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Prominent aging researchers expressed mostly negative opinions of the book.

[[Leonard Hayflick]] deemed it "a glib, superficial overview of the field,“ adding that he "would be very unhappy to learn that there were substantial numbers of people depending on its contents for guidance.”<ref [[Denham Harman]], to whom the book was dedicated and whose free radical theory of aging was favored by Pearson and Shaw, opined, name="I think basically the book is sound.jackovich"<ref>{{cite web |author1=Karen G. Jackovich |title=Two Fitness Faddists Have a No. 1 Best-Seller, but Are They Stretching Life Spans or Truth? |url=https://people.com/archive/two-fitness-faddists-have-a-no-1-best-seller-but-are-they-stretching-life-spans-or-truth-vol-18-no-14/ |website=people.com |accessdate=8 September 2019 |date=October 4, 1982}}</ref> But at the same time, [[Denham Harman]], to whom the book was dedicated and whose [[free radical theory of aging]] was favored by Pearson and Shaw, opined, "I think basically the book is sound," and added "It’s nice to see a book on aging on the best-seller lists."<ref name="jackovich" />

[[Roy Walford]] wrote, "[[gerontology]] has always been the happy hunting ground for faddists, charlatans, pseudoscientific fringe characters, and just misinformed enthusiasts with 'ready cures' for aging. ... Pearson and Shaw are among this long list of enthusiasts. ... Most of the Pearson/Shaw book relies on this lower-order category of evidence, and upon the testimonial posturing of Pearson and Shaw themselves."<ref name=Walford>{{cite book|last=Walford|first=Roy|title=Beyond the 120 Year Diet: How to Double Your Vital Years|year=2000|publisher=Four Walls Eight Windows|___location=New York, NY|isbn= 9781568581576|pages=[https://archive.org/details/beyond120yeardie00walf/page/21 21]–23|url=https://archive.org/details/beyond120yeardie00walf|url-access=registration}}</ref> (At one time Walford was a partner in a company, Gerontix, selling supplements to combat aging and improve health.)