Its chock full of pageturning stories and wicked humor. March 17, 2015 examination of the science behind humanitys obsession with aging and staving off death. Implement solutions in your life that promote healthy aging and avoid. Spring chicken by bill gifford grand central youve got to be a tad. He interviews some of the major players and introduces us to health fanatics who are convinced they can prolong their lives by doing things like monitoring their own blood cholesterol levels on a weekly basis, exercising obsessively, severely restricting their calorie. He published a book, the 120 year diet, and attracted adherents who formed the calorie restriction society. If only all my science textbooks in school had been this entertaining. Spring chicken meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. I wanted to know everything about aging, this universal but still littleunderstood process, he states.
Still, his survey of those who study aging and those who claim they can slow it down or stop it makes for a great read, even if other books, notably stephen halls merchants of immortality. Examination of the science behind humanitys obsession with aging and staving off death. This time the topic is aging, but in this book, spring chicken. I grabbed it like a life preserver, and thats exactly what it is. Spring chicken demolishes the worst hoaxes in antiaging treatmentslike crushed dog testicles, human growth hormone, and suzanne somersand leaves you with the good news.
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