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The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer by Elizabeth Blackburn, Elissa Epel
5.0
Have you ever met someone who didn't look their age (either for good or bad)? That's the telomere effect.
This clearly written and engaging book is about the science behind the mind-body connection. Many of us have known instinctively that attitude, disposition and lifestyle can have an effect on health and aging but Nobel Prize-winning Doctor Elizabeth Blackburn has discovered the biological basis for that mechanism. Telomerase is the enzyme that replenishes telomeres and this protects our DNA. When telomeres get short due to stress, we age more quickly.
Blackburn discusses the things that shorten our telomeres and what we can do to improve and lengthen our telomeres. Long and healthy telomeres keep us vital and disease-free for longer.
This book gives clear instructions on achievable lifestyle changes that can buy you years of living well.
Thank you Netgalley for the e-review edition of this book.
This clearly written and engaging book is about the science behind the mind-body connection. Many of us have known instinctively that attitude, disposition and lifestyle can have an effect on health and aging but Nobel Prize-winning Doctor Elizabeth Blackburn has discovered the biological basis for that mechanism. Telomerase is the enzyme that replenishes telomeres and this protects our DNA. When telomeres get short due to stress, we age more quickly.
Blackburn discusses the things that shorten our telomeres and what we can do to improve and lengthen our telomeres. Long and healthy telomeres keep us vital and disease-free for longer.
This book gives clear instructions on achievable lifestyle changes that can buy you years of living well.
Thank you Netgalley for the e-review edition of this book.