A delicious way to hack your DNA and prevent early aging

While some enjoy extremely active and healthy lives as they age, others spend years of their life burdened by heart disease, dementia, and other age-related diseases. Until recently, this was often chalked up to luck or “good genes.” But fascinating new research suggests that telomeres, the protective caps on your chromosomes, are actually directly linked to aging. Telomeres, when protected, can lead to a longer, happier life.

Fortunately, one of the key components to protecting your telomeres is a balanced diet. The Telomere Diet and Cookbook is the first book to offer an easy-to-read, targeted overview of telomeres and nutrition. Including detailed meal plans and shopping lists, this book offers a simple step-by-step starter program and over 75 delicious recipes.

Maggie Moon, MS, RD, is a Columbia University-educated dietitian with culinary school training whose north star is the practical application of sound science. She is the lead author of the "Medical Nutrition Therapy for Neurologic Disorders" chapter in the 15th edition of the renowned Krause’s Food and Nutrition Care Process (Elsevier, 2019) textbook, and the best-selling author of The MIND Diet (Ulysses Press, 2016). Her nutrition work has taken her across America and around the world: from NYC public schools to U.S. commodity boards, from sustainable seafood supermarket programs to global healthy food brands. Moon’s unique career has been profiled in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ book, Launching Your Dietetics Career (Eat Right Press, 2011, 2016). Her expertise has been featured in hundreds of articles in media outlets such as Health, CNN, Forbes, Shape, Prevention, HuffPost, U.S. News, Food Network, and more. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, thinking up ways to make healthy eating as delicious as possible.