Andrew Weil, M.D., a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona and director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at that institution. He is also the founder of the Foundation for Integrative Medicine in Tucson, Arizona, and editorial director of the www.drweil.com. He is the author of numerous book, and lives in Tucson.

All living beings grow from young to old. From Dr. Andrew Weil's bestselling and authoritative guide-this companionable and easily digestible selection explains exactly what causes bodies to age.
Covering inflammation and oxidization as well as the role played by genetics and free radicals, Dr. Weil reveals just how ill-advised the obsession with life extension is, and demonstrates in no uncertain terms the urgent need to focus on improving the quality of the life we do have to live by minimizing the distress caused by disease and by aging naturally and gracefully.