How Not to Age

A doctor's guide to feeling younger and living longer.

Getting older is no one’s idea of fun. Whatever genetic blessings you may have been born with, time eventually takes its toll: your appearance changes, your aches and ailments add up, your energy wanes, and your sharp, trusty brain becomes just a little less reliable.

Someone, please make it stop.

While the blueprints for a time machine have yet to be released, science may have already uncovered the next best thing — a way to slow time’s effects and keep you feeling your best for many years to come. This program doesn’t rely on miracle pills or high-tech treatments, but on some straightforward principles of diet and behavior that are accessible to all of us.

Physician, nutrition expert, and bestselling author Michael Greger distills decades of research into his book How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older. Cutting through the noise of fad diets and quick fixes, he lays out five key insights for slowing the clock and staying healthier, longer: