著名的长寿专家彼得·阿提亚博士也是一名马拉松游泳运动员，他曾在三十多岁的时候横渡卡特琳娜海峡。但他的健康状况居然也出现了异常，有早逝于心脏病的风险。这一发现促使他开始探索长寿之道：我们如何以及为何会死亡，我们如何才能延缓甚至预防那些导致大多数人死亡的慢性病，例如心脏病、癌症、阿尔茨海默病与2型糖尿病。

在这份旨在促进长寿与美好生活的颠覆性宣言中，阿提亚解释了这段旅程如何使他重新思考了对医疗保健的态度。虽然主流医学取得了很多成就，但在防治这些与年龄有关的疾病方面却进展甚微。往往它干预的时机太晚而无法提供及时的帮助，并以损害健康年限或生活质量为代价延长寿命。阿提亚认为，我们必须用个性化、积极主动的长寿策略来取代这种过时的框架，也就是一种我们应该立即采取行动而非等待的策略。这不是“生物黑客”，这是一种以科学为基础的战略方法，在延长寿命的同时改善我们的身体、认知和情绪健康。阿提亚的目标不是告诉你该做什么，而是更多地帮助你学会如何思考长期健康，以便为你个人制定最佳计划。在这本书中，读者将会发现：

为什么在年度体检中你的血液检测和胆固醇测试结果显示 “正常”，但你可能仍然不健康——因为平均值并不等同于最佳状态。

为什么运动是最强效的长寿“药”，以及如何开始为“百岁老人十项全能”进行训练？

为什么你应该忘记“节食”，转而关注营养生物化学，利用技术和数据来个性化你的饮食模式？

为什么仅追求身体健康和长寿而忽视情感健康可能带来最终的灾祸？

寿命与健康的可塑性远比我们想象的要大。我们的命运不是一成不变的，有了正确的路线图，你就可以为你的人生规划一条不同的道路，让你比你的基因更长寿，让每一个十年都比前一个十年更好。

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