Roy Walford, M.D.
Beyond the 120-Year Diet
How to Double Your Vital Years
Revised and Expanded Edition

Unlike the usual faddists and commercializers of the diet industry, Roy Walford, M.D., bases his findings on decades of scientific research and on solid and abundant evidence from his own laboratory and from other institutions around the world.

The American obsession with aging shows no sign of abating. As the baby boomers reach middle age, interest in reversing the negative effects of aging has increased dramatically. Now, thanks to Dr. Walford, a respected and renowned gerontologist, we can expect to live longer — and to do so in much better health.

In this completely revised and updated edition of Beyond the 120 Year Diet (originally published in 1986 as The 120-Year Diet), Dr. Walford draws on decades of research and up-to-the-minute findings to explain the benefits of a nutrient-rich and calorie-poor diet. Dr. Walford argues that the anti-aging diet can help preserve our vital, productive years and extend human life span well beyond its current maximum.

Anyone who commits to this simple change of diet can expect to see dramatic changes. Walford's diet retards aging; lengthens youth and middle age while preserving mental and physical function as well as appearance; and reduces the risk of most of the diseases of aging, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, autoimmune disease, osteoporosis, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Complete with two weeks of varied high nutrition menus that contain less than 1,500 calories per day, tasty recipes, and suggestions for conservative supplementation, exercise, and stretching, Beyond the 120-Year Diet will improve general health and well-being.

Roy Walford, M.D., is the author of The Anti-Aging Plan (Four Walls Eight Windows) and Maximum Lifespan. He received his M.D. from the University of Chicago and has been a professor of pathology at the UCLA School of Medicine since 1966. Author of over 350 scientific articles, Dr. Walford was a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging and spent two years inside Biosphere 2 as the crew physician. Walford practices the anti aging diet, which has been featured on "Oprah."

From the table of contents:

Preface to the Second Edition

Chapter 1
Better Health and Greater Longevity

Chapter 2
Gauging Aging and Measuring Success: What Is Your Biologic Age? Is the CRON Diet Working for You?

Chapter 3
Scientific Background of the CRON Diet: The Animal Evidence

Chapter 4
The CRON Diet for Humans: First Principles

Chapter 5
Prevent What is Going to Kill You

Chapter 6
The Complex Philosophy of Supplementation

Chapter 7
Practical Supplementation

Chapter 8
Exercise, Stretching, and the Maladies of Wear and Tear

Chapter 9
The Whole Program

Chapter 10
Foods and Tips for a CRON-Diet Cuisine

Appendix A
Food Combinations and Tasty Menus for the Healthiest 14 Days of Your Life

Appendix B
Nutritive Values of the Best Foods