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| Author | Durk Pearson, Sandy Shaw |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | longevity |
| Publisher | Warner Books |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Pages | 858 |
| ISBN | 0-446-51229-X |
| Followed by | The Life Extension Companion |
Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach is 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 authors promotes the theory that free radicals are a primary cause of aging and recommended antioxidant supplements to prevent the damage they supposedly do.[3] The book makes a broad range of claims about ways to thwart aging and improve health and appearance.
One notable feature of the book is 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.
- ^ See Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion, by Brian S. Alexander, New York: Basic Books, 2003, ISBN 0-7382-0761-6, 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.