Hacking Humanity: How technology can save your health and your life

by Lara Lewington

AS SEEN ON 'SUNDAY BRUNCH' AND 'THIS MORNING'

'Absolutely brilliant' JEREMY VINE
'No-one explains cutting edge technology more clearly than Lara' LORRAINE KELLY
'This is the bible for living a HEALTHIER life' DAVINA MCCALL bestselling author and host of Begin Again
'Brilliantly written ... separates the nonsense from the evidence' RUSSELL FOSTER, bestselling author of Life Time
'Extraordinarily helpful' DAMIAN HUGHES, bestselling author and host of High Performance

DISCOVER HOW NEW TECHNOLOGY CAN MAKE YOU HEALTHIER FOR LONGER

In Hacking Humanity , technology journalist Lara Lewington takes us to the cutting edge of scientific research to demystify how new innovations are transforming our healthcare for the better. Drawing us into the science behind the world’s healthiest people, from the Blue Zones to Silicon Valley, while experimenting with the new technology already available, she examines the real challenges ahead and how we can overcome them.
This holds the power to significantly increase the amount of time we spend living in good health – and may boost our lifespans in the process too.

Discover how you can harness the power of data to start improving and protecting your future health right now, and learn how the world’s leading experts are developing technologies that will help us all enjoy more of our lives in the years to come.

334 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 10, 2025

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a well-researched and very interesting book about the current and future healthcare scene, mainly in the UK and US but also to some extent globally.

I appreciated particularly how there were many first-hand interviews, showing that Lewington done her homework. The wide range of interviewees was good too, from professionals in a variety of fields to patients and people with the ‘layman’s’ viewpoint.

I felt that the second half of the book was better than the first, as it covered what advancements are being made with different areas such as genetics and brain ageing. The first part of the book covered the current wearables and suchlike that you can use to track your own health in the here and now. It was OK but didn’t give me too much information that I didn’t already know and I did find the constant reminder that we need to collect everyone’s data (though I understand why and don’t disagree if it’s anonymised, to really wear on me after a while.

Anyone interested in what healthcare looks like now and in the future would benefit from reading this.

[Nienke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book on how technology and science can ensure lifespan will truly be health span.

So much is possible, and things that seem(ed) science fiction are reality in some places and will be mainstream soon.

That obviously raises questions, how far do we want to go, what to do with all the data, how can health care systems prepare for this, how does this reach everyone, what is the role of each and every one of us.

The role of each individual is large, with all that is technologically possible, the biggest impact remain our individual lifestyles options. Any technology that helps us implement lifestyle choices in a seamless way will be invaluable to ensure we can get additional years of sufficient quality.

No 5 stars since the structure as a sum up of many things did not captivate me as much as some others I have read.

[John Woakes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Skimmed here and there, seemed quite repetitive. I thought I was a data nerd with all my health stats, but I have only scratched the surface, according to Lara.