e would both
like to thank the many talented and devoted people who assisted
us in bringing this project to life. At Rodale: Stephanie Tade,
whose enthusiasm, inspired leadership, and discerning ideas made
this book possible; Chris Potash, whose insightful editing made
a significant contribution; Kelly Schmidt, for coordinating the
many details of book production; Rachelle V. S. Laliberte, for her
expert copyediting; Louise Braverman, Cathy Gruhn, and Meghan Phillips,
for their publicity work; and Amy Rhodes, vice president and publisher
of Rodale Trade Books, for her continued support of the book.Loretta
Barrett, our literary agent, whose keen guidance and efforts established
our wonderful partnership with Rodale. Martine Rothblatt, whose
dedication to health and longevity and enthusiastic support of this
project have greatly enhanced the book and our experience of creating
it.
Amara Angelica, whose tireless and insightful efforts led our research
team. Amara also used her outstanding editing skills to help us
articulate the complex issues in this book. Elizabeth Collins, who
conducted thorough and extensive research on technology projects
and provided extensive assistance with the endnotes and glossary.
Celia Black-Brooks, who provided key insights on how to shape our
message. Laksman Frank, who created the attractive diagrams and
images from our descriptions. Phil Cohen, who created the cardiovascular
images in chapter 15. Our research staff, Sarah Black, Tom Garfield,
Emily Brown, and Daniel Pentlarge, who helped find and organize
extensive research materials.Nanda Barker-Hook, who helped manage
the extensive logistics of the research and editorial processes.
Ken Linde and Matt Bridges, who provided computer systems support
to keep our intricate work flow progressing smoothly. Denise Scutellaro,
Joan Walsh, Maria Ellis, and Bob Beal for doing the accounting on
our complicated project.
Our peer expert readers: Karen Kurtak, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac., for her
contributions and ideas regarding the importance of organic foods
and environmental toxins; Glenn S. Rothfeld, M.D., who carefully
reviewed many of the chapters; Aubrey de Grey, for his expert review
of the manuscript; Brian Grossman, M.D., D.V.M., regarding vitamin
and mineral supplementation; Joel Miller, M.D., for reviews and
contributions to our discussion of stress and balance; Melvin E.
Clouse, M.D., for his thorough review of the chapter on heart disease;
George Juetersonke, D.O., and Lee Light, M.D., who did a wonderful
and thorough job of providing detailed review of several chapters;
Robert Rowen, M.D., editor of Second Opinion newsletter; Drs. Jeff
and Greg Stock, Patrick Hanaway, M.D., of Genova Diagnostics, Lynn
Parry, M.D., John McNamara, M.D., Rob Lyons, M.D., Steve Parcell,
N.D., and Bob Litman, R. Ph., who provided detailed reviews of specific
chapters and material. A special thank-you also to Paul Dragul,
M.D., for his support and inspiration.Our lay readers, who provided
keen insight to help shape the material: Aaron Kleiner, Martine
Rothblatt, Mike Weiner, Nanda Barker-Hook, Sarah Black, Regina Mandl,
Irene Grossman, and Robert Toale.
The above individuals provided many ideas and corrections that
we were able to make thanks to their expert guidance. For any mistakes
that remain, the authors take sole responsibility.
