The author writes about the research being conducted around the world to enable people to live healthy lives for as long as possible. This includes fighting infections and Alzheimer’s, studying the thymus gland and the effects of chocolate. Whether genetics, cancer cells or plaques in the brain, the author presents the scientific basics in a simple, understandable and factually correct manner. And it sets itself apart from the anti-aging mumbo-jumbo that many people have always liked to believe. Even today, the area is a booming economic sector. Even science sometimes promises too much, he criticizes. Some things sound promising, but they only work in animal experiments. In other cases, the test group is too small or you have to eat as much fruit and vegetables “as an elephant” to achieve a measurable effect. In doing so, the author puts some supposed revolutions into perspective.
However, Brendborg does not just write about research that could work in the future. He explains how you can already benefit from science. Fasting, starvation, sport or blood donations only have the desirable effect in certain situations. For example, there is an optimal time for walks, and low-carb does not work for everyone. In doing so, he always cites what has been scientifically proven, what counts more as »hocus pocus« and why some would like to believe in chocolate studies. As promised in the foreword, he gives the reader »the best advice for a long and healthy life. And a good dose of skepticism«.
The book is not only full of facts and informative, but also written in a refreshingly amusing way. Brendborg takes the readers with him in exactly those technical areas where they might otherwise have given up. So before things get too complicated with senescent cells, he quickly calls them zombie cells. And describes how they get stuck in the tissue and spit around with numerous harmful cells. Or he translates a substance called Fisetin from Danish as “Furzetin” and notes that an anti-aging agent with that name would probably not go down too well.