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'''''Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach''''' is a 1982 book ({{ISBN|0-446-51229-X}}) by [[Durk Pearson]] and [[Sandy Shaw (writer)|Sandy Shaw]] that popularized the [[life extension]] and [[Nootropic|smart drug]] movements.<ref>See ''Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion'', by Brian S. Alexander, New York: Basic Books, 2003, {{ISBN|0-7382-0761-6}}, pp. 5&ndash;6.</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Katherine |last=Bishop |publisher=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] newspaper|title=FDA fears smart drugs could pose stupid risks |date=1992-06-11 |accessdate=2007-03-01 |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:SPIB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB04A057A2FC5B9&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 }}</ref>

The authors promotedpromotes the theory that [[Radical (chemistry)|free radical]]s are a primary cause of aging and recommended [[antioxidant]] supplements to prevent the damage they supposedly do.<ref>{{cite news| first=Dennis |last=Fiely |title='Biochemical bad boys' - Possible causes of disease, free radicals, may have met their match |publisher=Columbus Dispatch |date=1993-09-16 |accessdate=2007-03-01 |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:CLDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10E0DA583AA751E0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815}}</ref> The book makes a broad range of claims about ways to thwart aging and improve health and appearance.

One notable feature of the book wasis several full-page pictures of its male and female authors, Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, striking bodybuilding poses and showing off some impressive muscles for "sedentary research scientists," which they claimed was due to the "growth hormone releasers" they took daily.

== Criticism ==