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Diseases of older age take root decades before symptoms appear. For a longer, happier life, we need to plan ahead - but what exactly should we do? For five years, Annabel Streets and Susan Saunders immersed themselves in the latest science of longevity, radically overhauling their lives and document...
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Piatkus Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Diseases of older age take root decades before symptoms appear. For a longer, happier life, we need to plan ahead - but what exactly should we do? For five years, Annabel Streets and Susan Saunders immersed themselves in the latest science of longevity, radically overhauling their lives and documenting their findings on their popular blog. After reading hundreds of studies and talking to numerous experts, Annabel and Susan have compiled almost 100 short cuts to health in mid and later life, including: how, when and what to eat; the supplements worth taking; when, where and how to exercise; t |
| Carrier Form: | x, 354 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-338) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780349419701 0349419701 |
| CLC: | R161.7 |
| Call Number: | R161.7/S915 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Who we are and how this book began -- The ageing body -- Create your own health portrait -- Cornerstone one: Diet -- How to eat -- Care for your gut -- What to eat -- What to drink -- Cornerstone two: Exercise -- How to move -- Cornerstone three: The right environment for good sleep, lustrous looks and enhanced health -- Stay social -- Work that brain -- Have a positive attitude to ageing -- Cornerstone four: Sleep and our personal environment -- How to sleep -- Looking and feeling good -- How the environment impacts ageing -- Rethinking ageing -- our closin |