True Age

As you walk toward the doors of a gymnasium that you vaguely recognize, your hand clasps tightly around your partner's. The early summer heat isn't entirely to blame for your sweaty palms, and you feel your nerves and excitement begin to rise, your heartbeat pounding along with the crescendo sounds of a drumbeat emanating from the open doors. Just outside, a woman sits at a foldout table handing out name tags. As you approach, she smiles, glances at her list, and hands you the white sticker with your name printed neatly on it. "How are you? I am so glad you made it!" she says. "I'm good," you reply reflexively. "It's great to see you too. This should be a fun evening!" As you utter the words, you hope it'll be true-after all, it's your thirtieth high school reunion.

As you enter the gym that is currently masquerading as a ballroom, your eyes slowly adjust to the dim lighting. In front of you are dozens of people talking, laughing, drinking, and a few quickly catching your eye as they assess the newcomers to the party. You can identify many of them, but others cast only a flicker of recognition across your mind-faces you're sure you have seen before but can't quite place. Just to your right, however, is a woman you would know anywhere. She is dancing exuberantly with a small group as they laugh and attempt not to spill the contents of the drinks they are clutching. It is Maggie, and aside from the hairstyle, she hasn't changed a bit over the past three decades!

As you start walking over to say hello, you feel someone tap your shoulder. When you turn around, there is a man in front of you, grinning-his arms held up in a Hey, it's me gesture. "Wow!" he says "It is so great to see you! I can't believe it has been so long." Suddenly those nerves you felt earlier in the evening are back. You cannot place the face that is smiling back at you. This man who is probably just shy of fifty years old doesn't resemble any of your former teenaged friends. Thankfully you

Morgan Levine is a founding Principal Investigator at Altos Labs. Prior to joining the record-breaking start-up, she was a ladder rank professor at Yale University. Her research focuses on the science of biological aging, specifically using bioinformatics to quantify the aging process and test how lifestyle and pharmaceutical interventions alter the rate of aging. As a leading voice in the field of aging and longevity science, she has been featured in media outlets such as CNN, The Guardian, Time, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, the BBC, and many more. She also appeared in the DocuSeries by Netflix and Goop, alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, which was released in early 2020.

Morgan Levine sits at the epicenter of designing tools that measure biological age, and she has a gift for explaining how they work. I found her book to be an accessible, riveting ride through the science of aging and what we can do -- most importantly -- to slow it down!
 Kara Fitzgerald, ND IFMCP, Author of Younger You
 
True Age bridges the gap in our understanding of disease and aging through a masterful explanation of the roots causes of aging, and the advances in measuring our true age or our biological age. Dr. Levine maps our what we know about how to reverse our biological age through the latest scientific advances in longevity. For anyone interested in enhancing their health, and extending their lifespan, this book is essential reading.
Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Pegan Diet and Senior Advisor, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine
 
"True Age powerfully reminds us that our bodies have an amazing ability to regulate, regenerate and repair based on our lifestyle choices. That s why our biological age can diverge from our chronological age. As Morgan Levine shows, based on the latest scientific findings, there is a lot that is in our hands concerning both our healthspan and our lifespan."
Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
 
"There is an ever-increasing recognition that taking the best care of our bodies and brains plays a critical role in lengthening our lifespan and healthspan. Morgan Levine shows us proven strategies to turn back the clock and put ourselves on the road to good health."
Lisa Mosconi, New York Times bestselling author of The XX Brain

"This book heralds a new age: for years, we ve been told that we can look younger with the right face cream, the right hair coloring, or the right plastic surgery. But recent research has shown, for the first time, that we can actually