Time wants you dead. Not just you, but your friends, family, pets – everyone you’ve ever met…

With over 17,000 known diseases affecting humans, and countless poisons, carcinogens and toxins in our environment, it’s a miracle that our bodies manage to keep us alive. And that is, of course, if they don’t betray us themselves, whether through cancers or autoimmune conditions.

Biomedical researcher Professor John Tregoning tell us the unlikely story of how, against all odds, we manage to stay alive. Taking an organ-by-organ tour of the human body, Tregoning embarks on his own experimental quest, testing ‘life-extending’ diets and exercise regimes to separate fact from fad. Exploring the multitude of ways our bodies can kill us, from inherited genetic conditions, through heart attacks, arrhythmias and angina, onto the delicate workings of the brain, Live Forever? offers compelling insight into how our bodies work, how we can best look after them – and ultimately live longer, healthier lives.

Praise

‘Warm, uplifting and laugh-out loud funny. But make no mistake, this is also a profound journey through countless frontiers of modern science, jam-packed with big ideas about what it takes to live well and be happy. Ostensibly about death, what comes across is a passion for life.’
Daniel M. Davis, author of The Beautiful Cure and The Secret Body

‘Dr Tregoning returns with another wonderful book about life, death, the body and pretty much everything else. “Live Forever?” is witty, insightful, detailed without being overwhelming for the non-scientist, and deeply thought-provoking. I read it with bated breath and then went and rethought a whole host of my life choices. While often alarming in its clear-eyed examination of the things that might kill us and the inevitability of death, the author holds your hand throughout and keeps the subject light-hearted, optimistic and often laugh-out-loud funny. Essential reading for anyone who’s not immortal.’
Frank Turner, Singer Songwriter

‘Utterly brilliant. Tregoning manages to make scientific scepticism both hilarious and life-affirming. Madcap self-experiments and a healthy sprinkling of toilet humour compound to make a wonderful introduction to human biology and the scientific method.’
Monty Lyman, author of The Immune Mind

‘A thoughtful and highly accessible book from one of the UK’s leading bioscientists, that presents a look at healthy living from an honest and balanced perspective.’
Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer

‘Taking a look under the bonnet of the human body, John Tregoning outlines how far we’ve come with medicine, and how far there may yet be to go if we are going to Live Forever.’
Al Murray, Comedian and Historian

‘I heartily recommend this deep dive into wellness and the human body by Professor John Tregoning. It turns out that none of us are getting out of here alive, but John has bravely put his mind and body on the line to discover the secrets of staying healthy and happy as we get older. A funny, fascinating and educative book that has convinced me to get rid of my pigeon coop and renew my gym membership.’
Ben Willbond, Screenwriter and Actor