Introduction
A new vision of aging that can help you live years longer
PART 1: THE WORLD’S HEALTHIEST
AND LONGEST LIVED PEOPLES
1. Abkhasia: Ancients of the Caucasus
Where people are healthier at ninety than most of us are at middle age
2. Vilcabamba: The Valley of Eternal Youth
Where heart disease and dementia do not exist
3. Hunza: A People Who Dance in Their Nineties
Where cancer, diabetes, and asthma are unknown
4. The Centenarians of Okinawa
Where more people live to 100 than anywhere else in the world
PART 2: OUR FOOD, OUR LIVES
5. Eat Well, Live Long
What is the optimum diet for human beings?
6. Nutrition and the Health of Humanity
The price we pay for processed food
7. The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted
Why a plant-based diet can save your life
8. The Road to Health and Healing
What you need to know to thrive on a whole-foods, plant-based diet
PART 3: THE BODY-MIND CONNECTION
9. Stepping into Life
What is as important as diet?
10. Born to Move
Why your cells and your bones crave a challenge
11. Keeping Your Marbles
Simple things you can do to prevent Alzheimer’s
12. Confident and Clear-Thinking
Breaking the stereotypes of aging
PART 4: WHY YOUR LOVE MATTERS
13. What’s Love Got to Do with It?
The healing power of relationships—new evidence that stuns even the skeptics
14. The Strength of the Heart
Why loneliness will kill you faster than cigarettes
15. How Then Shall We Live?
Today’s choices for tomorrow’s health
PART 5: THE HUMAN SPIRIT
16. Breaking Free from the Cultural Trance
The real news on this planet
17. Grief and Healing
Can this wisdom survive?
18. Death and Awakening
Finding the true fountain of youth
Acknowledgements
Resource Guide
Notes
Index
