Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach
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Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach was a 1982 book (ISBN 0-446-51229-X) by Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw that popularized the life extension and smart drug movements.[1][2]
The book discussed free radicals and the idea that they cause aging, and how antioxidants were said to partially prevent the damage they do.[3] The book suggests causes of aging and ways to slow them, with material on improving health and various aspects of the quality of life.
One notable feature of the book was several full-page pictures of its male and female authors, Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, striking bodybuilding poses and showing off some impressive muscles for "sedentary research scientists," which they claimed was due to the "growth hormone releasers" they took daily.
Criticism
In the 1992 documentary Never say die: The pursuit of eternal youth, Antony Thomas interviewed Pearson and Shaw, and criticised the anti-aging movement as misguided.[4]
References
- ^ See Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion, by Brian S. Alexander, New York: Basic Books, 2003, ISBN 0738207616, pp. 5–6.
- ^ Bishop, Katherine (1992-06-11). "FDA fears smart drugs could pose stupid risks". Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper. Retrieved 2007-03-01.
- ^ Fiely, Dennis (1993-09-16). "'Biochemical bad boys' - Possible causes of disease, free radicals, may have met their match". Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2007-03-01.
- ^ Mann, Virginia (1992-08-17). "The often gruesome search for perpetual youth". The Record newspaper. Retrieved 2007-03-01.
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