Maximum Life Span

276 Pages·2006·39.271 MB·English

by  Roy L. Walford

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ROY WALFORD UCLA
DR. L. heads the
research laboratory for the study ofimmunol-
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awardsin hisfield,heis amemberoftheWhite
House Conference on Aging, Chairman ofthe
National Institute on Aging Task Force on
Immunology, and a member of the National
Academy of Sciences Committee on Aging.
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Health Papers, no. 37(Geneva: World Health Organization, 1970)
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SociologyofAgeStratification(RussellSageFoundation, 1972), p. 10.
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Maximum lifespan.
Includes index.
1. Longevity. 2. Aging. 3. Lifespan.
Productive. I. Title.
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This book is dedicated to my children,
Lisa, Morgan, and Peter,
and to Martha Walford and Susan Ritman
for their love and forbearance.

Contents
Preface xi
1 . How to Think about Life Span /
2. The Long March of Gerontology 28
3. The Hieroglyphs of Aging 49
4. Theories of Aging I Love Best 70
5. Undernutrition Now 98
6. Keep Cool, Methuselah 114
7. Practical State of the Art of Life-Span
Extension 132
8. Future Breakthrough Possibilities 161
9. Transition to the Long-living Society 176
Appendix a Nutritive Values of Foods 203
Appendix b Menus and Recipes 218
Notes 233
Index 247
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