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[Jon12345]

I am keen to buy a book or two on life extension, anti-aging or longevity, whatever you want to call it.

Is there a list of say the top 3 books on the topic?

Thanks,

Jon

[Danail Bulgaria]

Jon12345, I think, that many people here can suggest You a book, but You need to more acurate in Your question - do You mean a book, that is dealing with the science about what can be done, or You are looking for a book, that contains information about what to do in order to live long; do You need a book understandabel from a specialist (if so, please specify in which field), or for non specialists, a book about the scientific methods or a book about the alternative methods (which I do not recommend) Do You have some books, and want to expand Your books list, or You want to have Your first books about the aging.

[Jon12345]

I want more of a laymans guide, rather than a scientific journal. I've been watching some good YouTube videos on anti-aging but fancy reading something too. I like books that are easy to read but have rigorous scientific backing.

[brokenportal]

Well I think you just described the book "Ending Aging". That, and the Scientific Conquest of Death are the top two that I recommend. The third has been a toss up for me.

[Jon12345]

Do these books have practical steps that I can folllow to extend my life?

[brokenportal]

Yes, because it is practical to take aging, diseases, and other forms of death on and be a part of the effort to beat them. Its like say, being part of projects to build sea walls instead of just boarding up the windows on the house and putting all the expensive stuff on the upper floors. If your'e looking for something on the supplements and exercise end of things then the Kurzweil/Grossman books are great for that.

Edited by brokenportal, 20 July 2012 - 10:27 PM.

[Jon12345]

Do you have any book titles for Kurzweil/Grossman so I can look them up?

Edit: Don't worry, Google is my friend.

Edited by Jon12345, 20 July 2012 - 10:55 PM.

[brokenportal]

For anybody that may be interested, you can help the cause and get books about it like these for doing it. An index of action items is here: http://www.longecity...ty-take-action/ Many of the items come with points that you can redeem in the Longecity points exchange store.

Jon, if you end up reading a book about the cause, if you would then please do consider summarizing it in your own words and posting it.

Edited by brokenportal, 20 July 2012 - 11:06 PM.

[brainstorm11]

Eric Braverman did a good job with "The Edge Effect". I have his book "Younger You", but have not read it. If it is anywhere as useful as The Edge Effect, it will be a good one to start with. Good luck

[Sergej Shegurin]

"Ending aging" by Aubrey de Grey
"Color atlas of biochemistry" by Koolman. Rohm (it's not exactly about life extension but it's very concise and vivid course to understand how cells work).

[Darryl]

Unfortunately, most biochemistry texts focus on basal metabolism, and there's no shortage of ungrounded dreamers and shills on the popular side. For practical grounding and currently applicable diet/pharmacological interventions I'd strongly suggest a tour of some of the important recent academic reviews in biological gerontology.

López-Otín, Carlos, et al. "The hallmarks of aging." Cell 153.6 (2013): 1194-1217.
Gems, David, and Linda Partridge. "Genetics of longevity in model organisms: debates and paradigm shifts." Annual review of physiology 75 (2013): 621-644.
Houtkooper, Riekelt H., Robert W. Williams, and Johan Auwerx. "Metabolic networks of longevity." Cell 142.1 (2010): 9-14.
Narasimhan, Sri Devi, Kelvin Yen, and Heidi A. Tissenbaum. "Converging pathways in lifespan regulation." Current Biology 19.15 (2009): R657-R666.
Rahman, Irfan, and Debasis Bagchi, eds. Inflammation, Advancing Age and Nutrition: Research and Clinical Interventions. Academic Press, 2013.
Schneider, Edward, ed. Handbook of the Biology of Aging (bittorrent link). Elsevier, 2012.

While none of these offer practical regimens, they do offer some background in the field, a wealth of keywords for further research, and an intuition of why some current clinical interventions (like HGH) are likely deletorious for lifespan. You may notice that there are just a few poles around which current gerontology is focusing upon with practical anti-aging implications, and among these calorie restriction mimetics and inflammation inhibition are paramount.

Edited by Darryl, 25 February 2014 - 01:29 AM.