Doctor Elizabeth Blackburn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009 for her discovery of telomeres and their role in the ageing process and has previously been named in TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People.Dr. Elissa Epel is a leading health psychologist who has conducted pioneering research uncovering the psychobiological mechanisms related to how stress ages us and compromises our health-from emotional eating to unhealthy storage of abdominal fat to telomere shortening.
Blackburn won a 2009 Nobel Prize for her discovery of telomeres:
caps at the end of each strand of DNA that play an essential role
in the ageing process. Epel is a psychologist who researches
specific lifestyle habits which protect our telomeres, thus slowing
down disease and lengthening life. In this compelling scientific
guide, these eminent experts set out the things we can do to keep
us vital and disease-free, from which foods to eat to the power of
our minds over matter
*SUNDAY EXPRESS*
The Telomere Effect, however, is worth more serious attention. It
is co-authored by Elizabeth Blackburn, a Nobel Prize winner for her
research into telomeres, the part of our chromosomes
that determine how quickly our cells age and die. This is her
attempt, along with the health psychologist Elissa Epel's, to
translate the scientific lessons thus learned into 'language for
the general reader'. She has done a compelling job. The book's
central message is that
telomeres shorten as we age, and this underlying mechanism
contributes to most diseases of ageing. The good news is that your
lifestyle choices can do a lot to counteract it ... the argument
here is refreshingly sensible and convincing. I predict that the
T-word will soon be on everyone's lips.
*THE MAIL ON SUNDAY*
Nobel-prizewinning biologist Elizabeth Blackburn and health
psychologist Elissa Epel distil reams of research for this smart,
invigorating how-to book on maintaining cell longevity ... As a
clear, detailed line-up of key lifestyle changes and their
biological implications, this is a winner
*NATURE*
Positive advice on diet, stress management and exercise for a
longer, happier and healthier life
*DAILY MAIL*
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