Hello, the title may prompt some to ask, "Who wants to live to 90 anyway?" The answer is simple: Everyone who's 89. Sure, but, again, who wants to still be around at 89? Everyone who's 88. I think you can guess now who's hoping to see their 88th birthday. Yes, and those 87-year-olds are just as keen to stay alive as youngsters aged 37, 47, 57 and on into the grander years. Everyone wants to keep breathing. The trouble is millions of us won't last even until next month, so health-generating activities with life-extending powers are included to help keep you out of that disappearing congregation - regardless of your age. The formula for living a long, healthy life is no secret: nutritious food and (two groaners) exercise and normal weight. But surprise There are pleasant ways to secure all three. Start with weight. Research studies prove, with boring regularity, that staying slim works to keep you out of the undertaker's mahogany overcoat. We all enjoy eating, yes, but it's the kind of food we eat that makes a startling difference. To illustrate: I send down vast quantities of delicious foods every day (far too much, in fact) but they keep my weight below 130 pounds. Magic? No, just care in what foods I eat (tasty details are covered in Chapter 4, Free Tummy-Tuck Performed on Your Kitchen Table Without Anesthetic). And exercise? First, sobering news for the gymnasium crowd: there are less painful - and, surprisingly, more effective - ways to keep your Hollywood appearance. Low-sweat alternatives, detailed in Chapter 2, Scaling Healthful Heights: "Move over, Ar-r-rnold ", show how to include simple weight-loss activities naturally in your daily life. As we age, gaps begin forming in our circle of friends: victims of various illnesses. Ways to make new acquaintances become important. A particularly powerful way is with humor: the quick-setting, friend-making cement that - as studies show - also advances your health. Ever pictured yourself as a stand-up comic? Picture no more. Fun-filled capers - so simple any eight-year-old could leave 'em chortling - are included in Chapter 5, Laugh Your Way to Health. If you're older than eight, you can't lose. The material is supplied. Your audience awaits. Because victims of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's are becoming all too common, preventive procedures receive special attention. One startling newsmaker (it challenges belief) sharpens focus, advances concentration, relieves stress, improves hand-eye coordination and peripheral vision, and - as studies conducted at Oxford University prove - promotes growth in brain-cell fibers and raises intelligence, thus helping to prevent the onset of neurological diseases. A breathtaking 21st-century scientific breakthrough? Not at all, it's depicted on an Egyptian tomb dated 1781 BC. Chapter 6, Hold Still, We're Working on Your Brain, presents other intelligence-raising practices that can help you fill the spot vacated by Albert Einstein. Trouble sleeping? Chapter 7, Why Hitchhike? Take the Bullet Train to Dreamland, provides unimagined ways (self-hypnosis among them) that will whisk you promptly away to the Land of Nod. And Chapter 9, Company Comin' Up the Road: Get Out 27,000 Chairs, reveals rare ways to add new blooms to your circle of friends. Pick up a copy of my book at Amazon to begin enjoying a new lifestyle that promises you a healthier, sunnier residence on planet Earth - whatever your present age.