| Contents |
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| Acknowledgements | 11 |
| About The Author | 13 |
| Preface | 15 |
| Chapter 1 | 25 |
| Is That My Mother I see in the Mirror | |
| Chapter 2 | 39 |
| Through the Microscope | |
| Chapter 3 | 49 |
| Aging - Cellular Suicide! | |
| Intrinsic Aging | 51 |
| The Cell - the Basic Building Block of Life | 51 |
| Inside Your Cells - DNA and Your Genetic Heritage | 54 |
| Free Radicals Destroy Our Cells and DNA, Cause Inflammation, and Cause Facial Aging |
60 |
| Hormones - Internal Modulators of Cell Function | 73 |
| Cortisol - The Stress Hormone | 73 |
| Estrogen, Progesterone and Testosterone - The Sex Hormones | 75 |
| Human Growth Hormone (HGH) | 75 |
| Melatonin - The Anti-aging hormone | 76 |
| Extrinisic Aging | 77 |
| Environmental Toxins | 78 |
| The Foods We Eat | 79 |