Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever
by Ray Kurzweil, Terry Grossman
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Author: Ray Kurzweil, Terry GrossmanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-28
ISBN: 1605299561
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Rodale Books
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Book Review: Total Health and Longevity Program
Summary: 5 Stars
What do you get when you put a doctor that specializes in preventative medicine and the founder of the singularity concept in front of a typewriter together? A book about how to live forever. "Live forever? But that's impossible," you say. And perhaps it is. Then again, perhaps it's not.
In 2003, scientists finished collecting the human genome. The cost? A whopping one billion dollars. Now, in 2010, anyone can have it done for 350,000 dollars. And if you wait another ten years, you can probably have it done--all 25,00 genes--for 500 bucks. But why would anyone care to have his genome mapped, you might be wondering.
Already today, scientists can turn off particular genes using RNA interference (imagine turning off the gene that causes every unused calorie to be stored as fat); they can add new genes using gene therapy; they turn proteins and enzymes on and off at will--and they can even transform one type of cell into another. This is no small thing. Imagine being able to turn some of your skin cells into brain cells after suffering a major head injury in a car accident.
The future gives us even more reason to be hopeful. Doctors are rapidly working on techniques to delete the genes for telomerase that cancer cells need in order to kill us; to attack and kill undesirable `toxic cells' by activating the immune system; to move mitochondrial genes into the cell nucleus, where they will be more protected from damage; and to replace worn-out or damaged cells, and thus help us retain youthful vigor. In other words, they are unlocking the tools that will allow us to rejuvenate and extend the life of our cells.
And that's just on the genetics front. Through advances in nanotechnology, doctors will be able to remove bad cholesterol from our blood, monitor hormone and nutrient levels, remove toxins and destroy pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, cancer cells and prions. Nanobots (robots that are smaller then a human blood cell) will even be able to "perform a range of surgical procedures from inside the body, requiring no incisions and leaving no scar. Injected into a patient by the millions and operating synergistically, each nanosurgeon will perform its work one cell at a time, removing cancerous tumors, mending broken bones, or clearing blocked arteries with more precision than any human surgeon ever could." (405) Think of it: the end of diseases like caner, pulmonary heart disease--and even AIDS.
The catch? You have to live long enough for these technologies to emerge. The good news is that it won't be that much longer. With the mapping of the human genome and the birth of nanotechnology (they already have proto-nanoscale devices, called BioMEMS, that can release blood-clotting factors, monitor blood insulin levels, release dopamine into the brain of Parkinson's patients and monitor the electrical activity of patients suffering from neurological disease), health and medicine became an information technology--and information technologies double power every year. "This means that the ability to understand, model, simulate, and reprogram the information processes underlying disease and aging processes will be a thousand times more powerful in 1 decade and a million times more powerful in 2 decades." (xvii) So if you can prolong your life by even ten years, you stand to see improvements in medical science that just might save your life--and allow you to live another ten years!
Thus the Transcend program outlined in this book: a total health and wellness plan aimed at extending your life expectancy and helping you stay young. From simple exercise methods to nutrition and supplementation to health assessments, detoxification tips and even health food recipes--this book covers it all. It is quite literally the kitchen sink of health books, with all the up-to-date information you will need to live a long, healthy and happy life.
Summary of Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever
In 2004, Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman, MD, published Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever. Their groundbreaking book marshaled thousands of scientific studies to make the case that new developments in medicine and technology will allow us to radically extend our life expectancies and slow down the aging process. Soon, our notion of what it means to be a 55-year-old will be as outdated as an eight-track tape player.
TRANSCEND: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever presents a practical, enjoyable program so that readers can live long enough (and remain healthy long enough) to take full advantage of the biotech and nanotech advances that have already begun and will be occurring at an accelerating pace during the years ahead. To help readers remember the nine key components of the program, Ray and Terry have arranged them into a mnemonic:
Talk with your doctor
Relaxation
Assessment
Nutrition
Supplementation
Calorie reduction
Exercise
New technologies
Detoxification
This easy-to-follow program will help readers transcend the boundaries of our genetic legacy and live long enough to live forever.
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