{"id":504,"date":"2016-07-07T14:08:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T14:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshmitteldorf.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2016-07-08T02:11:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T02:11:22","slug":"video-natural-anti-aging-is-an-oxymoron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/joshmitteldorf\/2016\/07\/07\/video-natural-anti-aging-is-an-oxymoron\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: &#8220;Natural Anti-Aging&#8221; is an Oxymoron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3BA4ouioYus?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/crackingtheagingcode\/joshmitteldorf\">Cracking the Aging Code, by Josh Mitteldorf and Dorion Sagan (2016)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cracking-Aging-Code-Science-Old\/dp\/1250061709\">Link to buy the book<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/484749\/preface-cracking-aging-code-josh-mitteldorf-dorion-sagan\/\">Read the preface<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nautil.us\/issue\/36\/aging\/why-aging-isnt-inevitable\">Read Chapter 2, about the huge variety of different modes of aging in nature<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/crackingtheagingcode\/joshmitteldorf\">Read the introduction (biographical background)<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/science\/review-have-researchers-discovered-the-gene-for-aging\/article\/466680\">Book Review<\/a>\u00a0(digital journal)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cracking the Aging Code, by Josh Mitteldorf and Dorion Sagan (2016) Link to buy the book Read the preface Read Chapter 2, about the huge variety of different modes of aging in nature Read the introduction (biographical background) Book Review\u00a0(digital journal) &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Video: &quot;Natural Anti-Aging&quot; 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