1. Free radicals, which cause oxidative damage that wear you down from the inside out;
2. Inflamation, the “silent killer” that is a factor in almost every degenerative disease;
3. Glycation, a process that is implicated in many of the diseases of aging
4. Stress, which can cause more damage to your overall well-being than you think.

The book includes fitness tips for your body's "key players"—the heart, brain, bones, muscles, joints, immune system, and hormones. More and more studies are proving that we can strongly influence how long and how well we live. This fully revised and updated edition offers the smartest program for living a longer, healthier, better life.

Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS, (Woodland Hills, CA), also known as The Nutrition Myth Buster, is a nationally known, board-certified nutritionist and expert on diet and weight loss. He has appeared on the Dr. Oz Show, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, and CBS and has contributed to articles in the New York Times, Forbes, the Daily Beast, Huffington Post, Vanity Fair Online, Men’s Heath, Prevention, and dozens of other print and online publications. He is a popular speaker who presents at both academic and consumer events all over the world.

Dr. Beth Traylor graduated with her medical degree from the Chicago Medical School/ Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences in 1984. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, a Northwestern University affiliate program. Dr. Traylor has been a board-certified family physician since 1987. During her 30+ year career as a practicing physician, she has focused on women’s health and hormone replacement therapy. It was on her own personal journey for optimal health that she began to study the science of Age Management Medicine. This emerging field of medicine supports evidence-based guidelines that can lead us on a proactive approach to wellness and disease prevention. Dr. Traylor earned her certification in Age Management Medicine in 2002 and has practiced with the internationally renowned Cenegenics Elite Health Group, as a Senior Institute Physician since that time. Dr. Traylor has, for the past six years, served as the President of the Board of the Cenegenics Education and Research Foundation, whose mission is to train doctors from across the globe how to apply the science of Age Management Medicine and support research in the field. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine, a member of the International and North American Menopause Societies, the American Society for Nutrition, the Endocrine Society, and the American College of Preventive Medicine.