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    CHAPTER 1: IS DEATH OPTIONAL?

    Immortal animals, zombie-killing pills and super-centenarians

     

    CHAPTER 2: HOW YOUR MIND TALKS WITH YOUR BODY

    Mortgage worries, stress-resistant Nazis and a few trillion microbes

     

    CHAPTER 3: A SNIFF OF LOVE

    How social hormones influence our relationships and longevity

     

    CHAPTER 4: DITCH GOJI BERRIES

    Why many diet and exercise interventions matter less than you think

     

    CHAPTER 5: THE GNAWING PARASITE OF LONELINESS

    Why feeling all alone may impact your longevity

     

    CHAPTER 6: FRIENDS WITH (LONGEVITY) BENEFITS

    How marriage and friendships prolong life
     

    CHAPTER 7: CHAMELEONS LIVE LONG

    Empathy, attachment and social grooming

     

    CHAPTER 8: HELPING OTHERS HELPS YOUR HEALTH

    Superheroes, UNICEF and random kindness
     

    CHAPTER 9: WHY PERSONALITY AND EMOTIONS MATTER FOR LONGEVITY

    Don't worry, be happy and organize your sock drawer

     

    CHAPTER 10: HOW MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS BOOST HEALTH

    Slow breathing, yoga rats and horror-stricken leukocytes

     

    CHAPTER 11: LONGEVITY LESSONS FROM JAPAN

    Ikigai, cherry blossoms and working till you drop