Review: The Longevity Book: The Science of Aging, the Biology of Strength, and the Privilege of Time by Cameron Diaz and Sandra Bark

5 stars for The Longevity Book: The Science of Aging, the Biology of Strength, and the Privilege of Time by Cameron Diaz and Sandra Bark.

This is a book about aging (more specifically, cellular aging) - what it means to age, how the aging process works and how time will affect us physically and emotionally. I am so glad that such a book has been written to share with us the finer details on how to age with health. After all, aging is a topic that will evade none of us. At some point in our lives, all of us will start to contemplate this - what will happen to us when we get older. And this book provides us with a wealth of information and insight on staying healthy and strong in the years to come.

We all want longevity. But how many of us can live healthily enough to enjoy old age? What is the secret to living well, staying healthy, and having the vitality as we age and enter our twilight years? By attempting to better understand our lifestyle choices and how they affect our health at the cellular level, this book helps prepare us for the changes that lie ahead, to make choices that support our health, and to maintain the well-being of our mind, body and spirit. In short, this book reveals the answer on how to live better, longer and stronger so that growing old can be less scary.

In understanding cellular aging, we need to broaden our view that biological age (how healthy we are on the inside) is a more accurate indicator of health than chronological age (the number of years we have been on this planet). Because the aging of our cells is the true measure of how old we really are. Indeed, the way we live will affect the way we age. It is important to work as hard as we can, for as long as we can, if we want to age with health and strength. Because ultimately, how we age and how long we live is not influenced solely by the genes that we inherit from our parents, but also by our lifestyle choices, our environment, and our attitudes.

Equipped with a better understanding of what aging really is, the science of it, the biology of it, and with the passing of time, we can become empowered to live well and healthy and strong in the years to come. The longevity book is a must-read for women of all ages.


Publisher: Harper Wave; Illustrated edition
Publication date: 5 Apr 2016

*** Favourite Quote 1 ***

Eating good food, developing our muscles, getting a good night's sleep, loving other people, laughing, relaxing, finding joy in the world. These are the actions and activities that make us interesting people, curious people, strong people.

The best way to age well isn't to worry about aging. It is to live well.

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Appreciating all the ways we can evolve over the years - the self-knowledge we develop, the skills and wisdom we accumulate, the relationships we build with others and with ourselves - these are the privileges of time.

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Beauty appreciates, not depreciates. It grows, not fades. With age, I have developed a more nuanced understanding of what beauty really is. Beauty is not just something you are born with. Beauty is something you grow into.

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That moment when you thought you looked "old", when you were twenty-five or maybe thirty-five, is the same moment you are experiencing right now, when you are both the oldest you have ever been and the youngest you will ever be.

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..aging isn't just about your face (or your neck, or your upper arms, or your hands, or ...). It's about your whole body. And how you take care of your whole body will affect each and every one of your parts, inside and out.

*** Favourite Quote 6 ***

For an individual, biological age (how healthy you are on the inside) is a more important indicator of health than chronological age (the number of years you've been on this planet). The aging of our cells is the true measure of how old we are.

*** Favourite Quote 7 ***

Along the course of a healthy lifetime, your body is in a constant state of transformation, renewal, and rebirth at the most microscopic level. Your health begins with your cells. Every sign of aging you see and feel on the surface, every sag and wrinkle and ache and pain, begins in your cells. They are dynamic and responsive to your environment, to your stress levels, to your nutrition, and to the prompts of your hormones and the expression of your genes. Cells are born, they fulfill their destinies, and then they die, so that you can continue to live and grow older.

*** Favourite Quote 8 ***

Being physically active, eating nutritious foods, giving yourself time for rest, creating opportunities for learning, prioritizing stress relief, and embracing social connection are all essential for brain health as you age - as well as the health of your whole body.

*** Favourite Quote 9 ***

Good food without fitness or sleep won’t make you healthy. Working out every day but starving your body of nutrition and rest won’t make you strong. Sleeping eight hours a night but not eating well or moving enough isn’t going to keep you bright-eyed and alert. But if you do all these things consistently on a daily basis, you will be amazed at how your entire being responds.

~ The Longevity Book
Cameron Diaz and Sandra Bark

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The Longevity Book explores what history, biology, neuroscience, and the women’s health movement can teach us about maintaining optimal health as we transition from our thirties to midlife. From understanding how growing older impacts various bodily systems to the biological differences in the way aging effects men and women; the latest science on telomeres and slowing the rate of cognitive decline to how meditation heals us and why love, friendship, and laughter matter for health, The Longevity Book offers an all-encompassing, holistic look at how the female body ages—and what we can all do to age better.

Without sugarcoating the hard facts—a sixty-year-old body is different than a thirty-five-year-old body, no matter how much yoga you do—or romanticizing the upside—wisdom comes with age, if you live your life wisely—Cameron offers women a compassionate, informative, and intimate tour through the next stage of life.

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