This book includes a wealth of ideas that an individual can use to make changes in his or her life style to extend his or her life span. Results are presented of the latest research and studies on how to remain healthy and vigorous as you grow old. In other words, it gives ways you can extend your life expectancy. The major threats to a happy healthy life for the aging individual are strokes (clogging of the arteries that feed the brain) and heart failure and Alzheimer's (advanced dementia in which the sufferer can not even recognize his or her own spouse or other members of the family). Specific changes in diet and exercise routines will make you feel much younger than your age.