The Age Code

The Age Code

by David Cox
Publication Date: 23/04/2026

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What if the food you eat could rewind your biological clock?


From the rising incidence of cancer in the under-50s to increased infertility rates, there are signs everywhere that growing numbers of us are ageing too quickly. Why? Many believe there’s one major culprit: our diet.


Ageing reflects a fragile balance in our cells between damage and repair. Sugar, excess calories and gut inflammation are all common sources of damage, but if we instead fuel our body with valuable micronutrients, we can lower our disease risk and age markedly slower. Until recently this process was impossible to measure, but with new breakthroughs we can even assess the age of individual organs, giving rise to a new science of food that might save us.


Join Dr David Cox as he meets the experts attempting to understand what’s accelerating our biological clocks and what we can do about it. Along the way you’ll learn everything from why we become more acidic as we age, to why omega-3s are one of the most powerful anti-ageing supplements, to the simple adjustments to your cooking that will help you age better.


The Age Code urgently pinpoints why our eating habits must change and what we can all do to live longer and healthier lives.


‘Fantastic book. A clear and compelling corrective to Silicon Valley longevity hype. Cox gives an accessible roadmap showing how food and lifestyle shape the biology of ageing – and how to use that knowledge to stay healthier for longer’ Chris van Tulleken, author of ULTRA-PROCESSED PEOPLE


‘A fascinating journey into the latest science of nutrition and aging’ Tim Spector, author of FOOD FOR LIFE

ISBN:
9780008708894
9780008708894
Category:
Dietetics & nutrition
Publication Date:
23-04-2026
Language:
English
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
David Cox

David Cox was born and reared in country Queensland. He worked as a jackaroo on outback sheep and cattle stations before enrolling, at 21, at St Martins School of Art in London. Back in Australia he became a newspaper artist, winning a Walkley Award, while also illustrating and writing many award-winning children's books, including four CBCA-shortlisted titles. In fact, he become one of Australia's most prolific book illustrators, with over 30 books published.

In 2007, David won the Dame Annabelle Rankin Award for distinguished services to Children's Literature in Queensland. He released two companion titles to The Road to Goonong: The Fair Dinkum War, recalling his childhood during WWII; and Good Enough for a Sheep Station, exploring his life as a stockman. In 2020, David's book with writer Ella Holcombe about the Victorian Black Saturday fires, The House on the Mountain, was shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature's Children's Literature Award.

David works from his home studio in Brisbane, and one of his hobbies is singing. He is coached by his wife, pianist/composer, Betty Beath. Betty and David have written music theatre pieces about St Francis of Assisi, and David regularly acts as cantor at St Phillips Church, which is attached to a Franciscan friary.

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