING? THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED

CHAPTER 2

STRESSED FOR SUCCESS THE IDEAL BALANCE BETWEEN DHEA AND CORTISOL THE DANGERS OF EXCESS CORTISOL DHEA: THE ANTIDOTE TO STRESS AND AGING DHEA AS A TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION BEYOND STRESSED: ADRENAL EXHAUSTION WHO NEEDS DHEA REPLACEMENT THERAPY? WHO SHOULD NOT TAKE DHEA BEYOND DHEA REPLACEMENT

CHAPTER 3

HORMONAL ATROPHY LEADS TO AGING HORMONE MODULATION FOR MORE YOUTHFUL BODIES I. WORKING WITH THE FEMALE HORMONE SYSTEM WHAT PROGESTERONE CAN DO FOR YOU ESTROGEN KEEPS YOU YOUNG MINIMAL INTERVENTION FOR MAXIMAL BENEFIT NATURAL ALTERNATIVES TO ESTROGEN TESTOSTERONE THERAPY FOR WOMEN SUCCESSFUL HORMONE MODULATION II. MALE HORMONE MODULATION TESTOSTERONE’S ROLE IN SLOWING AGING HORMONES AND PROSTATE HEALTH SUMMING IT UP

CHAPTER 4

I. THYROID: THE METABOLIC ACTIVATOR HIDDEN HORMONE DEFICIENCIES ANTI-AGING BENEFITS OF THYROID REPLACEMENT II. GROWTH HORMONE: THE ULTIMATE ANTI-AGING HORMONE ADDING GROWTH HORMONE TO AN ANTI-AGING PROTOCOL POWERFUL AGENTS FOR CHANGE

CHAPTER 5

THE AGING BRAIN PRESERVING PEAK BRAIN FUNCTION FOR LIFE YOUR BRAINPOWER PROGRAM SMART DRUGS AN ADVANCED COGNITIVE AND ANTI-AGING PROTOCOL

PART II

CHAPTER 6

THE CASE AGAINST FREE RADICALS OXIDATIVE STRESS HASTENS THE AGING PROCESS REDUCING EXPOSURE TO FREE RADICALS PROTECTING AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS THE ESSENTIAL ANTIOXIDANTS THE ANTIOXIDANTS YOUR BODY MAKES THE ANTIOXIDANTS YOU DON’T NEED TO TAKE ARE YOU GETTING SUFFICIENT PROTECTION? MAXIMIZING ANTIOXIDANTS IN YOUR DIET PROTECTING YOUR SKIN FROM PREMATURE AGING

CHAPTER 7

INFLAMMATION AS A HIDDEN CAUSE OF DISEASE INFLAMMATION CAN ALSO HELP YOU FINDING THE SMOKING GUN NSAIDS: BUILDING THE CASE AGAINST INFLAMMATION HOW INFLAMMATION DRIVES DISEASE HOW YOU CAN USE THIS EMERGING RESEARCH TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH TODAY TRACKING INFLAMMATION WITH BLOOD TESTS THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET THE CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR HEART AND YOUR GUMS REDUCING INFLAMMATION CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE

CHAPTER 8

WHAT IS METHYLATION? THE DANGERS OF HOMOCYSTEINE WHERE DOES CHOLESTEROL FIT IN? HOW WELL ARE YOU METHYLATING? DOES CHOLESTEROL EVEN MATTER? KEEPING TRACK OF THE BIG PICTURE

CHAPTER 9

DIABETES-RELATED DAMAGE IS LARGELY DUE TO GLYCATION LIMITING SUGAR CONSUMPTION CAN SLOW GLYCATION NATURE’S ANTIGLYCATION THERAPY ANTIGLYCATION DRUG THERAPIES BEATING DISEASE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL

PART III

CHAPTER 10

UNDERSTANDING YOUR TEST RESULTS I. TESTING HORMONE LEVELS II. TESTING FOR REVERSIBLE RISK FACTORS III. BLOOD CHEMISTRY WHEN TO DO YOUR TESTING

CHAPTER 11

STEP ONE: STARTING WITH THE BASICS STEP TWO: ENHANCING BRAINPOWER STEP THREE: RESTORING HORMONE BALANCE STEP FOUR: CORRECTING REVERSIBLE RISK FACTORS GETTING TO THE PAYOFF

CHAPTER 12

PARTNER UP THE ANTI-AGING DIET EXERCISE SMARTER, NOT HARDER COUNTERING THE AGING EFFECTS OF STRESS SLEEP AND AGING MAKING IT STICK

PART IV

CHAPTER 13

EATING LESS, LIVING LONGER IS CALORIE RESTRICTION FOR YOU? CAN WE REWRITE THE GENETIC PROGRAM FOR AGING? AUTHENTIC ANTI-AGING THERAPIES ARE ON THE HORIZON

CHAPTER 14

THERAPEUTIC CLONING VERSUS REPRODUCTIVE CLONING WHY DO WE NEED IMMORTAL CELLS? THE PROMISE OF THERAPEUTIC CLONING ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH FIGHTING FOR PROGRESS

CHAPTER 15

SUSPENDING TIME UNTIL CURES CAN BE FOUND BEYOND THE SCIENCE: IS IT ETHICAL? TECHNOLOGY TO SAVE THE LIVING ARE WE PLAYING GOD? THE NATURE OF PROGRESS

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