Your Blueprint
to a Longer, Healthier Life
Longevity Made Simple reveals five habits inspired by the world’s longest-lived communities and based on the latest science of epigenetics to help you live healthier for longer with more energy to live your best life.
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Praise For Longevity Made Simple
“Want to add years to your life and life to your years? To live longer and better? Here’s how!”
DEAN ORNISH, M.D.
#1 New York Times bestselling author, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
“An inspiring companion for anyone who wants to live a longer, happier life with more vitality, joy, and purpose. This book is both a science-based roadmap and an invitation—to take control of your health and thrive.”
DAN BUETTNER
Founder of the Blue Zones and #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Dr. Shad and Dr. Carmona bring years of clinical expertise and public health leadership to a message that is as inspiring as it is actionable.”
DR. SANJAY GUPTA
CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, Neurosurgeon, and #1 Bestselling Author of Keep Sharp
“Longevity Made Simple is essential reading for anyone who wants to prevent disease, reverse chronic conditions, and unlock their fullest potential.”
DR. MARK HYMAN
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Young Forever
“Longevity Made Simple is a timely and transformative contribution to the future of health and well-being.”
GLORIA CAULFIELD
Founder and Executive Director, Lake Nona Impact Forum, President, Lake Nona Institute
“Who doesn’t want to live healthier for longer? Dr. Shad and Dr. Carmona have done a masterful job of making the message… simple and digestible.”
SUSAN BENIGAS
Chief Executive Officer at The American College of Lifestyle Medicine
“…a masterful job of making the message of lifestyle medicine…simple and digestible…and empowers each of us to add years to life and life to years.”
SUSIE ELLIS
Chairman and CEO of the Global Wellness Institute
“As a physician deeply committed to root-cause medicine and transforming our broken healthcare system into one that promotes true health, I am thrilled to see a book like Longevity Made Simple enter the world. The DRESS Code—Diet, Relationships, Exercise, Stress, and Sleep—is more than just an acronym. It is a science-based, lifestyle- first framework for rewiring how we think about health, aging, and disease. In a time when most healthcare is focused on reactive disease management, this book empowers individuals to take control of their biology, upgrade their habits, and extend not just their lifespan but their healthspan. Longevity Made Simple is essential reading for anyone who wants to prevent disease, reverse chronic conditions, and unlock their fullest potential.”
DR. MARK HYMAN
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Young Forever
“Longevity Made Simple is a compelling and practical guide to living better for longer. This book masterfully distills the complex science of epigenetics to explain the foundational lifestyle principles we uncovered in the world’s longest-lived communities into actionable strategies for everyday life. The DRESS Code offers a clear, structured path to better health, empowering readers from all walks of life to take small, sustainable steps toward a longer, more meaningful life. This book is both a science-based roadmap and an invitation—to take control of your health and thrive.”
DAN BUETTNER
Founder of the Blue Zones and #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Longevity Made Simple is both medically sound and deeply human. Dr. Shad and Dr. Carmona bring years of clinical expertise and public health leadership to a message that is as inspiring as it is actionable. This book is a much-needed guide for anyone who wants to take charge of their health and live with greater clarity, vitality, and purpose.”
DR. SANJAY GUPTA
CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, Neurosurgeon, and #1 Bestselling Author of Keep Sharp
Foreword by
Dr. Andrew Weil
“Drs. Shad and Carmona’s attitudes toward health and wellness are completely aligned with my own views and with the philosophy of Integrative Medicine. Like them, I believe that health is an individual responsibility. Written in easy-to-understand language, this book explains what you can do to protect your health and well-being — with practical, science-backed advice that goes far beyond diet alone.”
— Dr. Andrew Weil, MD
What if aging didn’t mean decline, and chronic disease wasn’t inevitable?
What if conditions like heart disease, diabetes, obesity, depression, anxiety, and many cancers were not written into our genetic code? What if we could prevent and even reverse them with simple, sustainable habits? Longevity Made Simple is a powerful guide that challenges the conventional story about health, aging, and the future of medicine.
As Dr. Shad explains, we are not working with a true healthcare system. We are dealing with a system that responds to illness rather than preventing it. It’s time to shift our focus to the lifestyle changes that target the root causes of today’s most common health problems.
Longevity Made Simple helps you take charge of your health using the DRESS Code: Diet, Relationships, Exercise, Stress, and Sleep. This practical, science-based approach will show you how to:
- The latest science about the food and habits that help you thrive
- How to optimize your sleep, cultivate meaningful connections, tame stress, and move with joy
- Actionable strategies and routines that fit into real life no matter your age or background
- The best way to navigate our system to advocate for your health
This is your opportunity to change the direction of your health story, one habit at a time.
Increasing Lifespan
The DRESS Code
A Simple Way to Add Years to Your Life and Life to Your Years
Most of us want to live longer. But what truly matters is staying healthy and energized along the way. That is the heart of the DRESS Code, a set of five daily habits proven to help you heal, grow, and thrive. Grounded in science and inspired by the world’s healthiest, longest-living communities, these simple practices are designed to support both your lifespan and your quality of life.
Diet
Fuel your body with nutrient-rich foods that boost energy, support brain health, and promote long-term vitality.
Relationships
Build meaningful connections to ease stress, protect your heart, and increase happiness.
Exercise
Move with purpose to strengthen your body, sharpen your mind, and improve your overall vitality.
Stress
Learn to reset your nervous system so stress no longer dominates your thoughts or drains your health.
Sleep
Improve your sleep to repair your body, balance hormones, and restore your ability to feel fully alive.
Meet the Author
Shad Marvasti, MD, MPH, DipABFM, DipABLM
Dr. Shad is a nationally recognized leader in integrative health, culinary medicine, and lifestyle medicine who is actively engaged in creating solutions to promote health and longevity. He is a Stanford-trained physician who has over two decades of experience empowering patients and communities to take charge of their health. Acting to transform and redesign medical education, he has served on the faculty at Stanford University and at The University of Arizona (UofA) to train future physicians with the tools they need to prevent and reverse chronic disease by addressing its root causes. At the UofA, he founded the Culinary Medicine Program and his team created a nationally recognized open-access textbook of Culinary Medicine.
As a practicing physician, Dr. Shad provides lifestyle and food prescriptions for his patients to extend their healthspan. He currently serves as the founding Executive Director of Whole Health and the Integrative Health and Lifestyle Medicine Institute at HonorHealth in Scottsdale, Arizona where he is creating innovative clinical models including a longevity program to shift us from “sick” care to health care. Dr. Shad has been featured in national media as a trusted voice on practical, science-based wellness. His pioneering work bridges cutting-edge research with real-life application to help people live longer, healthier, and more vibrant lives.
with Dr. Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS
Dr. Carmona is a renowned physician, trauma surgeon, wellness expert, and global public health leader with a distinguished career spanning military, law enforcement, and community service. He served as the 17th Surgeon General of the United States and currently holds the position of Chief of Health Innovations at Canyon Ranch, one of America’s leading health and wellness brands. He is also a Distinguished Laureate Professor of Public Health, Professor of Surgery, and Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Arizona. In addition to his academic and clinical work, Dr. Carmona serves on several public and private boards, continuing his lifelong commitment to advancing preventive health solutions.
Longevity Made Simple will give you the tools you need to optimize your health in all phases of life. The path to living healthier for longer isn’t complicated, it’s just been hidden until now.
Your Healthier Future Starts with One Simple Choice Today
This is where your journey begins to take back control of your health, energy, and how you age, one habit at a time.
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