Jean Carper: Stop Aging Now.

New York, Harper Perennial, USA 1996 pp 372 Paperback ================================================================ The book shows how aging can be slowed down and longevity extended. The emphasis is on using vitamins minerals and herbs and food towards this end. The author is a medical journalist of repute, having written similar popular titles. Carper explains -which minerals and vitamins are essential to rejuvenate immune funsctions, restoring resistance to infections which vitamins can prevent memory loss which herbs can rejuvenate heart and circulatory system which food chemicals stretch life expectancy etc. There are separate sections on Vitamins E, C, B, nutrients like Calcium, magnesium, chromium, selenium, zinc and herbs like tea ginkgo soya etc. Worth reading, keeping in mind that every opinion based on scientific studies keeps on changing and conflicting news keeps pouring in every day. Book donated by Sivaram, available in sss library.