THE BOOK · AMAZON BESTSELLER
Busting
the Code
to Ageing.
The inside-out manual for how a body and a face actually age.
Thirty years in medicine, distilled. Dr Vix Manning's bestselling guide to longevity, inflammageing and the foundations before decorations philosophy that reshapes how patients think about ageing, before they think about treatment.
AMAZON #1
288 PAGES
Bestseller • Longevity • Inflammageing • Foundations before decorations •
INSIDE THE BOOK
Not a diet.
A framework.
Biology-led, evidence-based approach
Structural intelligence over surface fixes
Sequenced across years, not sessions
Written personally by Dr Manning
Conventional medicine is built around normal ranges. You are told your results are fine, and yet you do not feel fine. This book is the map back, from symptom to signal, from decoration to foundation.
Chapters
Six movements, one architecture.
01
The Honest Mirror
Why bloodwork within range does not mean biology that is optimised.
02
Inflammageing
The quiet fire that shapes how you age, and how to measure it.
03
Hormones & Sleep
The two levers most under-served by conventional medicine.
04
Nutrition as Signal
Food as data, supplementation as scaffolding.
05
The Face, Last
Why aesthetic medicine belongs at the end of the protocol, not the start.
06
A Life, Paced
Building a decade-long protocol rather than a decade of appointments.
EARLY PRAISE
Read by the field.
"A clear, science-led framework for ageing well, this is the book I wish every patient arrived with."
— AMWC Monaco 2026
"Rare in its refusal of shortcuts. Dr Manning teaches the reader to think about biology, not brands."
— Tatler Top Doctor
"Foundations before decorations, a philosophy the whole field of aesthetic medicine needs."
— Sinclair Pharma KOL